{"id":13011,"date":"2021-05-24T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T09:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=13011"},"modified":"2021-05-13T12:19:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T12:19:35","slug":"talking-about-cats-in-german","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/talking-about-cats-in-german\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking About Cats In German"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guten Tag! Are you a <strong>Katzenliebhaber<\/strong> (cat lover)? If so, this post about cats is for you!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13015\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13015\" class=\" wp-image-13015\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/erik-jan-leusink-IbPxGLgJiMI-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"cats\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/erik-jan-leusink-IbPxGLgJiMI-unsplash.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/erik-jan-leusink-IbPxGLgJiMI-unsplash-350x234.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@ejleusink?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Erik-Jan Leusink<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/cats?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last summer, a TikTok video showing a man calling cats in different languages went viral. The video shows Dennis, or g.catt.eng as he is called on TikTok, trying to get various cats\u2019 attention with different languages. None of them work, except for German. He ends each video by saying \u2018German always works\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The magical, cat-charming, German word he uses is <strong>Stardenburdenhardenbart.<\/strong> This word, however, is completely made up! It is vaguely German-sounding <strong>Unsinn<\/strong> (nonsense). But because the video shows the cats responding to it every time, people are starting to question things, such as\u2026 <strong>Sprechen alle Katzen Deutsch?!<\/strong> <em>Do all cats speak German?!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can watch the videos here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MY STARDENBURDENHARDENBART COMPILATION Cat Calling in different languages (German always works)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mev7iy6gwIQ?start=67&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this is just a bit of fun. But I thought it would lead us nicely onto ways you can talk about \u2013 or to &#8211; cats in German.<\/p>\n<h2>Talking About Cats In German<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Die Katze<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the ordinary, learn-it-from-a-textbook way to say cat in German.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Der Kater<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Der Kater refers specifically to a male cat. It is also the German word for hangover. You can read more on this subject by <a title=\"The German Word \u2018der Kater\u2019\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/the-german-word-der-kater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clicking here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Das K\u00e4tzchen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the word for kitten. It\u2019s also a diminutive of die Katze, so even if your cat is not a kitten, but you want to talk about them affectionately, you can call them a K\u00e4tzchen. <a title=\"The German Diminutive\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/the-german-diminutive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click through to this post<\/a> to learn about German diminutives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Die Mieze<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mieze is the equivalent to kitty in German. It is more affectionate than Katze. You could even go one step further with your affection by calling your cat <strong>die Miezekatze<\/strong>, or <strong>das Miezek\u00e4tzchen <\/strong>(&#8216;kitty cat&#8217; equivalents)!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Der Stubentiger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some Germans call their cat a Stubentiger, which translates to \u2018room tiger\u2019 (<strong>die Stube<\/strong> \u2013 room\/lounge; <strong>der Tiger<\/strong> \u2013 tiger).<\/p>\n<p>Meow is <strong>miau<\/strong> in German.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, how do you call a cat in German? If you want the equivalent to \u2018here, kitty, kitty kitty\u2019, try <strong>\u2018miez miez miez\u2019<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>However, if that doesn\u2019t work, you could always give Stardenburdenhardenbart a go.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13016\" style=\"width: 472px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13016\" class=\" wp-image-13016\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/cyrus-chew-Dl39g6QhOIM-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"cats\" width=\"462\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/cyrus-chew-Dl39g6QhOIM-unsplash.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/cyrus-chew-Dl39g6QhOIM-unsplash-263x350.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@cyrus_c?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Cyrus Chew<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/cat?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bis bald!<br \/>\nConstanze<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/erik-jan-leusink-IbPxGLgJiMI-unsplash-350x234.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"cats\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/erik-jan-leusink-IbPxGLgJiMI-unsplash-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/erik-jan-leusink-IbPxGLgJiMI-unsplash.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Guten Tag! Are you a Katzenliebhaber (cat lover)? If so, this post about cats is for you! Last summer, a TikTok video showing a man calling cats in different languages went viral. The video shows Dennis, or g.catt.eng as he is called on TikTok, trying to get various cats\u2019 attention with different languages. 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