My favorite similiar sort of word is "verschlimmbessern". You can translate it roughly into english like "trying to make it better, but actually making it worse".

Maybe the Zugzwang ends up in a Zwickmühle

if you drink too much during a "kopfkino" you will have a "filmriss" 🤣

"Fingerspitzengefühl"  (lit. fingertip feeling) A natural sense of tact and intuition — knowing exactly what to say or do in delicate situations without upsetting anyone.  It literally refers to a fine sense of touch in the fingertips, as needed for delicate manual tasks. Figuratively, and more often it means having tact and intuitive sensitivity in complex or delicate situations.

"Schnappsidee" is what usually happens when someone says "Hold my beer" 😂

I use Jein often in situations where someone is TECHNICALLY right but missed the point or there are better options.

Kummerspeck - in Czechia we say bílý sex - white sex. Because refrigerators are mostly white

“Luftschloss” or “air castle” is a wish that can never come true!

The wonderful thing about a 'Schnapsidee' is that you don't necessarily have to be drunk to have one 😀

Hey Joel,  I am old 70 years and left school 1973. I know mey english is bad. But your are a so lovely young man. I think you trie to learn our language. So, some day,  I  hope you come back and then you can speak a little bit German. I love your videos. Elvira ❤

“Feierabend” can also be used as a kind of “warning.” For example, if two siblings are arguing loudly, the mother (or the father, of course) can step in with a harsh “Jetzt ist aber Feierabend!” and restore calm. It actually always works. 😉

„Morgenmuffel“ for someone who‘s usually grumpy in the morning. „Übermorgen“ for the day after tomorrow

I speak four languages, but i think English was the easiest to learn.
Zugzwang = Trump in Iran. Was a Schnapsidee. He better makes Feierabend.

Feierabend not only describes the end of the workday, it also declares that the work is over for today and all work-related topics have to wait for tomorrow - its rude to annoy ppl with anything about work during the Feierabend (if its not smacktalk).

I miss the word "verschlimmbessern" here which means something like making things worse while actually trying to fix it 😅

Hi Jps: As a German, I also have a nice german word for you: "nichtsdestotrotz".   Have fun guessing!

"Jein" does not originate from the song of Fettes Brot. I am 64 now, and even when I was a child the people used "jein", Fettes Brot came much later and just picked it up for the song.
Edit: And I'd describe Feierabend a bit different. It is not the idea of throwing a party, it is just celebrating that when it is your Feierabend you celebrate the feeling of being released from work for the rest of the day. And you can see people in the office get off their chairs telling their collegues "okay guys, I will 'make Feierabend now', bye!" Which means the moment you quit work for that day it is your Feierabend. No matter what you intend to do with that "free time".

you can also translate speck to body fat not only bacon, so a more accurate translation would be grieffat

The word "sturmfrei" actually has medieval military origins. When a wall of a castle or fortress was too high for siege ladders and other equipment to be used to scale it or otherwise inaccessible and it was therefore impossible to storm the fortress that way, the defenders considered it "sturmfrei", i.e. "free from the danger of being stormed". Behind that wall you were safe. I'm sure you can figure out the connection to contemporary use.

the great quality of this channel is that you don't just react but really listen to the content. it makes for a more complete experience.