Doesn’t make any sense? It’s quite simple, actually. In German this insult is being used to describe someone who doesn’t want to concentrate on his studies and therefore will inevitably find no other occupation than doing something utterly pointless.Īnother -er word, the Erbenszähler (m) is a nitpicker, someone who is constantly concerned with insignificant details.Ī Blockflötengesicht (n) literally means a face that looks like a recorder. Some of them are used in daily life, others are a bit more meta, but they are all good examples of how compound nouns can be used to effectively and intelligently insult someone.ĭo you know what a Bananenbieger (m) is? The word literally translates to “banana bender” and just like in English the -er at the end makes it look like a job or tool (driv er, garden er, screwdriv er, etc.) So a Bananenbieger is someone whose job is to bend bananas. Below, we’ve collected 17 funny, strange and ridiculous German insults (for educational purposes only of course).
Unsurprisingly, some of the best German insults are compound nouns.
One of the peculiarities of the German language is that you can very easily string nouns together to create new words which very quickly leads to monstrosities like D onaudampfschifffahrtskapitänkajütentürknauf” (door handle of a Danube captain’s cabin).
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