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Moin. Sign greeting visitors to Nordhastedt, Schleswig-Holstein. Moin, moi or mojn is a Low German, Frisian, High German ( moin [moin] or Moin, [Moin] ), [ 1] Danish ( mojn) [ 2] ( mòjn) greeting from East Frisia, Northern Germany, the eastern and northern Netherlands, Southern Jutland in Denmark and parts of Kashubia in northern Poland.
In English -speaking countries, the common verbal response to another person's sneeze is " [God] bless you ", or, less commonly in the United States and Canada, "Gesundheit", the German word for health (and the response to sneezing in German-speaking countries). There are several proposed bless-you origins for use in the context of sneezing.
Süffig —a beverage that is especially light and sweet or palatable; only the latter meaning is connoted with German süffig. Tafelspitz —boiled veal or beef in broth, served with a mix of minced apples and horseradish. Weisslacker (also Bierkäse)—a type of cow's milk cheese. Wiener —a hot dog.
Plautdietsch ( pronounced [ˈplaʊt.ditʃ]) or Mennonite Low German is a Low Prussian dialect of East Low German with Dutch influence that developed in the 16th and 17th centuries in the Vistula delta area of Royal Prussia. [ 3][ 4] The word Plautdietsch translates to "flat (or low) German" (referring to the plains of northern Germany or the ...
A siesta (from Spanish, pronounced [ˈsjesta] and meaning "nap") is a short nap taken in the early afternoon, often after the midday meal. Such a period of sleep is a common tradition in some countries, particularly those in warm-weather zones. The "siesta" can refer to the nap itself, or more generally to a period of the day, generally between ...
Las Mañanitas. "Las Mañanitas" Spanish pronunciation: [las maɲaˈnitas] is a traditional Mexican [ 1] birthday song written by Mexican composer Alfonso Esparza Oteo. It is popular in Mexico, usually sung early in the morning to awaken the birthday person, and especially as part of the custom of serenading women.
This is a list of some Spanish words of Germanic origin . The list includes words from Visigothic, Frankish, Langobardic, Middle Dutch, Middle High German, Middle Low German, Old English, Old High German, Old Norse, Old Swedish, English, and finally, words which come from Germanic with the specific source unknown.
The "Deutschlandlied" (German pronunciation:[ˈdɔʏtʃlantˌliːt]ⓘ; "Song of Germany"), officially titled "Das Lied der Deutschen" (German:[dasˌliːtdɛːʁˈdɔʏtʃn̩]; "The Song of the Germans"), has been the national anthemof Germanyeither wholly or in part since 1922, except for a seven-year gap following World War IIin West Germany.