# Weird-ass German translation needed **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 18, 2003, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ass-german-translation-needed/213874 "2003-11-18T08:44:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ass-german-translation-needed/213874/1 "2003-11-18T08:44:10Z")
…I don’t suppose anyone here could help me translate “Suck neutrons, you limp-wristed hippies!” into _Deutsch_? Babel Fish just gave me “Sucking it neutrons, it limp the wrist tree, which embraces hippie!” And it didn’t even translate “hippie.” …Or, at the least, could someone tell me if there even _is_ a word in German for “Hippie”? (Or “Pacifist,” even?) Well, thanks for your patience… Ranchoth ---
**Author:** ![Zweistein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/54ee81/32.png) [@Zweistein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zweistein)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ass-german-translation-needed/213874/2 "2003-11-18T08:49:19Z")
Lutschet Neutronen, Ihr lahm-pulsige Kiffer (free translation Kiffer = potsmoker) ---
**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:** [November 18, 2003, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ass-german-translation-needed/213874/3 "2003-11-18T09:24:28Z")
hippies = Hippies or Hippys. Has established itself in German; official spelling rules say to generate the plural the German way (Hippys) rather than the English way (Hippies). What image is ‘limp-wristed’ meant to convey? Is it a term of nonspecific disparagement or does it allege something? ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ass-german-translation-needed/213874/4 "2003-11-18T12:07:17Z")
Since the phrase seems to be an insult, would it be appropriate to address the limp-wristed hippies as “Sie” or “du”? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ass-german-translation-needed/213874/5 "2003-11-18T12:34:36Z")
Und why do you vant to insult zee Germans? ---
**Author:** ![raygirvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@raygirvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raygirvan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ass-german-translation-needed/213874/6 "2003-11-18T12:59:09Z")
_What image is ‘limp-wristed’ meant to convey? Is it a term of nonspecific disparagement or does it allege something?_ At least in the UK, it implies effeteness, non-manliness, homosexuality, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ass-german-translation-needed/213874/7 "2003-11-18T13:23:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tschild \* > \*\*hippies = Hippies or Hippys. Has established itself in German; official spelling rules say to generate the plural the German way (Hippys) rather than the English way (Hippies). > > What image is ‘limp-wristed’ meant to convey? Is it a term of nonspecific disparagement or does it allege something? \*\* Probably something on the order of _schwuler_. ---
**Author:** ![SummersSon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@SummersSon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SummersSon)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ass-german-translation-needed/213874/8 "2003-11-18T13:26:58Z")
Okay Suck = Saug Neutrons = Neutronen You = Ihr (HippIES indicates its more than one) Limp-wristed = Schwuchtelige (basically limp wristed means gay or a feminine guy) Hippies = Hippys (Ain’t translated) Saug Neutronen Ihr Schwuchtelige Hippies is in my mind, as close a translation as your gonna get but it kinda looses effect when u say it in german ---
**Author:** ![Zweistein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/54ee81/32.png) [@Zweistein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zweistein)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ass-german-translation-needed/213874/9 "2003-11-18T14:50:45Z")
If Limp-wristed means gay it should be translated as ‘Schwule’ ---
**Author:** ![SummersSon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@SummersSon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SummersSon)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ass-german-translation-needed/213874/10 "2003-11-18T16:17:44Z")
naw limp wristed is a description of someone… is that an adjective or verb? not sure… been a while since school ---
**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:** [November 18, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ass-german-translation-needed/213874/11 "2003-11-18T16:23:53Z")
If meant to imply not actual homosexuality but rather ‘non-manliness’ it could also be rendered as Saugt Neutronen, ihr warmduschenden Hippies! (warmduschend = warm-shower-taking) ---
**Author:** ![electrozion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85f322/32.png) [@electrozion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/electrozion)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ass-german-translation-needed/213874/12 "2003-11-18T16:55:24Z")
While “Saugt Neutronen, ihr warmduschenden Hippies!” should be allright, I like “Lutscht Neutronen, ihr Hippie Weicheier!” better… But why? ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ass-german-translation-needed/213874/13 "2003-11-18T17:19:03Z")
“Saugt” is the literal translation of “suck”, but i’ve never heard in an insult. IMHO, “Fresst Neutronen…” would be a much better translation, even though it means “Eat neutrons…”. For the second part, I like **electrozion’s** “Hippie Weicheier” best. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ass-german-translation-needed/213874/14 "2003-11-19T08:12:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\*Und why do you vant to insult zee Germans? \*\* I do a little flight-simulator work, and I’m going to write said message on a virtual bomb. (ONE bomb. One very BIG bomb.) “Hippy” is a tad anachronistic, of course. Thanks for the help, all!