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Für Geld gibt es im Deutschen gaaanz viele Wörter. Wie viele kennen Sie schon?

There are sooo many words for "Geld" (Money) in German. How many do you know already?

 

Nehmen Sie sich eine Minute und schreiben Sie so viele Wörter für Geld, die Sie kennen. Mit diesen drei können Sie anfangen:

Geld, Cash, Kohle ...

 Also, hier gibt's einige, sowie eine kurze Erklärung zu den jeweiligen Vokabeln.

Here are a few synonyms, as well as a short explanation to each of these vocabulary words.

 

 

Synonym

English

Erklärung

1  Mäuse mice   keine Ahnung...
2  Moos moss Hierzu gibt's den Spruch "Ohne Moos, nix los." Macht Sinn.
3  Kies gravel  Jiddisch
4 Cash cash  eingedeutsches Englisch
5 Moneten dough/lettuce     ist eigentlich aus dem Latein, jetzt umgangssprachlich

 

Synonymen, die mit Feuer zu tun haben...

6 Kohle coal  Hmmm...maybe if you have money to burn you can use these? ;-)
7 Asche asches
8 Holz wood

 

Und zurück zu den 'normalen' Synonymen...

9 Knete dough  selbst-verständlich, oder?
10 Schotter pebbles  Sometimes it's all you've got.
11 Zaster loot  
12 Mammon mammon Apparently a financial term.
13 Pinkepinke dough because...money.
14 Piepen dough Das Verb piepen bedeutet "to peep."
15 Kröten toads Sure...

The next time you watch a German film and they're talking about money, come back to this list and see which words they use. Recognize any?

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