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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youtube.com/watch?v=zxHelCzB1QI– 355durch113Commented May 4, 2016 at 14:03
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13Und es heisst: "Oans, zwoa, gsuffa!". Was aber in keinster Weise unterstellt, dass Bayern nicht bis drei zählen könnten...– tofroCommented May 6, 2016 at 10:27
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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).
answered May 26, 2011 at 13:39
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7A 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.– 0x6d64Commented Nov 27, 2011 at 15:47
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G’suffa means to guzzle the drink down; it is not just drinking.
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to guzzle?Saufen, schlucken, verschlingen- danke. Commented Aug 28, 2013 at 6:23
My translation would be
Well, I’m still learning a lot 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.
Saufen is to trinken as fressen is to essen. Fressen translates more "to wolf" down food or to eat as greedily as an animal. So too does saufen/gesoffen (g'suff') translate as "to slug" or "to chug" a drink in English or chupar whiskey in South American Spanish.
This phrase comes from the song "In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus. It uses the past of the verb "saufen" which refers to "serious" drinking; e.g. "tossing" one's beer.
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1I was quite skeptical about this short answer. Indeed the reference seems to give a wrong date and no explanation. But the fundamental info in this answer seems to be correct, surprisingly –– if you include 1,2,3 to gsuffa. See here for a short text you should also quote in your answer merkur.de/bayern/… Commented Sep 4, 2018 at 19:50
I was in Germany 50 years ago in the military and eins, zwei, dre soufa was what the Germans would toast to during a beer fest. The band would play, and then they would say, eins, zwei, dre soufa and everyone would gulp down their liter of beer.
