silver Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 I should say a bit about mince pies and mincemeat. Originally mincemeat was just that - minced meat flavoured with chopped fruit and spices. Gradually mincemeat had more fruit and was sweetened with sugar; the meat disappeared though many recipes still use suet (animal fat) as one of the ingredients. This is used in big pies or small individual pies, often served warm (and often with added alcohol - Christmas seems to be the time for added alcohol) . Confusingly, we still say "mince" when we refer to minced beef. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, Prisca said: The thirteen German word: Adventskalender = Advent calendar Advent = Advent Kalender = calendar (If this word is difficult to remember, then I don't know. ) If it's Advent + Kalender, why does the "s" get added in the middle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prisca Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, silver said: If it's Advent + Kalender, why does the "s" get added in the middle? It's used to connect the words so it's easier to pronounce, I guess. (In German linguistic it's called a "Fugen-s", there are also letters like -e-, -es-, -n-, -en-, -er- and -ens- with the same function but the most often "s" has this function.) With some words you are free to put e.g. an "s" or not but with this word it is common to put an "s". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krysady Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 15 hours ago, silver said: (and often with added alcohol - Christmas seems to be the time for added alcohol) . This is what I wanted to say, it seems that you guys really like to cook with alcohol and sounds like a good tradition 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlight Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 2 hours ago, krysady said: This is what I wanted to say, it seems that you guys really like to cook with alcohol and sounds like a good tradition Hahaha true! In my family there isn't any recipe for cookies that isn't including rum. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prisca Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 The fourteenth German word: Mistelzweig = mistletoe Mistel = mistletoe (yes, it already means "mistletoe", but normally we talk about "Mistelzweig" when it's about this thing you are supposed to kiss each other when you are beneath, not that this tradition actually exists in the German speaking zone but as it is there also possible to watch Hollywood movies... ) Zweig = branch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 Our word Mistletoe like many words has a rather hazy background but one suggested derivation is that the mistle part is missel (little dung, from Saxon misc or mix), and the toe part is definitely from tan, twig, so it means little dung stick Not so romantic now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 My Christmas tree - lit and unlit 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prisca Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 The fifteenth German word: Weihnachtsbeleuchtung = Christmas illumination Weihnachten = Christmas Beleuchtung = illumination 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 And this is "Why do you make me wear this stupid hat every year"? 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prisca Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 The sixteenth German word: Kerze = candle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinyLove_CJ Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 What's everyone's favourite Christmas movie? I'm not the biggest fan of them actually with only a few exceptions, these are: - The Grinch (2000) - The Grinch (2018) - better than the original imo. - Love Actually - The Nightmare Before Christmas (which is great because you can watch it on Halloween and Christmas!) - The Snowman and, The Snowman and the Snowdog (I know they're only short but they count!) And my all time favourite has to be... ELF! 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlight Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Me and my family are always watching - Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) - Mrs. Miracle (2009) and Mrs. Miracle 2 (2012) which are so sweet really 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prisca Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 The seventeenth German word: Weihnachtskugel = bauble Weihnachten = Christmas Kugel = ball 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prisca Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 The eighteenth German word: Dreikönigskuchen = king cake drei = three König = king Kuchen = cake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 That looks a very interesting cake - what's it made of? I assume it is a traditional cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prisca Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, silver said: That looks a very interesting cake - what's it made of? I assume it is a traditional cake. It's made out of sweet yeast dough. That's how it looks like in Switzerland. In one of the pieces is the plastic king. The person who catches the piece with the plastik king is for the rest of the day the king/the queen and can put the crown on. Yes, it is a traditional cake. It is only sold at the 6 January and some days before and afterwards. Most people buy it at 6 January. There are (according to Wikipedia) sold every year 1,5 millions of this cake in Switzerland (there are around 8,5 millions people in Switzerland). Almost every household buys it (there are of course also smaller king cakes than the cake above). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 Actually we used to have something similar with a bean in the cake - whoever got the bean became the Lord of Misrule and lead the drinking and general revelry. Servants were allowed to mix with their masters and all the normal social rules didn't apply. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlight Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 As the Holy Night has just began here and it's all calm and sweet I'm sharing our Christmas tree with you all. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prisca Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 The ninteteenth German word (and the last one, my special Advent calendar is shorter as I started too late ): Weihnachtslied = Christmas carol Weihnachten = Christmas Lied = song I hope you had a little bit fun with learning German (with a person there mother tongue is strictly speaking not German , don't worry, I know what I'm doing, at least what this concerns ) Merry Christmas to everyone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 Is there a German word for "I've eaten and drunk too much"? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prisca Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 On 12/26/2020 at 2:37 PM, silver said: Is there a German word for "I've eaten and drunk too much"? Hmm, "drunk too much" is easy, there are several words: drunk = betrunken, besoffen (coll.), alkoholisiert, blau ("blau" literally means blue, yes, when you say in German that you are blue you are drunk and not sad, important to know )... "For eaten too much" I had to think longer. When you have eaten enough you say that you are "satt". When you have eaten too much, you can say: "ich platze" = literally it means something like "I burst". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prisca Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 In case somebody is interested in what I've eaten the last days: dinner of 24 December = raclette dinner of 25 December = raclette dinner of 26 December = raclette dinner of 27 December = no, I'm alone at home, I'm not going to eat raclette again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlight Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Prisca said: In case somebody is interested in what I've eaten the last days: dinner of 24 December = raclette dinner of 25 December = raclette dinner of 26 December = raclette dinner of 27 December = no, I'm alone at home, I'm not going to eat raclette again. Wow that's a lot of raclette I've eaten raclette and I love it, but we only eat it on New Year's Eve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prisca Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 20 minutes ago, Starlight said: Wow that's a lot of raclette Yes, and every evening too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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