# German you learned from "Hogan's Heroes" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614 "2017-05-15T00:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/1 "2017-05-15T00:25:19Z")
I have a client from Germany. Because my last name shows that I have German ancestry, he asked if I speak the language. I told him that the only German I know if from watching _Hogans Heroes_. I recall hearing “schnell, schnell!” quite often on the show, but at the moment I can’t remember other German words they used on the show. What other German do you recall them using? ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/2 "2017-05-15T00:36:38Z")
Achtung!! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/3 "2017-05-15T00:41:47Z")
Jawohl, Mangosteen Burkhalter! ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/4 "2017-05-15T00:42:47Z")
I see nossing ! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/5 "2017-05-15T00:44:13Z")
Heil, somebody-or-other. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/6 "2017-05-15T01:04:27Z")
_Fraulein_. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/7 "2017-05-15T01:28:27Z")
It wasn’t so much vocabulary I learned, as pronunciation. For example, German tends to elongate vowels, like Hohhhhhh GAAAAAAAAAAAAN! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/8 "2017-05-15T01:29:12Z")
“Raus.” It means “out”. Schultz uses it when ushering them out of the barracks. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/9 "2017-05-15T02:03:09Z")
I learned “Scheisskopf” from _Catch-22._. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/10 "2017-05-15T02:16:51Z")
Nein! Verboten! Wasser. (From the episode where they shipped heavy water to Stalag 13.) ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/11 "2017-05-15T06:53:26Z")
You know for all the craziness that gets debated about Hogan’s Heroes…I never hear anything about the brave casting of Ivan Dixon. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/12 "2017-05-15T11:12:49Z")
_Der Krieg ist zu Ende!_ (The war is over!) An _Oberkellner_ is a headwaiter. _Was ist los?!?_ (What’s going on here?!?) In the sergeants’ mess, they serve \*Sauerbraten \*and potato pancakes. \*Sehr \*_gut_! (Very good!) :o ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/13 "2017-05-15T11:51:35Z")
Dummkopf! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/14 "2017-05-15T14:05:05Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > You know for all the craziness that gets debated about Hogan’s Heroes…I never hear anything about the brave casting of Ivan Dixon. We recently watched the run on Netfilx. I was impressed that in the first couple of seasons, even though Kitch was a lower rank than Cater, he was clearly second in command. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/15 "2017-05-15T14:06:24Z")
Maus 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/16 "2017-05-15T14:33:41Z")
Alles ist verbotten. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/17 "2017-05-15T14:37:15Z")
_Apfel Strudel! Strudel ist wunderbar!_ Ivan Dixon played a washed-up boxer in an early episode of \*\*\*Twilight \*\*\*\*\*\*Zone \*\*\*that was on the other night. I didn’t even recognize him! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/18 "2017-05-15T14:38:32Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Alles ist verbotten. _Verboten_! This time, I must tell the _Kommandant_! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/19 "2017-05-15T14:59:10Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _Verboten_! This time, I must tell the _Kommandant_! “It would be my LIFE!” Now, thanks to google translate, when there is a sign on a wall, I stop the DVD and have the machine translate it. Most (but not all) the time, it is correct German, and even can clarify the scene, like if the sign on the building says “Waffen” it isn’t the SS. I also learned important French: Sacres chats! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614/20 "2017-05-15T23:27:09Z")
_Open up! Zis iss ze Gestapo!_ was always good for a chuckle from the laugh track. 🆒 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614.md?page=2)