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minus-squareQuokkalinkfedilinkEnglish41•11 months ago Brandner – who has been learning-disabled since being hit by a car at the age of 17 – was sucker-punched to the ground. “Wankers!” screamed his tattooed assailant. “Come on – three on three.” Do Germans normally call people wankers?
minus-square@Vub@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish86•11 months agoYes, ”Wichser”, and it has the exact same meaning and use. If you haven’t noticed the article is in English so they translated it.
minus-square@Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•11 months agoI was hoping it was going to be jaankenschnitzel.
minus-square@avater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish17•edit-211 months agowe usually do not speak english here in germany
minus-squareQuokkalinkfedilinkEnglish8•11 months agoI figured, but the article had “wanker” in quotes which seems odd to apply a paraphrase, so I was wanting to see if it was a loanword.
Do Germans normally call people wankers?
Yes, ”Wichser”, and it has the exact same meaning and use. If you haven’t noticed the article is in English so they translated it.
Only as an insult.
The English word or is it in German?
The german word is “Wichser”.
I was hoping it was going to be jaankenschnitzel.
Why?
That would have been glorious 😄
we usually do not speak english here in germany
I figured, but the article had “wanker” in quotes which seems odd to apply a paraphrase, so I was wanting to see if it was a loanword.