Prisca 342 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 The thirteen German word: Adventskalender = Advent calendar Advent = Advent Kalender = calendar (If this word is difficult to remember, then I don't know. ) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silver 16,903 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silver 16,903 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? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Prisca 342 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
krysady 5,268 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starlight 3,266 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Prisca 342 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silver 16,903 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silver 16,903 Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 My Christmas tree - lit and unlit 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Prisca 342 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 The fifteenth German word: Weihnachtsbeleuchtung = Christmas illumination Weihnachten = Christmas Beleuchtung = illumination 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silver 16,903 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Prisca 342 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 The sixteenth German word: Kerze = candle 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TinyLove_CJ 1,510 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starlight 3,266 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Prisca 342 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 The seventeenth German word: Weihnachtskugel = bauble Weihnachten = Christmas Kugel = ball 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Prisca 342 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 The eighteenth German word: Dreikönigskuchen = king cake drei = three König = king Kuchen = cake 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silver 16,903 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Prisca 342 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silver 16,903 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marit R. Nielsen 117 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) On 12/5/2020 at 11:24 PM, silver said: Chatting about Christmas - customs and traditions, what you're doing this year - anything really. Feel free to post pics of your Christmas trees and decorations. Today on 24th December we are celebrating Christmas in Norway. On the 23rd we have as a tradition to decorate the Christmas tree and we did it yesterday. Some years we have decorated it earlier just because of the stronger feeling of Christmas that I love. As a child, my dad always had the tradition of bringing up the biggest and most desirable gifts when we thought there were no more gifts to open and the party was over… to my mom's despair - she always liked the practical gifts and thought my dad's gifts where too expensive. I guess he spoiled us a bit. But in a child´s heart you feel like the fairytales are real… 🎄❤️💫 Found some videos that I'd like to share. Some of them are with "George Michael", who I always have been a fan of, some are with ceveral artists singing for "Band Aid", and some are affected by Disney since i have worked with them for many years. "The Main Level" Is a Norwegian band that I have been in touch with through my job in Tweens and SOL. The sweater they are wearing in the video is typical of Norway. Enjoy! Edited December 25, 2020 by Marit R. Nielsen 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starlight 3,266 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Prisca 342 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silver 16,903 Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 Is there a German word for "I've eaten and drunk too much"? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Prisca 342 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". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Prisca 342 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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