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Old 05-10-2008, 06:51 AM   #56
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Ok, I will try my hands on this one.

Spargeltarzan: a rather lanky man/boy. Often that person tries to show off his non existing muscles.

Saufkumpan: a person one is used to get utterly drunk with. This can be a friend but don't has to be (at least in the German definition of friend).

You ( the English speaking people) have annexed some other words that had no translation in English like Schadenfreude, Zeitgeist or schleppen.
The last has by the way created an English word that is not translatable into German: shlepp (sp?) as a noun.
Last edited by Sunlite; 05-10-2008 at 06:54 AM. Reason: correcting spelling mistake
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