The German for being so tired that you are "running on empty" is "auf dem Zahnfleisch gehen" which means walking on one's gums 1/2

2/2 please note this is our regular reminder that the German for gums is Zahnfleisch which means tooth meat.

The German for graffiti is Graffiti. The German for grammar is Grammatik. The German for grammatical graffiti is Grammatikgraffiti?

The German for eyeball is der Augapfel which means eye-apple.

The German for "keep your chin up!" is "Halt die Ohren steif!" which means keep your ears stiff.

The German for freckles is Sommersprossen which means summer sprouts

The German For... in Scottish that's "an empty"

The German For... sometimes we even extend "Ab geht die Party" to "Ab geht die Party und die Party geht ab" (Let's Party and the Party rocks)

The Irish for human rights is 'cearta an duine'.

The German for the feelings of weary melancholy and sadness inspired by the reality of the world is Weltschmerz, which means world-pain.

The German for starting and learning a new job & being treated less critically is Welpenschutz, or puppy-protection #NoWelpenschutzForTrump

German has words with no English equivalent: die Schneise = gap in traffic when vehicles move aside for an emergency vehicle.

The German for shooting oneself in the foot is "sich ins eigene Knie schießen" which means to shoot oneself in the knee #Brexit

The German for SpongeBob SquarePants is SpongeBob Schwammkopf which means SpongeBob SpongeHead.

The German for the knight in a chess set is der Springer, which means the jumper.

The German for knight is der Ritter.

The German for explain is erklären. The German for mansplain is herrklären.

Reactions to 280-character limit. US: Huh? Why? Japan: I can write novels in a tweet now. Germany: Wow, I can finally fit that 5th word in.

The German for a back-and-forth discussion where decisions are made, remade, discussed and rediscussed, until gradually everything descends into chaos is der Hickhack.

The German for a tip is das Trinkgeld which means drink money.