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I just find the German text message entertaining. The words and syntax are great. "Mir ist grad mein handy in den Landwahrkanal geplumpst" Geplumpst! Sounds

• thih9 5y ago
  Could someone translate?
  • arbitrary_name 5y ago
    I would say the best translation to English is 'plopped' - it's a sort of whimsical or even comical way of saying it fell in.
  • iso1210 5y ago
    From the context and the word "Bier", "I'd like to grab a beer" perhaps
  • 1986 5y ago
    "My phone just plopped into the Landwehr Canal." "Hahaha and now what" "Great question" "Now I could use a beer."
  • merlincorey 5y ago
    > Geplumpst Basically means something fell or as Google Translate says "flopped" -- however, GP seems to be excited over the apparent onomatopoeia in the word because it evokes the sound of something falling in water. > "Mir ist grad mein handy in den Landwahrkanal geplumpst" This essentially says "My cellphone fell in the canal!" but with the delicious "geplumpst" word sound. > "Jetzt könnte ich ein Bier gebrauchen" This exclaims "I could use a beer now".
  • stronglikedan 5y ago
    > Mir ist grad mein handy in den Landwahrkanal geplumpst My cell phone just fell into the Landwehr Canal > Jetzt könnte ich ein Bier gebrauchen I could use a beer now (Google's translations, not mine)
  • pbueckle 5y ago
    "geplumst" is the funny part here, it's very colloquial, kinda silly-sounding, playful – similar to "plumped". Just makes the whole sentence more delightful.
    • diydsp 5y ago
      it also rhymes with "gebumst" which means "banged" or "fucked"...
• ALittleLight 5y ago
  Google translating here - is it because plumpst means "fallen" and also sounds like the sound a phone might make when falling into a canal?
  • zeisss 5y ago
    Exactly