I live outside of Germany for 20 years now but once in a while I come across stuff that makes me remember what a wonderful (horrible) language this is. Also the people using it.

I just learned two things:

1) the word for the fumes that are emitted while cooking in German is not “Dampf” (steam from boiling water) or “Rauch” (smoke from fire) but “Wrasen” – meaning “a wet fog smelling of food, possibly saturated with fat”.

2) there exist absorbers that are called “Kopffreihauben” meaning “head free absorbers” – it does prevent your head from bonking – so if you are considering updating – this is a thing ;)

German is a weaponized language!