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Just got a text from my kid "What is awesome in German?"

Numerous smart-ass answers leaped to mind, including "idiomatic", "Anne-
Sophie Mutter", "Katerina Witt", etc.

But I thought perhaps he meant "what German idiom means the same as the 
US idiom 'awesome'?"

Anyone know?  Jeorg?

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Tim Wescott wrote:

> Just got a text from my kid "What is awesome in German?"
> 
> Numerous smart-ass answers leaped to mind, including "idiomatic", "Anne-
> Sophie Mutter", "Katerina Witt", etc.
> 
> But I thought perhaps he meant "what German idiom means the same as the
> US idiom 'awesome'?"
> 
> Anyone know?  Jeorg?

http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/

Apparently "Hammer!" is the most appropriate translation, followed
by "(echt|super|affen-) geil.

(Warning: "geil" in German also means "horny")

Richard Rasker
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Tim Wescott wrote:
> Just got a text from my kid "What is awesome in German?"
> 
> Numerous smart-ass answers leaped to mind, including "idiomatic", "Anne-
> Sophie Mutter", "Katerina Witt", etc.
> 
> But I thought perhaps he meant "what German idiom means the same as the 
> US idiom 'awesome'?"
> 
> Anyone know?  Jeorg?
> 
ehrfürchtig


  Maybe..

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"Tim Wescott" <t...@seemywebsite.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
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> Just got a text from my kid "What is awesome in German?"
>
> Numerous smart-ass answers leaped to mind, including "idiomatic", "Anne-
> Sophie Mutter", "Katerina Witt", etc.
>
> But I thought perhaps he meant "what German idiom means the same as the
> US idiom 'awesome'?"
>
> Anyone know?  Jeorg?
>
> -- 
> www.wescottdesign.com


Hello Tim,

I looked in a dictionary in the Internet and was surprised that the
meaning of "awesome" in the US is very different from the meaning in 
England.


awesome in the US: fantastisch, großartig. stark, toll

awesome in England: ehrfürchtig, schrecklich

www.leo.org

http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=on&ch
inese=both&pinyin=diacritic&search=awesome&relink=on



Best regards,
Helmut
Germany 

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"Helmut Sennewald" <h...@t-online.de> wrote in message 
news:he9f72$917$01$1...@news.t-online.com...
> "Tim Wescott" <t...@seemywebsite.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
> news:V...@web-ster.com...
>> Just got a text from my kid "What is awesome in German?"
>>
>> Numerous smart-ass answers leaped to mind, including "idiomatic", "Anne-
>> Sophie Mutter", "Katerina Witt", etc.
>>
>> But I thought perhaps he meant "what German idiom means the same as the
>> US idiom 'awesome'?"
>>
>> Anyone know?  Jeorg?
>>
>> -- 
>> www.wescottdesign.com
>
>
> Hello Tim,
>
> I looked in a dictionary in the Internet and was surprised that the
> meaning of "awesome" in the US is very different from the meaning in 
> England.
>
>
> awesome in the US: fantastisch, großartig. stark, toll
>
> awesome in England: ehrfürchtig, schrecklich
>
> www.leo.org
>
>
http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=on&ch
inese=both&pinyin=diacritic&search=awesome&relink=on
>
>
>
> Best regards,
> Helmut
> Germany


In the UK nowadays the expression 'awesome' is recognised by (some) adults 
as an imported, fashionable, over-used way of saying 'good'.  The original 
meaning has probably been de-valued by the new wave.

Chris 

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Jamie wrote:

> Tim Wescott wrote:
>> Just got a text from my kid "What is awesome in German?"
>> 
>> Numerous smart-ass answers leaped to mind, including "idiomatic", "Anne-
>> Sophie Mutter", "Katerina Witt", etc.

But then the question would be "What is awesome in Germany?", not German?

> ehrfürchtig

This is not very often used.

In general it depends on the context. Anne-Sophie Mutter, Bach, Max Planck,
Albert Einstein etc. is "großartig" and "fantastisch", Katerina Witt is
"toll" (maybe "großartig", too, if you like figure skating) and the Cologne
Cathedral can be "ehrfurchtgebietend".

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http://www.frank-buss.de, http://www.it4-systems.de

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On Nov 21, 2:31=C2=A0pm, "Helmut Sennewald" <helmutsennew...@t-online.de>
wrote:
> "Tim Wescott" <t...@seemywebsite.com> schrieb im Newsbeitragnews:VfudnRLB=
q...@web-ster.com...
>
> > Just got a text from my kid "What is awesome in German?"
>
> > Numerous smart-ass answers leaped to mind, including "idiomatic", "Anne=
-
> > Sophie Mutter", "Katerina Witt", etc.
>
> > But I thought perhaps he meant "what German idiom means the same as the
> > US idiom 'awesome'?"
>
> > Anyone know? =C2=A0Jeorg?
>
> > --
> >www.wescottdesign.com
>
> Hello Tim,
>
> I looked in a dictionary in the Internet and was surprised that the
> meaning of "awesome" in the US is very different from the meaning in
> England.
>
> awesome in the US: fantastisch, gro=C3=9Fartig. stark, toll
>
> awesome in England: ehrf=C3=BCrchtig, schrecklich
>
> www.leo.org
>
> http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=3Dende=E2=8C=A9=3Dde&searchLoc=3D0&cmpType=3D=
relaxed&...
>
> Best regards,
> Helmut
> Germany



Methinks that the German expression "spitze" probably conveys the idea
that the word "awesome" does in North America, at the colloquial
level.

Translated "spitze" means "point", eg. "die Spitze am Pfeil" means
"the point on the arrow".

Colloquially both words, "spitze" in German and "awesome" in North
America are used to describe the pinnacle of admiration.

Wolfgang

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On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:31:44 +0100, Helmut Sennewald wrote:

> "Tim Wescott" <t...@seemywebsite.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:V...@web-ster.com...
>> Just got a text from my kid "What is awesome in German?"
>>
>> Numerous smart-ass answers leaped to mind, including "idiomatic",
>> "Anne- Sophie Mutter", "Katerina Witt", etc.
>>
>> But I thought perhaps he meant "what German idiom means the same as the
>> US idiom 'awesome'?"
>>
>> Anyone know?  Jeorg?
>>
>> --
>> www.wescottdesign.com
> 
> 
> Hello Tim,
> 
> I looked in a dictionary in the Internet and was surprised that the
> meaning of "awesome" in the US is very different from the meaning in
> England.
> 
> 
> awesome in the US: fantastisch, großartig. stark, toll
> 
> awesome in England: ehrfürchtig, schrecklich
> 
> www.leo.org
> 
> http://dict.leo.org/ende?
lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=on&chinese=both&pinyin=dia
critic&search=awesome&relink=on
> 

Thanks Helmut.  The denotation of "Awesome" has retained it's original 
meaning, but really correct usage is fairly idiomatic -- hence, I needed 
someone more bilingual than me to help out.

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> But I thought perhaps he meant "what German idiom means the same as the 
> US idiom 'awesome'?"

Geil..

Supergeil

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On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:43:22 -0000, "christofire"
<c...@btinternet.com> wrote:

>
>"Helmut Sennewald" <h...@t-online.de> wrote in message 
>news:he9f72$917$01$1...@news.t-online.com...
>> "Tim Wescott" <t...@seemywebsite.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
>> news:V...@web-ster.com...
>>> Just got a text from my kid "What is awesome in German?"
>>>
>>> Numerous smart-ass answers leaped to mind, including "idiomatic", "Anne-
>>> Sophie Mutter", "Katerina Witt", etc.
>>>
>>> But I thought perhaps he meant "what German idiom means the same as the
>>> US idiom 'awesome'?"
>>>
>>> Anyone know?  Jeorg?
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> www.wescottdesign.com
>>
>>
>> Hello Tim,
>>
>> I looked in a dictionary in the Internet and was surprised that the
>> meaning of "awesome" in the US is very different from the meaning in 
>> England.
>>
>>
>> awesome in the US: fantastisch, großartig. stark, toll
>>
>> awesome in England: ehrfürchtig, schrecklich
>>
>> www.leo.org
>>
>>
http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=on&ch
inese=both&pinyin=diacritic&search=awesome&relink=on
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Helmut
>> Germany
>
>
>In the UK nowadays the expression 'awesome' is recognised by (some) adults 
>as an imported, fashionable, over-used way of saying 'good'.  The original 
>meaning has probably been de-valued by the new wave.
>
>Chris 
>

Brits say "brilliant" to mean "good", whereas we USers use it to mean
"extremely intelligent or creative." Someone called one of my actions
"brilliant", and I took it to be a great compliment, when it was
actually a very mild one. I think.

John

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