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Pages in category "German profanity" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Arsch; Arschloch; L.
A First World War Canadian electoral campaign poster. Hun (or The Hun) is a term that originally refers to the nomadic Huns of the Migration Period.Beginning in World War I it became an often used pejorative seen on war posters by Western Allied powers and the basis for a criminal characterization of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilization and humanitarian values having ...
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In German, Kevinismus ("Kevinism") is the negative preconception German people have of Germans with trendy, exotic-sounding first names considered to be an indicator of a low social class. [1] The prototypical example is Kevin , which like most such names came to Germany from Anglo-American culture.
Postcard of Rudolf Koch. Although very common in most German-speaking areas with the possible exception of the extreme north of Germany, the Swabian salute is used for a whole number of purposes among the people of Swabia, Baden, parts of Bavaria and Austria, while in most other regions it is regarded as a rather vulgar insult only.
After the war, the German people were often viewed with contempt because they were blamed by other Europeans for Nazi crimes. Germans visiting abroad, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s, attracted insults from locals, and from foreigners who may have lost their families or friends in the atrocities. [15]
Kartoffel (German for potato, German: [kaʁˈtɔfl̩] ⓘ) is a derogatory slang term used by other cultures to describe Germans. It is also used in a humorous way and as a self-denomination. In English, kartoffel can also be used literally, or for literary effect, to mean potato.
Sometimes opponents completely use German in order to insult each other. Such an insult may be, for example: Sie blöde Ente, "you stupid duck" (in German, this animal, however, is usually not used as a cuss). Other (sometimes used colloquially) Germanisms in Czech: haksna: legs, from Austrian Haxen)