7 Germans Words That Sound Inappropriate in English

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7 Germans Words That Sound Inappropriate in English

Ahh, the German language! With it's famous compound words, umlauts and the guttural ch sound, the German language is not necessarily easiest language in the world to learn. Mark Twain has even written an entire novella about it. Despite it's difficulty to learn, let alone master, there are some amusing aspects to the German language. Over time, we have come across some....interesting....words that sound funny, inappropriate, or both, to an English speaker. The list below highlights some of the more colorful ones we have found.  Enjoy!

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German Sports - Handball Edition

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Since Meghan and I both have siblings that are involved in sports, we felt this recent experience is one that they all would have enjoyed.  On Saturday we found ourselves without any concrete plans, but we had recently seen an advertisement for the Rhine Neckar Löwen (Rhein Neckar Lions) handball team.  Neither of us had ever seen this exciting game so we decided to get some more details.  The internet told us that there was a game at 16:15 at the SAP Arena.  So, off we went.

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