Roland on Habseligkeiten

Last week I wrote about how Deutscher Sprachrat institute had selected Habseligkeiten as the most beautiful word in the German language. In that entry, I said that I wanted to be able to demonstrate what it sounded like. Fortunately, Roland Tanglao created his first podcast (MP3, 1:13, 1.7 MB) (What’s a podcast?) and discusses this very topic. He suggests several alternatives, none of which I can really pronounce. Unsurprisingly, they all relate to food. I do like the last word, which is some pork dish and sounds like Schweinhaxen (anybody want to correct that?).

2 comments

  1. Being a native Bavarian I have to correct you: It’s ‘Schweinshaxen’ 🙂
    Cheers.

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