Achoo

English translation: Not German/sneezing sound

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German term or phrase:	Achoo
English translation:	Not German/sneezing sound
Entered by:	Kim Metzger

20:35 Oct 1, 2001

German to English translations [Non-PRO]
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German term or phrase: Achoo

it's used in english poetry and i want to check if it is a German term

nishat

Not German/sneezing sound

Explanation:
I think I can say with certainty that this is not a German word. Achoo could be the sound made when sneezing. Please give us more of your poem to help us decide.

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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 03:07

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Summary of answers provided

4 +3

Not German/sneezing sound

Kim Metzger

5 +1

No German word

Hans-Henning Judek

[COMMENT]

DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X)

a-tissue

Alison Schwitzgebel

5 -2

(sneeze)

Abu Amaal (X)

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Not German/sneezing sound

Explanation:
I think I can say with certainty that this is not a German word. Achoo could be the sound made when sneezing. Please give us more of your poem to help us decide.

English lit major

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 03:07
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 22192

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27 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

No German word

Explanation:
This term is not known to me, neither can I find it in any German reference. Only such, referring to the American search engine.

Also the ending "oo" is not typcial German

HTH

Hans-Henning Judek
Local time: 18:07
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in pair: 893

35 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

(sneeze)

Explanation:
Kim is absolutely right.

The poem you refer to could possibly be a corrupted form of "Ring around a/the rosie" (child's poem).

Correct is "ashes, ashes" in place of "achoo! achoo!"

There is a very widespread urban legend relating this poem, first attested in the 19th century,m to the medieval bubonic plague, with no foundation. As a result corrupt versions that support this belief are widely found.

I am not sure this is your context, but I am sure about "achoo".

Reference: http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/aknightstale/4/32.html
Reference: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/rhymes/Rosie.shtml

Abu Amaal (X)
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 24

5 hrs confidence:

[COMMENT]

Explanation:
I believe my colleague Abu is absolutely correct, and I was wrong to disagree with him! After some research, I realized that I grew up as a "victim" of this plague legend. I was hoodwinked! My apologies.

a much too credulous childhood in respect to catchy rhymes and tunes

DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X)
PRO pts in pair: 31

7 hrs confidence:

a-tissue

Explanation:
Yes, this is the noise Germans make when they want to imitate sneezing. In English, the noise comes out more like "a-tissue" or "ahtishoo"

Alison Schwitzgebel
France
Local time: 11:07
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in pair: 3409

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