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🇩🇪 German · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Joke in Cologne

Order a Koelsch with Jan, hear the dialect's most famous sentence, et kuett wie et kuett, and ask what it means in standard German.

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THE STORY

A pub in Cologne after the parade, two small glasses of Koelsch on the table between Jan and Max.

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Max, verstehst du Kölsch?mahks, fair-SHTAYST doo kuhlshMax, do you understand Koelsch? To a friend.
Das Bier ja. Die Sprache nicht.dahs beer yah, dee SHPRAH-kheh nikhtThe beer, yes. The language, no.
Noch ein Kölsch, bitte.nokh eyn kuhlsh, BIT-ehAnother Koelsch, please.
Et kütt wie et kütt. Verstehst du das?et kuet vee et kuet, fair-SHTAYST doo dahsEt kuett wie et kuett. Do you understand that? To a friend.
Nein. Was heißt das auf Hochdeutsch?nyn, vahs hyst dahs owf HOHKH-doytchNo. What does that mean in standard German?
Es kommt, wie es kommt. Artikel drei.es komt, vee es komt, ar-TEE-kel dryIt comes as it comes. Article three.
Artikel drei? Von welchem Gesetz?ar-TEE-kel dry, fon VEL-khem geh-ZETSArticle three? Of which law?
Vom Kölschen Grundgesetz. Elf Artikel.fom KUHL-shen GROONT-geh-zets, elf ar-TEE-kelOf the Cologne constitution. Eleven articles.
Elf Artikel! Und alle so entspannt?elf ar-TEE-kel, oont AHL-eh zoh ent-SHPAHNTEleven articles! And all so relaxed?