10 FUNNY GERMAN WORDS FOR CAR PARTS.

12 Mar 2017

We all know the Top Gear sequence where Richard Hammond tries to pronounce ‘Doppelkupplungsgetriebe’ (if you somehow missed it, watch it down below!).
Today I’ll show you 10 more funny German words for car parts, and you can try to pronounce them!

1. Pop-up Headlights

'Klappscheinwerfer'

2. Windscreen

'Windschutzscheibe'

3. Tow Hitch

'Anhängerkupplung'

4. Dashboard

'Armaturenbrett'

5. Brake Booster

'Bremskraftverstärker'

6. Head Gasket

'Zylinderkopfdichtung'

7. Traffic Sign Recognition

'Verkehrszeichenerkennung'

8. Windscreen Washer Fluid

'Scheibenwischwasser'

9. Bumper

'Stoßstange' / 'Stoßfänger'

10. Reversing Lights

'Rückfahrscheinwerfer'

So, I hope this was a funny excursion into the world of German car guys - if yes, please leave a like!

What do you think of these words? And how would you pronounce them? Comment below!

Until next time! Tobi aka The Stig’s German Cousin

Comments

I thought that Germans have no humor…

To them there’s nothing funny about these words…

this is german humor, its no laughable mather!

As a Dutchman this doesn’t really come as a suprise to me :p

Oh I know what you mean 😂

Weet zeker dat ‘Koplamp’ raar voor Engelsen klinkt xD

Damn, Germans have the best sense of humor lol

Blow off valve is a Schubumluftventil

German car guys just translate the word „valve“ so in the end we call it Blow-off-Ventil

completly wrong - schubumluftventil is something different.

Great post, sir!
I can’t pronounce any of them. : p

Thanks!

I’m completely convinced the guy who invented German had a broken spacebar.

Haha true

Lmao

I have a feeling this will go to week’s best comments xD

You can put as many nouns as you want into one word, like Heizölrückstoßabdämpfung which means, literally translated, heating oil repeal damping

I am german I did not understand what is funny with those words until I read this comment……=/

I had a German speaking assessment last week and the words for “to sightsee” are “Sehenswürdigkeiten besightigen”. Why use 10 letters when 30 will do?

*Besichtigen 😉

How is this funny, maybe not for me since I am used to these words
And why is it in ‘Ask Car Throttle’

It’s obviously not funny when you already are used to these words. And I posted it in Ask Car Throttle because I wanted to hear your opinions.

‘Zylinderkopfdichtung’ was my favorite xD . That’s why I like German. You learn the basic words and then you understand every compound word they give you!