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The most common toast in German is "Prosit!"   Here is a collection of bawdy/erotic German toasts that I need help translating.


ca 1934 photo from postcard

  • Wasser macht weise
    Froelich der Wein
    Darum trinke beides
    Um beides zu sein!


    Water makes you wise
    Wine makes you glad
    So drink them both
    In order both to be! 

    [contributed by LGalvan(at) davd.com]


 


German Soldiers 1937

  • An Himmel da gibts kein bier;
    Dem trinken vere es hier.
    Und sid vere nixt mer hier,
    Dem trinken dem annen unser bier.

    In heaven there is no beer;
    That's why we drink it here.
    And when we're gone from here,
    Our friends will be drinking all the beer.

 

 

  • Eine Gesundheit zu Ihnen,
    A Fülle zu Ihnen,
    und das beste, daß das Leben geben kann Ihnen.
    Maivermögen ist noch zu Ihnen freundlich,
    und Glück ist zu Ihnen zutreffend,
    und das Leben ist lang und gut zu Ihnen ist,
    der Toast aller Ihrer Freunde zu Ihnen.


    A health to you,
    A wealth to you,
    And the best that life can give to you.
    May fortune still be kind to you,
    And happiness be true to you,
    And life be long and good to you,
    Is the toast of all your friends to you.

    [From: JenEllen Date: 20 Jul 01 - 02:21 PM; Retrived from http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=36851 on 31 Jan 2003;  This is identical to the english toast

 

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