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Pipapo

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

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Whereas we English speakers might describe a friend's new, fancy apartment as having "bells and whistles," or "all the trimmings," Germans would say it was a place "mit allem Pipapo" (with all the Pipapo). That is, the apartment has lots of extra features that make it all the more attractive