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Meaning of "Slang" in the German dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SLANG

englisch slang, Herkunft ungeklärt.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SLANG IN GERMAN

Slang  [slæŋ]  play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLANG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
Slang is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SLANG MEAN IN GERMAN?

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Definition of Slang in the German dictionary

sloppy, often faulty, sloppy idiomatic expression of certain social, professional or similar groups; slang. negligent, often flawed, sloppy phrases often often derogatory. nachlässige, oft fehlerhafte, saloppe Ausdrucksweise Ausdrucksweise bestimmter sozialer, beruflicher o. ä. Gruppen; jargon. nachlässige, oft fehlerhafte, saloppe AusdrucksweiseGebrauchoft abwertend.

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GERMAN WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLANG


Anklang
Ạnklang 
Belang
Belạng [bəˈlaŋ]
Dreiklang
Dre̲i̲klang
Einklang
E̲i̲nklang 
Gleichklang
Gle̲i̲chklang [ˈɡla͜içklaŋ]
Klang
Klạng 
Zeitlang
Ze̲i̲tlang
bislang
bislạng 
bodenlang
bo̲denlang [ˈboːdn̩laŋ]
entlang
entlạng 
gelang
gelang
jahrelang
ja̲hrelang 
klang
klang
lang
lạng 
minutenlang
minu̲tenlang [miˈnuːtn̩laŋ]
monatelang
mo̲natelang
schulterlang
schụlterlang [ˈʃʊltɐlaŋ]
solang
solạng  , solạnge 
stundenlang
stụndenlang 
über kurz oder lang
ü̲ber kụrz o̲der lạng

GERMAN WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLANG

Slacks
Slalom
Slalomkurs
Slalomlauf
Slalomläufer
Slalomläuferin
Slalomsieg
Slalomtauchen
Slam
Slam-Poetry
slammen
Slangwort
Slapstick
Slapstickkomödie
slargando
Slash
Slave
Slawe
Slawentum
Slawin

GERMAN WORDS THAT END LIKE SLANG

Ausklang
Glockenklang
Jahresausklang
Nachklang
Raumklang
Zeit lang
halblang
hüftlang
jahrhundertelang
jahrzehntelang
kling, klang
knielang
knöchellang
lebenslang
misslang
schlang
tagelang
wadenlang
wie lang
wochenlang

Synonyms and antonyms of Slang in the German dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SLANG» IN GERMAN

The following German words have a similar or identical meaning as «Slang» and belong to the same grammatical category.
German synonyms of Slang

Translation of «Slang» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLANG

Find out the translation of Slang to 25 languages with our German multilingual translator.
The translations of Slang from German to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Slang» in German.

Translator German - Chinese

俚语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator German - Spanish

argot
570 millions of speakers

Translator German - English

slang
510 millions of speakers

Translator German - Hindi

खिचड़ी भाषा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator German - Arabic

عامية
280 millions of speakers

Translator German - Russian

арго
278 millions of speakers

Translator German - Portuguese

gíria
270 millions of speakers

Translator German - Bengali

অপভাষা
260 millions of speakers

Translator German - French

argot
220 millions of speakers

Translator German - Malay

slang
190 millions of speakers

German

Slang
180 millions of speakers

Translator German - Japanese

スラング
130 millions of speakers

Translator German - Korean

속어
85 millions of speakers

Translator German - Javanese

slang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator German - Vietnamese

tiếng lóng
80 millions of speakers

Translator German - Tamil

வழக்கு மொழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator German - Marathi

असभ्य भाषा
75 millions of speakers

Translator German - Turkish

argo
70 millions of speakers

Translator German - Italian

slang
65 millions of speakers

Translator German - Polish

gwara
50 millions of speakers

Translator German - Ukrainian

арго
40 millions of speakers

Translator German - Romanian

argotic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator German - Greek

αργκό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator German - Afrikaans

slang
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator German - Swedish

slang
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator German - Norwegian

slang
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Slang

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLANG»

The term «Slang» is very widely used and occupies the 8.864 position in our list of most widely used terms in the German dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Slang
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our German online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Slang».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLANG» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Slang» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Slang» appears in digitalised printed sources in German between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the German literature, quotes and news about Slang

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2 GERMAN QUOTES WITH «SLANG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Slang.
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Truman Capote
Slang ist der durchgescheuerte Hosenboden der Sprache.
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Erhard Blanck
Früher sprachen Eltern englisch, wenn ihre Kinder sie nicht verstehen sollten. Heute sprechen Kinder Slang, wenn ihre Eltern sie nicht verstehen sollen.

10 GERMAN BOOKS RELATING TO «SLANG»

Discover the use of Slang in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Slang and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in German literature.
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Sociolinguistics: An International Handbook of the Science ...
28. Slang. and. Antilanguage/Slang. und. Argot. 29. Dialect and Accent/Dialekt und Akzent 30. Standard Variety/Standardvarietät 31. che – Standardsprache – Dialekt und andere Gliederungstermini“ in: Deutsche Sprache 16, 289–919.
Ulrich Ammon, 2004
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American Slang:
Hier hilft American Slang... Wer zum Thema Land der unbegrenzten M glichkeiten mitreden will, kommt ohne die Kenntnis des amerikanischen Slangs nicht weit. ber 10.000 W rter und Wendungen der amerikanischen Umgangssprache.
Bernhard Schmid, 2003
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Dictionary of German Slang and Colloquial Expressions
Titles in this quick-reference series for language students and international travelers each present more than four thousand informal, commonly used words and phrases--including slang--in their target language, with English translations and ...
Henry Strutz, 2009
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Ammon, Ulrich; Dittmar, Norbert; Mattheier, Klaus J.; ...
3. Slang and other kinds of vocabulary The origin of the word slang is unknown. In its earliest occurrences in the eighteenth century, slang referred to the specialized vocabulary of underworld groups and was used fairly interchangeably with ...
‎2004
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Londinismen (slang und cant) Wörterbuch der Londoner ...
mit Einleitung und Musterstücken; ein Supplement zu allen englisch-deutschen Wörterbüchern Heinrich Baumann. Zahlreicher sind die besonders im Argot des Militärs und der Flotte auftretenden anglo-indischen Wörter. Einige Ausdrücke ...
Heinrich Baumann, 1902
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Das erfolgreiche Verkaufsgespräch: Strategien für Beratung ...
Ein Slang ist ein Dialekt oder das spezielle Vokabular einer sozialen, ethnischen oder fachlichen Gruppe von Menschen. Fast jede Gruppe von Menschen entwickelt im Laufe der Zeit einen eigenen Slang, der rationelle, soziale und ...
Volker H. Wißmann, 2007
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Iff. Interdisziplinäre Wissenschaft im Wandel
Aber was es gibt, ist so ein iff-Slang. Zum Beispiel, wenn ich jetzt sagen würde: › Das Interview mit euch war eine sehr angenehme Reflexions- schleife, das hat mir irgendwie gutgetan, darüber nachzudenken.‹ Das wäre so ein typischer ...
Markus Arnold, 2009
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Vorsicht Spanisch!: unzensierte Ausgabe: Spanisch, wie es ...
Wer wirklich mitmischen will, muss Slang, Szenesprache und Schimpfwörter drauf haben. Berlitz Vorsicht Spanisch! hat alles, was du brauchst, um Spanier und Latinos echt zuzutexten. Keine Grammatikübungen, keine Verbkonjugationen ...
Isabel Mendoza, Marcos Frago Vicente, 2005
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Die Verwendung der Mundart und des Slang in den Werken von ...
Insonderheit handelt es sich um die Scheidung zwischen 'Slang' und 'Colloquial English'. Die Grenze zwischen diesen artverwandten Ausdrucksformen ist nicht fest. Wendungen oder Wörter, die gestern noch dem Slang angehörten, können ...
Heinz Mark, 1936
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Insights Into English and Germanic Lexicology and ...
My practical target is to offer some suggestions for the translator, who usually cannot transfer slang into a different language without some difficulty, leading to the loss of some meaning components. My first step will be to select some slang ...
Laura Pinnavaia, Nicholas Brownlees, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLANG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Slang is used in the context of the following news items.
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E-40 Sets Record Straight On Who Really Started "Broccoli" Slang
E-40, at the young age of 48, continues to be one of the most innovative rappers in the game, as well as an endless vault of slang. The Bay Area veteran set the ... «HipHopDX, Dec 16»
2
Green's, the Most Bodacious Slang Dictionary Ever, Just Went Online
Green published one of those great lexicons in 2011, when Green's Dictionary of Slang became the most comprehensive one to ever be parked on a bookshelf. «TIME, Oct 16»
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Guitarist Ruben Gallego leaves Beach Slang over sexual assault ...
Today, Beach Slang announced that guitarist Ruben Gallego has left the group, with the decision coming in light of sexual assault allegations that have been ... «A.V. Club, Oct 16»
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Review: Beach Slang, 'A Loud Bash Of Teenage Feelings'
Sometimes album titles really do say it all: A Loud Bash Of Teenage Feelings, the second full-length album by the Philly rock band Beach Slang, pulls off exactly ... «NPR, Sep 16»
5
Ein Superstar spricht Slang Adeles loses Mundwerk
Ein Superstar spricht Slang Adeles loses Mundwerk. Ob Adele heimlich einen Sprachlehrer beschäftigt, der sie auf den Akzent der Arbeiterklasse trimmt? «FAZ - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Aug 16»
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Slang in Kenia - Einfacher quatschen mit Sheng
"Sheng ist der Slang in den Großstädten Kenias. Das Wort ist zusammengesetzt aus S für Suaheli und eng für Englisch. Aber Sheng entlehnt eine Menge Wörter ... «Deutschlandradio Kultur, May 16»
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Südafrika: Elf Amtssprachen und ein skurriler Slang
Man könnte annehmen, die elf offiziellen Amtssprachen in Südafrika wären schon genug, um allgemeine Verwirrung zu stiften. Doch die wahre ... «DIE WELT, Apr 16»
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Social Slang: Facebook will Sprachtrends erkennen, bevor sie ...
Damit Facebook stets weiß, welcher Slang bei seinen Nutzern gerade angesagt ist, arbeitet das Unternehmen offenbar an einer Technologie, die Sprachtrends ... «WIRED, Mar 16»
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Facebook wants to build a glossary of new slang
Facebook was recently granted a patent for software capable of building a dictionary of slang terms used on the social network. The software will scan for unique ... «The Verge, Mar 16»
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QUIZ: How many of these popular teenage slang words and ...
How up-to-date are you with the latest slang words teenagers are using on social ... Are you up to date with all the slang words and abbreviations your teenage ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jan 16»

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« EDUCALINGO. Slang [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-de/slang>. Apr 2024 ».
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