{"product_id":"german-untranslatable-words","title":"German Untranslatable Words","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhy Germans Can Say Things No One Else Can\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA set of 20 cards featuring the best of the German language's extraordinary range of compound words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe are all hugely dependent on language to help us express what we truly think and feel. However, some languages are better than others at crisply naming important sensations, and therefore allowing us to express ourselves more fully. Germans in particular have been geniuses in inventing 'compound' words that elegantly articulate emotions or experiences that we all know, but that other languages require whole clumsy sentences or phrases to express.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExample Cards:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLEBENSMÜDE (Life-tired): \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe believe ourselves to be firmly attached to life, but a lot of our behaviour attests to something more interesting and troubling; an occasional longing to give up our hold on existence. It is deeply useful to have this word to hand on gloomy days when it feels as if nothing will ever work out.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBACKPFEIFENGESICHT (Slapping-face):\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA face that is begging to be slapped. Generosity towards others is key, but the German language is bracing and frank enough to acknowledge that there are also moments when it is simply more honest to admit that we have come face-to-face with a dickhead. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLUFTSCHLOSS (Air-Castle):\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLiterally, a castle in the air or a dream that is unattainable - a word that suggests that German culture is deeply indulgent about big dreams, but also gently realistic about how hard it can be to fulfil them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e20 cards in a gift box | 159mm x 115mm x 20mm \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Therapy \/ The School of Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31178395713578,"sku":"","price":390.0,"currency_code":"CZK","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1538\/3583\/products\/germanuntranslatablewords.jpg?v=1632139878","url":"https:\/\/booktherapy.cz\/products\/german-untranslatable-words","provider":"Book Therapy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}