Schimpfwörter, die es nicht auf Hochdeutsch gibt

Once again, late at night searching for a parking space, and there’s a car awkwardly parked across two spots? "Allmoi." After a visit to the café, the bill is split? "Kluntjeknieper." The one person at the party who always sticks to you and isn’t exactly charming: "Gwandlaus." Skillful cursing is an art! For refined insults, the treasures of German dialects are ideal, as they contain many gems that more accurately highlight the objectionable traits of the person being insulted than a simple "ass" or "idiot" ever could. And let’s be honest: Can’t we all use an expansion of our insult vocabulary?

Andrea Schomburg introduces us to 50 curse words from the German-speaking world, cleverly enhanced by the illustrations of Nikolaus Heidelbach. For laughing, marveling, and trying out.

Hot-tempered boor, stingy person, chatty woman.