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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 79 points 2 days ago (3 children)

To explain the joke, as is tradition in Germany. "To meet" translates to "treffen" in German. Which can also mean "to hit something or somebody".

Once had a multicultural family gathering where we translated the same joke into several languages.

A man knocks at a door. A woman opens and he says: "Hello, my name is Toulouse. I'm here to fuck your daughter." The woman screams: "To what?!?" He answers calmly: "Toulouse."

[–] 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org 61 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

„Hallo, mein~~meine~~ Name ist Umberto und ich bin hier um Ihre Tochter zu ficken“

„UM WAS???“

„Umberto.“

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

So I've been learning German for a couple of months. Wouldn't it be "mein name?" 🤔 because presumably Umberto is male?

Buy yes, funny joke 😂

[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Male or female, it's always "mein" because "Name" is a male noun.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago
[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

“To meet” translates to “treffen” in German. Which can also mean “to hit something or somebody”.

Join the shooting club, meet new friends.

Schiessen lernen; Freunde treffen! is a popular slogan with German shooting clubs.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago

Hola, mi nombre es Álvaro, vengo a tirarme/follarme a tu hija.

¿¡¿¡¿A qué?!?!?

Álvaro.