Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Schietwetter

English translation:

lousy weather, sh*tty weather

Added to glossary by Frank Hesse
Feb 17, 2005 04:00
19 yrs ago
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German term

Schietwetter

German to English Other Geography
Wir mussten kratzen bei Minusgraden Ende Januar als wir an der Kueste waren und Schietwetter war.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +13 lousy weather, sh*tty weather

Proposed translations

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lousy weather, sh*tty weather

"Schiet" is just the Germanization of that well-know English expletive :-)

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-02-17 04:05:17 GMT)
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P.S. The etymology may also be Norddeutsch, not English ... but the meaning is the same!
Peer comment(s):

agree Anita Kobayashi
12 mins
agree Johanna Timm, PhD : Schleswig Holsteinsches Platt
25 mins
They're the experts :-)
agree Kathinka van de Griendt : Jo - wat'n Schietwedder :-)
1 hr
Even in California at the moment :-(
agree vanessak
2 hrs
agree Michele Fauble
2 hrs
agree Sonja Schuberth-Kreutzer
2 hrs
agree gfish
3 hrs
agree CMJ_Trans (X) : and the weather was lousy/dreadful/s....
4 hrs
agree David Moore (X) : foul, bl**dy wful
4 hrs
agree Tatjana Dujmic
5 hrs
agree Michael Bailey
7 hrs
agree Aniello Scognamiglio (X) : korrektes Hochdeutsch wäre "Scheißwetter", "Schietwetter" klingt dagegen verniedlichend!
9 hrs
agree Mario Marcolin
18 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you! Regards Frank"
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