schofen
English translation: slow dance
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|  Selected response from: Uschi (Ursula) Walke Local time: 18:58 | |||
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| na +1 | dance |
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| na | shuffle |
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| na | slow dancing |
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| na | smooch |
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1 hr peer agreement (net): +1
dance Explanation: You're right - it's a rather colloquial term for dancing, primarily slow dancing, although not for any particular dance movement. I couldn't find any references to substantiate it (it's not even listed in Küpper, Wörterbuch der deutschen Umgangssprache), and no hits on Google, but the term does exist (or at least it used to exist during my university days - we did use it) and it means to dance. HTH. |
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shuffle Explanation: Ulrike is largely right. I believe that the word comes from the Dutch "schoffelen", which means to shuffle or jaunt. I have heard the term too in the Rhineland, close to the Dutch border. To shuffle = schlürfen in High German, and there is a dance step which is called the "Schlürfschritt", a term that is mentioned in the Oxford Duden as a part of the definition of shuffle. And a shuffle itself is of course an American dance. HTH Oxford Duden |
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slow dancing Explanation: I believe you mean SCHWOFEN. Check google, you'll get 432 hits, e.g. '... Samstags Tanz-Party. Unser gemütlicher Tanzabend zum Schwofen, Lachen, neue nette Menschen kennenlernen ... ' HTH Reference: http://www.henseling.de/events.htm |
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smooch Explanation: Could it be "smooch" = slow dancing, very close to your partner !! personal experience (in my youth, I hasten to add !!!!) |
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