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German · 5 phrases

Romance & Rejection

Getting turned down, cheated on, or clumsily chatted up. German is charmingly unromantic about it: you're handed a basket (einen Korb), someone dredges for you with an excavator (baggern), and cheating is simply "going foreign."

jemanden abblitzen lassen YAY-mand-en AP-blit-sen LAH-sen To blow someone off / shoot them down cold einen Korb geben INE-en KORP GAY-ben To turn someone down / reject an advance baggern BAH-gern To hit on someone / chat someone up (persistently) fremdgehen FREMT-gay-en To cheat / to have an affair Mach mich nicht an! MAKH mikh nikht AHN Don't hit on me! / Don't start with me!