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4 German slang terms for food & drink, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Informal words for eating, drinking and the state of having done too much of either. Frequently borrowed across borders, and frequently mistranslated.
noun · Regional · BROHT-tsyte
A cold snack meal — bread, cold cuts, cheese, radish, maybe Obatzda — and equally the break in which you eat it. Mid-morning on a building site, mid-afternoon on a hike, or all evening in a beer garden.
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verb · Colloquial · FRESS-en
Properly the verb for animals eating — German keeps essen and fressen strictly apart, and a cow never isst. Applied to a person it means to shovel, scoff or gorge, and is deliberately insulting or jokey.
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noun · Regional · MASS — short a, as in 'mass', never 'mahss'
A litre of beer in a dimpled glass mug. The standard unit at the Oktoberfest and in Bavarian beer gardens, and the reason people underestimate how much they have drunk.
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noun · Regional · SHRIP-uh
A bread roll — but only in Berlin and Brandenburg. Ask for a Schrippe in Munich and you will get a blank look.
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