berko

German translation: durchdrehen

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00:56 Oct 23, 2020
English to German translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Journalism
Additional field(s): General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters, Slang
English term or phrase: berko
Definition from Lexico:
Out of control with anger or excitement

Example sentence(s):
  • Be Warned: Angry Customers Going Berko! bandt
  • No longer afraid to come out of the locker: going berko for burkinis overland
  • Paul Keating said Australia's security agencies went 'berko' after former journalist John Garnaut helped write a classified ASIO report on China MailOnline
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German translation:durchdrehen
Definition:
Wenn jemand durchdreht, fährt er aus der Haut oder rastet aus, das muss aber nicht negativ sein sondern kann auch Ausdruck von Freude/Aufregung sein.
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Birgit Spalt
Austria
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4 +2durchdrehen
Birgit Spalt
3ausflippen
Gudrun Wolfrath


  

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durchdrehen


Definition from own experience or research:
Wenn jemand durchdreht, fährt er aus der Haut oder rastet aus, das muss aber nicht negativ sein sondern kann auch Ausdruck von Freude/Aufregung sein.

Example sentence(s):
  • Deutschland dreht durch – dabei müssten wir endlich anfangen zu denken! - Focus  
  • „Birkenberger, ich glaub, ich dreh durch“, ruft der Günter jetzt gleich völlig begeistert. „Sag mal, seit wann hast du denn dieses heiße Teil hier?“ - Weißwurstconnection (Rita Falk) 
Birgit Spalt
Austria
Local time: 14:23
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

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Yes  Ulrich Eberhardt: "Berko", toller Begriff auch! Die Berserker, von denen das abgeleitet ist, sind ja übrigens auch "aus der Haut gefahren" (und wurden temporär zu Bären)
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  -> Danke! Wusste ich gar nicht, dass "aus der Haut fahren" daher kommt – wieder was gelernt. :)

Yes  Britta Norris
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  -> Danke schön! :)
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ausflippen


Definition from Duden:
ausklinken

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Gudrun Wolfrath
Germany
Local time: 14:23
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 67
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