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How to say "bon appetit" in German???

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Wynona Lipsett

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May 26, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/26/97
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Can anyone please tell me how to say "bon appetit" or "good eating" in
German?

Thanks!

Wynona (Mexia, TX)


Okorimbo

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May 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/27/97
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The simplest way is....Guten apetit! Occasionally, in some circles, at
noon you may also hear "Mahlzeit." This is rather outdated and seldom used
in larger areas.
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LabTracker

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May 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/27/97
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Esse gut!

HAgena1401

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May 28, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/28/97
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This so not being genealogy :
but some arte wrong:

The formal translation and use is "Guten Appetit"

however , at noon in a company cantina or under co-workers etc. in
industry it is
"Mahlzeit". This some 40 years ago was "Gesegnete Mahlzeit" = Blessed
Meal.

Meal and Mahl have some same root!

Helmut in Hamburg, thinking to have some good meal to.

Mahlzeit!
Helmut...@usa.net Genealogical research see homepage.
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JAsling

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May 30, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/30/97
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On 27 May 1997 13:36:46 GMT, labtr...@aol.com (LabTracker) wrote:

>Esse gut!

When I lived in Bavaria the waiters used to say "Guten Appetit" (the
final T is pronounced, unlike in French).
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Jim Saintsing

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May 30, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/30/97
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Guten Appetit!

zurth

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Jun 2, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/2/97
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"Guten Appetit" is absolutely correct, nobody says "Esse gut!".

Best regards,

Uwe Zurth, Germany

Marge & Carl Hommel

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Jun 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/3/97
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In article <33930C...@rbg.asi.siemens.de>, uwe....@rbg.asi.siemens.de
says...

When the meal is over, you say "Ich bin zot".


Lutz Boden

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Jun 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/3/97
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On 3 Jun 1997 01:58:59 GMT, mho...@mainelink.net (Marge & Carl
Hommel) wrote:


>
>When the meal is over, you say "Ich bin zot".
>

Oh, no. It isn't a formal phrase like "Guten Appetit". In most cases
it wouldn't fit to say "Ich bin satt".

L. Boden

Ann Bethune

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Jun 5, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/5/97
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In article <33930C...@rbg.asi.siemens.de>,
uwe....@rbg.asi.siemens.de
says...
%
%JAsling wrote:
%>
%> On 27 May 1997 13:36:46 GMT, labtr...@aol.com (LabTracker) wrote:
%>
%> >Esse gut!
%>
%> When I lived in Bavaria the waiters used to say "Guten Appetit" (the
%> final T is pronounced, unlike in French).


%> __________________
%> "A little luck and a little government are necessary in life,
%> but only a fool would trust either". --P.J.O'Rourke
%
%
%"Guten Appetit" is absolutely correct, nobody says "Esse gut!".
%
%Best regards,
%
%Uwe Zurth, Germany

When the meal is over, you say "Ich bin zot".

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Actually, it's "ich bin satt" (sated)


fro...@albany.net

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Jun 6, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/6/97
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On Tue, 03 Jun 1997 20:03:22 GMT, grou...@on-line.de (Lutz Boden)
wrote:

>On 3 Jun 1997 01:58:59 GMT, mho...@mainelink.net (Marge & Carl
>Hommel) wrote:
>
>
>>

>>When the meal is over, you say "Ich bin zot".
>>
>

>Oh, no. It isn't a formal phrase like "Guten Appetit". In most cases
>it wouldn't fit to say "Ich bin satt".

although it is better to say Ich bin satt than to say "ich bin voll"
which has other connotations (though one does hear this at an
occasional German table...
as for I am full, you could just say to the host or hostess, Nein,
danke aber Alles war sehr lecker. (no thank you, but everything was
delicious...guten Appetit to all and Mahlzeit too! Johannes
Froebel-Parker
>
>L. Boden


peppercorn

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Jun 6, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/6/97
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Ann Bethune <bet...@PACBELL.NET> wrote:

>In article <33930C...@rbg.asi.siemens.de>,
>uwe....@rbg.asi.siemens.de
>says...

>Actually, it's "ich bin satt" (sated)

better still:
des hot g'schmeckt ! (burp). (That was nice).


MEGA ELECT

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Jun 6, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/6/97
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GUTEN APPETIT

petea...@earthlink.net

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Jun 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/7/97
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guten appetit


Oliver Kranzusch

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Jun 10, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/10/97
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How about ' Warum ruelpset und furzet ihr nicht, hat es euch nicht
geschmoecket ?' ( 'Why don't you burp and fart, didn't you like it ?'
)

Said to be a quotation from Martin Luther ;-)

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Dr. Charles B. Hoelzel

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Jun 10, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/10/97
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Oliver Kranzusch wrote:
>
> How about ' Warum ruelpset und furzet ihr nicht, hat es euch nicht
> geschmoecket ?' ( 'Why don't you burp and fart, didn't you like it ?'
> )
>
> Said to be a quotation from Martin Luther ;-)

Proves he was more than just a renegade monk :-)

Chuck

Christl29

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Jun 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/11/97
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i belief a more appropriate, and acceptable way would be:
Guten Appetit
christl :)

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