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Affentheater

Learn a funny, quirky German word each week with DW's Word of the Week feature. This week: Affentheater.

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"Monkey theater" -- or "Affentheater" -- can be staged at a shop, at the bank, at a business meeting, at school or practically anywhere that people do crazy, annoying things. However, unlike Pippi Longstockings, the "Affentheater" of trying to get a new passport issued within a day, for example, or of trying to return a faulty radio to a moody sales clerk unfortunately don't involve any live monkeys. People can cause enough frustration without their help.