Fastnacht – Shove Tuesday (the Tuesday before Lent) Rosenmontag – the Monday before Lent Wegzoll – a toll charged by children on minor roads by holding a rope across them Luftschlange – (paper) streamer Maskenball – masked ball Girlande – paper chain Maultasche – large pasta ravioli-like pockets filled with meat and spinach Müllauto – dustcart, garbage truck Faschingsmuffel – someone who doesn’t celebrate Carnival Alles ist erlaubt – anything goes (lit. everything is allowed)
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Today we discuss the carnival celebrations in Oberursel, and around Camp King in particular. Which shops are decorated? What do the doughnuts taste like? And how to Germans celebrate carnival or “Fasching”?
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The Monday Podcast now has a forum. In today’s podcast, Maria Shipley from Pension Sprachschule joins the forum and writes her first reply to a posting.
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