Du bist klasse

Meaning: You're brilliant — excellent, impressive, top-notch.

Literally: You're class

Origin: From English 'class'; widely used in German colloquial speech as a warm, unguarded compliment.

More German compliments & insults

Faulpelz A lazybones — someone who lounges around and avoids any effort, as warm and inert as a fu…
Griesgram A perpetual grump who radiates dissatisfaction and sucks the joy out of every room.
Pantoffelheld A man who is only bold and brave at home — a henpecked pushover who bluster turns into a…
Schlauberger A know-it-all smartass who never misses a chance to show off their cleverness.
Dickkopf A pig-headed, unyielding person — their skull is so thick no new idea can penetrate it.
Du bist nicht die hellste Kerze auf der Torte You're a little dim — not the smartest in the room.

Tricky phrases to practice out loud, from languages around the world.

Wenn Fliegen hinter Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach. Fliegen means 'flies' (insects), 'to fly', and 'flying' — all at once, relentlessly.
Der Cottbuser Postkutscher putzt den Cottbuser Postkutschkasten. A jaw-breaking compound-noun 'ts/tsch/sch' marathon — the German love of compound words w…
Hinter Hermann Hannes Haus hängen hundert Hemden raus. A relentless 'h' aspirate drill — every word opens with the same breathy attack.

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