{"id":9578,"date":"2018-02-07T08:43:37","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T08:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=9578"},"modified":"2018-02-07T08:43:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T08:43:37","slug":"a-unique-german-way-to-say-its-snowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/a-unique-german-way-to-say-its-snowing\/","title":{"rendered":"A Unique German Way To Say It’s Snowing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guten Tag! Is it snowing where you live? For me, there\u2019s nothing better than that moment of seeing snow outside and exclaiming Es schneit!<\/em> to whoever will listen. Today I\u2019d like to give you a very different way of saying \u2018It\u2019s snowing\u2019 in German.<\/p>\n

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‘Nahaufnahme vom Schnee’ by Marco Verch on flickr.com under a CC license (CC by 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n

Frau Holle sch\u00fc<\/span>ttelt ihre Betten aus<\/span><\/h2>\n

A unique way of saying It\u2019s snowing<\/em><\/strong> is the phrase ‘Frau Holle sch<\/span>\u00fc<\/span>ttelt ihre Betten aus’ \u2013 Frau Holle is shaking out her beds<\/strong><\/em><\/span>heets<\/span><\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong><\/em> This is a phrase from Hessen, Germany, specifically. But who is Frau Holle, and what do her bedsheets have to do with snow?<\/span><\/p>\n

Frau Holle<\/strong> <\/em>is the title of a children\u2019s fairytale written by the famous Br<\/strong><\/span>\u00fc<\/span><\/strong>der Grimm<\/strong> (Grimm Brothers). Published in 1812 in the first volume of Kinder- und Hausm<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00e4<\/span><\/em><\/strong>rchen<\/em><\/strong> (Children\u2019s and Household Tales<\/em>), Frau Holle<\/em> is the story of a girl who lives with her evil stepmother. The stepmother forces her to sit outside by the well each day and spin. <\/span>One day, she pricks her finger on the spindle and it falls into the well. She leaps into the well after it, fearing she will be punished, and finds herself in a meadow. There she meets an old lady – Frau Holle – who tells her she can stay with her as long as she helps with the housework \u2013 <\/span>and one thing, in particular:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Du mu<\/span>\u00df<\/span>t nur Acht geben, da<\/span>\u00df<\/span> du mein Bett gut machst und es flei<\/span>\u00df<\/span>ig aufsch<\/span>\u00fc<\/span>ttelst, da<\/span>\u00df<\/span> die Federn fliegen, dann schneit es in der Welt.\u2019 source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018But you must make sure you make my bed properly and shake it out thoroughly, so that the feathers fly \u2013 then it will snow the world over.\u2019<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

T<\/span>he girl agreed, and so the story goes on in typical fairytale fashion (the girl is rewarded for her hard work, while the stepmother\u2019s biological daughter tries the same thing, but is punished for her laziness).<\/span><\/p>\n

T<\/span>his story actually began not as a figment of the Grimm brothers\u2019 imagination, but as a local legend told to Wilhelm Grimm by his future wife. That is why today, when it snows, people in Hessen say <\/span>Frau Holle sch<\/span>\u00fc<\/span><\/em>ttelt ihre Betten aus.<\/em> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Did you know this phrase? Do you have any expressions like this in your part of the world? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"Frau<\/a>

Frau Holle.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Mauro Breda – Own work<\/span>, Public Domain, Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Guten Tag! Is it snowing where you live? For me, there\u2019s nothing better than that moment of seeing snow outside and exclaiming Es schneit! to whoever will listen. Today I\u2019d like to give you a very different way of saying \u2018It\u2019s snowing\u2019 in German. Frau Holle sch\u00fcttelt ihre Betten aus A unique way of saying…<\/p>\n

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