User:Harena/Favorite Non-American Words & Phrases

Dutch

• likmevestje == Stupid System
• welterusten == Sleep Well
• opgefokt == uptight(?)(correct me here, Sinaas!)
• a nuf == very happy with self
• kaas -- cheese
• duizendpoot (== centipede
• noodzaak == necessary
• geschokt == shocked
• kliekjes ==
• knuffelt == hugs
• opkalefateren (not sure of the spelling on this one) == fixing something up in a dodgy way
• gasten == slang for "people"
• trekaak == tow-bar
• lekker == yummy
• tocht == draft
• grapjas == joke-maker (literally: jokecoat (i think; handwriting is bad on that one >.>)
• gezellig == very close in friendship or affection
• ogenschijnlijk == ostensibly
• de rapen zijn gaar == The Kohlrabi is done (said when in a pickle)
• vingersmid == extreme good finger (good fine motor skills)
• jeetje == sheesh?
• vertederd =="when you look at someone with a smile & with your head crooked"; moved
• laatdunkend == formal exression contempt (hah! a cussword! i know how to cuss in Dutch!)( except it's not a cuss, but a very owlish word )
• hoogstwaarschijnlijk == mostly, probably
• alhoewel == albeit
• kijkbuiskinderen == Mr. Owl's favourite children
• poepiedrollie == What one says to a child when pat-patting samesuch on the head. (its meaning gets "lost in the translation" apparently)( because litteral ' little piece of excrement)
• vergrootglas == magnifying glass
• floeksak == Sinaas says, "It's my favourite word! It doesn't mean anything, but I like to say it... like an in between word" (drazzy suggests that perhaps it means something like "y'know")
• zoop == "The past form for drinking excessively alcoholic beverages" so say Sinaas.

Hungarian

• Koszonom szepen draga woozlekam == Thank you very much, my dear little Woozle
• koszi = Thanks
• hulyeseg = Crazyness
• fenyes = shiny

German

• Langweiligkeit (Langeweile) == Boredom