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Germany's best sausage expressions

Kate MüserSeptember 29, 2015

Sausage is a popular food in Germany. But sausage isn't only a favorite snack here, it's also the source of a collection of quirky (and useful) expressions.

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A man holding up a Bratwurst, Copyright: picture alliance/dpa Themendienst/M. Scholz
Image: picture alliance/dpa Themendienst/M. Scholz

Watch the video below to find out how one German entrepreneur, Herman ze German, is making a splash by bringing German sausage to the HQ of fish and chips: London. As his English-speaking customers get a taste of the German specialty, now they can start adopting Germany's best sausage expressions as well.

German wurst in London

Click through the galleries below to learn more interesting, unusual and just plain hilarious German expressions.

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