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Oans, zwoa, drei, g'suffa!

The first three words in the above quote are Bavarian for "eins, zwei, drei". Is "g'suffa" also Bavarian, and what does it mean?

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It's a Bavarian dialect expression and it means gesoffen. That's the Partizip Perfekt of "saufen": colloquial/vulg. for "trinken" (to drink).

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+1 - Zudem ist es ein feststehender Trinkspruch. – Tomalak May 26 '11 at 14:08
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+1 nur im Zusammenhang mit Bier anzuwenden. – bernd_k May 26 '11 at 14:21
Is that expression from "In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus?" – Tom Au Jun 17 '11 at 16:29
@Tom_Au The expression is older than the song. – splattne♦ Jun 17 '11 at 17:21
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A good translation would also have to include that "g'suffa!" is meant as a kind of prompt or even military-style order to take a gulp of beer. – 0x6d64 Nov 27 '11 at 15:47
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gsuffa means to " guzzle " the drink downe......it is not just drinking

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Well Im still learning alot about the German language BUT I know that eins zwei drei is 1, 2, 3 and g'suffa is chug, gulp or guzzle. So this clearly is a drinking song! My uncle's ex wife would sing this and drink German beer.

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