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#14

Übersterblichkeit ( die ) = excess mortality :neutral_face:

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#15
  • Abstand halten
    …I would translate that with “social distancing”…sinngemäß :wink:
    …and here is the song going with it from Deutsche Welle veteran Ralf Goldkind:
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d0oik4Ra2io
#16

Dieses Wort ist übrigens auch sehr gut: Wenn dein Friseur lange geschlossen hatte, hast du jetzt eine “Corona-Frisur” :joy:

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#17

Das habe ich heute von @Laurena gelernt: der Corona-Speck :joy: :joy: :joy:
Nichts wie raus, machen wir Sport und bekämpfen wir den Corona-Speck!

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#18

„Teil-Lockdown“ ist das Neueste „deutsche“ Wort aus Berlin :rofl::roll_eyes::mask:

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#19

Jetzt dauert Corona auch schon mehr als ein Jahr.
Habt ihr in der Zwischenzeit neue, lustige Wörter zu diesem Thema gelernt? :mask: (Das ist übrigens mein neuer Lieblings-Emoticon :sweat_smile:)

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#20

“Ausgangssperre”


…maybe we had that term already?..and maybe the joke is a bit expensive in German I would say “Galgenhumor”
…but I thought it’s funny :joy:

“Ausgangsperre” = curfew, ban on going out
“endlich vorbei” = finally over
“Galgenhumor” = grim sense of humor

#21

By the way: The Leibniz Institut für Deutsche Sprache published many many many new Corona related German words here: https://www.owid.de/docs/neo/listen/corona.jsp

Enjoy it :wink:, but always wearing your mask :mask: :sweat_smile:

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#22

“mütend”
a new word creation. A combination from “müde” tired :yawning_face: and “wütend” angry :angry:
…created by the media here in Berlin…as far as I know :thinking:

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#23

Ich habe Impfneid. Immer.

:upside_down_face:

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#24

Dieses Wort gab es letztes Jahr zum Beispiel noch nicht, das ist brandneu :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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#25

Hallo Leute,
Einige Corona-Wörter sind noch:

Herdenimmunität
Testkapazität
Ausgangssperre
Reproduktionszahl
Heimarbeit

Liebe Grüße,
Omar :slight_smile:

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#26

Do you know this new one?

Impftourismus - people who travel to Moscow to get vaccinated :see_no_evil: :persevere:

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#27

Impfstoff ( vaccine )
…a Berlin based singer / songwriter founded a band by that name. This is her song “Dressed up auf der Couch”:

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#28

Versuchskaninchen = Guinea pig

#29

To avoid confusion for German learners, it’s maybe worth mentioning that this is only the figurative sense, if you want to talk about literal guinea pigs, the animal is called “Meerschweinchen” :wink:

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#30

Thanks @ameliea, I was just thinking the same…that I should specify the term that is :wink:
“Versuchskaninchen” Guinea pig refers only to laboratory animals ( Versuchstiere ).
Is there, by the way a different term for “Versuchskaninchen” in Bavaria?

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#31

@Germanlady I never thought about it before, but now that you mention it… people in Bavaria often use “Karnickel” instead of “Kaninchen”, so yes – you might hear “Versuchskarnickel” when you’re down there :slight_smile:

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#32

Thanks @ameliea, good to know :wink:

#33

I love this song! It speaks right out of my heart! Thank you for sharing it!

Ciao Danielaxxx

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