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Gesundheit!

A list of 80 words by reesetee.

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If you say it juuust so, it sounds like a sneeze.

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  • chained_bear commented on the list gesundheit

    This is one of the most creative lists out there. --Escutcheon!-- Oh, excuse me please...

    February 12, 2007

  • seanahan commented on the list gesundheit

    I agree with most of these, except for segue...

    February 12, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list gesundheit

    Thanks, guys. Segue is an odd one, to be sure, but I actually know someone who sounds like that, believe it or not. ;-)

    February 12, 2007

  • harveythechainsaw commented on the list gesundheit

    I was sure you would have kazoo! It is a gesundheit word that is also onomatopoeic.

    November 14, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the list gesundheit

    Yes! How could I have missed it! Thanks, harvey. And I hope you don't really have a chainsaw. ;-)

    November 14, 2007

  • chained_bear commented on the list gesundheit

    unausgesetzt?

    March 22, 2008

  • reesetee commented on the list gesundheit

    Good grief! Are you sure that isn't a real sneeze?

    Actually, I think I may forgo that one, c_b. I was trying for English words that sound like a sneeze--though admittedly, pshchtskrekhlkhdmkhrt breaks that rule with a flourish. :-)

    March 22, 2008

  • chained_bear commented on the list gesundheit

    Fine! *stomps off*

    Next time I sneeze (she called from far away where she stomped to), I'm going to SAY unausgesetzt. So there!

    March 22, 2008

  • reesetee commented on the list gesundheit

    *SIGH*

    Okay, okay. Added.

    *Additional, even more histrionic SIGH*

    March 22, 2008

  • chained_bear commented on the list gesundheit

    Yay! Yay! *running in fields of daisies, with kittens* Thanks reesetee!

    March 22, 2008

  • reesetee commented on the list gesundheit

    Kittens?? Unausgesetzt!

    Excuse me; I'm allergic to cats.

    March 22, 2008

  • ofravens commented on the list gesundheit

    May I humbly suggest the addition of ennui? With the emphasis on the second syllable, in particular?

    March 26, 2008

  • reesetee commented on the list gesundheit

    Added! Thanks, ofravens.

    March 26, 2008

  • ofravens commented on the list gesundheit

    I thought of another one! Crevasse, maybe?

    (Oh my god I can't even type that word without giggling. SO JUVENILE.)

    April 8, 2008

  • pterodactyl commented on the list gesundheit

    I'm desperately trying to keep my giggling at the sub-audible level. It isn't working very well.

    "Tsar", perhaps? If you pronounce the "ts", it's a short sharp sneeze.

    April 8, 2008

  • reesetee commented on the list gesundheit

    Heehee! Thanks, all!

    You know, czar doesn't sound nearly as much like a sneeze as tsar. *pondering*

    April 8, 2008

  • ofravens commented on the list gesundheit

    Yep, me again: bergschrund!

    April 9, 2008

  • bilby commented on the list gesundheit

    No fair, almost all German words sound like sneezes ;-)

    April 9, 2008

  • gangerh commented on the list gesundheit

    The sweet toothache fairy suggested 'zahnschmerzen'. A Teutonic toothache, apparently.

    April 9, 2008

  • ofravens commented on the list gesundheit

    bilby -- This is true, but what if we (and by we, I clearly mean reesetee, ahem) limit the inclusion of German words to those that actually have an accompanying definition in English? Of which bergschrund, delightfully, is one? Or not. Just a suggestion. :)

    April 9, 2008

  • reesetee commented on the list gesundheit

    You're right, bilby--opening the list to all manner of German words would be like locking a person with a cat allergy into a room full of felines. It just isn't sporting.

    That said, I'll take bergschrund, since I like the definition. (Also because I don't want chained_bear to come stomping through again.... :-P) But that's it! No more German sneeze-words! Enough!

    Er...well, for now.

    April 9, 2008

  • bilby commented on the list gesundheit

    *katzenjammer!*

    April 9, 2008

  • mollusque commented on the list gesundheit

    Issue! Tissue!

    April 25, 2008

  • reesetee commented on the list gesundheit

    Classics! How could I miss those?

    April 25, 2008

  • bilby commented on the list gesundheit

    How about ахуеть? It's a Russian verb whose pronunciation sounds like a-HOO-yet.

    July 15, 2008

  • mialuthien commented on the list gesundheit

    Perhaps you should have also provided a translation of that word – 'хуй' in ахуеть is a taboo word for a male reproductive organ, even though ахуеть is just an exclamation indicting a surprised wonderment). But you probably already knew all that! :)

    You've put ideas in my head. Now, whenever I hear a Russian person saying ахуеть, I'll be tempted to respond with "будьте здоровы!" (bless you).

    July 15, 2008

  • bilby commented on the list gesundheit

    You're right, but we don't have to tell reesetee!

    July 15, 2008

  • rolig commented on the list gesundheit

    Mia and Bilby, I've been out of touch from everyday colloquial Russian for about 15 years, so ахуеть is new to me (though I am very familiar with хуй!). Could one of you tell me how it is used? Is it really related to хуй or is it perhaps derived from the verb ахать/ахнуть ("to exclaim 'ach!'"), e.g. аховать (which is not in my dictionary, but if it did exist, it would be conjugated ахую, ахуешь, ахует ... ахуют - with only an accidental relationship with хуй)? Or is it a hybrid of the two?

    July 15, 2008

  • rolig commented on the list gesundheit

    Reesetee, my contribution to this wonderful list would be: kerfuffle (which admittedly is more of a pre-sneeze sound) and, if proper names are permitted, Schenectady and Poughkeepsie (with hats off to Dick Van Dyke).

    July 15, 2008

  • mialuthien commented on the list gesundheit

    My knowledge of Russian grammar has deteriorated over the years, but I hear it spoken around me every day. I am quite certain that there is some degree of naughtiness involved in ахуеть (охуеть), and while I wouldn't consider it offensive, I wouldn't use it in "polite" society either. That said, I like this word, especially if it is said with typical Russian emphasis :)

    July 16, 2008

  • rolig commented on the list gesundheit

    Thanks, Mia!

    July 16, 2008

  • bilby commented on the list gesundheit

    I'm way out of your league, both of you. I just blumbled into this (ахуеть) while random-wording, thought it would suit Gesundheit! Appreciate your enlightening comments.

    July 16, 2008

  • reesetee commented on the list gesundheit

    Bilby, I can hear you. ;->

    Rolig, thanks for those suggestions--added. We might as well include two of my favorite place names. :-)

    July 22, 2008

  • ofravens commented on the list gesundheit

    May I suggest hadeharia?

    October 12, 2008

  • reesetee commented on the list gesundheit

    You may indeed. Thanks!

    October 14, 2008

  • bilby commented on the list gesundheit

    fitchew

    March 12, 2011

  • chrissykp commented on the list gesundheit

    chiaroscuro

    September 22, 2012

  • reesetee commented on the list gesundheit

    Ooh, good one! Thanks, chrissykp!

    September 22, 2012

  • bilby commented on the list gesundheit

    huisher

    March 3, 2022

  • bilby commented on the list gesundheit

    scharzhofberger

    July 6, 2022

  • bilby commented on the list gesundheit

    fnese

    August 4, 2022