Nightcrawler (comics)

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Nightcrawler's German phrases

To keep authenticity, the writers - especially Chris Claremont - made Nightcrawler speak German phrases. But due to poor translation, these phrases were often a source of unintended comedy for native German speakers. Noteable errors were:

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English wordFalse translationCorrect translation

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KittenKatzchenKaetzchen or Kätzchen

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DarlingLeibchen (Shirt)Liebchen

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Understood?Verstehen? (understand)Verstanden?

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MyMienMein

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In addition, the X-Men writers often did not realize that German nouns have three different genders, causing Nightcrawler to talk with obvious grammatical errors.

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