Hello everyone,
And welcome to a new episode of What is the Difference, the series where we look at two German words that seem to mean the same but don’t mean the same.
Today though, we’ll not look at just two words. Today, we’ll actually look at the difference between two groups.
Because today, we’ll explore the question
When to use “er, sie, es” and “der, die, das”
Some of you might see this and say like “Wait, aren’t the first ones pronouns, and the second set is basically ‘the’?”
To which others will say “Oh, the innocent naiveté of the untarnished, but a beautiful dream to us in the trenches of B1 and B2.”
I mean, okay… it’s not really a make or break question. Like… you can become fluent in German without ever really wondering about this.
But it does tend to come up for most learners at some point and many of you have asked me about it at some point or another, so if you’re ready, let’s jump in and explore.
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Let’s check out what the problem is first.
der, die and das are of course first and foremost the trinity of suck – the German versions for the article the.
- the tree, the lawn, the unicawn (uh… the spelling is for the rhyme)
- der Baum, die Wiese, das Einhorn
And er, sie, es are pronouns, so they stand in for persons and things in our sentence.
- “Kennst du Thomas?”
“Ja, er ist sehr faul.” - “Do you know Thomas?”
“Yes, he is very lazy.” - Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
The problem is that der, die, das are ALSO pronouns, so they too can be used as a stand in for a person or a thing.
- “Da, das ist der neue Bartender.”
“Wow, der sieht echt gut aus.” - “There, that’s the new bartender”
“Wow, he is really pretty.” - Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
This is one of those examples where a learner would ask if they can also use er. And in this case, the answer would be… meh.
It’s not really wrong, but it does sound a bit odd and I don’t think a German would use it.
So what’s going on here?
Well, the short version is:
der, die, das have an element of pointing,
while er, sie, es are super neutral.
But this is really more of a feeling than a rule.
So let’s see if we can build up a bit of sensitivity and we’ll do that by looking at das vs es first, because they’re more “clear” than er, sie vs der, die.
“that” vs “it” and “das” vs “es”
And actually, we’ll start with a quick look at English. Bear with me, it’ll make sense in a minute.
Take these examples:
- “Snow is frozen rain.”
“I know that/it, thanks.” - “Thomas was really weird at the meeting today.”
“Yeah, I noticed that/it, too.” - “I don’t know this book.”
“I know it/that.” - “Maria said it/
thatbest: being as lazy as Thomas is hard work.
These are different “configurations” for the pair that and it. In the first example, it sounds REALLY weird, in the second one, both sound okay.
In the third example, both work, but they create different meanings (I know it = the book!/ I know that – The fact that you don’t know the book), and in the fourth example, only it is idiomatic.
Now, if we analyze this, we can find that that kind of points to the statement that came before and is like “That fact!”. While it either directly stands for a noun (implied like “weird behavior” or explicit like “the book” ). Or it’s kind of generic like in the last example.
But what matters more here is that you take a minute to check how the different examples FEEL with the different words. Like… what vibe comes in when you add that instead of it. Do you have it?
Great!
Now, in German, the pair das and es are similar, but the key difference is that das covers a lot of space where English could use it and the overlap is not as big.
Here’s visual of what I mean:
We could say only when that is NOT an option, use es. Otherwise, das is probably the more idiomatic choice because es is just too bland.
Here are the examples in German:
- “Schnee ist gefrorenes Wasser.”
“Ich weiß das.”
“Ich weiß es.” … NOPE! - “Thomas war heute beim Meeting echt komisch.”
“Das habe ich auch bemerkt.”
“Es habe ich auch bemerkt.”... NOPE!! - “Ich kenne dieses Buch nicht.”
“Ich kenne es.” … (I know the book)
“Ich weiß das.”… (I know the fact you don’t know it) - Maria hat es am besten gesagt: so faul zu sein wie Thomas ist harte Arbeit.
Maria hat das am besten gesagt... NOPE!!
The only real difference to English is the second example here, where in English that and it work, while in German das is way more idiomatic than es.
Part of that is actually because of word order.
- Es habe ich auch gemerkt…. NOPE!
- Ich habe es auch gemerkt… meh!
- Das habe ich auch gemerkt… YES!
- Ich habe das auch gemerkt… yes.
The thing is that es is a bit too bland to be in a first position as a pronoun that stands for something concrete. The first position wants a bit of weight or substance and that’s why you’d want the more pointy das.
Think of it like using it but when you actually want to give it a big emphasis.
- I’ve known IT for a while.
This feels weird, and you’d use that instead because it can’t really handle that much focus.
Cool.
So now that we have an idea about es and das, let’s get to er, sie vs der, die.
er and sie vs der and die
And things are a bit more blurry here.
The difference in pointy-ness is the same. So der and die are more pointy than er and sie.
And as such, they are more common in position one as a pronoun, just like what we just learned about es and das.
- “Cooler Tisch.”
“Danke! Der ist von Ikea.”
“Danke! Er ist von…”MEH - “Nice table.”
“Thanks. I got it from Ikea.”
- “Wie geht’s eigentlich Maria?”
“Keine Ahnung. Die habe ich echt lange nicht mehr gesehen.”
“Keine Ahnung. Sie habe ich echt…. NOPE, sounds super weird. - “How’s Maria doing, by the way?”
“No idea. I haven’t seen her in a while.”
If you pay attention to native speakers, you’ll hear der, die, das and den and dem a LOT at the beginning of sentences like these.
The difference to das and es is that er and sie (and their case versions) are not quite as bland as es.
So they wouldn’t sound wrong, they just sound quite weird in these examples above. And they can handle being in the first position of a sentence.
- Ich habe mit einem Insider geredet. Und er/der hat mir gesagt “…..”
- I talked to an insider. And he/HE told me “…..”
- Gestern hab’ ich Marias Schwester gesehen… die/sie wird echt immer schöner.
- I saw Maria’s sister yesterday... she/that woman is becoming ever more beautiful.
I would definitely use der here, just because it sounds more pointy and engaging and the pointy-ness of der makes for a nicer tie-in with the sentence before. But er also works. It’s just more neutral.
Another thing that’s important to know is that der and die can sound less personal and distant, while er and sie sound a bit more like people.
This is quite subtle, and it doesn’t always matter, but in some contexts, it can make a difference in tone.
- Thomas? Ob er da ist oder nicht ist mir total egal.
- Thomas? I really don’t care, if he’s there or not.
- Thomas? Ob der da ist oder nicht….
- Thomas? I really don’t care if he/that guy is there or not.
The second version sound a bit more pointy, but also a bit more dismissive. Like “that dude“, maybe.
And in reverse, when talking about things, they still might use der or die, because er or sie feels a bit too much like a person.
- “Warum hast du die Vase nicht gekauft. Ich dachte, die/sie hat dir voll gefallen?”
“Irgendwie war die/sie mir doch zu teuer.” - “Why didn’t you buy the vase? I though you really liked it?”
“Somehow, I found it too expensive for me after all.”
In this example, both versions are equally idiomatic and I’d say equally common. And the only difference really is that the version with sie sounds less pointy and a bit more personal.
Or from the other side… die sounds more distant.
It’s not really possible to transfer that to English, because it’s quite subtle, but I hope you still get a bit of a sense of it.
I think the most important aspect is definitely the pointy-ness though and in the right context, that can be used to make your sentence less ambiguous.
- Erst war ich bei meinem Lehrer, aber er wusste keine Antwort.
Dann habe ich meinen unsichtbaren Freund gefragt und der hat es mir dann erklärt. - First, I went to my teacher, but he didn’t know the answer.
Then I asked my invisible friend and HE then explained it. - Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
But you could totally also use der in the first half and er in the second or the same option for both.
It’s really a difference of vibe. That certain pointy-ness that comes in with der, die, das. And the best way to feel that, I think, is to go back over the examples for it vs that that we had.
But the bottom line is… don’t stress about this too much. It’s not a distinction you need to “get right” in order to be understood.
The only thing that’s worth treating like a sort of “rule” is that stuff about es vs das that we had and just how bland es really is. Like… use das whenever your it can be replaced with that. And do NOT use es at the start of a sentence. I mean… if it actually refers to a specific thing.
- Es gibt ein Bier im Kühlschrank.
This works, because the es is generic.
- Oh cool. Es trinke ich jetzt… NOPE!!
This does NOT work because es stands for the beer and but for the beginning of the sentence, you need a word with more substance.
- Oh cool. Das trinke ich jetzt.
This is correct. And this is also a fact.I’m about to do just that, because the beer is there, and we’re pretty much done here for today.
Hooray!
I kind of feel that some of you are probably a little disappointed because you expected some more clear cut rules.
But there aren’t really any for this stuff. It’s mostly vibes and tone.
Which can make you feel lost… but it can also feel like freedom. There’s no rule you have to heed, no if-then you have to pay attention to. You can just let yourself go and flow. If you get it wrong… no one cares. You’re still in the stream. You keep on flowing and you’ll get better and better till eventually, you’re part of the river called Fluency.
What? Oh.. no… I haven’t opened the beer yet :).
But I will do that/it now.
So yeah… I think this might actually be worth a proper practice session so I’ll see that I’ll set one up for the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, if you have any questions or suggestions, just leave me a comment and I’ll do my best to clear things up.
I really hope you enjoyed this one and I could shed some light on the issue. Have a great week, and I’ll see you next time.
Während meines ersten Deutschlandbesuchs ging ich regelmäßig in eine Bäckerei. Eines Tages guckte ich die Backwaren an und sagte etwas wie, “Sie sehen heute gut aus.” Die Verkäuferin hinter der Vitrine lächelte breit und erwiderte, “Danke! Ich habe heute Abend eine Verabredung!” Ich war sehr verwirrt und starrte wahrscheinlich wie ein Hirsch in den Scheinwerfer, bis ich begriff, dass die Frau wegen meiner irrtümlichen Wortwahl mein “Sie” falsch verstand und vermutete, dass es auf sie und nicht auf die Backwaren deutete. Ein peinlicher und einprägsamer Fehler.
Hahaha, das ist eine schöne Geschichte :)!!
Es wäre schön wenn wir ein Quiz zu diesem Thema hätten. :)
Ja, das stimmt. Ich hatte aber irgendwie Probleme, denn da ist viel “subjektiv” oder graduell. Also es ist schwerer als gedacht, Fragen zu finden, die eine eindeutige Antwort haben.
This explanation really clarifies the nuances between these German pronouns and articles.
In colloquial German, perhaps more in my region of North-Rhine Westphalia, in response to the question: “Du, wie geht’s Daniela? – Oh danke, DER geht’s gut!”
We tend to use the definite rather than the indefinite form:-)
Regarding the current thread topic:
“Wann kommt endlich DER Bus?” – ER kommt bald, keine Panik!
Wieviel kostest DIE Uhr da in der Vitrine?” –
SIE kostest…….Euros.
Hast du DAS Buch ins Regal schon zurueckgestellt?” – Nein, ich hab’s (ES)
in der Hand!
Interesting to see how these things are in other parts of Germany!
In the bus example and the clock example I would definitely say “der” and “die”.
The other two are just like I would say it. Maybe the definite article is a bit more dominant in the Berlin region.
Yes, perhaps.
That was nice. On the subject of the perfect tense, I think I’d best be leaving well enough alone.
I have a question regarding a sentence from the Belle Lettres article:
“wird … berichtet” is a passive construction in my interpretation. The reader is in the dative as recipient. ‘von einer fernen Vegangenheit’ is the subject, right? In my mind I’m inserting the word “was” before “von” to make it a real subject.
Ha, tricky sentence.
No, the “von”-part is NOT the real subject. It’s the “topic”, a prepositional object. The real subject (the entity telling the story) is not mentioned.
– … , wird nicht dem Leser “von Thomas/durch Thomas” von einer fernen Vergangenheit berichtet.
This could be a real subject, but the double “von” in the sentence does sound shitty.
The verb phrase is “berichten von”, so a native speaker would not be confused about the topic vs subject based on context, unless it’s REALLY vague.
– Mir wurde von Thomas berichtet.
Here, it’s not 100% clear if I was told BY Thomas or ABOUT Thomas. I think most people would read this as “about Thomas” because the topic is more important for the verb “berichten” than the person doing it. And we only have one, so the assumption is that it’s the more important element.
Let me know if that helps!
I do get it now. I was on Duolingo, and pursuant to this lesson, I boldly offered the following translation:
Before the above lesson I would have used “er” instead of “der”. Could they have accepted my answer?
Totally works. In this example, I don’t feel there’s a difference between “er” and “der”, but if we make it a conevrsation then der gets a slight edge, for me anyway.
– Hilft dir David?
– Nein, der muss arbeiten.
Excellent! I think this is exactly the kind of stuff we’d better feel from the very beginning and, despite my low level (if we really want to label it I suppose somewhere between A2 and B1), totally resonates.
Just make sure you don’t worry too much about it when trying to speak. It’ll slow you down when you’re already slow.
But awareness when listening is great. This moment of “Oh I know what’s going on here.”
This is exactly what happened to me a few months ago. I was doing my normal reading and listening and all of a sudden there was this person – an “er” – in the next sentence. I re-read the 1st sentence and the 2nd. And I had my “Oh” moment.
It sounds weird to refer to the bartender as pretty, as only feminine things can be pretty, while guys are handsome. I’m pretty sure German too must have some word for handsome, that only applies to males, but I can’t remember how it goes.
I’m also surprised at you saying that in Berlin people don’t say “der Thomas”. As I lived nowhere else in Germany other than Berlin, and I heard people saying “der Thomas”, so it must be a thing, because these people don’t speak other languages other than Berlinerisch.
To say also something related to the topic, for me the pointy der, die, das translate as that one.
Meinst du der? Den kenne ich nicht, aber der, der mit Maria redet, das ist Thomas.
..is that a correct sentence?
What? I didn’t know about this “pretty” vs “handsome” and I’m not sure it’s consensus in English. I can find a lot of instances of “pretty guy” for instance.
In German, there is no such distinction. schön, süß, heiß all go for both genders.
And you’ve heard “der Thomas” from someone who speaks Berlinerisch?
Here’s a map of how common it is in what region from Atlas der Deutschen Alltagssprache.
According to them, it’s rare in Berlin. Doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist, but it’s not part of the standard vernacular.
About your example:
– Meinst du DEN. Den kenne ich nicht, aber DEN, der mit Maria, das ist Thomas.
This is pretty natural and a German would certainly use it.
With the question, you do need the pointy version, and same for “den, der mit Maria redet” because this “den” is actually not an entity yet. You’re established a new guy, so you couldn’t refer to the new guy with “he”.
– Meinst du den (pointing). Den/Ihn kenne ich nicht, aber den [Typ] (new element), der (relative article) mit Maria redet, (das) ist Thomas.
In written, the das has to go or there needs to be a – or something because you’re kind of restarting your sentence.
Hope that helps :)
You can describe a guy as pretty, but then it is a “girlish” appearance (and generally not really a complement). The elves in Lord of the Rings might be described as pretty.
We can occasionally describe a man as “schoen” in the sense of “nice [looking]”, e.g. “Der schoene Karl”, often used to describe erstwhile Lord Mayor of Vienna,Karl Lueger, some hundred-and-thirty years ago.
Today, I guess we might say/write “ein schoen aussehender Mann” = a nice looking man
While a man can be “schoen” in German, he can never be “huebsch” LOL:-)
Good point about “hübsch”. That does lean more toward women, but I’m sure I have heard it for men, as well.
For me – American (and older) – pretty is feminine. If I wanted to do a slight dig I might refer to a guy as a pretty boy (like Arnold S’s girly man reference). Or, maybe a gay guy talking about another gay guy.
Perhaps it’s different in the UK or with younger folks.
Great article. This topic and your prefix dictionary are exactly where I am in my journey into this heart of darkness. (I think I’m almost at B1.)
Ha, 20 years of speaking and listening to American English and I was not aware of this distinction. Nice example for how some things can just fly under the radar. My brain doesn’t have distinct words in German, so it’ll just always hear “pretty” and “handsome” as synonyms so I’d never notice this on my own. Or at least it’s very unlikely.
Hi Emmanuel, thanks a lot for this article, I am trying to get to B2 and this topic is for me particularly confusing.
And I am really sorry, but I am going to write the worst thing that a forum user could: I read the articles already 3 times, but I didn’t really understood the core concept and more importantly I can’t really say why I didn’t understood.
I think the problem is, the difference between the couples er/der-sie/die is so much based on feelings and common German-spider-sense, that unless someone hasn’t it already in his/her mother tongue (not me), getting it becomes really really hard :/
I would be really really happy to have a part 2 with tons and tons of exercises to try and get a general feeling of it <3
I asked my German wife about this and she said that me “using” the right pronoun in speech is a longer term project. This article is because we will be exposed to Germans swapping between (for example) Er and Der when they are saying “he”. I can’t feel it at all either. My wife said (about a table), Der ist von Ikea, er war teuer and neither of us fully get why she used Der and then Er for the same table in the same sentence.
Oh, that’s an easy one.
The first “der” is pointing at the table and the “er” is just a pronoun because she literally just pointed verbally, so doing it again would sound like she’s pointing at a new thing, but she’s talking about the same thing, which makes it a bit weird.
You can swap the order of messages.
– Der war teuer. Er ist von Ikea.
But you can’t really swap the pronouns.
– Er war teuer, der ist von Ikea.
That’s a bit like saying this in English:
– The table? It was expensive. That’s from Ikea.
I’ll definitely do an exercise for this.
Maybe it helps to ask yourself “Am I pointing (der) or am I referring (er)?”? Not in a sense that you’re ONLY doing one of those, but more in a sense of which of the two is more in focus?
I grew up in a family that often spoke Hungarian— a whole different ball of wax from German, as it has ZERO grammatical genders for anything, including people. But it does have that definite-article-for-talking-about-people thing!
You totally would say “well, I talked to the Billy.” “oh yeah?” “Yeah, and he told the Tina everything.” “No!” “Yup. And then the Eric heard about it and…whooo boy”
But of course— I never thought about this at all until learning that it happens in German! A great example of how learning one language helps illuminate our (often unconscious) knowledge of another.
And is that standard Hungarian or is that a regional, colloquial thing like in Germany? Oh and how bad would it sound to NOT do it?
Something similar happens when Hispanic native speakers speak English: “Where the Julia is?” etc.
Super useful, Emmanuel. It always feel a bit strange to me (I’m English) to use er/sie to refer to objects not people, but much less so to use der/die. ZB ‘Ich habe einen neuen Park besucht. Er/der war viel ruhiger als den andere.’ The minute I read ‘er’ my brain says ‘who?’,
although I know you can also use ‘der’ for people so that’s probably just an effect of (mis-)translation….
Reminds me of Mark Twain’s well-known quip:
Hans, where’s the turnip from yesterday?
She’s on the kitchen counter!
Feeling blessed to be able to get this quality of learning right at our home. And i want to thank the sponsors that allowed me to get a free year to learn since i am from a 3rd world country and couldnt really afford it.
Damals, als ich in Franken lebte, an der Grenze zum Spessart, war ich anders als heute… netter und edler… war ich „der Peter”.
Zurück in Berlin bin ich einfach wieder Peter. Oder – „dieser Peter, der ist nicht my kind of guy“.
Hahaha, sehr cool!! Genau so isses.
Somewhat rambling & frustrating discussion before getting to the real reason for 3 versions. I was impatient to learn that reason, lost interest before ploughing on to find out. Why not address the reason for 3 versions of the same pronoun or definite & indefinite articles right up front? Clearly it’s because certain languages like French & German classify nouns as Masculine – der (er), Feminine -die (sie), or Neuter – das (es). Get your head around that & you can move on swiftly to learning which nouns are either of the 3 & why they need the correct version of the articles.
This was not topic of the article at all.
The article is about the difference between “es” and “das” (“er” and “der”, “sie” and “die”) when used as pronouns. It’s NOT about the difference between der, die and das.
I only learn with your style of introduction. This sort of criticism would really hurt me and might even change the way I write. I hope it doesn’t.
I won’t, don’t worry :)
Slightly off topic…
In Austria (and perhaps southern Germany), when referring to another person who is familiar, it’s usual to use the definite article with their name. For example…
Weiß du, wo die Barbara ist?
Wann kommt der Thomas?
I don’t know the practice elsewhere in Germany.
Definitely common in southern Germany
Yup!!
I had a period in my life where I knew many young people from Baden-Württemberg and they all did it. In fact, even some people from Cologne did it and it’s super odd to me because in Berlin we don’t do it. I find it slightly annoying to be honest, but that might just be my general dislike of Swabians taking over my childhood hood Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin with their western money and desire for QUIET, causing literally ALL clubs to close.
And the worst part is the young Swabians were REALLY nice people. REally friendly, easy-going and open. But the older ones… oh man… even a market on the weekends was too loud for some of them.
Careful, I just read this on a Saturday and my neighbors yelled at me to keep my thoughts down.
LOQ (laughing out quietly)
I could have added the colloquial responses to the example questions:
Weiß du, wo die Barbara ist? Die Barbara(?), die ist zu Hause.
Wann kommt der Thomas? Der Thomas(?), der kommt um vier.
Sounds fine to my ear but probably weird to the north German ear. The name might be added to the front of the response for additional emphasis (or pointing). The question mark immediately after the name is implied.
It’s a southern and western thing. People from Cologne also do it, and maybe even Cari from Easy German and she’s from further up north. But in Berlin, we don’t do that. You’d just say “Barbara? Die ist zu Hause.”
Hallöchen Emanuel: My two cents: Ich wohne jetzt in Dresden und viele Leute von hier benutzen die Artikel mit Namen auch. (Sowohl junge Leute als auch ältere Leute)
Ah, das wusste ich nicht, dass das in Dresden auch gemacht wird. Von Sachsen, ja?
i’m not yet on this level, but it was an interesting read
Das war toll wie immer. Es gab gute Beispiele, gute Analogies(?), und eine gutes Versuch um alles uns zu erklären – wie man es (der Unterschied) fühlt sich. Ich finde es komisch dass “der/die” beides more pointy und distant gleichzeitig als “er/sie” sind. Perhaps this is more true when you actually know the person? Wie geht’s Jim. Er sieht krank aus. vs. Wie geht’s Jim? Der sieht krank aus.
Here the Der leans towards mir egal…vielleicht? Are there example where using der with a person you know is more personal?
Danke für alles.
I’ll steal a couple of examples from another comment:
– Weiß du, wo die Barbara ist?
– Barbara? Die ist zu Hause.
Here, “sie” would sound weird, and “die” doesn’t sound negative or distanced.
Hello!
No typos that I could find today :)
But I have a question – this also works for plural, right? As in die/sie?
And please do make a quiz or exercise about this topic!
Bis bald!
Oh, I completely forgot the plural!
Yes, the same applies :)
There is one on
“Das habe ich auf bemerkt”
That should probably be an ‘Auch’
Danke!!
Hello :) I just wanted to give a big thank you to Emanuel and those who have sponsored scholarships. As someone not yet able to buy a membership this opportunity means a lot.
Vielen dank!
Great article! Looking forward to the practice session. Some of this i have through Sprachgefühl, some ideas were new to me.
Übrigens.. weil Bier immer noch ein Thema ist, möchte ich gerne wissen: was ist denn dein Leiblingsbier?
Letze Woche war ich unterwegs und wegen einer Zugverspätung habe ich so eine Stunde in Karlsruhe verbracht. Die Biersorte da im Kiosk waren nicht wie im Berlin, was mich überrascht hat. Das finde ich eigentlich nicht schlimm aber ich hatte keine Ahnung, welches Bier mir gefallen wurde. Ich dachte, es gäbe überall, die Biersorten, die man in Berlin kaufen kann…
LOL… es gibt unglaublich viele Biersorten in Deutschland. Jede Region hat ihr eigenes, lokales Sortiment im Supermarkt, und in Spätis ist das sogar noch mehr.
Ich habe kein Lieblingsbier. Es kommt echt drauf an, worauf ich Bock habe… Pils, Helles, Hefe, IPA, dunkles Weizen, dunkles Bier, belgisches Wit… die sind alle total verschieden.
Und auch die Pilssorten selbst zum Beispiel. Sternburg ist anders als Radeberger oder Lübtzer.
Ein Bier, dass ich garnicht mag, ist Berliner Pissner. Es schmeckt wie alte Biere zusammengekippt. Das beschissenste Bier, dass ich kenne, und trotzdem trinke ich es manchmal, wenn ich keine Lust auf Helles oder Becks habe.
Ich habe gemerkt, dass Berliner Kindl eines der populärsten Biere in Berlin ist. Warum ist das so, wenn das Bier eigentlich gar nicht so gut ist?
Weil es aus Berlin ist und es das schon lange gibt, vor allem war es in Ostberlin am Start. Kindl ist aber NICHT das gleiche wie Berliner Pilsner.
Komischeweise hat dein Kommentar die Lust in mir erweckt, Berliner Pilsner nochmal zu trinken. Ich glaube, ich habe bestimmt dieses Bier getrunken, aber kann mich nicht daran erinnern, ob es wirklich so schlecht ist. Vielleciht ist diese Lust ein bischen pervers, aber die Neugier zum Trinken ist nicht leicht zu überwinden…
“Paradox der Häslichkeit” … ja, dass kenn ich. Ich habe auch schon mal berliner Pilsner bestellt, nur um mich zu erinnern, wie scheiße es ist.
Probier’s mal aus, und sag mir Bescheid.
Ich war gerade beim Späti und habe mich endlich daran erinnert, mir ein Berliner Pilsner zu kaufen. Ich habe sogar 50 cent extra ausgegeben dafür, da ich mir normalerwiese ein Sterni gekauft hätte. Erhlich gesagt habe ich daran gezweifelt, dass es so scheiß schmecken könnte. Ich dachte, Emanuel übertriebt oder so. Aber ich war wirklich überrascht, dass es schmeckt, genau so wie du gesagt hast. Hätte es nicht so scheiß geschmeckt, hätte ich eine Ruckerstattung meines 50 Cent gefordert! Gut, dass ich es probiert habe, aber ich habe auch kein Lust daran, dieses Bier wieder zu trinken..
Und auch gut, das du mir 50 xcent nicht schuldest ; )
LOL, versprochen, gehalten!! Berliner Pilsner wieder hart am delivern. Ein Bier, auf das man sich verlassen und das man stehen lassen kann.
Emanuel, hast du „Berliner Pissner” absichtlich geschrieben, weil du es gar nicht magst? (LOL)
Übrigens: ein interessanter Artikel, wie immer. Ich denke, ich habe ihn gut verstanden, aber ich freue mich auf die kommenden Übungen.
Na klar war das Absicht :)
Daniel: Mama, Rene hat mein Pausebrot geklaut!!
Mama: War das mit Absicht?
Daniel: Nein, mit Kaese!
Badumm tssssshhhhh!
He-He! Typisch westphaelischer Humor (des Dortmunder Gebiets):-)