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abgestanden
“Off stood.” Beer in glasses that has stood around for too long. Its foamy top has begun to subside! (OB geh STOND en.)
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müffig
Fusty, frowsty, moldy, muggy, musty, unventilated; in the case of beer, skunky beer. (MEFF ick.)
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Plörre
Bad beer or wine. Nasty brew. Swill, dishwater, gnat’s pizzle, camel micturation, acid rain. (PLERR ah.)
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Bierleiche
“Beer corpse.” A temporary condition induced by Oktoberfests, Schützenfests, Kirmess fairs, Kirschenfests, Leinenweberfests, Mandelblütenfests… People who have transitioned into the “beer corpse” state...
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hohes Tier
“High animal.” Someone with an important job. Helmut Roewer, for example, the now-retired president of Thuringian Verfassungsschutz from 1994 to 2000. Spiegel-Online says his interests were “Wine,...
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Fassanstich
“Barrel poke,” “barrel sting.” When a Bavarian politician ceremoniously taps a large barrel of beer with as few hammer blows as possible to open Oktoberfest. The traditional 1-liter glass of beer will...
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Seinen Mann stehen
“Stand your man,” but it means buying your round in the pub. (ZYE nen MONN shtay hen.)
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Labung
Another weird Wagnerian word. It’s translated as “relief” in the libretto. Sieglinde “labt” Siegmund many times with mead in Act 1, Scene 1, of Walküre. (LOB oong.)
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Rotwein-Radwanderer-Route
“Bicycle wanderer red-wine route.” Paths that not only take you from town to town the pretty way, through medieval villages and farmers’ fields and along rivers, but past restaurants offering, in this...
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