Timeline for What's the German equivalent for “noob”?
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| May 24, 2017 at 19:04 | comment | added | Rudy Velthuis | @äüö: I have seen the word "noob" being used in programming contexts too, and often enough also by people of my age (well over 50). But in that context, it is not more condescending than "newbie". I admit I am a noob at very many things too. | |
| May 24, 2017 at 8:10 | comment | added | RhinoDevel | @sloth There may be some noobs that do not yet know the term. ;-) | |
| May 23, 2017 at 15:11 | comment | added | sloth | I think you could argue that a work is no longer youth language when the generation that created or adopted the word is in thier thirties; at least I think I don't anyone younger than 40 who doesn't know the meaning of noob. | |
| May 23, 2017 at 10:23 | comment | added | äüö | Noob is youth language, not common German | |
| May 23, 2017 at 10:19 | comment | added | user unknown | Und im Englischen ist Noob weniger beleidigend? Wer sagt, dass Noob nicht beleidigend gemeint ist? Immer dieses Gouvernantenhafte (und ja, Gouvernante hier abwertend gemeint). | |
| May 23, 2017 at 8:06 | comment | added | XtremeBaumer |
Noob would mostly be translated to Lusche which describes someone being bad at something. Yet, most German would use Noob instead because it sounds better. Also there are several other words in English which have a crappy translation to German and because of that are used in German. An example for that would be mapping which completely looses meaning if you translate it. @alk DAU is not the same as a noob, because DAU are considered dumb while noobs are considered very bad. Also noobs are mostly seen in video games and DAU as the user of a program like excel or such
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| May 22, 2017 at 19:47 | comment | added | Voo | @alk Those two terms, while both condescending and similar, are generally used in rather different context and really don't mean the same thing (a DAU could very easily be someone who has used the software for a long term and I've never heard it in the context of games). | |
| May 22, 2017 at 19:45 | comment | added | alk | A noob Noob tends to be a "DAU": "Dümmster Anzunehmender User"? ;-) | |
| May 22, 2017 at 19:44 | comment | added | Voo | @reporter I guess Berichterstatter was already taken? Or is there some statue of limitations when using English words is not supporting "Denglish" any more? ;-) | |
| May 22, 2017 at 16:14 | comment | added | marstato |
@reporter this word is used in every-day german. thats a matter of fact. Language evolves; e.g. the term download has more german than english roots whereas herunterladen was added far later.
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| May 22, 2017 at 13:40 | comment | added | Reporter | @Devon please don't support "Denglish" ^^ | |
| May 22, 2017 at 11:30 | comment | added | Cornelius | "Noob" is, in my experience, not a neutral term. The gravity of the offence certainly depends on context (=> pragmatic layer) but the general tone I still believe to be an insult. | |
| May 22, 2017 at 10:35 | vote | accept | paracetamol | ||
| May 22, 2017 at 8:06 | comment | added | SGR | @Polygnome IIRC, Newb was the original term for a new player and Noob was the offensive for a new player who was also an idiot in same fashion. Over time, Newb has fallen out of favour and Noob has taken both roles depending on context. | |
| May 22, 2017 at 7:45 | comment | added | Polygnome | It really depends on context if its offensive or not. I have seen it used in both wasy equally often. | |
| May 22, 2017 at 6:11 | history | edited | Devon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 22, 2017 at 5:42 | history | answered | Devon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |