{"id":11534,"date":"2020-03-12T19:26:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T19:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=11534"},"modified":"2020-04-15T09:56:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T09:56:33","slug":"untranslatable-words-die-konfirmandenblase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/untranslatable-words-die-konfirmandenblase\/","title":{"rendered":"Untranslatable Words: Die Konfirmandenblase"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you have to go to the bathroom\u00a0a lot<\/em>?\u00a0 Looks like you may have a\u00a0Konfirmandenblase<\/em>… A what? Let’s look at this untranslatable classic today!<\/p>\n

What does\u00a0Konfirmandenblase <\/em>mean?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/3ATLej-1WW0?t=1178<\/p>\n

A Konfirmandenblase <\/em>refers to a weak bladder, somebody that has to go to the toilet a lot. Other similar words referring to the same are “Sextanerblase” (“Sexta pupil bladder”, an old word for 5th grade in Germany was Sexta<\/em>) and “Pionierblase” (“pioneer bladder”). All three of these terms mean the same thing.<\/p>\n

What would be a literal translation of Konfirmandenblase<\/em>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Konfirmandenblase <\/em>literally means “Confirmand bladder”. Confirmand? Somebody that is doing their Church\u00a0Konfirmation<\/em> (Confirmation)? Yes. Weird, right?<\/p>\n

But why is it related to this? It looks like it may come from how langweilig <\/em>(boring) the Konfirmationsunterricht\u00a0<\/em>(Confirmation lessons) were, and because of\u00a0Langeweile\u00a0<\/em>(boredom), the teens just wanted to escape it often – which looks like they have a real weak bladder!<\/p>\n

And so this word is also related to copping out of an event, especially because it is not very\u00a0spannend\u00a0<\/em>(interesting).<\/p>\n

How would you use\u00a0Konfirmandenblase<\/em> in a sentence?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Du musst schon wieder auf Toilette gehen?<\/em><\/p>\n

– Tja, ich habe wohl eine Konfirmandenblase!<\/em><\/p>\n

(You have to go the bathroom again?<\/p>\n

– Well, looks like I have a Confirmand bladder!)<\/p>\n

What is the nearest English equivalent of\u00a0Konfirmandenblase<\/em>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There is no such thing as a “Confirmation bladder” in English. Perhaps there, the\u00a0Konfirmationsunterricht\u00a0<\/em>was never that\u00a0langweilig<\/em>! I’ve seen an expression somewhere of a “Chinese bladder”, but I could not find much on that nor have I heard that in the wild before. If you have, or know an equivalent, please let me know in the comments below!<\/p>\n

Have you heard of the Konfirmandenblase<\/em>? Does your language have an equivalent or similar term? Let me know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Do you have to go to the bathroom\u00a0a lot?\u00a0 Looks like you may have a\u00a0Konfirmandenblase… A what? Let’s look at this untranslatable classic today! What does\u00a0Konfirmandenblase mean? https:\/\/youtu.be\/3ATLej-1WW0?t=1178 A Konfirmandenblase refers to a weak bladder, somebody that has to go to the toilet a lot. Other similar words referring to the same are “Sextanerblase” (“Sexta…<\/p>\n

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