Heast, oida! The Austrian dialect takes swearing to a new level. These nine swear words are proof of that.
For Germans visiting Vienna, Tyrol or elsewhere in Austria, the Austrian dialect often sounds very exotic. This is not least due to the many funny-sounding expressions. If you're really brave, you can try this dialect quiz to become an honorary Austrian. With the exception of the cuisine, as these 11 cult dishes from Austrian cuisine prove, in no other supreme Austrian discipline are the differences from Germany as clear as in swearing. And in Austria things are simply much better. Here are ten swear words to prove it.
1. Wappler
A classic of the Austrian vulgar lexicon. While Idiot as an insult almost passes for middle-class, Wappler has something casual and informal that simply gives space to the displeasure of the common people.
2. Steal!
“You’d better get away” or “Get out of the way” someone in Germany would say if a person had to leave the place. The Austrian “schleich di!” implies an exit that is as quiet and inconspicuous as possible. We like.
3. Bleampl
Does anyone still use the term buffoon to describe a stupid person? Admittedly, Bleampl is no longer likely to be widely used in Austria. But the term is definitely cooler than buffoonery.
4. You have a brain like a pasta sieve
Is there a more appropriate term for a fool or an extremely forgetful person? Definitely no.
5. Lulu
In Germany, probably known either as a name, as an infantile term for urine or the genitals, in Austria a Lulu is also a cowardly person - in German: a coward.
6. Earwash Cactus
King Charles would receive this title in Austria, or Sebastian Kurz. Aside from the fact that insults about protruding ears are completely uncool, earwashing cactus is still better than gliders.
7. Ranze
If someone constantly complains about everything and is not satisfied with anything, in German they are usually a complainer or complainer. The gender-neutral Raunze is way ahead of this, although not as widespread as Suderer.
8. Bag picker
This Viennese expression has nothing to do with the “attenzione pickpocket” known from the Internet. Except perhaps that it expresses criminal offenses. A bag picker is a prison inmate or convict.
9. Snow Brunzer
The snow bruzer, someone who literally urinates in the snow, means a braggart or a fool. Or both.
Those were some Austrian swear words. But if you think that the individual federal states don't have their own terms, you're wrong. A look at the western federal states is enough. Check out these 14 dialect words that only real Tyrol professionals understand or these 13 words from the Ländle that prove that Vorarlbergisch is the weirdest dialect in Austria.