10 FUNNY GERMAN WORDS FOR CAR PARTS.

12 Mar 2017

We all know the Top Gear sequence where Richard Hammond tries to pronounce ‘Doppelkupplungsgetriebe’ (if you somehow missed it, watch it down below!).
Today I’ll show you 10 more funny German words for car parts, and you can try to pronounce them!

1. Pop-up Headlights

'Klappscheinwerfer'

2. Windscreen

'Windschutzscheibe'

3. Tow Hitch

'Anhängerkupplung'

4. Dashboard

'Armaturenbrett'

5. Brake Booster

'Bremskraftverstärker'

6. Head Gasket

'Zylinderkopfdichtung'

7. Traffic Sign Recognition

'Verkehrszeichenerkennung'

8. Windscreen Washer Fluid

'Scheibenwischwasser'

9. Bumper

'Stoßstange' / 'Stoßfänger'

10. Reversing Lights

'Rückfahrscheinwerfer'

So, I hope this was a funny excursion into the world of German car guys - if yes, please leave a like!

What do you think of these words? And how would you pronounce them? Comment below!

Until next time! Tobi aka The Stig’s German Cousin

Comments

I now understand why english is taking over.

Everyone I know calls “Pop-up Headlights” “Schlafaugen” (Sleep(y)-Eyes)

I learned most of my car-knowledge in English, so now when I talk to someone and try to use some specific vocabulary I have no idea what the German word is.

I honestly don’t really get whats so funny about these words. I mean I get that they’re long words but still they’re almost 1:1 translations. Anyway might just be me being a German and having no sense of humor. :p

I’ve had to get Google Translate to pronounce some of the words for me. Didn’t help. She couldn’t either.

Haha 😂 Did you let the German or the english women pronounce it?

what about Blinker fluid?

Blinkerflüssigkeit

Well, some of them seemed reasonable, but as one has taken German in school, I am not a fan of them having to describe what the word means as said word.

German is all about adding one word to a another to make a new word. The new word makes sense but isnt completely new with another sound.
Kugelschreiber for example :
Kugel =ball
Schreiber = writer
In english Pencil