die Altins wär'n top

English translation: play on name of football/soccer players (brothers)

14:52 Dec 20, 2005

German to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation

German term or phrase: die Altins wär'n top

Ok, football fans, who can tell me what they're referring to here:

Wir hofften sehr dass die Altins wär’n top,
sie schossen uns ab – was für ein Flop.

It's a parady about the German national team.

Steven Sidore KudoZ activity Questions: 34 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 221 Germany
Local time: 07:11

English translation:play on name of football/soccer players (brothers)

Explanation:
This is a play on the names of two players in the German Bundesliga (the twin brothers Hamit and Halil ***Altintop***, of Turkish origin).

See
http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/altintophalil/ and
http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/altintophamit/

No idea how to render this in English...

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Note added at 17 mins (2005-12-20 15:09:23 GMT)
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Turkey vs Germany 2-1 (8 Oct 2005), with only one of the twins scoring (Halil) - see http://www.dfb.de/dfb-team/nationalteam/statistik/index.html (go to 2005 -> Turkey vs Germany).

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Note added at 18 mins (2005-12-20 15:10:34 GMT)
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http://www.dfb.de/dfb-team/nationalteam/statistik/index.html -> Alle Spiele -> 2005 -> Turkey vs Germany

Selected response from:

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 07:11

Grading comment

Thanks to both of you, Steffen was just quicker.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

Hamit und Halil Altintop

Claudia Tomaschek

4 +1

play on name of football/soccer players (brothers)

Steffen Walter

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

die Altins wär'n top Hamit und Halil Altintop

Explanation:
Das bezieht sich wohl auf Hamit (Schalke) und Halil (Lautern) Altintop. Von den Zwillingen ist Halil der bessere Torjäger. Beide sind Deutsch-Türken und spielen für die türkische Nationalmannschaft. Im Blick auf das deutsche Team macht der Spruch wenig Sinn.

Viele Grüße
Claudia

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Note added at 17 mins (2005-12-20 15:09:35 GMT)
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Die Altintops haben bereits in ihrer Jugend für die türkische U-21 gespielt, es die deutsche Nationalmannschaft war nie ein Thema für sie.

Beim letzten Freundschaftsspiel hat Halil ein Tor geschossen, beim anderen traf Nuri Sahin,

http://www.fussball24.de/fussball/114/128/139/19292-mannscha...

Claudia Tomaschek
Local time: 07:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: German

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

die Altins wär'n top

play on name of football/soccer players (brothers)

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 07:11
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 66

Grading comment

Thanks to both of you, Steffen was just quicker.

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