verb · Informal · AHN-bag-ern
To hit on someone — heavily, obviously and usually without success. The excavator in the etymology is doing real work: the word implies persistence and a total absence of subtlety.
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Germany
4 German slang terms for romance & flirting, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Flirting, dating, attraction and rejection. Rich in euphemism, and the category where a literal translation is most likely to embarrass you.
verb · Informal · AHN-bag-ern
To hit on someone — heavily, obviously and usually without success. The excavator in the etymology is doing real work: the word implies persistence and a total absence of subtlety.
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verb · Informal · KNOOT-shen — the k is pronounced
To snog, to make out. Enthusiastic and prolonged, as distinct from küssen, which covers everything from a peck upwards.
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noun · Informal · SHAT-see
Sweetheart, darling. The diminutive of Schatz, and the default endearment between partners and from parents to children.
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verb, interjection · Informal · SMESH
To sleep with someone, or to judge someone worth sleeping with. Youth Word of the Year 2022, and mainly encountered in the game format 'Smash oder Pass' rather than as a free verb.
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