Berolinism

As Berolinismus or Berlinismus one of which is Berlin slang or the Berlin vernacular originating or phrase referred. These include nicknames for certain buildings and names for typical Berlin habits.

Nicknames

Many Berlin nicknames are known far beyond the borders of Berlin, and the Berlin vernacular is interspersed with these nicknames, whereby there are discussions about a number of terms for buildings about whether they actually belong to the Berlin vernacular or rather from various tourist guides to the Berlin vernacular Be "pushed under".

As with all nicknames ( pointed in the 17th century : 'hurtful'), they are mostly mock names that give a short substitute name for the real name that results from the characteristics of the thing or person. The everyday language of Berlinish is said to have a comparatively gruff manner and is fairly free to use mock names. This is often also of tourist guides and travel literature hawked ; in fact, this is probably a legend. In everyday life, the television tower ("Telespargel") and the radio tower ("Langer Lulatsch") are called just like that, namely in their official form. The alternative names are mostly used ironically to show journalistic closeness to the people or to impress tourists with the "joke" of Berliners. A counterexample is the beer brush , which is rarely given the public name "Turmrestaurant Steglitz" or "Turmrestaurant on Schloßstraße".

Many pointed names are strongly time-related. However, since real and alleged nicknames are mainly used by the media to produce a local Berlin flavor, some very strange names can be understood by Berliners, at least at times, even without further reference to sentences. However, the functional names predominate in common parlance.

Buildings and monuments

Apiary - bachelor house in the Hansaviertel

• Beer brush   - the expression later became the official name for the tower restaurant on Schloßstraße (Berlin-Steglitz) .
• Bikini-Haus   - building at Bahnhof Zoo : "What above, what below, nothing in the middle".
• Bonnies Ranch   - Karl Bonhoeffer Psychiatric Clinic in Wittenau .
• Café Achteck   - the octagonal urinals from the early days of Berlin that were once typical of Berlin.
• Café Schönstedt   - the district court of Neukölln in Schönstedtstraße, the side wing served as a youth prison for decades.
• Castingallee - the Kastanienallee in the districts of Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg, alluding to the allegedly widespread displays and presentations in street cafes.
• East Side Gallery   - the name became the official name of the illustrated remnant of the interior wall along Mühlenstraße between Ostbahnhof and Warschauer Straße .
• Corner of Schönhauser - the intersection of Kastanien- , Schönhauser Allee and Eberswalder Straße , with Konnopkes snack bar and the underground station on the municipal screen.
• Erich's lamp shop   - a nickname for the Palace of the Republic in allusion to Erich Honecker and the foyer lighting with numerous spherical lights.
• Goldelse   - the gilded Victoria on top of the Berlin Victory Column .
• Armadillo   - the Ludwig-Erhard-Haus , seat of the IHK Berlin .
• Hohler Zahn   - common name for tower ruins, here the ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on Breitscheidplatz .
• Hunger rake   or hunger claw - the airlift memorial on the airlift square in front of the former Tempelhof airport .
• Kanzler-U-Bahn   - U-Bahn line 55 , which runs under the government district between the Brandenburg Gate and the main train station , as well as the extension of the U5 line to Alexanderplatz , which is currently under construction .
• Chest of drawers   - the former Royal Library on Bebelplatz , designed in the Baroque style with a curved facade - today the seat of the law faculty of the Humboldt University .
• Spaceship Enterprise or armored cruiser Protzki - the International Congress Center (ICC) .
• Langer Lulatsch   - is the Berlin radio tower built in the 1920s on the exhibition grounds , which is reminiscent of a long, lanky guy .
• Lipstick and powder compact   - bell tower and church building of the new memorial church on Breitscheidplatz .
• Magistratsschirm - the high-path sections of the subway line 2 in the field of Schön Allee ( Prenzlauerberg ), among which one rain (quasi with the rain protection of the municipal authorities ) promenieren can. The elevated railway sections in other districts do not bear this name.
• Mäusebunker - the research facility for experimental medicine at the Charité in Lichterfelde .

Mouse tunnel at the Stadtmitte underground station

• Mäusetunnel - the connecting tunnel for pedestrians between the platforms of the underground lines U2 and U6 of the Stadtmitte station .
• Melitta Church - three identical Catholic churches from the mid-1970s with a Melitta - coffee filter -like roof ( Sankt Dominicus in Britz , To the Holy Martyrs of Africa in Lichtenrade and Sankt Markus in Spandau ).
• Millions Bridge   - name for the Swinemünde Bridge , which was completed in 1905 and cost around one million marks to build .
• Mont Klamott (e)   - the large bunker mountain in Volkspark Friedrichshain , which was piled up from the “war clothes” around the blown flak bunker. The nickname is also used for the rubble mountain Insulaner in Schöneberg .
• Hooker brooch   - the fountain of friendship between peoples on Alexanderplatz .
• Palazzo Prozzo   - the former Palace of the Republic .
• Pallasseum , formerly also the Social Palace - a striking apartment block on Pallasstrasse in Schöneberg on the site of the former Berlin Sports Palace
• Puppenallee - the former name for the Siegesallee in the Großer Tiergarten , because of the statues of Brandenburg-Prussian rulers and their famous contemporaries standing here.
• Raisin Bomber - name for the aircraft of the Berlin Airlift .
• Rostkreuz - the formerly ailing Ostkreuz S-Bahn station (renovation since 2007).
• Rost- und Silberlaube - two parts of the main building of the Free University , meanwhile taken over as the official name by the university. An extension was appropriately called a wooden arbor .
• Sacco and Jacketti - Marx-Engels monument in the middle , based on Sacco and Vanzetti .
• Schlange - the Autobahn development at Schlangenbader Strasse .
• Pregnant oyster   - the congress hall in the Tiergarten, which is used by the House of World Cultures .
• Sechserbrücke - the Tegeler Hafenbrücke , for the use of which five pfennigs previously had to be paid, the five-pfennig piece is usually referred to as " six ".
• Seelenbohrer - tower of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Gedächtniskirche in the Hansaviertel , because of the shape of the staircase.
• Spinnerbrücke - the motorcycle meeting point at AVUS junction 3 - Spanische Allee in Nikolassee .
• Stabi - applies to the two buildings of the German State Library , both on Unter den Linden (House 1) and Potsdamer Strasse (House 2).
• The Späti is a term that has become common for the late-night shops that are typical in Berlin and sometimes open around the clock . These opening hour # Berlin .
• Soup bowl - the granite bowl in the pleasure garden .
• Telespargel   - the Berlin television tower between Marx-Engels-Forum and Alexanderplatz . This nickname should be introduced by the official side of the GDR. This failed and it is not used in Berlin parlance.

Palace of Tears on Friedrichstrasse, 2004

• Tränenpalast   - the terminal building of the former Friedrichstrasse border crossing.
• Washing machine   or elephant toilet - the Chancellery alluding to the cubic shape of the building with its large light openings and window fronts.
• Wasserklops   - the common name of the globe fountain on Breitscheidplatz .
• Circus Karajani - former name for the Berlin Philharmonic at the Tiergarten after Herbert von Karajan , the former chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic .

Streets, squares and areas

Jwd has a special meaning as a place name for the peripheral areas and the surrounding area of ​​Berlin . An abbreviation of j num w ince d Raussen meaning: Way out there. With the growth of the city, the locations of the "jwd" increasingly moved into the "provinces".

Many areas and certain urban areas or important crossroads are named after local or formerly existing pubs or excursion restaurants. Even if these restorations no longer exist, their names survived as placemarks. In some cases, it also turns into Berlin-internal or even official names, for example

• Alte Fährhaus ( Landsberger Allee / corner of Oderbruchstrasse),
• Schiller bell (Weißenseer Weg / corner Konrad-Wolf-Straße),
• Roseneck on the border between Schmargendorf and Grunewald ,
• Hubertus in Mahlsdorf or
• Wiesenbaude in Lichterfelde (crossing Goerzallee / Königsberger Straße / Hindenburgdamm / Drakestraße).

Convenient, yet recognizable, cuts for streets, areas, and squares were already in use before 1900. The Alex has long been known nationwide. The word for the central square of the capital is used throughout Germany. The same applies to the Ku'damm . Other terms are only used by and for residents of the Kiez and the surrounding area. Such expressions are promoted by journalists and the level of awareness is increased. The following examples are only intended to demonstrate the meaning of the word and the type of education, it is by no means a closed list.

• Alex - Alexanderplatz
• Official career path (associated with the career path principle for civil servants ) - the upper bridge of Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Steg over the Spree in Berlin's government district , which runs at the level of the sixth floor and is only accessible to employees and members of the Bundestag .
• Boxi - Boxhagener Platz
• Brunsi - Brunsbütteler Damm
• Görli - Görlitzer Bahnhof as well as for Görlitzer Park
• Hohenschöngrünkohl - district Hohenschönhausen : "Hohenschönhausen, popularly called" Hohenschöngrünkohl "because of the vegetable cultivation on the giant fields that arose around the turn of the century, was only formed in 1985 from the districts of Malchow, Falkenberg, Wartenberg and Hohenschönhausen, which have belonged to Weißensee since 1920."
• Kotti - Kottbusser Tor , " We are talking about the Kottbusser Tor in Berlin, which residents like to affectionately call" Kotti "."
• Kreuzkölln - Reuterkiez in Neukölln-Nord , due to its spatial and cultural proximity to Kreuzberg . The term is a suitcase word and is due to the location between Kreuzberg and Neukölln.
• Ku'damm - Kurfürstendamm
• Kurtschi or Kutschi - Kurt-Schumacher-Platz
• Leo - Leopoldplatz : "The special permit for the operation of the meeting point on the" Leo ", which has existed since 2011, should expire at the end of 2015."
• LSD quarter - trendy district around with many pubs around the L ychener, S chliemann- and D unckerstraße in Prenzlauer Berg . "LSD Viertel sounds sensational, but it is not and the name does not at all fit into today's very staid Prenzlauer Berg around Helmholtzplatz."
• Nolle or Nolli - Nollendorfplatz : "The Nollendorfplatz, popularly known as" Nolle ", represents the center of the rainbow neighborhood. Its neighborhood is culturally open and liberal."
• O-Strasse - for Oranienstrasse in Kreuzberg
• Plump - synonym for the former stadium at Gesundbrunnen and meanwhile less common name for the district Gesundbrunnen .
• Plötze - the penal institutions in the Plötzensee district , partly in addition to the Plötzensee
• Potse - Potsdamer Strasse
• Prenzlberg - the abbreviation of the Prenzlauer Berg district, especially familiar to non-residents and new residents , from the abbreviation “Prenzl. Mountain"
• Schweinöde - Schöneweide , Oberschweineöde - Oberschöneweide , play on words by exchanging "white" and "ö"
• Stutti - Stuttgarter Platz
• Te-Damm - Tempelhofer Damm
• Theo - Theodor-Heuss-Platz

Berolinica

In contrast to the nicknames described, this designation conceals a literary category. Berolinica are books or writings that deal with typical Berlin issues or Berlin history. This categorization can be found in antique shops or in the well-stocked book store.

See also

• Berlin dialect
• Berlin grammar

Web links

Wiktionary: Berolinism  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Explanation at duden.de
• Kose-Muckel - Critical glosses on Welt-Online

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sabine Gundlach, Katrin Lange: The Steglitzer beer brush is now a monument . January 27, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
2. ↑ Berlin landmarks and their nicknames . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Peter Cürlis, Rolf Opprower: In the nickname of the people. Laokoon Verlag, Munich 1965.
4. ↑ Michael Zaremba: Reinickendorf in the course of history. be.bra verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-930863-63-4 , p. 99
5. ↑ Berlin landmarks and their nicknames . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
6. ↑ He's sitting in Café Schönstedt… . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
7. ↑ Berlin landmarks and their nicknames . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
8. ↑ ^{a b} Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): The fall of Berlin's Palace of the Republic - DW - January 19, 2016 . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
9. ↑ n-tv news: Palace of the Republic only memory . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
10. ↑ Berlin landmarks and their nicknames . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
11. ↑ Ludwig-Erhard-Haus ("armadillo") . November 21, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
12. ^ WORLD: Gedächtniskirche: The "hollow tooth" is 50 years old . December 15, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
13. ↑ Berlin landmarks and their nicknames . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
14. ↑ Mona Jaeger, Berlin: Chancellor U-Bahn: Are we there yet? . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
15. ↑ University library of the HU Berlin - opening times . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
16. ↑ Long Lulatsch. In: Die Zeit , September 3, 1976.
17. ↑ Berlin landmarks and their nicknames . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
18. ↑ "Mouse tunnel" is open again. In: Berliner Zeitung , June 9, 1999. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
19. ↑ 154: St. Dominicuskirche - Neukölln , Alle Kirchen Berlins of March 11, 2018, accessed on December 15, 2018
20. ↑ Catholic Church On the Holy Martyrs of Africa , Senate Department for Urban Development, 2007, accessed on December 15, 2018
21. ↑ Marina Heimann: Catholic Church twilight in deep sleep , Lichtenrade.com from June 2014, accessed on December 15, 2018
22. ↑ Kurt Nelius and Immo Wittig: Visit to the “Melitta Church” Sankt Dominicus in Neukölln-Gropiusstadt on December 9, 2012 as part of the series Berlins modern sacred architecture , Sankt Dominicus, 2012, accessed on December 15, 2018
23. ^ List, map, database / Landesdenkmalamt Berlin . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
24. ↑ Volkspark Friedrichshain - visitBerlin.de . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
25. ↑ Jeannette Hix: Alexanderplatz: The second spring of the hooker brooch . April 4, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
26. ↑ Berlin landmarks and their nicknames . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
27. ↑ Berlin landmarks and their nicknames . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
28. ↑ Berlin landmarks and their nicknames . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
29. ↑ Berlin landmarks and their nicknames . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
30. ↑ Berlin landmarks and their nicknames . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
31. ↑ This form of naming prominent points in the city is not necessarily typical for Berlin. This popular custom also exists in other major German cities.
32. ↑ TAXI-RUF, Wiesenbaude - Steglitz - Berlin . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
33. ↑ Berlin: From "Alex" over the Wannsee . In: Deutsche Handwerks Zeitung , May 11, 2012.
34. ↑ KuDamm and Gedächtniskirche : “The KuDamm is the old heart of West Berlin. The Kurfürstendamm invites you to stroll, shop and go out. "
35. ↑ Kristin Lenz: German Bundestag - 'Jump over the Spree' . Retrieved December 15, 2018.
36. ↑ theculturetrip.com/europe/germany : "Boxhagener Platz or Boxi, appropriated by true Berliners, is a colorful pocket of Friedrichshain." Brienne Pierce, February 9, 2017.
37. ↑ Compare EDEKA “Am Brunsi”. Identified at the supermarket after the discounter took over the Kaisers branch.
38. ↑ Til Biermann: Set up by "Görli" manager - Berlin drug park now has its own dealer zones . In: Picture , August 29, 2019
39. ↑ District merger: first the kale grew, then the prefabricated buildings . In: Tagesspiegel, January 6, 2001
40. ↑ Drugs, dirt and crimes - Life on the "Kotti" . In: Märkische Allgemeine , October 27, 2018, Berliner Brennpunkt
41. ↑ "Kreuzkölln" - A neighborhood begins to live . In: Berliner Morgenpost , June 16, 2007
42. ↑ Kutschi: approach lane in northern Wedding
43. ↑ Weddingweiser.de
44. ↑ Berlin Street Art in the LSD Quarter & Kollwitzstrasse . In: OnBike, November 26, 2015
45. ↑ District Office Tempelhof-Schöneberg : Kieztour: Regenbogenkiez (downloadable as PDF)
46. ↑ "The street, also known as" O-Straße "for short, is characterized by restaurants, bars, pubs and retail stores, especially in the eastern part." In: Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg-Portal - Xhain
47. ↑ The time at the clumsy was nice . In: Tagesspiegel , July 23, 2017, Hertha BSC turns 125
48. ↑ 5th Berlin 10 km run for prisoners in the "Plötze" . In: Duration, April 5, 2019
49. ↑ Anja Meyer: Potse and drugstore have to go out after 46 years . In: Morgenpost , December 22, 2018
50. ↑ berlin.de: The official capital city portal : "Prenzlauer Berg, also known as" Prenzlberg ", first transformed itself into a trendy district and then into a well-off family district after the fall of the Wall."
51. ↑ "Schweinöde in Schöneweide" This is how a Berlin U- and S-Bahn station rated . In: Berliner Zeitung , August 29, 2017
52. ↑ Gabriela Walde: Oberschoeneweide-From because of Schweinoede . In: Morgenpost, December 22, 2018
53. ↑ Christina Wenig: I was the king of Stuttgarter Platz : “During his time at Stuttgarter Platz, Termer never kept records of his income.” In: BZ , January 8, 2016
54. ↑ Horst-Dieter Keitel: Te-Damm and Boelckestrasse are to be paralyzed at the same time : "As reported, the Tempelhofer Damm is to be converted into a major construction site in the coming years [...]." In: Berliner Woche , November 5, 2017
55. ↑ Matthias Vogel: Eternal flame on the Theo defective . In: Berliner Woche , July 11, 2019 / "In the Eternal Flame of the memorial on Theodor-Heuss-Platz, the energy supplier Gasag found defects."