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Fake and made up 'German' words.

A list of 22 words by alexz.

  • was ist daswas added by alexz and appears on just this list
  • farfrompoopinwas added by alexz and appears on just this list
  • Uberwas added by alexz and appears on just this list
  • chillenwas added by alexz and appears on 6 lists
  • schnitzengrubenwas added by alexz and appears on just this list
  • yawas added by alexz and appears on 21 lists
  • gedankedankwas added by alexz and appears on 3 lists
  • dümpsterfeuerwas added by alexz and appears on just this list
  • hamburgerwas added by alexz and appears on 31 lists
  • wiz zewas added by alexz and appears on just this list
  • ve haff vayswas added by alexz and appears on just this list
  • Fahrvergnügenwas added by alexz and appears on 4 lists
  • vantwas added by alexz and appears on 3 lists
  • Häagen-Dazswas added by alexz and appears on just this list
  • gluckschmerzwas added by alexz and appears on just this list
  • vayswas added by alexz and appears on just this list
  • hafwas added by alexz and appears on just this list
  • kvitcherbichenwas added by alexz and appears on just this list
  • Geschichtwissenschlopffwas added by alexz and appears on just this list
  • vewas added by alexz and appears on 6 lists
  • urlichwas added by alexz and appears on just this list
  • Deuchenbagenwas added by alexz and appears on just this list

About

allegedly fake German words; doing a quick search for 'fake german word'

searching twitter for 'not a german word' gives the most interesting results.

some of these words are attempts at humor. Some are coined words. Some come from television and comic book stereotypes. Most aren't real German words.

Doing a web search for 'fake german word' gives a lot of 'one time' results where someone tried to make up a word.

Some words were coined by writers and advertisers.

Sometimes the web search results give false positives, and you find the 'fake word' actually being used in German usage.

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