{"id":7618,"date":"2016-07-27T12:38:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T12:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=7618"},"modified":"2017-12-08T13:51:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T13:51:41","slug":"you-wont-expect-the-thing-germans-say-if-somebody-burps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/you-wont-expect-the-thing-germans-say-if-somebody-burps\/","title":{"rendered":"You Won’t Expect The Thing Germans Say If Somebody Burps!"},"content":{"rendered":"

R\u00fclpsen\u00a0<\/em>(burping). It is a thing we all do, to save our\u00a0Magen\u00a0<\/em>(stomachs) from having to deal with all the air we swallow with food and drinks.\u00a0For Niesen\u00a0<\/em>(sneezing), people of many cultures tell the sneezing person something like\u00a0Gesundheit!\u00a0<\/em>(literally: “health!”, meaning “bless you!”). It is usually\u00a0some\u00a0way to wish that person good health, as\u00a0Niesen\u00a0<\/em>is often associated with an Erk\u00e4ltung\u00a0<\/em>(cold), for example.\u00a0With\u00a0R\u00fclpsen<\/em>, however, it is different. Not that many countries have a tradition that follows a\u00a0R\u00fclpser\u00a0<\/em>(burp). In Germany, we do!<\/p>\n

After somebody burps, you say:\u00a0Schulz<\/em>! Sometimes, it is accompanied by putting your thumb on your Stirn\u00a0<\/em>(forehead). It is especially popular among\u00a0Jugendliche\u00a0<\/em>(teenagers) to do this as a drinking game. If somebody does not say\u00a0Schulz<\/em>, gets hit!<\/p>\n

But what is\u00a0this tradition, where does it\u00a0come from? There is a theory. But first, let’s explain what\u00a0Schulz\u00a0<\/em>means.<\/p>\n

The job and the name<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Schulz is actually a pretty common German name. The name comes from the\u00a0Beruf\u00a0<\/em>(job)\u00a0Schulthei\u00df\u00a0<\/em>in Medieval times. It was a man who would order the\u00a0Schuld\u00a0<\/em>(debt) of people, and often also had a certain role as\u00a0Richter\u00a0<\/em>(judge). Later, a\u00a0Schulthei\u00df\u00a0<\/em>also became known as a\u00a0Schultze, Schulze\u00a0<\/em>or just\u00a0Schulz<\/em>. But that doesn’t explain how it got associated with\u00a0R\u00fclpsen<\/em>!<\/p>\n

The anecdote<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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A theory goes that in a bar in 1978, a man named\u00a0Schulz\u00a0<\/em>burped very loudly, and friends sitting with him shouted his name in shock:\u00a0Schulz!\u00a0<\/em>Some teenagers at another table took that and kept saying it, and from there, it spread. But this is purely anecdotal, there is no evidence that this is actually how it went! This story is widespread, though. What do you think, could it be true?<\/p>\n

Whatever, the case, saying\u00a0Schulz\u00a0<\/em>is common practice in Germany, especially among\u00a0M\u00e4nnerrunden\u00a0<\/em>(literally: “men rounds”, meaning smokers, as in social gatherings for men).<\/p>\n

Something else about\u00a0R\u00fclpsen<\/em>: it is also called, more formally,\u00a0aufsto\u00dfen<\/em>. It is calledein B\u00e4uerchen machen\u00a0<\/em>(literally: “to make a little farmer”) for babies that\u00a0need to burp after they ate. Weird, right? Most likely, this comes from\u00a0Bauer\u00a0<\/em>(farmers), who are not seen as very\u00a0manierlich<\/em>\u00a0(mannerly)\u00a0people. And\u00a0R\u00fclpsen\u00a0<\/em>is not seen as manierlich<\/i>\u00a0either, and so this was put together, and the\u00a0B\u00e4uerchen\u00a0<\/em>was born! Only farmers and babies are allowed to burp in public!<\/p>\n

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R\u00fclpsen\u00a0(burping). It is a thing we all do, to save our\u00a0Magen\u00a0(stomachs) from having to deal with all the air we swallow with food and drinks.\u00a0For Niesen\u00a0(sneezing), people of many cultures tell the sneezing person something like\u00a0Gesundheit!\u00a0(literally: “health!”, meaning “bless you!”). It is usually\u00a0some\u00a0way to wish that person good health, as\u00a0Niesen\u00a0is often associated with an Erk\u00e4ltung\u00a0(cold)…<\/p>\n

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