1. Germlish: "Pick up your shirts until Monday" English "Pick up your shirts by Monday"
2. Germlish: "You need to do a training on library card" English "Let me show you how the card works"
3. Germlish: "Do the control" English: "Check off this list"
2. Germlish: "You need to do a training on library card" English "Let me show you how the card works"
3. Germlish: "Do the control" English: "Check off this list"
by jeepwrangler55 January 30, 2010
Get the Germlish mug.Oh wow there are a lot of Germish people in Chile since WWII.
I wish I was Germish, so I look white, but I'm still a minority
I wish I was Germish, so I look white, but I'm still a minority
by germishboy February 5, 2009
Get the Germish mug.The germalist said that COVID-19 is spreading exponentially through the United States and that we need to contain the virus if we don't want our hospitals to be overwhelmed.
by Eric Ha March 25, 2020
Get the germalist mug.Wholly made up or garbled words used by person who either doesn’t know how to properly pronounce or spell the original word.
In a recent rally, Trump said that he had already won the Nobel “Preace” Prize and that America would be the first country to land on “Nars”. He also claimed that the nation had a “hydrosonic” weapon. While the military describes it as “hypersonic”.
As usual his speech was full of Garblish.
As usual his speech was full of Garblish.
by Incog.neato September 24, 2020
Get the Garblish mug.A mixture between German and Irish. We're drunken nazis! Aaaaaaaaaand stuff. Mostly used to mock all the abbreviations most people use in their typing. Zing!
He r Germish lozlozlozlzolzozl!!1ONE
by baka777 November 8, 2004
Get the germish mug.Germglish is what native speakers of English (e.g. an expat) who spend too much time in a German-speaking country without looking after their English end up speaking and writing. They start speaking and writing in a way that's strongly influenced by German.
Alternatively, this can also be used to describe how some learners of English who are native in German sound when they speak or write in English.
For example, they might use words that sound like a German word in the wrong context (so they might say they have the "actual" version of something rather than the "current" version, because the German word for current, "aktuell", sounds like actual).
They also use more Germanic syntax and grammar, with funny hyphenation, comma usage, and weird plurals. See below:
"Germglish is an affliction that starts slowly. Unusual word selection is usually the first symptom. Uncomfortable syntax, might be seen next. German-oriented language is also already fundamental within the framework of this illness, as are those additional words. By this stage, the hyphenation-problem is usually getting much more serious. These people may still have very-useful informations to share, but by this stage it is hard to follow the thread already, because their mother language word order is so destroyed by German-oriented-grammar by now."
Alternatively, this can also be used to describe how some learners of English who are native in German sound when they speak or write in English.
For example, they might use words that sound like a German word in the wrong context (so they might say they have the "actual" version of something rather than the "current" version, because the German word for current, "aktuell", sounds like actual).
They also use more Germanic syntax and grammar, with funny hyphenation, comma usage, and weird plurals. See below:
"Germglish is an affliction that starts slowly. Unusual word selection is usually the first symptom. Uncomfortable syntax, might be seen next. German-oriented language is also already fundamental within the framework of this illness, as are those additional words. By this stage, the hyphenation-problem is usually getting much more serious. These people may still have very-useful informations to share, but by this stage it is hard to follow the thread already, because their mother language word order is so destroyed by German-oriented-grammar by now."
"I have no idea what that means. It's total Germglish."
"That woman might be American on paper, but she spent most of her life in Germany. She opens her mouth and it's just pure Germglish."
"I really need to visit home more often - I just seem to be writing Germglish lately."
"That woman might be American on paper, but she spent most of her life in Germany. She opens her mouth and it's just pure Germglish."
"I really need to visit home more often - I just seem to be writing Germglish lately."
by absolutelydiabolical November 1, 2017
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