{"id":6655,"date":"2015-10-21T11:23:47","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T11:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=6655"},"modified":"2017-11-22T14:18:18","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T14:18:18","slug":"untranslatable-german-zuckerschnecke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/untranslatable-german-zuckerschnecke\/","title":{"rendered":"Untranslatable German Words: Die Zuckerschnecke"},"content":{"rendered":"
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der Zucker. Foto: dskley on flickr.com under CC BY-ND 2.0<\/p><\/div>\n

Hello and welcome to another post on untranslatable German words! In these posts I\u2019ll teach you some of Germany\u2019s quirky and unusual words that don\u2019t have a direct translation in English (though I\u2019ll try to translate them, anyway)!<\/p>\n

Today the word I want to talk about is die Zuckerschnecke.<\/strong> This is one for all of you romantics out there. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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What does die Zuckerschnecke mean?<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

A Zuckerschnecke is a term of endearment in German, often used by men when speaking to their girlfriends, or when trying to chat someone up.<\/p>\n

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What does die Zuckerschnecke literally translate to?<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Die Zuckerschnecke is a German compound noun made up of the words der Zucker<\/strong> (sugar) and die Schnecke<\/strong> (snail). Its literal translation, therefore, is sugar snail<\/em><\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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die Schnecke. Foto: 11596438@N00 on flickr.com<\/p><\/div>\n

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If this seems like an unusual term of endearment for a woman, check out some of these other German pet names:<\/p>\n

Mausi\/Mausipupsi – Mouse<\/em>
\nSpatz\/Sp\u00e4tzchen – Sparrow<\/em>
\nB\u00e4rli\/B\u00e4rchen\/Schmuseb\u00e4rchen – Bear<\/em>
\nHasi\/Hasilein\/H\u00e4schen \u2013 Bunny<\/em>
\nBienchen – Bee<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As you can see, there\u2019s a clear animal theme running through them. The collective term for these affectionate pet names<\/em> in German is die Kosenamen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Other, non-animal related Kosenamen <\/strong>are as follows (they all have roughly the same meaning of baby\/sweetheart\/darling):<\/p>\n

Liebling
\nSchatz (from the verb sch\u00e4tzen \u2013 to treasure)
\nHerzchen (\u2018little heart\u2019)
\nBl\u00fcmchen (\u2018little flower\u2019)
\nEngelchen (\u2018little angel\u2019)
\nLiebchen (‘little love’)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As you can see from the last few examples above, adding \u2018chen\u2019 onto the end of words is what turns them from meaning heart (Herz), flower (Blume), <\/em>angel (Engel)<\/em> or love (Liebe(r) – used as a noun, as in ‘my love’)<\/em> into terms of endearment. It seems that adding \u2018chen\u2019 makes words cuter in German!<\/p>\n

How would you use die Zuckerschnecke in a sentence?<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

It is rather simple to use!<\/p>\n

Du bist meine s\u00fc\u00dfe Zuckerschnecke!
\nYou are my sweet sugar snail!<\/em><\/p>\n

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A different kind of Zuckerschnecke?! These pastries are often called Schnecken due to their snail-like shape. Foto: javierosh on flickr.com under Public Domain<\/p><\/div>\n

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What is the nearest English equivalent to die Zuckerschnecke?<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

I think people would raise their eyebrows at you if you called them a sugar snail<\/em> in English, but there are many terms that include the word sugar <\/em>in them, so one of those would be your best bet if you\u2019re looking for an English translation. I think you\u2019d agree that all Kosenamen<\/em> have the same sort of meaning regardless of language, anyway – it just so happens that German ones are very animal-centred in terms of their literal translations, whereas English ones are not!<\/p>\n

Feel free to add some more German Kosenamen<\/em> in the comments, whether they\u2019re well-known or not. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Bis bald! x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Hello and welcome to another post on untranslatable German words! In these posts I\u2019ll teach you some of Germany\u2019s quirky and unusual words that don\u2019t have a direct translation in English (though I\u2019ll try to translate them, anyway)! Today the word I want to talk about is die Zuckerschnecke. This is one for all of…<\/p>\n

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