{"id":9510,"date":"2018-01-24T12:02:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T12:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=9510"},"modified":"2018-01-31T05:42:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T05:42:07","slug":"german-onomatopoeia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/german-onomatopoeia\/","title":{"rendered":"German Onomatopoeia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we\u2019re going to look at onomatopoeia in the German language<\/strong>! The dictionary defines onomatopoeia as \u2018the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. <\/span>cuckoo<\/span>, <\/span>sizzle<\/span> ).\u2019 <\/span><\/em>You might already be familiar with some of these words in English: Splash, boom, and many animal noises including miaow. Just like in English, each language has their own onomatopoeic words \u2013 let\u2019s take a look at some German ones!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

German Onomatopoeia<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"raindrop\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Plitsch-Platsch<\/strong> \u2013 T<\/span>o plitter-platter (raindrop noise).<\/span> Pronounced exactly as it is spelt.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Schlucken<\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>To swallow, <\/span>glug, swig<\/span>. Pronounced: shlook-en.<\/em>
\nAdditionally, in the same way that you\u2019d say A swig of water<\/strong> in English, in German you\u2019d say Ein Schluck Wasser.<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mampf Mampf<\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>To munch\/chew<\/span>.<\/span> Pronounced exactly as it is spelt.
\n<\/span>From the verb mampfen.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Knirschen<\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>To crunch<\/span>. Pronounced: Knee-er-shen (with a hard K).<\/em>
\nWhen you talk about snow crunching, you say Der Schnee knirscht<\/strong> \u2013 The snow crunches.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Hatschi\/<\/span>Hatschu<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Achoo (sneezing sound). Pronounced: Hat-chee \/ <\/em><\/span>Hat-choo.<\/span><\/em>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Schnarchen<\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>To snore.<\/span> Pronounced: Shnar-chen<\/em> (chen<\/em> with ch<\/strong> as a soft, hissing sound- like a cat).
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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G<\/span>\u00e4<\/span><\/strong>hnen<\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>To yawn.<\/span> Pronounced: Gehh-nenn<\/em>, with an elongated <\/span>\u00e4 sound that makes it sound like a yawn!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Piep Piep<\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>To cheep<\/span> (bird noise). Pronounced: Peep peep.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Elephants\"<\/a>

Photo: ‘Elephants’ by Ricky Wright on flickr.com under a CC license (CC BY 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n

T<\/span><\/strong>\u00f6r\u00f6\u00f6<\/strong> \u2013 <\/span>Elephant trumpeting sound. Pronounced: Imagine you come across something disgusting and you exclaim <\/span>errhh!<\/b><\/span> That is roughly how the <\/span>\u00f6 <\/span>sounds in this word. Terhh-erhh.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Klingeln<\/strong> \u2013 To ring (phone). Pronounced exactly as it is spelt.
\nIn English the sound of a ringing phone goes ring ring<\/em> or bring bring.<\/em> In German, it goes kling kling<\/em> or kling-a-ling<\/em>!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Schl\u00fcrfen<\/strong> \u2013 To slurp. Pronounced: Shloo-er-fen.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Hochw\u00fcrgen<\/strong> \u2013 To throw up\/regurgitate. <\/span>Pronounced: Horch-woo-er-gen<\/em> (soft ch<\/strong> in hoch, like hissing cat). <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rutschen<\/strong> – To slip. Pronounced: root-shen<\/em> (oo<\/strong> in root<\/strong> is short – pronounced like oo<\/strong> in English word foot<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

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K<\/span><\/strong>uckuck<\/strong> \u2013 Cuckoo. Pronounced: Kook-kook.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cuckoo<\/a><\/p>\n

What\u2019s onomatopoeia called in German<\/strong>, by the way? <\/span>It is called die Onomatopoesie.<\/strong> But it also goes by other names,<\/span> including die<\/strong><\/span> Lautmalerei <\/span><\/strong>(\u2018the loud painting\u2019) and die Klangnachahmung<\/strong> (\u2018the sound imitation\u2019). <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Can you think of any more onomatopoeic German words? Leave a comment! If I get enough, I\u2019ll write a second post on it! \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Today we\u2019re going to look at onomatopoeia in the German language! The dictionary defines onomatopoeia as \u2018the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).\u2019 You might already be familiar with some of these words in English: Splash, boom, and many animal noises including miaow. Just like…<\/p>\n

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