International Cursing & Swearing Dictionary

Cursing & Swearing Dictionary

German Insults

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	alter junge - [edit]
Pronounced	alter junge
Literally	old boy
Practical Usage	System loves when i say Alter Junge.

	arschgesicht - [edit]
Pronounced	arsh-ge-sikt
Literally	assface

	arschloch - [edit]
Pronounced	arsh loch
Literally	ass hole
Practical Usage	Asshole

	behindert - [edit]
Pronounced	bay-hin-dirt
Literally	cripple, disabled
Practical Usage	Normal word meaning "disabled", normal use prevailing over abusive. "Du bist behindert" (you are a cripple) Pronounced Doo bisst bay-HIN-dirt "Sag mal bist du behindert ?" (Are you retarted or something ?) Pronounced: Zag maal bist doo bay-HIN-dirt?

	beweg deinen fetten arsch zur seite - [edit]
Pronounced	bevek die-nen fetten arsh tzoor zy-te
Literally	move your fat ass to the side

	blas mir einen - [edit]
Pronounced	blah-s meer eye nun
Literally	blow me

	deine mutter - [edit]
Pronounced	dye-nuh mooter
Literally	your mother
Practical Usage	Deine Mutter (always with capitals) are NOT swear words unless you add something to it like: Deine Mutter ist eine Hure. (Your mother is a whore) which is a serious insult Nowadays "Deine Mutter" can be used as a swear word on its own and will be understood by any German! May also be used as a German equivalent to "In your face!" or "you are talking bullshit!"

	deine mutter hurt in der stadt - [edit]
Pronounced	dyneh mooter hoort in der shtatt
Literally	your mother whores in the city
Practical Usage	This will pierce the delicate, mother-loving heart of ANY German! Use liberally and with impunity!

	dorftrottel - [edit]
Pronounced	dorf trot-ul
Literally	village idiot, sune from herbram :) :) :)
Practical Usage	You are the/a Dorftrottel. Du bist der/ein Dorftrottel Du bist Jan Markus

	du bist behindert - [edit]
Literally	you are stupid

	du hurensohn - [edit]
Pronounced	sune is a whore alter junge
Literally	son of a bitch

	dumme ziege - [edit]
Pronounced	doom-meh zee-geh
Literally	(to a woman) 'dumb goat'
Practical Usage	(the "z" is pronounced as a sharp "ts" sound, almost like the noise someone makes when they hear something they find ridiculous.)

	dummer arsch - [edit]
Pronounced	doomer-arsh
Literally	dumb ass
Practical Usage	like dummkopf. dumm meaning dumb/stupid and kopf meaning head.

	dummkopf - [edit]
Pronounced	doom kopf
Literally	dumb head
Practical Usage	Less of an insult an more of a joking name between friends and family Eg. Dummkopf! You really thought the cat's milk was for the baby?!

	feiger hund - [edit]
Pronounced	f-eye-ger hoont
Literally	cowardly dog
Practical Usage	Courage is a feiger hund.

	fick dich / fickt euc - [edit]
Literally	fuck you
Practical Usage	"fick dich" (singular) or "fickt euch" (plural) means fuck you and is used the same way "fuck you" is used in English, mostly to express that someone is being an asshole/annoys you. Also can be used as an equivalent for "bite me", but it's more offensive.

	ficker - [edit]
Pronounced	figger
Literally	fucker
Practical Usage	Jan is a ficker.

	halt die fresse - [edit]
Literally	shut up and doen't include the word "fuck". it merely means stop talking in a somewhat deameaning and insulting way. less insulting but still impolite would be "halt(en) sie/du den mund". it has nothing to do with with a way of eating like an animal.
Practical Usage	the same meaning: "halts maul!" Germans hate being associated with animals, and this means "stop eating like an animal" but translated loosely into "shut the fuck up." Use with anger and fists raised.

	hampelmann - [edit]
Pronounced	hum-pel-mon
Literally	someone who is constantly clumsy or clutzy, someone who is always moving around, twitching, bumping, or falling into things or tripping, someone who has "ants in his pants"
Practical Usage	Used when someone is unable to keep still, constantly restless in an annoying way, constantly uncoordinated,clumsy, always knocking things down or over, a "klutz"

	himmel donner wetter - [edit]
Literally	used in the beginning of an exclamation as an expression of shear frustration
Practical Usage	This simply translates as "Sky Thunder Weather"

	hurensohn - [edit]
Pronounced	who-rgen-sohn
Literally	son of a whore
Practical Usage	- Hallo, ich heisse Jan. - Hallo, Hurensohn.

	ich habe es mit deiner freundin getrieben, aber sie war nicht so gut wie deine mutter - [edit]
Pronounced	eech habs mit dyner froyndin getreebin, abberr sea varr neeckt so goot vee dyneh moottee!
Literally	i fucked your girlfriend, but sadly, she was not as good a shag as your mother!
Practical Usage	Ooh! That'll smart a bit!

	ich rasiere dich ohne schaum! - [edit]
Pronounced	isch rasire disch ouhne schaum
Literally	i'm gonna shave you without foam!
Practical Usage	If you come near my kids again, Ich rasiere dich ohne schaum!

	ihre mutter ist eine liederliche schlampe - [edit]
Pronounced	vagina
Literally	your mother is a slovenly whore.

	jan markus - [edit]
Pronounced	idiot
Literally	someone breathtakingly unattractive
Practical Usage	"She looked okay when we were in the bar, but when I woke up the next morning it turned out she was a complete minger. On fire and put out with a shovel, that sort of thing." NB: This is from the UK, not Germany.

	jemandem hörner aufsetzen - [edit]
Literally	someone/you wear the horns.

	kackfass - [edit]
Literally	platter of shit
Practical Usage	Public school food is worse than a kackfass

	lachlanbrucetakesituptheass - [edit]
Pronounced	pri-son-go-kart
Literally	prisongocart
Practical Usage	a bruce in prison is a prison go-kart

	leck mich am arsch - [edit]
Pronounced	leh-k meeck am arsh
Literally	lick my ass
Practical Usage	it means kiss my ass

	mach es dir selber - [edit]
Pronounced	i like twurtles
Literally	go fuck yourself
Practical Usage	"Hey guys are you having a party?" "Mach es Dir selber, Jan."

	mecker liese - [edit]
Pronounced	me-ker lee-ze
Literally	a very annoying and complaining woman or person
Practical Usage	Used to refer to someone who always has constant complaints about everything he/she encounters; someone who complains about everything; for example bad service, bad food, the weather is too hot or cold, and so on.....also known as the perpetual "fusspot" or constantly picky person

	mein vater braucht viagra um deine mutter zu ficken! - [edit]
Pronounced	mine fatter browcht viagra oom dyneh mooterr tzoo ficken!
Literally	my dad needs viagra to shag your mum!
Practical Usage	Do it. The famous German sense of humour really loves and appreciates this one. It's not too bad...honest..

	missgeburt - [edit]
Pronounced	miz-geburt
Literally	a common insult to say that someone is born deformed

	muschi - [edit]
Pronounced	moo-she
Literally	pussy, vagina
Practical Usage	What Jan Markus will never get.

	muttersöhnchen - [edit]
Pronounced	moottersoenchin
Literally	mama's boy
Practical Usage	Not especially offensive, though a fun word to know.

	oli mag schwanz - [edit]
Pronounced	oeli mug schwunz
Literally	(to) assfuck
Practical Usage	I WANT SOME DICK

	opfer - [edit]
Pronounced	op-furr
Literally	victim or sacrifice
Practical Usage	This insult is used in a similar way as the English "moron" It describes a person that is inferior to others, such as someone who is constantly bullied. With "Wichser", "Hurensohn" and "Spasst" one of the most commonly and widely used insults.

	penis - [edit]
Pronounced	penis
Literally	penis
Practical Usage	penisuthernmost German states: Baden-Württemburg and Bayern (Bavaria). penis

	saukerl - [edit]
Pronounced	zow care ul
Literally	stupid swine (boy)
Practical Usage	you stupid saukerl, get over here now! Cunt

	saumench - [edit]
Pronounced	zau men ch
Literally	pig girl
Practical Usage	Just an insult

	scheisskopf - [edit]
Pronounced	shyss-kopf
Literally	shithead
Practical Usage	"Listen here, Scheisskopf, the gravy goes on the potatoes in one scoop....any more and it's comin' outta your check." If you said Scheisskopf to any german they would just simply laugh at you, Dummkopf is a softer and friendlier word for being idiotic.

	scheiße - [edit]
Pronounced	shy - sse
Literally	shit

	schlampe - [edit]
Pronounced	shlump-eh
Literally	bitch / slut
Practical Usage	du dumme schlampe / you stupid cunt

	schwachkopf - [edit]
Literally	weak-head
Practical Usage	It's like stupid or dumb, but I don't if it's taken seriously or just like a minor insult.

	schwachsinniger - [edit]
Pronounced	sh-wach-syn-nyg-er
Literally	feeble-minded, mentally retarded
Practical Usage	Could be used in a variety of ways, usually said after a phrase or just as it is.

	schwanzluder - [edit]
Pronounced	sch-vaans-loo-der
Literally	cock-slut
Practical Usage	Look at that Schwanzluder... Wait, is that your mother?

	schwanzlutscher - [edit]
Literally	cocksucker

	schweinepriester - [edit]
Pronounced	sh-wine-priest-er
Literally	pig priest = traitor and someone without scruples
Practical Usage	use this for someone who screws their friends over

	shit cripple - [edit]
Pronounced	shiesta
Literally	shit cripple
Practical Usage	Very bad insult

	sie verpflichten rassenschande auch? - [edit]
Literally	you agree with (policy of race-defilement) too?
Practical Usage	As Lit tras. Implies someone is a cuckold

	spießer - [edit]
Pronounced	shpeeser
Literally	anal retentive

	Spinner - [edit]
Literally	freak

	trottel - [edit]
Literally	stupid / jerk

	tussi - [edit]
Pronounced	toosi
Literally	skank, dumb bitch
Practical Usage	What Jan Markus is.

	verdammt - [edit]
Pronounced	fur-dammed
Literally	damn
Practical Usage	None can doubt the vreaicty of this article.

	verdammt sollst du sein - [edit]
Literally	damn you

	vergewaltiger - [edit]
Pronounced	verguh-val-tih-gerr
Literally	rapist
Practical Usage	Du bist ein Vergewaltiger! You are a rapist

	verpiss dich - [edit]
Literally	piss off, fuck off, get lost, be jan markus

	verrückt - [edit]
Pronounced	fair rookt
Literally	crazy

	wichser - [edit]
Pronounced	vic-sir
Literally	translates literally to wanker, someone who jerks off a lot, often used for asshole
Practical Usage	AKAIK you've got the anwesr in one!