We call them so in Hungarian too!

Hold on in dutch its often called a peertje too!

Kiss it! It’ll turn into your prince in slimy armour!

Same in Dutch :) (handschoenen = hand shoes)

Just to be clear. Drahtesel is not the German word for bike ( that's Fahrrad, or Rad) , it's a nickname for bikes.

That's just a German version of an English language expression.

It's not the word for small child - that would be Kleinkind (small=klein, child=Kind)

It's a common phrase coming from teenage slang in the 80s. It's also a synonym for male impotence.

Well, its correct: Back in the centuries the water taps there shaped like roosters: Albrecht_D...roject.jpg

That is just what Hippopotamus means. Greek.

Typical false friend. How many times have students told me that there was a snake in front of the counter and they stood there and had to wait...

after one too many bratworst?