Wölkchen

The other day in the pub, one of the guys said he’d read something funny in the Fediverse about vegetables and the German language.

A German word or phrase with a vegetable content or connection was roughly translated into English. And at the end, the actual meaning was explained.

We found it just as funny and, over a few beers, tried to collect everything we could think of.

The later the evening, the more beer, the more fun, the more unclear the lang…veguage … langveg … language.

Here is our result. It is by no means complete and can certainly be updated soon. I’m sure it already exists somewhere else. And much earlier. But I just wanted to have it here in the drawers.

Gurkentruppe	cucumber team	a team of nincompoops
Herumgurken	to cucumber around	driving a car with the head in the clouds or driving an old or slow vehicle
Was ne Gurke!	What a cucumber!	incompetent person; long nose; a run down car or thing
Da haben wir den Salat!	There we have the salad!	We’re in a fine mess now!
Kabelsalat	cable salad	tangled cables
Bandsalat	tape salad	a completely tangled tape
Tomaten auf den Augen	tomatoes on the eyes	blind with intent
Bohnenstange	bean stick	tall (and thin) person and sometimes a
Spargel	asparagus	thin person
Erbsenzähler	pea counter	nitpicker
Kichererbse	chickpea	a giggly person
Korinthenkacker	dried dark raisins shitting person	a nit-picking person too
Rosinenpicker	raisin picker	someone who always picks out the best
Interessiert mich nicht die Bohne!	I’m not interested a bean!	I don’t give a f**k!
Wie Kraut und Rüben	like cabbage and turnips	a complete mess
Saure-Gurken-Zeit	pickle time	a dire situation
Sich die Radieschen von unten anschauen	looking at the radishes from below	which means you are six feet under
Spargeltarzan	asparagus tarzan	a thin, tall and pale man
Rein in die Kartoffeln, raus aus den Kartoffeln	into the potatoes, out of the potatoes	first it’s one thing, then another
Bohnen in den Ohren	beens in the ears	someone who will not listen
Die Flinte ins Korn werfen	throwing the rifle into the grain	throwing in the towel
Schnittlauchlocken	chive curls	very straight hair
Junges Gemüse	young vegetables	teenagers or alike
Das macht den Kohl jetzt auch nicht fett!	It would not fatten the cabbage!	That doesn’t make much difference!
Einen Blumenkohl ans Ohr labern	to talk a cauliflower at someones ears	annoyed by a babbler
Volle Möhre!	Full carrot!	Full power! Full volume! Full blast! Full throttle!
Nackt in den Erbsen stehen	being naked between peas	to be puzzled / confused / lost
Everything together = Was für eine Suppe!	What a soup!	it’s very foggy

To be continued at the latest when the pub reopens after the summer break.