{"id":928,"date":"2019-12-30T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yabla.com\/german-blog\/?p=928"},"modified":"2022-02-03T08:29:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T07:29:16","slug":"celebrating-new-years-eve-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yabla.com\/german-blog\/2019\/12\/30\/celebrating-new-years-eve-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating New Year’s Eve in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A week after Christmas<\/a> on the night of December 31st, Germans celebrate the coming of the new year with friends and family. In Germany, New Year’s Eve is called Silvester<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Origin of the Word <\/strong>Silvester<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The name Silvester<\/em> originates from the Christian feast which takes place on the anniversary of the death of Pope Silvester I<\/a> on December 31st. The word (with language-specific variant spellings) is used to denote New Year’s Eve in many countries, including Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Slovenia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Year’s Eve Greetings in Germany<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During the days leading up to New Year’s Eve, people wish each other einen guten Rutsch<\/strong> ins neue Jahr!<\/em> or simply Guten Rutsch<\/strong>!<\/em> These can be translated literally as \u201cA good slide into the New Year!\u201d or \u201cGood slide!” If you see someone on Christmas but won’t see them on the 31st, you will want to say this to them when you part ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After midnight, the Amazon’s move into pharma could be a game changer: same-day prescription delivery, orders via Alexa anavar for sale<\/a> home \u2013 winstrol elbow pain, testocyp order anabolic steroids online paypal \u2013 morocco pedia<\/span> “Happy New Year!” greeting is different in different parts of Germany: Frohes neues Jahr<\/strong><\/em> (Northern Hesse); Frohes neues <\/em>(Middle Rhein and Hesse); Gesundes neues Jahr<\/em> (Eastern Germany); Gesundes neues <\/em>(Dresden region); Gutes neues Jahr<\/em> (Austria); Gutes neues<\/em> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Switzerland and parts of Bavaria); Prosit Neujahr <\/em>(Eastern Austria, Vienna); and Prost Neujahr <\/em>(parts of Western Germany). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dann w\u00fcnsche ich euch sch\u00f6ne Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!<\/em>
So I wish you a wonderful Christmas and a good start to the New Year!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

New Year’s Traditions in Germany<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Typical dinners on New Year’s Eve in Germany include pork and sauerkraut or fish. Additionally, fondue or raclette are popular options. Of course, any dinner or party culminates in a midnight toast to ring in the new year. The verb for “to toast” in German is ansto\u00dfen<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A major part of New Year celebrations in Germany is shooting off fireworks and firecrackers. Some people go somewhere to see a fireworks display, but many set off their own in their yard or in the streets. Der B\u00f6ller <\/em>is a firecracker, and “to set off a firecracker” is the verb b\u00f6llern<\/em>. Furthermore, if we turn this verb into a noun or nominalize<\/a> it, it becomes das B\u00f6llern<\/em>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fester Bestandteil: meist das Ansto\u00dfen auf das neue Jahr und das B\u00f6llern<\/strong>.<\/em>
An integral part: usually the toast to the new year and setting off firecrackers<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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New Year’s Resolutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The German word for “resolution” in the context of a New Year’s resolution is der Vorsatz<\/strong><\/em>, as in der Vorsatz<\/strong> f\u00fcr das neue Jahr<\/em>, or less commonly, der Neujahrsvorsatz<\/em>. For instance, people may want to lose weight, be more organized, or try something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Haben Sie irgendwelche Vors\u00e4tze<\/strong> f\u00fcr n\u00e4chstes Jahr?    <\/em>
Do you have any resolutions<\/strong> for next year?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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