{"id":9274,"date":"2017-11-28T14:16:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T14:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=9274"},"modified":"2017-11-28T14:16:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T14:16:27","slug":"i-bims-the-youth-word-of-the-year-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/i-bims-the-youth-word-of-the-year-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"“i bims!” The Youth Word of the Year 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

About a week and a half ago,\u00a0Langenscheidt,\u00a0<\/em>publisher of dictionaries and other language-related works, announced the\u00a0Jugendwort des Jahres 2017\u00a0<\/em>(Youth Word of the Year 2017). Let’s explore!<\/p>\n

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Image by Romain Vignes at Unsplash.<\/p><\/div>\n

I bims!<\/em><\/h2>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q1UZLS4hqhs<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Jugendwort des Jahres\u00a0<\/em>2017\u00a0<\/em>is\u00a0i bims<\/em>. What does\u00a0THAT mean?<\/p>\n

In the video above, you can see it. It is meant satirically, and comes from\u00a0ich bin’s!\u00a0<\/em>(It’s me!), which can be used in the form:\u00a0Hallo, ich bin’s, der Sten!\u00a0<\/em>(Hello, it’s me, Sten!). That is a rather incorrect way to say it, because you would rather say\u00a0Hallo, hier ist Sten)\u00a0<\/em>(Hello, here is Sten).<\/p>\n

It is satire on how language is misused on the internet, in both grammar and spelling. This video is a great (and funny!) example of that:<\/p>\n