{"id":58,"date":"2009-04-21T23:47:57","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T04:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=58"},"modified":"2017-11-13T13:41:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T13:41:39","slug":"berliner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/berliner\/","title":{"rendered":"Berliner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guten Abend<\/strong>! (Good Evening). I am the new blogger for the German blog. My name is Yohann. If you haven’t guessed already, I’m a dude.\u00a0Lol, not that’s it’s necessary for you to know that, but just in case you were wondering whether I’m\u00a0a\u00a0Frau<\/strong> (Mrs.) or\u00a0Fr\u00e4ulein<\/strong> (Miss), I am a Herr<\/strong> (Mr.).<\/p>\n

Gender aside, I went to Dunkin Donuts to get a couple of jelly doughnuts. Eating those doughnuts made me feel nostalgic for the Berliners<\/strong> I had back in Germany. In places like Berlin, it’s called Pfannkuchen<\/strong>. (Yeah, it’s a mouthful, but the p and f are pronounced together) In Austria it’s known Krapfen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I don’t have anything against Dunkin Donuts, but the Berliners<\/strong> in Germany are really mouth watering. They take a syringe and fill the inside of the doughnut with jelly, sometimes chocolate and sometimes custard. Usually, the top is coated with a confectionary type sugar. It may not be the best choice for people on a diet, but really it’s the perfect treat.<\/p>\n

The most famous mention of a jelly doughnut was President Kennedy’s notorious line, “Ich bin ein Berliner<\/strong>.” Translate that into\u00a0plain\u00a0English and it means, “I am a jelly doughnut.” What he should have said was, “Ich bin Berliner<\/strong>” which means “I am a Berliner.” Berliner being a person of Berlin, not a jelly doughnut. Ein<\/strong> is an indefinite article. By adding ein<\/strong>, Kennedy implied that he was an object.<\/p>\n

Moral of the story, keep up with your German grammar! Or else, you’ll be quoted as saying one of the silliest lines ever spoken in German.<\/p>\n

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Guten Abend! (Good Evening). I am the new blogger for the German blog. My name is Yohann. If you haven’t guessed already, I’m a dude.\u00a0Lol, not that’s it’s necessary for you to know that, but just in case you were wondering whether I’m\u00a0a\u00a0Frau (Mrs.) or\u00a0Fr\u00e4ulein (Miss), I am a Herr (Mr.). Gender aside, I went…<\/p>\n

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