Tenderˋs English -> German -> Austriangerman Thread

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The first words of the chorus of "Der Kommissar".

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The first words of the chorus of "Der Kommissar".

English:

„Don’t turn around. The police (officer) is on patrol.“

German:

„Dreh dich nicht um. Der Kommissar/Polizist geht herum.“

It should be noticed that Germans don't realize what Falco sings at the beginning of the chorus; they usually understand the gibberish "da didel dum" instead, and are shocked when they discover the real lyrics.

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If anyone is interested, post some words or phrases here and I will translate it to proper (High)/Standard-German and into my Salzburg/Pinzgau dialect.

We often use completely different words than (Northern) Germans would.

Do you mean Northern as in anywhere else...or do you mean the actual north where the humor is super dry and some people use Plattdeutsch?

"Northern" German is basically anything north of Bavaria.

There is a very accurate indicator as to where the borderline between Northern German and Southern German runs; there is a hard, straight isogloss connecting Cologne with Dresden, north of which the Germans call the gardening tool depicted below a Harke, whereas the Germans south of it (+ the Austrians + the German-speaking Swiss) wrongly call it a Rechen, which in truth is actually this kind of gardening tool.

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But both tools are called Rechen here ... it’s not wrong to call it that way.

Nobody would ever say Harke (WTF ?).

But if someone told you: "Bring mir mal den Rechen!", how could you tell the difference between either tool? 🤷🏻‍♂️