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what is 'riegeln'? does it exist?

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  • 19-08-2008 3:51pm
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    JuliusCaesar
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    I passed by 2 young German women the other day who were talking about how they had recently taken up knitting and 'riegeln' and were laughing about they must be getting old. I assumed 'riegeln' was some sort of embroidery till I got home, looked in the dictionary which didn't have the word at all, and said Riegel is a bolt.

    Any idea what I heard/misheard? Thanks

    (If it was a conversation of yours that I overheard, sorry!) :o


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    mackerski
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    JuliusCaesar wrote: »
    I passed by 2 young German women the other day who were talking about how they had recently taken up knitting and 'riegeln' and were laughing about they must be getting old. I assumed 'riegeln' was some sort of embroidery till I got home, looked in the dictionary which didn't have the word at all, and said Riegel is a bolt.

    Any idea what I heard/misheard? Thanks

    (If it was a conversation of yours that I overheard, sorry!) :o

    Hmm. Don't assume that it's related to knitting. An imaginative interpretation of what "riegeln" might mean could be a bit rude.

    It reminds me a bit of the question "Spielen Sie Golf oder haben Sie noch Sex?".


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    F.A.
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    Are you quite sure they said 'riegeln'? If they spoke fast and in dialect, it might have been 'häkeln', meaning crotchet. Would make sense in the context you described...


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