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Liebestoeter

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

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When you hear the term "love killers," a variety of things may come to mind that could put a damper on passion: taking a cell phone call during a romantic dinner, for example, or poor personal hygiene. However, the German word for love-killer ("Liebestoeter") refers specifically to long underwear. Why that is -- we'll leave up to your imagination.
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