How to shut up in German and more ways of offending in German

Berlin is notoriously famous for its “rudeness.” The Berliner Schnauzer is the name given to this fame Berliners have of being so outspoken and direct. An aspect of their personality that is so prominent that sometimes can be mistaken by rudeness. So we thought that everyone would profit from learning how to say shut up in German.

Since it doesn’t matter if you’re visiting or if you’re here to stay, you might as well learn a thing or two to survive this beautiful city. Everybody can profit from some good useful knowledge about a language not so easy to learn.

Together with shut up in German, in all the ways I’ve learned how to say during my six years living here, I’ll give you some of my favourite bad words. Because if French is the language of love, German is definitely the language of swearing.

Have you ever asked what are some of these words that you hear all the time in Berlin? What do they mean? How can I reply in the same tone?
Those answers and much more you’ll find here

How to say Shut up in German – a complete lesson

First of all, of course, we will start with the evergreen and amazingly expressive shut up in German. Because nothing express my discontent with so much grace like a good old “Halt die Schnauze, Du Hurensohn.“

Here you will find a long list of ways to tell people to shut up in German with an increasing amount of rudeness:

• Halt den Rand.
• Halt die Schnauze.
• Halt dein Maul.
• Halt die/deine Fresse.
• Halt dein dreckiges Maul.
• Halt deine verkackte/verfickte Fresse.

How to be really impolite in German 101

Of course that for the most part, German is a beautiful language. And even though it has a very direct and straight-to-the-point tone, it presents us with endless options for insults. Simply beautiful!

If you want to add a touch of impoliteness to the already rude Shut up in German, say any of those followed by an interjection Alter or Mann, or even an Eh. But if your thing is to make your message come across in the most offensive way possible, Du Wichser or Du Hurensohn are wonderful options to add to the end of your sentence. Those last two being the translation of wanker and son of a bitch, if you were wondering. If you’re the kind of person that prefer something more classic, Du Arschloch (You Asshole) maybe is the way to go.

And for any (un)necessary dash of harshness to the already very impolite message, try adding jetzt. Jetzt is now in German.
You’ll have something like this if you choose to be extra charming to the ones surrounding you:
Du hältst jetzt die Klappe, Du Wichser! Du bist jetzt still!

Equally important, don’t forget that you can always add Scheisse or Verdammt to any of the options I just gave you. And the traditional Fick Dich has always a reserved spot on our hearts. Those last three can be translated, in order of appearance, as Shit, Damn it and Fuck You.

How to politely interrupt someone in German

Additionally, now that I’ve taught you how to be extremely rude, I will teach you how to politely interrupt someone. I would strongly advise you to choose some options below if possible. Because I don’t want to be responsible for anyone’s black eye, ok?
Just talk over the other person with an apologetic phrase like:

• Moment mal bitte…
• Sekunde, sorry, aber…

Because you don’t need only to learn Shut Up in German

As you can see, I just gave you the most complete guide to saying Shut Up in German. And now, in addition, I’ll leave you with some of the finest sentences and words in German.

To finalize this I want to let you all know that you are more than welcome to reach out to us in case you want to learn how to properly read the sentences I’ve just taught you. And that extends to all sentences and now just “shut up” in German.
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