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That's not a pun, just Viennese dialect for "sagt" (as Kreisler was a popular singer and comedian from Vienna). The funny part of that line is that the doctor will probably never marry that girl - in …

Habacht (derived from Acht haben, to be aware; also Habacht-Stellung, Habacht position) is probably a historical term meaning something like today’s Achtung at the German army. On the order Achtung! …

I support thei's answer that "durchfallen" has no connotation with diarrhea and vice-versa. At the risk of sounding a bit disgusting here, the similarities are still there though. With "durchfallen", …

I think the usage is loosely coupled to the size of the water body, with Ozean being the largest, Meer coming second, and then See*. For some contradictions of the definitions I give here (and that's …

As the other answers have already pointed out, "Fahrenheit" is simply the name of the physicist who invented that temperature scale. However, since the German language makes good use of word compositi …

"sich" can often be translated to "himself/herself/itself, themselves" (*) or "each other", which covers all but one of your examples: Eine Klasse für sich. -> A class of its own (or, literally, by i …

Es gibt „Was für ein(e) …“ sowohl als Teil einer Frage als auch als Teil eines Ausrufs. Als Frage formuliert ersetzt es im umgangssprachlichen Gebrauch oft „welche, welcher, welches“; genau genommen …

Wenn man der Wikipedia glauben darf, kommt diese Redewendung vom Aufnehmen einer Bestellung oder eines Artikels auf einen Kassenbon. Wenn etwas auf dem Kassenbon ist, so ist es registiert, somit geb …

In my experience, "ein paar" has not much to do with the number two, it's more likely to be interpreted as "a few" or "a bunch" as opposed to "all" or even "many". So if you're saying "Gib mir doch …

Wo liegt der Unterschied zwischen den Fragewörtern "wieso", "weshalb" und "warum"? Ist er regional, gibt es subtile Unterschiede in den Bedeutungen, oder gibt es noch einen anderen Grund für die Exist …

"Das Wort zum Sonntag" is a weekly TV show. Every Saturday night, a priest (either protestant or catholic) gives a short sermon, often involving current affairs. It's one of the oldest shows in German …