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These memes are much like health care... As an american I dont get it.

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[-] bobbytables@feddit.de 142 points 2 years ago

The name of the fish "Stör" is the same as the word "disturb". That alone offers a lot of potential for bad puns.

It is also weirdly common as a part of other words that don't have anything to do with fish. And third, there are parts of words that sound similar to Stör.

Take all those ingredients and you can have a lot of fun with strange word combinations and only native speakers have a realistic chance of understanding.

[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 133 points 2 years ago

Distörbing.

[-] Gilles_D@feddit.de 72 points 2 years ago

Störrible

[-] troybot@midwest.social 40 points 2 years ago

A Møøse once bit my sistör...

[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

The people in charge of hiring the people in charge of firing the people who wrote the subtitles, have been fired.

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[-] produnis@discuss.tchncs.de 106 points 2 years ago

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 60 points 2 years ago

Please speak Dutch in the classroom.

Lol easy bro

[-] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 36 points 2 years ago

Nein, du kriegst dein Scheiß Fahrrad nicht zurück!

[-] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

Even though I studied German for years idioms and sentence structure still throw me off. I tried to translate that looking up only the words I didn't remember and figured "dein Scheiss Fahrrad" was "your shit bike" and Kriegen is to catch (or get I guess in this context), so I was like "No, you catch your shit bike not back" doesn't make sense grammatically in English, so I put it into Google Translate and it translated it as "No, you won't get your damn bike back". Maybe it's because I learned High German and only ever used it in formal settings 95% of the time but it still throws me off, I have a hell of a time trying to understand spoken German because I don't have the time to parse it mentally most of the time.

[-] Magnetar@feddit.de 21 points 2 years ago

In German is the word order simply different than in English. That stands in simple sentences not too much out, but if I, like now, try a sentence to build, that more complex and harder to understand is, will you that notice or in the worst case so much confused be that you it not understand can will.

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[-] Samsy@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago

Germans have the same problem with english, too. Most of the time, I built the grammar in a sentence like I would do in german.

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[-] HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

in case you need context: German soldiers famously took dutch peoples bikes during the occupation in WW2

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[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Aber ich bin amerikanische und sprechen zwei sprechen ist schwierig. Können wir englisch amerikanische sprechen bitte?

[-] produnis@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 years ago

Tut mit leid, nein

[-] Magnetar@feddit.de 12 points 2 years ago

Rechner sagt nein.

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[-] MBZzZzZzZz@lemmy.world 72 points 2 years ago

It's a long störy.

[-] janNatan@lemmy.ml 70 points 2 years ago

It's a type of fish, and they are making word plays with the name of the fish. Why? I'm not sure of the origin of this one. I imagine it's like the beans or the beef stroganoff memes - the origin doesn't matter much at this point.

[-] waigl@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

The English word for the fish is "sturgeon".

[-] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago

🎶 Like a sturgeon, caught for the very first time! 🎶

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[-] produnis@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 years ago

No, that was the prime Minister of Scottland

[-] bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

First minister, only one prime minister in the UK, although they are temporary in nature, sometimes we have 3 in one summer

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[-] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 21 points 2 years ago

I actually started with eels. Aal (=> eel) can be inserted basically everywhere by just stretching the "a" a bit, like "Aalle wissen das" instead of "Alle wissen das" (everyone knows that). As far as I know, this started (or at least became popular) via Jan Böhmermann, he had some jokes about that in his show - the same guy who wrote the "goat fucker"-poem about Erdogan that caused massive diplomatic problems and resulted in changed laws.

[-] elvith@feddit.de 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Wir servieren heute Aal la carte:

  • Aalgensalat
  • HopfenkaltschAale
  • Pasta Aal dente
  • KAalter Hund
  • Pizza CAalzone

Edit: This also works in english:

Something's fishy. I think Russia is trying to interfere with our Eelections

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[-] Nucelar@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

Understood... so fisch störganoff

[-] 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

Danke schön!

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 years ago

[-] glnpf148@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Oh, the bell rings! Oh, der Hund ringt!

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[-] FQQD@feddit.de 31 points 2 years ago

I'm german - UND ICH VERSTEH DAS AUCH NICHT!

[-] Samsy@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 years ago

Ja das ganze ist ziemlich verStörend.

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[-] Sylver@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

I love when German memes pop up on my feed. It’s like being given the context clues and visual aid, while the actors speak in Black Speech

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[-] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago

What an exciting way to write STÖR

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Wants to know how a meme works, incorrectly uses a meme to express the desire.

[-] MrMagnesium12@feddit.de 14 points 2 years ago

Lass dich davon nicht Stören.

[-] bi_tux@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Störgeon

[-] eldain@feddit.nl 11 points 2 years ago

Where are these Memes you are talking about? I only saw the sturgeon'off one. Am I bamboozled?

[-] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

Stör is a fish

And it's also really prevelant in a lot of German words

[-] lolonaut@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago

Why are the dots above the R?

[-] bhamlin@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

That's a rumlaut.

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