In case people are wondering: it’s indeed a german joke.
It’s a pun. “meet” and “hit” are using the same word in german
Anon experiences German humor
Submitted 3 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to greentext@sh.itjust.works
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SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Come to think of it, that’s a thing in Swedish as well - we could make the pun work there as well:
Två jägare träffades. Båda dog.
SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Båda dog! Båda dog! No Treåt
(I know å is pronounced like “eu” like in Blåhaj)
Taalnazi@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Works in Dutch too.
Twee jagers treffen elkaar. Beiden zijn dood.
roguetrick@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That joke used to work in English.
By c. 1300, of things, “to come into physical contact with, join by touching or uniting with;” also, of persons, “come together by approaching from the opposite direction; come into collision with, combat.”
Karjalan@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That’s why translation can be so hard, especially for poems, songs, comedy etc. Double meanings, metaphors, rhymes etc are often lost when translated.
drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
In some cases you can replace a pun with another pun that works in the target language.
In other cases, where you’re translating a religious text, doing something for scholarly reasons, or otherwise think your audience would really like to know what’s going on in a text you have to add a translation note.
Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
I only understand train station.
fushuan@lemm.ee 3 months ago
So it’s a misstranslated joke then. With that information it’s kinda funny or at least it makes sense.
rhombus@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
More like untranslatable, as the context just doesn’t work in English. You either have something that doesn’t make sense or - if you use the other meaning - a statement with no humor. The pun is completely dependent on the German phrasing.
Peter1986C@lemmings.world 3 months ago
treffen.
rtxn@lemmy.world 3 months ago
In the early 80s, American scientists and engineers produced the smallest precision drill bit ever created. With great pride and fanfare, they sent it to their West German colleagues for study and reproduction.
Just days later, the engineering team received a parcel. In it, a note: “Thank you for letting us test our equipment” and the original drill bit with a hole drilled through its center.
5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org 3 months ago
I know a variant ending of this:
Just days later, the engineering team received their drillbit with a note attached: „The description got lost on the way. We didn’t know what to do with the rod you sent us, so we cut an internal threading into it. Best regards!“
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 months ago
To explain the joke, as is tradition in Germany. “To meet” translates to “treffen” in German. Which can also mean “to hit something or somebody”.
Once had a multicultural family gathering where we translated the same joke into several languages.
A man knocks at a door. A woman opens and he says: “Hello, my name is Toulouse. I’m here to fuck your daughter.” The woman screams: “To what?!?” He answers calmly: “Toulouse.”
5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org 3 months ago
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„Hallo, meine Name ist Umberto und ich bin hier um Ihre Tochter zu ficken“
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„ UM WAS???“
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„Umberto.“
IndiBrony@lemmy.world 3 months ago
So I’ve been learning German for a couple of months. Wouldn’t it be “mein name?” 🤔 because presumably Umberto is male?
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FiskFisk33@startrek.website 3 months ago
“To meet” translates to “treffen” in German. Which can also mean “to hit something or somebody”.
Join the shooting club, meet new friends.
bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Schiessen lernen; Freunde treffen! is a popular slogan with German shooting clubs.
fushuan@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Hola, mi nombre es Álvaro, vengo a tirarme/follarme a tu hija.
¿¡¿¡¿A qué?!?!?
Álvaro.
evidences@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I used to work with a couple Czech dudes. One day my coworkers and I were badgering the one dude to tell us a Czech joke. He was pretty reluctant because he said he could only really think of one joke but wasn’t sure it would translate well. When he finally told us the joke he got us with this masterpiece.
Two balloons are floating along, one says to the other and hey look a cactus.
All of us were confused by this, he told us it was much funnier in Czech because balloon and cactus sound similar so it’s a pun. So we had him tell us the joke untranslated in Czech and balloon and cactus sound nothing alike.
I’m still not sure if this dude was fucking with us.
angrystego@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s a silly joke for little kids of preschool age and it only makes sense if you include the right sound effects. It’s supposed to go like this: Two balloons are floating along, one says to the other: - Hey look a cactussssssssssss! - Where isssssssssss it?
angrystego@lemmy.world 3 months ago
One that works in English:
A superconductor came to a bar and ordered a beer. The barman said - I’m not giving you a beer! Get the fuck out of my bar! The superconductor left without any resistance.
samus12345@lemm.ee 3 months ago
What’s the Czech word that’s being use for the “issss?” Since “cactus” ends with an “s” sound in both English and Czech, the joke might translate directly.
HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 months ago
OKay that made me chuckle a little
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
the fact that you don’t know if he’s fucking around makes it even funnier lmao
cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 3 months ago
I gonna explain the the joke in the picture.
The German joke is “Treffen sich zwei Jäger, beide Tot.”
THW important word is “treffen”. It can mean “meet” and “hit”(with a weapon). depending on the context
imaqtpie@midwest.social 3 months ago
Oh I thought it was a Dick Cheney joke. I guess that’s the American version though
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Ty, I figured there had to be a double entendre in there.
flango@lemmy.eco.br 3 months ago
Thanks!
5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org 3 months ago
The farmer and the farmhand are out in the field working. Suddenly the sky closes in and it looks like rain. The farmhand says to the farmer: “If we don’t hurry now, we’ll get soaked here.” The farmer says to the farmhand: “Then go into the house and get my wellies!” The farmhand says: “Why me? Why don’t you get your wellies yourself?” The farmer looks at the farmhand angrily and asks: “Who’s the farmer? Who’s the Farmhand?”
The farmhand goes into the house in a rage. The farmer’s wife and her pretty daughter are sitting at the kitchen table. The farmhand says to the two of them: “The farmer said you two should get naked so I can fuck you.” The two women look at each other. The farmer’s wife is surprised: “No, I don’t believe that. The farmer would never say something like that, would he?” “Yes, he would,” says the farmhand. “But I can ask again just in case.” He goes to the kitchen window and opens it. The farmer’s wife has followed him and is standing next to it. The farmhand shouts out into the field: “Farmer, both of them?” The farmer looks at the window and shouts back: “Both of course, you idiot!”
GraniteM@lemmy.world 3 months ago
“Yes, both of them! What would be the point of just one?!”
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Two Bulgarians are driving through the countryside when they are pulled over by an officer. “Sorry to bother you”, says the officer, “but I’m looking for two child molesters.”
The Bulgarians look at each other for a moment, turn to the officer, and with a solemn nod say
“We’ll do it.”
Etterra@discuss.online 3 months ago
Oh I can do German-style comedy too, but as an American.
A Democrat and a Republican walk into a bar. They fight and both die in the hospital. Their families have to each pay $80,000 for medical expenses, then both families sue the bar. The bar closes, the owner divorces, spirals into alcoholism, and commits suicide. Then the funeral director buys a new house.
fushuan@lemm.ee 3 months ago
You said comedy, not children stories!
DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 3 months ago
A European man at his favorite vacation/holiday destination on the Mediterranean goes into a bar and says, “One pint of beer.” The bartender brings him the pint, and the man pays him the price of the beer without leaving a tip. The man drinks the beer. He falls into alcoholism again. When he returns home, he discusses with his doctor options for treating alcoholism. The man is sent to a rehabilitation facility for a few months and recovers. When he returns home, he still has his job. lmaooooo Europe is so much better than USA 🤣🤣🤣
Hoimo@ani.social 3 months ago
I thought this was turning into a Latvian joke.
The man drinks the beer. He falls into alcoholism again. His children go hungry. His wife succumbs to tuberculosis. The man drinks to forget, but the beer runs out. Now the man can never forget.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Only one issue. Beer is not sold by pints in the Mediterranean.
Sabata11792@ani.social 3 months ago
Heh.
datendefekt@feddit.org 3 months ago
This is a kids pun joke that got lost in translation. Treffen can mean either to meet or to hit (like with a bullet).
Want a funny German joke? Why don’t ants go to church? Because they’re insects!
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 months ago
As an immigrant in Germany, that’s the reason people think Germans aren’t funny. A lot of the humor is pun-based (and sometimes there are many, many more layers, making them actually very good jokes), which just doesn’t translate well.
comfy@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
It’s neat that the ant joke’s pun translates into English, good pick.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Translated Hungarian joke:
The Székely and his son go into the forest to cut trees. When cutting a tree, the son says:
“Goodbye, my beloved father.”
“Why are you saying a farewell to me?”, asks the Székely.
“Because the tree is falling on you.”
DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 3 months ago
What’s the joke? Are there slow falling trees in Hungary?
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This reply made me laugh more than that joke ever did.
rockerface@lemm.ee 3 months ago
German humour is no laughing matter!
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
One of my favorite Filipino jokes:
Why didn’t the priest go swimming in the ocean? Because it’s salt water.
“Salt water” in Tagalog can be translated as “tubig asin,” which sounds like the English “too big a sin.” Many Filipino jokes rely on Tagalog and English like that.
Here’s another (putting original Tagalog because it’s kind of relevant):
May joke ako tungkol sa airport kaso NAIA ako eh hehe.
English:
I have a joke about the airport, but I am NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport) hehe.
NAIA sounds like “nahiya,” which means “shy,” so it would sort of translate to “… but I was shy.”
GiveOver@feddit.uk 3 months ago
We have some like that in England, for example a Frenchman only ever carries one egg because an egg is un oeuf
HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Tubig asin, hahaha, god I wish I were bilingual
dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 3 months ago
One translated from Norwegian:
“Once upon a time… But now it’s a corridor”
I’ll supply the original and an explanation:
“Det var en gang… Men nå er det en korridor”
“Det var en gang” is literally “It was a time/an instance”, and it’s the main way every fairytale starts in Norwegian. But “gang” could also mean hallway.
gloriousspearfish@feddit.dk 3 months ago
“Det var en gang” is better translated as “Once upon a time”.
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 months ago
They showed that with their first translation. The second, more literal, translation is to demonstrate the pun.
inlandempire@jlai.lu 3 months ago
What’s yellow, and waiting? Jonathan.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 months ago
What’s the joke here?
inlandempire@jlai.lu 3 months ago
In french, Jonathan sounds like ‘jaune attend’ (yellow waits)
merc@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
An angry Ontarian calls a radio show, and complains about all the Newfies coming to Ontario to take the good jobs. “We aughta build a wall to keep them Newfies out!”
Next call to the radio show is a newfie: “Owshegettinonb’y? Ye by’s be havin’ any jobs bildin tha’ wall or wha’?”
(How are you doing? You guys have any jobs building that wall, or what?)
latenightnoir@lemmy.world 3 months ago
These two are from Romania, specifically about people from Ardeal (the region encompassing Transylvania) - which means they’re aimed at the fact that people from Ardeal are slow (haha, so funny, Southerners…):
- John and George were out on the field sewing all day and were heading back to the village. Suddenly, it starts raining fiercely, so they huddle under some walnut trees and decide to spend the night there in case it wouldn’t let up.
Later on, while sleeping, George is suddenly woken up by a foul smell. “John.,” he said softly, “did you fart?”
“No, George, must’ve been the dog.”
“Oh, ok.”
A couple of minutes pass, then George suddenly has a realisation: “John, the dog isn’t here, though…”
“Oh, don’t worry,” says John half asleep, "I’m sure it’ll turn up eventually."
- John, George and Mary were at the bus stop, waiting for the bus. They’ve been there for half an hour, sitting.
“The bus isn’t coming,” John says softly.
After a couple of minutes, George replies matter-of-factly: “it’ll come, I’m telling you.”
A few more minutes pass, then Mary chimes in: “if you two keep arguing, I’m walking home.”
AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 months ago
💀
comfy@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
o hohohohohoho!
Kaput@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Québécois and a French learning Ontarian having a chat. The Ontarians goes - o look a fly, Québécois corrects him- A fly. O - wow you have good eyesight. Wregarde, un mouche- -Non, une mouche
dcat@lemmy.world 3 months ago
«done is done said the moose and walked over the river and became a reindeer.»
in norwegian done rhymes with deer, and reindeer rhymes with clean.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 months ago
A dog walks into a bar and says “I can’t see a thing. I’ll open this one.”
Those ancient Sumerians sure knew how to make some knee-slappers.
HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 months ago
That’s sadly the funniest German joke I’ve ever heard, I mean the punchline is there, but the set-up isn’t, meaning it’s closer to a joke than most Germanic Humor.
Phen@lemmy.eco.br 3 months ago
Girl goes to a store and asks: “do you sell pantyhoses?”. The salesman replies: “why? Do you have half an ass?”
brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
It’s a bit like the shortest joke: A woman comes at the doctor…
Or in German: Kommt 'ne Frau beim Arzt…
This one works well in German and English, but I assume it’s untranslatable in many other languages.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
Funnybot, is that you?
cepelinas@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
The pot is lauging because the boiler is black.
Samsy@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Here a joke my english teacher always told us:
What says a Saxon in New York when he wants a Christmas tree? .
A tännchen, please.
The saxon “a tännchen” sounds in english like: attention
Dasus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Like 90% the “jokes” I heard growing up I couldn’t translate without getting banned for racism.
Like automodded, racism. Basically the “punchline” was often the n-word.
rtxn@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Another one from Saxony.
comfy@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
The Wikipedia page on East German jokes has a few Trabant jokes.
nogooduser@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The heated rear window one and the doubling its value one were jokes that we used to make about Skodas before they got good.
Also, what do you call a Skoda with a sunroof? A skip.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Aha!
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voluble@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
I think that gold one with the body kit actually looks really cool