Hello everyone,
and welcome to our German Word of the Day. This time we will have a look at the meaning of:
der Schnupfen
Der Schnupfen… I don’t know where it came from or when it will leave but I have one with me right now and all he does is make me blow my nose every minute and whine to my girlfriend just as much, because that’s what REAL men do.
So you might have already an idea what a Schnupfen is but the word is actually not that easy to translate. Technically, there is a literal translation for Schnupfen: coryza … which makes me think of Spanish salami.
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Oh, und another question if I may:
You named der Schnodder and Der Rotz/die Rotze, i also have heard der Popel and der Schleim. What are the differences between these 4?
“der Popel” is a booger, bogey. Basically a dried piece of Rotze that is in the nose.
“der Schleim” is just “slime” and not specific to sinus infections or so.
Does that help?
Hallo Emanuel!
I have a question. According to ChatGPT, I could also say:
“Ich putze meine Nase” and “Ich schnäuze mir die Nase” as alternatives to “ich schnaube mir die Nase” for “blow my nose.” I want to ask you which is more common. Can I use all three without sounding weird, old-fashioned, or stiff?
“schnäuze” is more common in the South and Austria, as far as I know.
“schnaube” is okay, but more common in other phrasings.
“putze meine Nase” is okay, but the version with “mir” is more idiomatic and worth practicing.
Danke für die Antwort! But why do you say that “schaube” is more common in other prashings? You wrote in the Blog:
so.. is not that common? Which of the 3 options would you use?
I would use “putze” probably but “schnaube” also works. Sorry for the confusion!
Hi Emanuel:) Ich wünsche baldige Genesung:) ( als ob ich den Artikel vor 8 Jahren lese:) )
Eine kleine Frage: darf man sich schnäuzen im Sinne von sich schnauben benutzen? zB: er hat sich die Naze kräftig in sein Taschentuch geschnäuzt.
Danke im Voraus.
Ja, das geht! Ich glaube, das ist eher süddeutsch, aber total in Ordnung.
Und mit Schnupfen kommen auch Niesen! Gesundheit!
Genau :)!
A friend of mine uses the verb “ausschnupfen” instead of “schnauben”. Can you advise on the correctness or use of this alternative?
I’never heard before but of course if they use it then it works :). And I do understand it with some context.
I guess it’s regional. Where are they from?