make whoopee

German translation: Spaß miteinander haben

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English term or phrase:make whoopee
German translation:Spaß miteinander haben
Entered by: aykon

18:53 Feb 2, 2008
English to German translations [PRO]
Marketing - Slang
English term or phrase: make whoopee
Two people got together and they made whoopee and in that process there were millions of little polliwogs running around and they were potentially you.

How do I put this in German? It's a speech from a company president, so it must not be vulgar or too slangy...

Thanks.
aykon
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:40
Spaß miteinander haben
Explanation:
Halte ich für eine gute Lösung und ist, meiner Meinung nach, in diesem Kontext völlig unmissverständlich... :)
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Boris Rogowski
Germany
Local time: 10:40
Grading comment
Daran hatte ich auch zuerst gedacht. Danke!
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Summary of answers provided
4Spaß miteinander haben
Boris Rogowski
3 +1erst funkte es, dann bumste es
Johanna Timm, PhD
3intim miteinander sein
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
4 -1ein Freudenfest veranstalten
uli1
2rummachen
Jonathan MacKerron


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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
intim miteinander sein


Explanation:
wenn man das "vornehm' ausdrücken soll... ich kann mir das in einer Rede nicht so ganz vorstellen, soll das eta nur angedeutet werden, denn es ist ja offensichtlich Geschlechtsverkehr gemeint. sonst als slang müßte man sagen, sie machen einen drayf, aber das passt ja wohl in dieser Rede nicht so ganz rein?

Ingeborg Gowans (X)
Canada
Local time: 05:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
rummachen


Explanation:
dude!

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Note added at 49 mins (2008-02-02 19:42:52 GMT)
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Muret-Sanders = bumsen

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Webster
: the feverish alcohol-and-sex partying first widely conspicuous during the United States prohibition era often used in the phrase make whoopee *accused her of making whoopee while he was locked up, and of being unfaithful to him Edmund Wilson*
2 : any boisterous convivial fun *college-boy whoopee American Guide Series: Maryland

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-02-02 19:55:27 GMT)
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Merriam Webster = sexual play —usually used with make

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 3
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Spaß miteinander haben


Explanation:
Halte ich für eine gute Lösung und ist, meiner Meinung nach, in diesem Kontext völlig unmissverständlich... :)

Boris Rogowski
Germany
Local time: 10:40
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
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Daran hatte ich auch zuerst gedacht. Danke!
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
ein Freudenfest veranstalten


Explanation:
oder: sie machten richtig einen drauf
das ist laut und lebhaft

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Okay das ist Quatsch, ich nehme das zurück.

uli1
Local time: 10:40
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jonathan MacKerron: make whoopee = Geschlechtsverkehr
35 mins

disagree  Olaf (X): Passt hier nicht.
5 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
erst funkte es, dann bumste es


Explanation:
Zwei Menschlein taten sich zusammen, erst funkte es, dann bumste es und auf einmal wurden da Millionen klitzekleiner Liebesquappen losgelassen, von denen eines möglicherweise du warst

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von denen ein*e*...

Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 01:40
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 43

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Evi Wollinger: ja genau, wenn schon, denn schon! Und wieso, das Original ist doch auch mehr als 'slangy'!! Ist dies übrigens ein Witz?
10 hrs
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