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Youth slang & colloquial German

20 min de leitura · Jugendsprache · Umgangssprache · informelle Abkürzungen

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Vocabulário

krasscrazy / insane
geilawesome (colloquial)
Alterdude / mate (interjection)
chillento chill / hang out
Bock habento feel like / be up for
abgehento be lit / go off
safesure / for real
Diggabro / dude
cringecringe / awkward
flexento flex / show off
Ehrenmannlegend / stand-up guy
lostclueless / out of it

Jugendsprache: German youth slang

Jugendsprache (youth language) evolves rapidly and borrows heavily from English. A C2 speaker should understand it, even without using it systematically.

Integrated anglicisms:

Das ist so cringe. → That is so cringeworthy.
Er hat richtig geflext. → He really showed off.

Colloquial intensifiers:

Das ist krass! → That is insane!
Das Konzert war mega geil. → The concert was mega awesome.

Forms of address:

Alter, was machst du da? → Dude, what are you doing?
Digga, lass mal chillen. → Bro, let us just chill.

Common expressions:

Ich hab keinen Bock. → I do not feel like it.
Das geht voll ab! → That is absolutely lit!

Be careful: this language is highly context-dependent. Using it in a formal setting would be a serious register error.

Expressões

Ich hab keinen Bock draufExpressing lack of motivation
Das geht voll ab!Saying something is amazing / lit
Digga, chill mal!Telling someone to calm down
Das ist mega cringeDescribing an awkward situation
Er ist ein EhrenmannComplimenting someone (slang)
Voll lost, AlterSaying someone is clueless
Safe, ich kommeConfirming with certainty
Lass mal flexenSuggesting showing off

Erros frequentes

~~Ich habe keinen Bock auf das~~
Ich hab keinen Bock drauf
In Jugendsprache, haben contracts to hab and drauf replaces auf das.
~~Das geht total ab (in a formal email)~~
Die Veranstaltung war sehr gelungen
Slang like abgehen is inappropriate in formal contexts.
~~Er ist cringe~~
Das ist cringe / Er ist so cringe
Cringe describes a situation or behaviour, not a person directly.
~~Ich will chillen machen~~
Ich will chillen
Chillen is already a verb. No need to add machen.
~~Er flexte mit seinem Auto~~
Er hat mit seinem Auto geflext
Flexen uses the Perfekt in spoken language, not the Präteritum.

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