German guys, what are "Süßstoff", "Kaffddsahine"and "Glühwein" ?

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Alwin E

1) "Süßstoff" means "sweet stuff" and stands for "artificial sweeteners" (in contrary to "real sugar"). "Kaffeesahne" (also known as "Kondensmilch") is thickened milk which usually used to be available at fat grades of up to 10-point-something percent, but is nowadays available as a "low fat" version with only 1.5% fat or even less. It is used to whiten your coffee. "Glühwein" is hot wine with spices ("glühen" means "to glow", and "Wein" means "wine", obviously) mostly served at christmas markets. A "Glühwein mit Schuss" ("Schuss" means "a shot") is a cup of Glühwein with some strong liquor poured into it, mostly rum, or for the ladies, amaretto, an almond liquor from Italy.

2) The "Bitte"-"Danke"-scheme of Germans is really hard to understand, because we say "bitte" and "danke" almost always when someone does us a little favor. Just like today, I kept a supermarket door open for a lady with a child, and she said "danke", and I said "bitte". That's just everyday politeness. Rule of thumb: Rather say a "bitte" or "danke" once too often than one too few. -- You can use these two little words in many meanings, depending on your tone. I remember me saying "Danke!" when someone rolled over my toes with his supermarket trolly this summer. -- "Danke" is probably the same as "thank you" in English, whereas the meaning of "Bitte" varies between "please, could you..." and "you're welcome", depending on the situation.

3) No. The language spoken in Hannover is considered "high German" ("Hochdeutsch"), but Hochdeutsch did not originate from there. Germany has a variety of dialects, but it were the Grimm brothers who wrote the first dictionary of the German language, and it is the Duden-Verlag (www.duden.de) who continues this task now, and the "Duden" is considered THE German dictionary that defines language standards (just like Webster's dictionary in the US), but there is no official "German language" by, say, federal law, or so. When I was in Hannover a couple of times, I didn't feel that the inhabitants really speak "pure German", and I don't think there is such a thing anywhere in Germany.

4) "Sonnabend" is used by Lutheranians, "Samstag" by Catholics. As in the course of history, the Lutheranians gathered in the north, and the Catholics in the south, the word "Sonnabend" is more widespread in the north, and in the south, you'd rather say "Samstag". But both words are understood everywhere; you just might be told that "Bei uns sagt man Samstag." ["We say Samstag here."], or vice versa.

5) The "Cannstatter Volksfest" or "Cannstatter Wasen" is a small festivity celebrated at the same time as the Munich Oktoberfest in Stuttgart. The main differences are that the Cannstatter Wasen is much smaller than the Munich Oktoberfest, and they rather drink wine instead of beer.

winnie2

1. artificial sweetener, coffee cream (or whitener), hot mulled wine or hot red spiced wine.
2. You should say "danke" when someone gives you something. What your textbook means is: When someone OFFERS you something and you don't want it, you can say "danke" and that means "no, thank you."
3. The people in Hanover speak what is very close to "Hochdeutsch."
4. "Sonnabend" means Saturday.
5. The Cannstatter Volksfest is the Stuttgart version of the Oktoberfest. They are very similar, but there are probably more Germans at the Canstatter Volksfest than at the Oktoberfest.

frackledJJ

Everything else you've already heard twice, but "Sonnabend" (Saturday) is not used in the south of Germany. "Samstag" is used in southern Germany. I should know, I am from the south! Whereas my friends from the north use "Sonnabend". It's not an age thing, it's an area thing. roughly said: Sonnabend = North, Samstag = South.

pro_and_contra

OK, "Süßstoff" = sweetener (like Saccharin)
Kaffeesahne = Coffee cream (like half and half)
Glühwein = warm (hot) red spiced wine.... warms you up on cold winter nights.

Danke is when you receive something, Bitte is when you give something

Sonnabend ... same as Samstag = Saturday

Volksfest = is a public festival, a carnival, a funfair
Oktoberfest = is just drinking Beer, etc
Cannstadt = is the name of the City

down_under_lover_forever2006

Question 1: "Süßstoff" is artificial sweetener for your coffee or tea.
Kaffddsahine is spelled wrong. I think you meant "Kaffeesahne" which is thickened milk with cream with mostly 12% fat. But there are also some sold with 10% or 4% fat, and probably also with very low fat. You'd better use "normal" milk then. Tastes the same actually. And "Glühwein" is mostly hot red wine (sometimes also white wine - but this tastes bad!) mixed with certain spices like cinnamon and others. Most people who make it have own recipes.

Question 2: Your textbook is definitely wrong! Of course you say "Danke" when someone gives you something (a present, or doing you a favour or similar). You say "Bitte" when YOU give someone something (or do a favour) in return after you heard "Danke" from the other person. In this case it's the same as in English: You say "Thank you" and the other person returns "my pleasure" or "you're welcome".

Question 3: Yes, the clearest "High German" (standard German that is) is spoken in Hannover (this is the German spelling).

Question 4: "Sonnabend" and "Samstag" means the same. Sonnabend is mostly used in the northern part of Germany and Samstag is used more in the southern part. But either part of the country understands it. And when I was a kid I also got confused about it as I'm a native southern German until I found out "Sonnabend" was only used by the so called "northern lights" or "fish heads" (nicknames for northern Germans often used in southern Germany).

Question 5: "Cannstatter Volksfest" is located in Stuttgart, the city I come from. It's similar to the "Oktoberfest" which is located in Munich but it's smaller. But the people also drink a lot of beer here (and not that much of wine as Alwin said) and have rides on the carousels. And it usually starts one week after the Oktoberfest also running for two weeks just like the Oktoberfest does. So both Volksfests are running only for one week together. And "Cannstatt" (not Cannstadt) is a eastern suburb of Stuttgart, actually called "Bad Cannstatt" - but "Bad" doesn't mean "bad" but it means "Bath" as there are 21 mineral fountains located in this area where you can drink from. This water contains lots of iron and coloures your bottle all red.
Actually there is no difference between those two Volksfests - only the history about why it's held is so far.

told_wife_checking_mail

Here's a clicky about the fest.

http://www.cannstatter-volksfest.de/

*edit*

English clicky :http://www.cannstatter-volksfest.de/index.php?id=2&L=1

CheGuevara

In addition to the other posters:

1. It's "Kaffeesahne". That's evaporated milk.
2. Your textbook is wrong
3. The dialect-free German language is spoken in the area around Hannover. Spelling has evolved from that pronunciation.
4. Both mean the same. "Sonnabend" is a bit old fashioned, but still common in southern Germany.

Dra E

1) can be looked up at a dictionary....Kaffddsahine is probably spelled wrong. i think you mean Kaffeesahne.

2.When a german gives you something you have to say ´´Danke´´.
THE GERMAN will say´´ Bitte ´´after you said ´´Danke´´.
Your textbook is wrong.

3. the german spoken today is based on the bible translation of Martin Luther.
At that time the germans didnt really understand each other from various parts of germany.

He took elements/words of all german languages(in todays germany)
and formed a new kind of german which was mainly build on saxon.

4. They are the same.At least in north germany we use it.

5. Cannstatter Volksfest is the public festival of Cannstatt
I think Cannstatt is near/in Stuttgart.
1 1/2 -2+ hours i think.

Isa

1) Suessstoff (sorry, don't have Umlaute on my keyboard) is artifical sweetener for coffee etc. I have never heard of Kaffddsahine. And Gluehwein is an alcoholic drink that people like to make during the cold winter months - it is basically wine heated up with a couple of spices added

2) I don't get your textbook. If I gave you something I would want you to thank me! So I think it's rubbish what your textbook tells you.

3) Not really getting your question here. Do you mean Hochdeutsch? Yes, Hochdeutsch is the purest form of German, dialect free. And that's spoken in Hannover as well as many other places.

4) Sonnabend and Samstag are the same = saturday. The difference is that my grandma says Sonnabend and I say Samstag. But I believe the use of Sonnabend is still more common in the south of Germany?! I could be wrong about that. It's mostly an age-thing

5) I have no clue. Where is this Volksfest? I think every city / town in Germany has it's own annual Fest, just like Munich has its most famous Oktoberfest. We like to celebrate stuff!

Bitte :)

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