c/wortwitzkasse · by taguebbe@feddit.org · 1y

Was ist rund, pelzig und brüllt im Wald herum?

::: spoiler spoiler Ein Kugelschreibär :::

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6 Comments

IndiBrony@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Kein ahung. I'm English and I don't understand enough German to get this 😢

"Was ist rund," - What is round, "im Wald" - in the forest(?)

That's all I know right now, sadly.

I know "schreib" has something to do with writing?

Google translate translates the joke, but I'm assuming there's also wordplay involved because I still don't understand 😭

Still, I'm in Berlin in two weeks - I think I'll try my luck going to a comedy show anyway!

MemmingenFan923@feddit.org · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Schreiber and Schreibär are pronounced pretty much the same.

Kugel Schreiber = Ball pointer (literal translation: Sphere writer)
Kugel Schrei Bär = Screaming Bear on a sphere (literal translation: sphere scream bear)

IndiBrony@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Yeah, the ä threw me off! Didn't know Kugel meant sphere, but I knew Schreiber!

If I put pen and bear together I might have gotten it! Danke!

taguebbe@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

It's a play on the german word for a byro - a "Kugelschreiber". Phoneticaly you could also understand it as a spherical bear shouting in the forest - a "Kugelschreibär".

Have fun at the comedy show! :) Allthough german Humor is no laughing matter...

IndiBrony@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Vielen dank! Makes perfekt sense now!

Any recommendations for German comedians?

lemmyrob@feddit.org · -1 pts · 1y

Otto Waalkes