# Need German Tranlastion Help- And Is There A Cheaper Way To Get Der Spiegel? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 26, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-german-tranlastion-help-and-is-there-a-cheaper-way-to-get-der-spiegel/764036 "2016-08-26T18:37:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-german-tranlastion-help-and-is-there-a-cheaper-way-to-get-der-spiegel/764036/1 "2016-08-26T18:37:28Z")
A friend of mine is pretty fluent in German. But he can’t recall what “Geschropfte” (with an umlaut over the o) means. I tried Google Translate. It couldn’t telle me either. The full text, from the cover of Der Spiegel, and accompanying a picture of people feeding money to a huge, bloated bird is “Volle Kassen, geschropfte (umlaut over the o) Burger (umlaut over the u) STEUERN RUNTER!” Danke for your help. In a related note, my friend buys Der Spiegel at a local German market for about nine bucks an issue. I’m sure there must be a LEGAL yet cheaper way to obtain it. Oh, we’re in the USA. Unfortunately, he’s not great with computers or smart phones. But, still there must be a way. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-german-tranlastion-help-and-is-there-a-cheaper-way-to-get-der-spiegel/764036/2 "2016-08-26T18:46:49Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > In a related note, my friend buys Der Spiegel at a local German market for about nine bucks an issue. I’m sure there must be a LEGAL yet cheaper way to obtain it. Oh, we’re in the USA. Unfortunately, he’s not great with computers or smart phones. But, still there must be a way. It’s published [online](http://www.spiegel.de). ---
**Author:** ![hibernicus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hibernicus/32/2802_2.png) [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-german-tranlastion-help-and-is-there-a-cheaper-way-to-get-der-spiegel/764036/3 "2016-08-26T20:36:55Z")
I don’t know German well (though I learned it in school) but schröpfen here means “fleece”, so it’s saying “Citizens are Fleeced, TAXES DOWN!” ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-german-tranlastion-help-and-is-there-a-cheaper-way-to-get-der-spiegel/764036/4 "2016-08-27T13:04:23Z")
[This](http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/index-2016-34.html) is the page for last week’s cover that the OP asked about. _Volle Kassen, geschröpfte Bürger - STEUERN RUNTER_ can be translated as ‘Full treasuries, fleeced citizens - TAXES DOWN!’, i.e. a call to use the current budget surplus (all public treasuries, federal/state/municipial plus statutory social insurance had a € 21 billion combinded surplus in the first two quarters of this year) to be used for lowering taxes. The bloated eagle on the cover is (in a more svelte version) Germany’s heraldic animal, and stands for the federal government or the federal state for purposes of caricature. _Schröpfen_ (transitive veb) refers to the premodern medical practice of cupping and its figurative meaning is in fact to fleece. Der Spiegel has an online site [http://www.spiegel.de/](http://www.spiegel.de/) but more and more content is behind a paywall. A subscription to Der Spiegel worldwide (i.e. outside Europe) is 6.95 € (7.8 USD at today’s rate of exchange) per issue by mail, and 3.90 € (4.4 USD) per issue as electronic paper (app or PDF) - [DER SPIEGEL im Auslandsabo](https://abo.spiegel.de/de/c/international/weltweit) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-german-tranlastion-help-and-is-there-a-cheaper-way-to-get-der-spiegel/764036/5 "2016-08-29T00:11:46Z")
Thanks everybody! Especially you **Mops**