Thread: Basic German for Shavers, Part 1

robin,
glad you started this. before all i knew was one or two words, mostly "dummkopf"

What about one of the most useful German words.. If you suffer from RAD I mean.. and occasionally find yourself sneaking over to www.ebay.de to feed your hunger for more razors :

rasiermesser

Well, a member asked me for transliterations. My times as a student of forensic linguistics are long past, but I'll try. Anyone more familiar with IPA please chime in.

• Bergischer Löwe: ['bergɪʃer 'løːwə]
• der Schleifstein (hone) ['ʃlaɪf,ʃtaɪn]
• schleifen (to hone) ['ʃlaɪfən]
• der Abziehriemen (strop) ['abtsiː,ri¦mən]
• der Hängeriemen (hanging strop) ['hɛŋə,riːmən]]
• abledern (to strop) ['ableːdərn]
• das Rasiermesser (straight razor): [ra'ziːr,məsər]

Regards,
Robin

Originally Posted by BeBerlin

Well, a member asked me for translations. My times as a student of forensic linguistics are long past, but I'll try. Anyone more familiar with IPA please chime in.

• Bergischer Löwe: ['bergɪʃer 'løwə]
• der Schleifstein (hone) ['ʃlaɪf,ʃtaɪn]
• schleifen (to hone) ['ʃlaɪfən]
• der Abziehriemen (strop) ['abtsi¦,ri¦mən]
• der Hängeriemen (hanging strop) ['hɛŋə,r¦mən]]
• abledern (to strop)['able¦dərn]

Regards,
Robin

NOW, we are getting somewhere..thanks robin...now hopefully i will not mangle the German language with a little practice and some help from "y'all"(as in you all, youse guys, youin's) as we say in the south...

Forensic Linguistics? Awesome. Definitely something I am very much interested in. On a slightly related note, anyone trolling Swedish webspace for straight razors, search Rakkniv.

Originally Posted by JimR

As long as we're on stuff we miss from Germany: Rausch. And the Schokoladen Bar at KDW.

I think the thing I miss the most would have to be Landjäger...

Grüezi!

I made the mistake of searching the Bay (die Bucht?) for "rasiermesser" without geographical limits, now I have a Henckels Friodur 7/8 "Mit seltenem Kullenrücken und Spanishchem Kopf" en-route from Nordrhein-Westfalen... I hate it when that happens.

When I plug shave into the babelfish online translator, I get "rasur", but it translates to shave as "zu rasieren" and shaving as "rasieren". Is this correct?

Danke vielmal!

Sehr gut meine jungs.

Don't forget to slightly roll your 'R's.

Oh...with these helpful hints, i can now prowl the German ebay. Thanks guys.

Mac

Originally Posted by McWolf1969

Oh...with these helpful hints, i can now prowl the German ebay. Thanks guys.

Mac

Don't let Olivia catch you