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  2. Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    German: mampf mampf mampf, hamm hamm, mjam schlürf, gluck schluck Gujarati: gudgud Hebrew: אָממ אָממ (amm amm) שלוּק (shluk) צחצוח (tsikhtsúakh), שקשוק (shikshúk refers to "shaking teeth") Hungarian: hamm nyam-nyam, csám-csám glu-glu, glugy-glugy sika-sika Icelandic: kjams nammi namm glúgg glúgg Indonesian: krauk ...

  3. List of German expressions in English - Wikipedia

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    kaput (German spelling: kaputt), out-of-order, broken, dead; nix, from German nix, dialectal variant of nichts (nothing) Scheiße, an expression and euphemism meaning "shit", usually as an interjection when something goes amiss; Ur- (German prefix), original or prototypical; e.g. Ursprache, Urtext; verboten, prohibited, forbidden, banned. In ...

  4. List of German abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    This list of German abbreviations includes abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms found in the German language. Because German words can be famously long, use of abbreviation is particularly common. Even the language's shortest words are often abbreviated, such as the conjunction und (and) written just as "u." This article covers standard ...

  5. List of terms used for Germans - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Help:IPA/Standard German - Wikipedia

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    This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Standard German on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Standard German in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.

  7. German foreign ministry to Trump: 'We don't eat cats and dogs'

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    Germany's foreign ministry mocked U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's false assertion about immigrants eating pets in a post on the social platform X on Wednesday while pushing ...

  8. Katzenjammer - Wikipedia

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    In the English speaking world it is often used as a term for a hangover, with the sufferer's groans of discomfort being likened to a wailing cat. In fact, the German language uses the term "Kater" (tomcat) for this situation. Katzenjammer may refer to: Katzenjammer (band), a Norwegian pop/folk band; Katzenjammer Kabarett, a French rock band

  9. Hello Kitty creators reveal beloved character is not a cat to ...

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    Hello Kitty creators reveal the beloved character is not a cat. On 18 July, Sanrio , the Japanese entertainment company that created Hello Kitty , made an astounding revelation for the iconic ...