Another opportunity to solve the world's problems while drinking, eating and speaking German. Come Join Us! We ARE NOT a beer drinking club with a German language problem, well, at least not all the time. ;) We meet the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month usually. Our next meetings are: Sunday, April 2, 2023 - Regular Meeting at Frailey's Southtown Grill Our regularly scheduled meeting 1st Sunday of the month meeting: Time: 3PM - 5PM Where: Frailey's Southtown Grill Address: 4329 Butler Hill Rd., St. Louis, MO 63128 Web: www.fraileysrestaurant.com April 7, 2023 - Karfreitag Service at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Wartburg Illinois German Karfreitag service with a lovely lunch served by the ladies of the church! Good Friday, April 7, 2023 Time: 10 AM - Lunch follows the service Where: Holy Cross Lutheran Church Address: 5765 Maeystown Rd., Waterloo, IL 62298 Sunday, April 16, 2023 - Regular Meeting at Frailey's Southtown Grill Our regularly scheduled meeting 3rd Sunday of the month meeting: Time: 3PM - 5PM Where: Frailey's Southtown Grill Address: 4329 Butler Hill Rd., St. Louis, MO 63128 Web: www.fraileysrestaurant.com Sunday, April 30, 2023 - Walt & Sandy's Big Party at "Schloss Busch - Walther." Mark it on your calendar! Time: 2PM until the law enforcement shuts us down. Where: Home of Walt & Sandy Fenton, MO 63026 Consider a side dish or snack instead of a dessert. Mr. T says, "I pity the fool that misses this party!" |
KARFREITAG GOTTESDIENST -
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES IN GERMAN! Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Wartburg, IL, located at 5765 Maeystown Road, Waterloo, IL 62298 will hold the Good Friday Service in the German language on April 7, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. The Reverend Darwin Schrader will be serving as guest preacher and Reverend Lyle Buettner will serve as liturgist. The liturgy and hymns will be printed in German. The Holy Cross Lutheran Ladies Aid will serve a luncheon after the service. (Free will offering for luncheon) The community is invited. Holy Cross was founded by German immigrants in 1841. A German Good Friday service has been held annually, except for the Covid years - 2020 and 2021. For more information contact Pastor Dan Ostlund. Church office phone 618-939-7094. Email: hcwartb@htc.net orArlene Baum (618-340-2471). We hope to see you and your friends at the German service. Note: Rev. Schrader has been preaching at this service for many years. Rev. Lyle Buettner is a son of Holy Cross and is now pastor at St. Paul, New Athens. Lyle has served as liturgist for many years. TRIVIA: GOTTESDIENST... Translating the word it means God's Service. Many think of it as man's service, duty, to God, but that is wrong. Gottesdienst means God's service, God's gift, to man. Wolfgang Petry - improve your German with Schalgers! Wolfgang Petry is one of Germany's most beloved Schlager singers. Catchy singable tunes that are great for anyone who wants to improve their German. Sing along with Wolfgang! "Du gehoerst zu mir und ich gehoer zu dir!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJTMwZX1uF8 Thanks to Mark Hoffman for sharing! |
A Late February Romeo Day (Alte Männer im Ruhestand essen - auf Deutsch) at Crusoe's, South St. Louis
Stammtisch members meet with German Ambassador Axel Dittmann on 19 Jan
BIERSEGNET
LASS UNS BETEN: Segne, O Herr, dieses Kreatur Bier Daß du aus dem Fett des Getreides hergestellt hast, Daß es ein heilsames Mittel für Menschheit sein kann Und gibt durch die Anrufung deines heiligen Namens, Daß jeder, der ihn trinkt, Gesundheir des Kőrpers Und Frieden in der Seele erlangt, In Namen des Christus. Amen. - courtesy Msgr. Michael Witt, member St. Louis Stammtisch |
KARFREITAG GOTTESDIENST -
Several Members of Stammtisch attend Good Friday Services every year at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Wartburg, IL. The church. On Good Friday, each year, the congregation celebrates their Lower German (Plattdeutsch) ancestors by having a German language service. Formerly, the services were in Plattdeutsch, but nowadays the more recognized Hochdeutsch is used (mostly because it is hard to find Lutheran pastors who speak the lower dialect anymore - at least ones that are in this area). After the service, lunch is provided for free with a donation asked. Other than the Christmas service at Peace Lutheran in South St Louis County each year, German language services are very hard to find. Schade! |
STAMMTISCH MACHT SPAß!
SWISS INDEPENDENCE DAY - 1 Aug 2021 |
Stammtisch helps you learn how to translate without you Handy!
Was sagen diese alte Tobakkarten? Wer is berühmter? Anna May (Mae) Wong oder Conrad Nagel? |
Stammtisch at a Pseudo-Pink Floyd (Rosa Floyd?) Concert in Carondelet Park
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Our Christmas in July Party at Grbic'sEven if COVID stopped our party in December, you can't keep us from having Christmas and can't keep us from Grbic's!
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Stammtisch at German & Swiss World Cup Play
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Stammtisch Members at the St Louis Schützenverein's Königsball April 17
Herr Antrim geht auf die linke Seite des Flusses, um Stammtisch-Mitglieder zu befragen. Er will Video darüber machen. Hier steht er mit unserer Präsidentin Sylvia Hunnewell.
Schauen Sie sich seine anderen Videos an Youtube
Schauen Sie sich seine anderen Videos an Youtube
Weird Al and Alice Cooper Go German!
A Better Danke Schön |
So you think Weird Al and Germans are crazy for wearing lederhosen. Remember the Scots wear dresses!
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Learn A1 & A2 Level German with this TV Series!
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Why Having A Beer Always Sounds Better Than Water |
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Since many of us are retired we are now meeting at times during week for lunch also at different local pubs in St. Louis. Guests welcomed.
Mitglieder und andere Leute willkommen!
Us at Have a Cow Cafe! 18 Mai 2021
Sumner & Cousin Mike - New Schiesswarts at the St Louis Schützenverein
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April 2021 at River Des Peres Yacht Club
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Nov 1 - Back at Stellar Hog for a cool evening
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Romeo Stammtisch -Nov 5 at Schlafly's
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SWISS INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION AT JIM'S -
protested by our Lutheran contingent
ABOVE: SCHWIEZER UNABHÄNGIGKEITTAG AUG 2019
Yodel Song of the Month: Mein Emmental
These guys are good! You can't beat harmonies and the scenery! Toll!
Yodel Song of the Month: Mein Emmental
These guys are good! You can't beat harmonies and the scenery! Toll!
REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE AND SPEAK GERMAN!
Johnny Cash hat ein wenig Deutsch gesprochen. Du solltest auch! Besuch unsere St. Louis Deutsche Schule an Samstagen
Johnny Cash hat ein wenig Deutsch gesprochen. Du solltest auch! Besuch unsere St. Louis Deutsche Schule an Samstagen
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Mr. Bean can sing in German (sort of)! |
UND AUCH - THE BEATLES! |
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About Us / Über uns
St. Louis Stammtisch is a group of people who want to have fun while speaking German as we try to solve the world's problems.
Wissenswertes
1. Over 40% of Americans have a German in their past, shouldn't German really be our national language!
2. Did you know that President Ronald Reagan proclaimed 6. October as German-American Day? German Reunification Day is 1. October and 9. November is Mauer Tag (the day the Berlin Wall came down). Swiss National Day is 1. August. Does anyone really care about Österreich? Well, not really...but, in case you are the minority of one, their national holiday is 26 October.
3. Germans are experts at abbreviation. They have to be with words like Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz (the law for the delegation of monitoring beef labeling). This was abbreviated to RkReÜAÜG. So much easier! Fortunately for us Stammtisch members, the EU has eliminated this word!
Because of words like this:
a. German's never say 5 words really fast; and,
b. German's don't play Scrabble TM
4. Tell someone today that you love them because life is short, but shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing.
5. While American children may be kind, German children are Kinder.
6. There are two kinds of music: German music and bad music (same applies to beer).
7. Everything has an end, but a sausage has two. Alles hat eine Ende, nur hat die Wurst zwei!
8. Learn German! Being bi-lingual helps prevent Alzheimer's! Wirklich!
9. German is the third most popular language in the world. It is official in 5 countries: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein.
10. Die Deutsche Sprache oder Die Tütsche Sprache? The spelling 'Deutsch' was not finalized until sometime in the 18th Century. Martin Luther spoke of the tütsche Sprache. The Swiss (whose language is more closely related to the older middle German still say they speak Schyzertütsch (Swiss German). Swiss, while a dialect, can sound foreign to some German ears. Here are two examples of words that don't even have a German equivalent and a comparative sentence.
a. göötsche - to play with water
b. Guggihü - a nowhere land
c. Swiss over PA: Liebi Chunde und Chundinne! German same sentence: Liebe Kunde und Kundin! The Swiss makes it sound like they are saying "dear dogs and female dogs."
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