Comments on: “Guten Rutsch!”: what does this German wish really mean? https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/12/31/guten-rutsch-what-does-this-german-wish-really-mean/ a blog by a multilingual lifelong expat/international, linguist, researcher, speaker, mother of three, living in the Netherlands and writing about raising children with multiple languages, multiculturalism, parenting abroad, international life... Thu, 28 Dec 2017 14:03:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Helga https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/12/31/guten-rutsch-what-does-this-german-wish-really-mean/#comment-29198 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 14:03:09 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=2874#comment-29198 My mother tongue is German. I grew up in Vienna. I never doubted that the meaning Einen guten Rutsch is only to wish a person a smooth transition from the old year to the new year.

]]> By: 10 German Sayings to Make Your Christmas and New Year Even Merrier | FluentU German https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/12/31/guten-rutsch-what-does-this-german-wish-really-mean/#comment-29135 Thu, 14 Dec 2017 01:07:50 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=2874#comment-29135 […] theory suggests that the saying may be a corruption of Yiddish, but the verdict is still up in the air. You can say the more literal Gutes Neues Jahr instead to […]

]]> By: Ute Limacher-Riebold https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/12/31/guten-rutsch-what-does-this-german-wish-really-mean/#comment-29014 Wed, 08 Nov 2017 12:40:47 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=2874#comment-29014 In reply to Frohes Neues Jahr 2018.

Thank you, Michaela, for your lovely feedback. I’m very pleased that you liked this post. I hear this from my language students quite often, that they just don’t understand why they should “slide” or “slip” at the end/beginning of the year…

]]> By: Frohes Neues Jahr 2018 https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/12/31/guten-rutsch-what-does-this-german-wish-really-mean/#comment-29012 Wed, 08 Nov 2017 07:33:57 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=2874#comment-29012 I was always confused when my German friends wished New year as Guten rutsch and wondered why there are multiple terms for it, this definitely cleared my doubt.

]]> By: Frohes Neues Jahr 2018 https://expatsincebirth.com/2013/12/31/guten-rutsch-what-does-this-german-wish-really-mean/#comment-29011 Wed, 08 Nov 2017 07:33:04 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=2874#comment-29011 I was always confused when my German friends wished New year as Guten rutsch and wondered why there are multiple terms for it, this definitely cleared my doubt.

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