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GUNTER GLIEBEN GLAUCHEN GLOBEN

English translation: It means nothing.

09:39 Jul 27, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
German term or phrase: GUNTER GLIEBEN GLAUCHEN GLOBEN
I HEARD THIS IN A SONG & JUST WONDERED WHAT IT MEANT
RHONDA
English translation:It means nothing.
Explanation:
'Gunter glieben glauchen globen' is originally from Def Leppard's "Rock of Ages" and according to the Def Leppard FAQ, it's total gibberish.

Claire
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Agius Language & Translation
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:57
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Summary of answers provided
na +5It means nothing.
Agius Language & Translation
4GUNTER LOVES ROCK OF AGES
floodgun
na +1Among loved ones, laugh and praise
Kim Metzger
na +1Nothing in particular
Fuad Yahya
naI am not sure you have the right words.
Melanie Sellers
naGUNTER GLIEBEN GLAUCHEN GLOBEN
oligu1 (X)


  

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2 mins peer agreement (net): +5
It means nothing.


Explanation:
'Gunter glieben glauchen globen' is originally from Def Leppard's "Rock of Ages" and according to the Def Leppard FAQ, it's total gibberish.

Claire


Agius Language & Translation
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Thomas Bollmann
agree  ambittles
agree  hoody19: i heard it meant.."our one-armed drummer beats his wife" or sumtin like dat
1813 days
agree  ncemt73: One of the band memebers was drunk, trying to say "I dont believe in mountains moving" & it came out gungter glieben glauchen globen so they used it in their song Rock of Ages. They explained this on a VH-1 interview years ago..
3422 days
agree  dswduckgmail: "Ich glaube nicht an Berge, die sich bewegen" is what the phrase was supposed to be.
7811 days
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7 mins
I am not sure you have the right words.


Explanation:
But if you remove the "G's" and a few other letters
it could be something like
"unter lieben auch loben" which does not reeeally make sense, but would mean something like
"besides loving give praise".
Like I said there are no such words, so you might want to check the spelling.

Melanie Sellers
Local time: 16:57
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Lazyshot: no sense
1778 days
  -> I think I made that pretty clear Lazyshot!
agree  5stryker: nice
7782 days
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9 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Among loved ones, laugh and praise


Explanation:
This is just a guess. If you delete the G's at the beginning of each word and you change lauchen to lachen (laugh)you come up with this meaning. As the earlier answerer said, it probably is just gibberish, but maybe not.


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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 08:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 213

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agree  ambittles
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2 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Nothing in particular


Explanation:
Here is the "official" answer from the Def Leppard "official" web site:

http://www.defleppard.com/defleppard/faq/index.html#f51

"5.1 - What does "Gunter Glieben Glauten Globen" mean?
Nothing in particular (although the band sometimes jokingly claims it means "running through the forest silently"). It's gibberish said by producer Mutt Lange during the recordings of "Rock Of Ages", instead of the regular one, two, three, four."

Fuad



    Reference: http://www.defleppard.com/defleppard/faq/index.html#f51
Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  doksdarlingm: This is what they say
6779 days
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7 hrs
GUNTER GLIEBEN GLAUCHEN GLOBEN


Explanation:
I think you heard it in an Offspring Song, didn't you?
It means absolutely NOTHING

oligu1 (X)
Local time: 15:57
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Chad Boutchyard: It's not gibberish, translated it means Gunther loved the Golden globe. Somit DOES mean something. As it pertains to the song? Who cares...it sounds cool
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7696 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
GUNTER LOVES ROCK OF AGES


Explanation:
Gunter glieben glauben "globen."
Gunter loved to believe in "globes." - trans ea word to German by Google
Gunter loved to believe in big ancient rocks, each being a rock of ages.
Gunter loved to believe in rocks of ages. - substitution
"Gunter love rock of ages... by def leppard" - translation by Gunter


    Reference: http://google.com
floodgun
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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