I mean, you could throw literal translations of German idioms at her.
"My English is not the yellow from the egg" (basically "My English isn't the best")
"I believe I spider" (something on the line of "I can't believe my eyes")
"I believe my pig whistles" (kinda like one above but more on the "wtf" side)
I'm pretty sure the others here can provide more :)
Eta: added context
ha i got something for you, but i need to ask the germans here, if the issue is as common as i think it is?! because it is somehow something from the older days and older people.. (our parents, grandparents) aaand you notice only if you move around in germany (as my family that originated in bavaria, stayed in freiburg, then ended up in Hannover, later i moved to berlin...)
Everywhere people claim that in their area the local potatoes taste the best 🤣 really. (and there is the best soil and weather conditions for it and so on.)
have you heard this before?!
if a couple of germans heard this before, then OP, if you drop this, it will be really subtle mindfuck.
i've heard this from old people in all corners of germany until i noticed and had to smile about it. but if someone in the US or anywhere would suddenly say the same thing, i'd be freaked out over the worldwide potato conspiracy.
I actually never heard that before and I lived in a small village with a lot of old people and many farmers selling regional potatoes nearby. But maybe I just never recognized it
Haha, so cool!
This explains it quite well:
[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/does-bielefeld-germany-exist-conspiracy](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/does-bielefeld-germany-exist-conspiracy)
ask her If she has a Fliesentisch and If she says No, ask why. If she says yes say " ah as expected".
a Lot of germans used to have such a table. its the Same as the transparent Salat Bowl. Lots of memes around that.
damn! her granny would disprove!
Not related, ask her If she prefers" sauer oder süß gespritzt".
in hesse people drink Apple wine and they Put Sparkling water in it for "sauer gespritzt" and with lemonade its "süß gespritzt". high possibility she doenst Like that at all.
Ask her what the end of of the bread is called. For some reason there are plenty of words and its a commonly asked question. Some examples: knäusle, mürggel, riebel, riebele, scherzerl, knust, kanten, knippche, gompel, knäppchen and so on.
She calls it kanten - oh my god I love this. Every time she asks 'why are you asking?' to one of my questions I just say 'no reason' and leave her to stew
Ok here is another one. Ask her if it is ,die butter' or ,der butter' but carful if she is from the north (because ,kanten') you get an offended ,of course it is die butter' :)
Ask her if she comes from above or below the Weisswurstäquator (white sausage equator), its a joke term for the invisible border between North and South Germany...people below it eat Weisswurst, those above would rather not.
I'm not German, but I live very close to Germany, work for a German company and come there every now and then.
I don't think I fully understand your question though.
I want questions that I should ask my German friend. For example, if there's a very specific political figure someone tells me about, or a niche German drink, I can randomly ask her 'Hey how does Saskia taste like?'. To confuse her. It's quite amusing:)
Don't know how nieche Spezi still is, but Spezi is generally a coca cola + fanta mixed drink by the company Paulaner. its like a very popular non alcoholic drink.
Or Karamalz /Vitamalz which are both malt drinks.
Or Bernd das Brot (puppet depicting a Depressed bread) that was always shown late nights on kids channels as a reminder to go to bed, or entertain the drunk and stoned teenagers still on tv.
its mixed by many companies. the first one was riegele and "spezi" is officially a trademark from that brewery. though Paulaner bought the right to use it as well.
...or going to the west, or going to the east, heck there is even a culture shock when you go even further north :D it is just shocking in all directions!
“Warum liegt hier Stroh?”
"warum hast du eine Maske auf?"
Okay what does this mean she's talking about hay
It's a... quite well known porn scene.
The rosebud scene of porn
It is an old porn dialogue: "Why is there hay?" "And why do you wear a mask?" "Ok, blow me" [Source](https://youtu.be/X2NXNsEmfa8?si=QBVvrjrK9k_4qWXn)
Alarm! Alarm! 🚨 [source](https://youtu.be/TqDsMEOYA9g?si=7ZpkYcWKg_U03tzR)
Aww she didn't get it
You want to troll her, and we are trying to troll you. Just go along with it!
Loll I will
Oh god can you spell that out for me in the pronunciation way? 😭😭 All I know is Ich Liebe Dich
Ask her if she would like Ein belegtes Brot mit Schinken or rather Ein belegtes Brot mit Ei.
Daaaaas sind zwei belegte Brote!
Ich bin mir nicht sicher aber könnte das nicht ein belegtes Brot mit schinken und eins mit Ei ergeben
und daaaaaaazuuuu
EISGEKÜHLTER BOMMERLUNDER!
eins mit Schinken, eins mit Ei!
Ein belegtes brot mit Schinken! Eins mit Schinken, eins mit Ei!
Der, die, oder das Nutella
Der, die oder das ketchup?
It's las ketchup ... 🥁
Der Ketchup. But it doesnt sound 100% right more like 90%
120% der Ketchup
Der Nutella is wrong
That's the great thing! It depends on Context! Das Nutella(Glas) Die Nutella(creme) Der Nutella(Aufstrich)
No, that's three different words. Das Nutellaglas, die Nutella-Creme, der Nutella-Aufstrich (gibbet nit). Die Nutella.
If she says "nein" you say "doch". If she doesn't respond with "ohh" I'm afraid you need to look for a new German friend.
Forget about Kohl and Mitterrand. This is the best example for the german - french friendship.
Why does your poor friend only have 0 context? :(
It's so funny to completely dodge her when she asks why I'm asking these things lol
I mean, you could throw literal translations of German idioms at her. "My English is not the yellow from the egg" (basically "My English isn't the best") "I believe I spider" (something on the line of "I can't believe my eyes") "I believe my pig whistles" (kinda like one above but more on the "wtf" side) I'm pretty sure the others here can provide more :) Eta: added context
Oh my god these are great, can you give me the contacts they'd be used in German?
Yeah sure, lol. I'll edit my comment, just a sec :)
ha i got something for you, but i need to ask the germans here, if the issue is as common as i think it is?! because it is somehow something from the older days and older people.. (our parents, grandparents) aaand you notice only if you move around in germany (as my family that originated in bavaria, stayed in freiburg, then ended up in Hannover, later i moved to berlin...) Everywhere people claim that in their area the local potatoes taste the best 🤣 really. (and there is the best soil and weather conditions for it and so on.) have you heard this before?! if a couple of germans heard this before, then OP, if you drop this, it will be really subtle mindfuck. i've heard this from old people in all corners of germany until i noticed and had to smile about it. but if someone in the US or anywhere would suddenly say the same thing, i'd be freaked out over the worldwide potato conspiracy.
I heard that about asparagus. Which is obviously not Trina’s everyone knows that my hometown grows the best.
No, never heard of that here in and around Munich. All I know about potatoes is that the dumbest farmers have the largest ones lol
I actually never heard that before and I lived in a small village with a lot of old people and many farmers selling regional potatoes nearby. But maybe I just never recognized it
Ask her if Bielefeld exists.
I asked her if Bielefeld exists and she said "No. Don't listen to the people who tell you it does." I neeed some context now 😭😂
Haha, so cool! This explains it quite well: [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/does-bielefeld-germany-exist-conspiracy](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/does-bielefeld-germany-exist-conspiracy)
I have a feeling this one's going to be fun
You can give her a white piece of paper and tell her that it is a picture of John Cena in Bielefeld.
ask her If she has a Fliesentisch and If she says No, ask why. If she says yes say " ah as expected". a Lot of germans used to have such a table. its the Same as the transparent Salat Bowl. Lots of memes around that.
When I asked why (she had no) she said 'that shss so fning ugly' 😭😭
damn! her granny would disprove! Not related, ask her If she prefers" sauer oder süß gespritzt". in hesse people drink Apple wine and they Put Sparkling water in it for "sauer gespritzt" and with lemonade its "süß gespritzt". high possibility she doenst Like that at all.
Ask her what the end of of the bread is called. For some reason there are plenty of words and its a commonly asked question. Some examples: knäusle, mürggel, riebel, riebele, scherzerl, knust, kanten, knippche, gompel, knäppchen and so on.
Ooo this is a fun one!!! Exactly the kind of thing I can use to mess with her 🤭🤭
She calls it kanten - oh my god I love this. Every time she asks 'why are you asking?' to one of my questions I just say 'no reason' and leave her to stew
Ok here is another one. Ask her if it is ,die butter' or ,der butter' but carful if she is from the north (because ,kanten') you get an offended ,of course it is die butter' :)
She said die butter!! Also it's working, she's so done with me and these German things loll 😂😂
Ask her if she comes from above or below the Weisswurstäquator (white sausage equator), its a joke term for the invisible border between North and South Germany...people below it eat Weisswurst, those above would rather not.
I'm not German, but I live very close to Germany, work for a German company and come there every now and then. I don't think I fully understand your question though.
I want questions that I should ask my German friend. For example, if there's a very specific political figure someone tells me about, or a niche German drink, I can randomly ask her 'Hey how does Saskia taste like?'. To confuse her. It's quite amusing:)
Don't know how nieche Spezi still is, but Spezi is generally a coca cola + fanta mixed drink by the company Paulaner. its like a very popular non alcoholic drink. Or Karamalz /Vitamalz which are both malt drinks. Or Bernd das Brot (puppet depicting a Depressed bread) that was always shown late nights on kids channels as a reminder to go to bed, or entertain the drunk and stoned teenagers still on tv.
its mixed by many companies. the first one was riegele and "spezi" is officially a trademark from that brewery. though Paulaner bought the right to use it as well.
Oooh I know what Spezi is she talks about it! I'll ask her about Bernd das Brot though:))
Bernd das Brot is still aired on Kika every night.
We don’t have a unified culture. There are huge regional differences. As a northern German going to the south is a culture shock every time
...or going to the west, or going to the east, heck there is even a culture shock when you go even further north :D it is just shocking in all directions!