Sometimes translating it fully helps as Erbsenzähler means pea counter. So crazy they even count their peas

Hiiiii, guys! This is Francesca 💕 thank you so much for watching! I never really thought about these words before so it was a very interesting experience! Hope to be back on the channel soon! 💕

Francesca made me want to learn German again , I've studied last year and then I stopped , but she made the language cute and graceful

some of the words weren't explained very well: sturmfrei: The adjective refers to a specific place, not the person themselves. The original (nowadays uncommon) meaning would be from military language, meaning a place (building, fortification, strategic point of interest) is unguarded and free to be conquered. In temporary youth language, it is used in a figurative sense and means a place the youth has acesss to (usually their home, but not always) can be used for a party or other unsupervised fun activity with friends because parents/guardians will not be present. Backpfeifengesicht: Combined of the oldfashioned word Backpfeife = a hard slap to the cheek and Gesicht = face, means a face that looks like it was made to be slapped. This insult can either be used for people who show an annoying facial expression (like a smug grin you'd love to wipe of their face with a slap) or for people you just consider ugly (if you are a bully who likes to slap uglies). Erbsenzähler (literally: pea counter): It's doesn't really mean control freak, it refers to a pedantic person who would double-check and/or correct even the smallest unimportant details or who behaves petty about very small things ("You made that payment two weeks late, so you still owe me 2 cent interest!"). He isn't necessarily a person who is suspicious of other people or who insists on checking everything by himself. Of course many Erbsenzähler may also be control freaks, but that's not what the word means.

Fun fact: the english have also the term earworm, but it didn‘t mean the same as Ohrwurm. The german meaning of Ohrwurm was later applied to the english word earworm

For english speakers it's funnier to translate the words literally like "Ohrwurm" -> "ear worm" or "sturmfrei" -> "storm free" or "Backpfeifengesicht" -> "slap face".

it’s funny, i’m not even a native english speaker but even i know about the words like “earworm” and “wanderlust” which, i would say, are pretty commonly used in the english language lol

Also for some words the producer made a typo I think :( same for the subs🥺 the team is not German they are all Koreans so please understand 🥺💕

I love the way Francesca talks. Gentle and lovely accent.

Francesca is really sweet honestly. Also, helps me since I'm still learning German through Duolingo, and has been honestly really good im that app.

in german many words "describe" its meaning, so it can make sense to translate them direct because they are build up depending on their specific use. like "erbsenzähler", its "zähler" (counter) of "erbsen" (pea's)... as you notice, these are multiple words togehter to give them a special meaning... so the last word is mostly the "main word", and the words before are the words that describe it or make it more specific.. you could also say "schäfchenzähler" which translate to counter of sheeps (if you cant sleep, you count sheeps to fall asleep) so you see the main word "counter" is not at the beginning, its at the end (zähler)... and the specification "of sheeps" is not at the end, its at the beginning (schäfchen) --> Schäfchenzähler counter of sheeps... another example --> a krankenwagen (amulance) is a weagon for sick ppl ( "kranke" means "sick" (plural) and "wagen" means "weagon") and a "einkaufswagen" is an shopping cart (a weagon for shopping (einkauf=shopping)) and a "leichenwagen" (hearse) is a weagon for corpse (leiche=corpse) ... we dont have single words for these, we just build them up by their logical meaning.. its like a formula of creating words a example all of you know is "kindergarden".. its actually a garden (garten) for kids (kinder)... so its exactly the same logic for more difficult words like "zugszwang" you have to translate and then think in a logical way what that could mean.. so zwang = force and zug = move so "moveforce"... and since force is the secound word, so the "main word", it would mean "forced to move"... you are in a position where you have to make a move... where you have to react... like i chess, when your opponent made a move, your in zugzwang. thats also why peaople say that german is a very direct, straight or logical language... u dont have fancy words that sound nice or romantic, you just come to the point^^

I enjoyed it. Very kind girl helping to pronounce.

I learned about the word Backpfeifengesicht in my German class. Our translation was "A face in need of a punch". It became a fun word that my friends in class would use to describe other kids because it was a funny German word that nobody would understand but us.

"Gesichtselfmeter" "Taube Nuss" "Schabracke" "Vollpfosten" "Schnapsidee" "Stubenhocker" "Kabelsalat"

Each episode makes a smile, thx

earworm exists in English and means the same thing and wanderlust is also used in English along with all the other words we "borrowed" from German.

Cooles Video, ist euch echt gelungen. Danke 👍🏼

Megan is so extremely funny, love it. As a german who doesn't know any funny ppl that's refreshing

I love Megan is very beautiful, she has beautiful eyes and a wonderful smile, and Francesca too 👩🏻‍🦰👱🏻‍♀️

This channel is really nice! Subscribed instantly

I learned Germany when I was a high school students and I would say that Germany is one language that I can learn easily.

That true for American Sign Language. Some signing doesn't have English translation but it make sense. Weird? I'm deaf but I pretty much understood what you said.

I like the dynamic between you too. Megan is super smart and Francesca is oddly sweet and she's German which is fantastic!

This was a lost opportunity to teach something much much more helpful than a few german words. The fact that many languages share a lot of their basics. So by looking more closely at those words, she could have deciphered a couple of them. Right from the start with the "american" words, doppelganger, doppel is similar to double. And kindergarten, garten=garden. Not so hard to guess. Play around with the word a bit to see if it can be pronounced almost like a word in your own language. If it's a long word, divide it and see if parts of it could sound familiar. Sturmfrei. Storm and free. Very similar. But to guess that means home alone is a bit trickier. :) Ohrwurm. Ear and worm. And so on. A couple of years ago I was in Spain, nobody in our group knew any spanish at all, but we visited that western movie "village" where they have filmed so many westerns and we got a tour guide that only spoke spanish. Yeah. Great.. But from the spanish he spoke and from the swedish, english and german we spoke and the old western movies we knew we could decipher pretty much every movie he pointed out locations for. "Zorro" was pretty easy. :P "C'era una volta il West". We knew una meant one, West is west. ??? But then he said something more "... harmonica.." and then I thought. Wasn't there a movie where the hero played the harmonica? Which one was that? Long title, one... west. "Once upon a time in the west". I remember that one specifically since it was a really tricky one to decipher. :) Also at a golf course I could read a spanish sign that said something like "Forbidden to enter the gardens" when there was houses just outside the golf course. The same thing but even better when I'm in the Netherlands. I speak swedish, english and a bit of german. Knowing those three languages I can read dutch and understand pretty much everything. You don't have to know everything to understand it.

Isn't the translation of Ohwurm, quite literally, earworm? I don't speak German, mind you. But the meaning and the word just sound too similar to be a coincidence.

Wanderlust was the only word I understood right away, English speakers who're fond of traveling occasionally use it, and it's a portmanteau of two words that sound and mean basically the same thing in German and English, so it can be easy to figure out even if you're hearing the word for the first time.

The expression "sturmfrei" is also used by older people, when you're Home alone.

4:00 There are more words next to Erbsenzähler (Pea counter) for overcorrect controlfreaking people, like: Haarspalter (Hair splitter) or Korinthenkacker (Currant shitter)

Erbsenzaller (pea-tallier) in English is beancounter

Sturmfrei means literally free to storm.. so your place is free to be stormed by a lot of people aka a big party

Hamburgers are actually from America though. Beef formed into a Patty was created by a butcher in Hamburg but putting the meat between two slices of bread started in America.

Hamburger, in terms of the processed raw meat, is originally German. It is the cooked hamburger that was first introduced in the US, at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, MO, if I'm not mistaken. I also feel like "wunderlust" is pretty familiar to Americans, though we sometimes Anglicize the spelling as "wanderlust."

4:32 The subtitles say "pieces" when it's supposed to mean "peas".

Most of the words today I didn't know,except for zugzwang,I knew that one from Last Exile.👍👍👍

Francesca is freakin cute!!! 😂just adorable especially the reactions

Orhwurm -> earworm - literally the same thing. An earworm is a song that once you hear it, you can't stop hearing it in your head. Erbsenzähler -> beancounter or possibly a priss. More generally 'fastidous'. Wanderlust -> wanderlust (uh...) Zugzwang -> duress

In Dutch we have a great word for erbsenzahler, mierenneuker, which literally translates to ant-f*cker. It is pretty commonly used, and even comes up in serious things like political debates :D

with Erbsenzähler she said "peas" not "pieces". So youre counting every single pea that youre gonna eat. Hence being picky and trying to control everything.

Verschlimbessern or Kaputtreparieren are actual Words.. They are pretty specific but are used for situations, when someone tries to fix something, but makes it worse....

Maybe ohrwurm is where we get the term ear worm because that's what we would say we have if we get a song stuck in our head so in that sense it does have an English translation. I really love the makeup on the American girl. I can't pull off that color lipstick but it looks so perfect on her especially when she smiles.

There is an English expression for Erbsenzähler which is almost the same: bean counter (condescending description of an accountant). In German it is used a bit broader to describe the character trait of someone being overly precise and pedantic but also the same way to describe an accountant in a diminishing way within the financial industry. Curious though why German accountants count peas and Americans count beans 😂 … also, the Ohrwurm becomes clearer really quickly if you translate literally to earworm. Btw there is also the actual insect Ohrwurm which would be an earwig (I know, gross) 🥵… Wanderlust could also be broken down into ‚to wander‘ and ‚lust‘, i.e. someone who likes walking / to wander around, has therefore Wanderlust. Backpfeifengesicht was particularly funny, again quite literally ‚slappable face‘ … I could imagine saying that to someone 😂

Francesca is cute and patient and Megan is funny and smart. German is not easy to hack and explain in simplificated mode. Great Job my Girls.🥃🥃🥃👍👍👍🍹🧁🍷

We do have a cognate for Ohrwurm in English. It’s Earworms and it literally means when a song, or lyrics of a song are stuck in your head. We also have Wanderlust in English but it was borrowed from German. The reason we don’t have single words that translate to some of these German ones are because the German ones themselves are combinations between two or more German words into one. Like Sturmfrei is a combination of the German words: Sturm (storm) and Frei (free) 😂

‘Ohrwurm’ = ‘earworm’, something that people say in English anyway.

I believe she mistranslated the Word Wanderlust or rather she may have mistakenly described the meaning of "Fernweh" and not Wanderlust. Fernweh: If you want to travel and Look towards foreign Lands with a sort of longing Wanderlust: the Joy of Walking/Hiking.

Ohrwurm does have a translation. The English for it is Earworm. So maybe the word does not exist in American.

Ohrwurm technically is translatable and it has the exact same meaning ohr is ear and wurm is worm, and ear worm is when you have music stuck in your head involuntary and can be really annoying sometimes I get it a lot

Literal translations of the words: sturmfrei - Storm free Ohrwurm - ear worm Backpfeifengesicht - slapable Face Erbsenzähler - pea counter Verschlimmbessern - worse better Wanderlust - hiking lust Zugzwang - Train force

wow this was sooo interesting !! in italian we have some words that don't have a direct english translation too, but these german ones were oddly specific lol, loved them and the vid !

I don’t know how to spell that word, but I was on a boat that day, and other country songs and songs, I listen to, on a daily basis, are basically always in my head all the time

Wanderlust is a word we have in english, we just took it from Germany. ‘Wander’ is like aimless traveling and ‘lust’ is like desire (in this case); so means a desire to travel. I actually didn’t know we got this word from Germany until this video😅

I figured "ohrworm" was earworm, and that it would mean getting a tune stuck in your head. I get that a lot, so I make sure to listen to decent music. We might use "wanderlust" to describe someone who can't figure out what they want to do for a living or is friends with lots of ladies but can't pick one, literally wandering aimlessly through life without a care. I'm not sure where these stereotypes like "erbsenzaelher" get started, it's just random chance that I happen to be commenting from Wisconsin in the USA at 1:16 PM CDT. It's just that I just finished mowing the lawn. I'd say I'll see you tomorrow at 2:17 PM CDT, but I'm feeling crazy (5150), and I might just check in at 3:21 PM CDT.

5:20 OMG, I know that is a stereotype, but it just so true One of my german teacher even asked us to count how many words we have written in total during this semester Others Germany teacher that I meet don’t do it, but they also love to planning things, and everything have a Format, u have to follow the Format they provided I’m sorry but they just obsessed with planning, details, Format etc (Which is not a bad things in a certain way? But as a foreigner, I don’t get used to it lol) btw, Francesca speaks German so elegantly, I learned German for over 3 years, and never imagine German can be that graceful My stereotype of German pronunciation is just like “It’s a language that sounds serious and stiff.” I’m sorry, my bad lol

"Ohrwurm" sounds like it might be the word for "ear worm."

*staring in Southern* "No, you Yankees don't have your own food...speek for yourselves!!!"

American girl so confident

Interestingly here in the UK if we say "this song is an earworm" it means that it's a song that gets stuck in your head, which in German is Ohrwurm. I wonder if that's because Germany and the UK are both in Europe?

From TV-series Friends I learned that the USA uses: Fussball table. The game of soccer table.

I have heard english speakers use "earworm". Granted, it was mostly by expats living in germany for some time, but still... And about "Erbsenzähler": It's even that common that we have synonyms which are no less ridiculous like "korinthenkacker" (literally: "raisin shitter")

Erbsen are peas, not pieces. "Bean counter" is close to the literal meaning of "Erbsenzähler". "Zugzwang" is a chess term. It denotes a situation in which there's no good move, but you have to move.

Poor Megan , I am just like her about the german language , I only know the basics like "Hallo , Ich bin , wo" 😂

Actually, we just translated Ohrwurm as Earworm & it has been in usage for at least a decade now. It means the same thing.

i am actually from germany and sometimes i really have to laugh about how german sounds 💀

I live in Germany for 10 years now and I never heard Zugzwang until now. Nor the two "insults" Backpfeifengesicht (although that one I already read once) and Erbsenzähler.

my friend is called Francecsa and we call her Fran. She's British just like me

earworm is a word in english and in french "ver d'oreille"

is "Backpfeifengesicht" just a softer version of fist-magnet?

I thought sturmfrei is the word you use when you can come home early from school because there is a storm or something like that, at least that is how everyone used it, even teachers and students used it (I live in Germany, I know what I am talking about)

Entshuldigung Frauen. "Ohrwurm" is vey similar to a phrase we have in English. "Ear worm" or a catchy song that you can't get out of your head. I don't know if that is just a thing in the local dialect or not. Germany does take home the trophy for compound words however.

"Zugzwang" is easy for a chess player 😁

Hey megan the only food culture created here in the United States is the cajun cerol food, also the hurricane and the desert bananas foster was created in New Orleans as well.

Ohrwurm is basically earworm innit? That's what we usually label a song that gets easily stuck in one's head "oh that's such an earworm!"

But earworm is a word that used in English and it is a literal translation of Ohrwurum.

She said peas the subtitles pieces haha

Sturmfrei... There is a reason for older people to use it. Like when you are married and and partner is on a weekend vacation and you can invite all or friends and do gaming, eating chips and drink beer the whole Saturday.

In Dutch ohrwurm/oorwurm is also an insect

um the word in English for ohrwurm is directly translated as ear worm. I'm surprised schadenfreude wasn't on the list. I'm not sure if it's because I had two years of German in High School or not, but I know and use wanderlust to me it's like kindergarten or Himmel a German word used in English.

^^ Heimweh is often translated as homesickness but the English and the German word have a different meaning in each language... 🤷

🤔🦷✨ One of my personal favorite German words is for your gums *Zahnfleisch* literal English translation meaning tooth flesh..

German Americans are the largest ancestry group in the US. About 43 million citizens of the USA (15% of the total population) have German ancestry. In some regions, for example the upper Midwest, it's even as high as 30%. No wonder some German words made it into (American) English.

Ohrwurm DOES have an English translation. Earworm is one word. Wanderlust does exist in English, but it does come from German. It's funny how some of these words have English translations, but they're either not one word in English or the translation literally loses half the meaning.

I'm pretty sure ear worm and wanderlust exist in English too. Not a native speaker myself but I've definitely stumbled upon those before.

0:47 I was like what is that lmao. Sturmfrei hahaa

it would be funy to make a video trying to pronounce the longest german words

Wish she would have explained that Ohrwurm translates to ear worm but it means when you have a song stuck in your head. Loved watching this video :)

Ohrwurm has a translation, it's earworm. And is used quite frequently

4:34 Erbsen means "peas" (the food), not "piece". Maybe you should let someone that knows German look over the subtitles when they're done. But nice video.

Wanderlust does have an English definition. It isn't commonly used anymore but not unheard of in many parts of the Midwest and Great Plains where there was a heavy German influx of settlers (including a lot of my family). It actually means exactly the same thing in English as well but it just pronounced differently.

Erbsenzähler: nitpicker or bean counter So I guess there is a translation but this is maybe more used in British English.

We do actually have Wanderlust in English, which is a lust to wander. But it isn't a common word. Fun show.

if Francesca is my German tutor I will learn the language pretty quickly

I was totally expecting to see "schadenfreude" here as that isn't really translatable either. Great video!

Erbsenzähler in Dutch , or Flemish , I don't know if they say that in the Netherlands , is " Muggenzifter" , what means Mosquito Sifter? - Fault finder .

I get the "free" part of Sturmfrei, but what does "storm" have to do with being home w/o the parents? Am I mistranslating it here because "sturm" is a false cognate to "storm," does it have a secondary meaning with no English equivalent, or is it a description of how wild the party will be and/or the damage the property will sustain while the parents are away? If it is the last of these, does "sturmfrei" necessarily imply a party? If one is home alone but spends one's time just peacefully reading or watching TV, that wouldn't be "sturmfrei?" I think there is an English term equivalent to "ohrwurm;" it is "earworm." It translates directly, so I don't know which language speakers used it first.

When I have a song stuck in my head I call that an ear worm

Persnickety; would be The closest English Equivalent to Erbsenzähler. :)

Ohr = Ear Wurm = Worm Ohrwurm = Earworm After all they are both germanic languages

The thing about some words we Americans use isn’t because we picked it up from other countries but that non English speaking immigrants from other countries came and some of their words were incorporated into our language. So I’m not sure one can say there are no “American” words because it depends on how you look it. We have words that come from our indigenous languages and we have words we use that were coined here. One example is the word hassle was created here and has actually been picked up over time by English speakers in other parts of the world including Brits. Same with Spanish. There are words the former colonies use that didn’t exist back in Europe. where I’m from a common word is lagniappe. It’s origin is a blend/fusion of various influences that became part of Cajun French then into English speakers. And gumbo came from Angolan word ki ngombo which means okra and after some cross cultural influences it has become gumbo which is our word for a type of stew.

Me as german person:where she said,,Sturmfrei,,I thougt she means,the school version(no school bacause of a storm)😂😅

There is a translation for "Erbsenzähler" tho: bean counter.