Do you want to be prepared for the Oktoberfest and fit right in like a native Bavarian?

Then I suggest you start learning some of the Wiesn-Vocabulary. The Bavarians are know for their direct, funny and very traditional way of talking. Lesson one gives you an insight in all the special Bavarian treasury of words starting with the letter A.

arschlings (adj.)

• backwards, more specific: “in your behinds direction”.

aufmandeln (v.)

• to aggrandize oneself, especially when you do not find any free seats in the beer tents.

aufmischen (v.)

• to spank or wallop.

aufstöin (v.)

• to donate a beer.

Let’s go over B-words in the next post

Munich – Beer gardens have been officially part of Bavaria’s culture for 200 years. On 4 January 1812 King Maximillian I of Bavaria gave farmers permission to sell beer to patrons outside their beer cellars.

‘That’s why I’ve declared 2012 to be the Year of the beer garden,’ says the head of Munich’s tourism authority, Gabriele Weishaeupl. Continue reading →