21 October 2012: Ein quäntchen Glück

21 Oct: Qüantchen Glück from kate hers on Vimeo.

Location: Peterborough, NH

Word or Expression: Ein quäntchen Glück

Closest English Translation and Literal Translation: a bit of luck, a pinch of luck, a grain of luck

20 October 2012: Feiner Pinkel

20 Oct: Feiner Pinkel from kate hers on Vimeo.

Location: Peterborough, NH

Word or Expression: Feiner Pinkel

Closest English Translation: stuck up prig, stuck up snob

Literal Translation: fine urination, fine pee, refined piss

19 October 2012: Dickerhund

19 Oct: Dickerhund from kate hers on Vimeo.

Location: Peterborough, NH

Word or Expression: Dickerhund!

Closest English Translation: Scandalous!

Literal Translation: Fat dog!

18 October 2012: Es passt wie die Faust aufs Auge!

18 Oct: Es passt wie die Faust aufs Auge from kate hers on Vimeo.

Location: Peterborough, NH

Word or Expression: Es passt wie die Faust aufs Auge!

Closest English Translation: That clashes horribly!

Literal Translation: It fits like a fist on the eye!

Thanks Robert Schennkan for hitting me in the eye!

Can apparently also be used ironically to emphasize a perfect match.

17 October 2012: Den Bock zum Gärtner machen

17 Oct: Den Bock zum Gärtner machen from kate hers on Vimeo.

Location: Peterborough, NH

Word or Expression: Den Bock zum Gärtner machen

Closest English Translation: to be asking for trouble, to invite disaster, have the fox guard the henhouse

Literal Translation: to make the goat the gardner

Thanks Dan Tice, for your assistance in videotaping!

16 October 2012: Es sieht für etwas Zappenduster aus

16 Oct: Es sieht für etwas Zappenduster aus from kate hers on Vimeo.

Location: Peterborough, NH

Word or Expression: Es sieht für etwas Zappenduster aus

Closest English Translation: It looks dark for something/someone, It doesn’t look so good for someone/something

Literal Translation: It looks pitch-black out

15 October 2012: Auf der Kippe

15 Oct: Auf der Kippe from kate hers on Vimeo.

Location: Peterborough, NH

Word or Expression: Auf der Kippe

Closest English Translation: On the brink

Literal Translation: On the edge

14 October 2012: Armutszeugnis ausstellen

14 Oct: Armutszeugnis ausstellen from kate hers on Vimeo.

Location: Peterborough, NH

Word or Expression: Armutszeugnis ausstellen

Closest English Translation: to show one’s incapacity and incompetence

Literal Translation: to exhibit one’s poverty certificate

13 October 2012: Vom Leder ziehen

13 Oct: Vom Leder ziehen from kate hers on Vimeo.

Location: Peterborough, NH

Word or Expression: Vom Leder ziehen

Closest English Translation: to lay into, to rip into, to let it fly

Literal Translation: to pull leather

Thanks VLHartman for letting me pull your leather!

12 October 2012: Witzbold

12 Oct: Witzbold from kate hers on Vimeo.

Location: Peterborough, NH

Word or Expression: der Witzbold

Closest English Translation: Joker

Literal Translation: Funny-bold (there is not translation for the German word “bold” into English. Perhaps it’s a English word?