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Book specific translations

The X-Cellent (I) #1

Original languageEnglish
Doop speak page 14Huh.
Doop speak page 16I thought X-Statix needed another member.
Doop speak page 3-
Guten Tag, meine Damen und Herren.Good day, ladies and gentlemen (literally: Good day, my ladies and lords)

X-Factor (IV) #240

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Aufpassen, Idioten Hauptling! (That is wrong, it should be: "Pass auf, Vollidiot!")Watch up, chief of idiots! ("Aufpassen" is the infinitive, but here the imperative must be used which is "Pass auf". While "chief" can be translated to "Häuptling" (mind the 'ä') that is only the boss of an Indian tribe. I do not know of a common expression in German meaning "chief of idiots" in any way of translation, so I used "Vollidiot" which means "downright idiot".)

X-Factor (V) #5

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VolksgeistSpirit of the People

X-Force (I) #64

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SturmfängerStorm catcher

X-Force Annual '99 #1

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NeustrelitzA town in Germany (www.neustrelitz.de/)
VerschiagenOn the last panel it looks like the name could be "Verschlagen" = cunning, wily

X-Infernus #1

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Meine kleine FeeMy little fairy

X-Infernus #2

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Liebchen (not: Liebschien)Darling ("Liebschien" sounds more like "dear rail")

X-Infernus #4

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Meine FreundeMy friends

X-Men (II) • New X-Men (I) • X-Men Legacy (I) #80

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DeutschGerman
Mein KindMy child

X-Men (II) • New X-Men (I) • X-Men Legacy (I) #202

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WohnhausTenement

X-Men (II) • New X-Men (I) • X-Men Legacy (I) #204

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Das ist klar.That is clear.

X-Men (II) • New X-Men (I) • X-Men Legacy (I) #231

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Was für--? (This is the word-by-word translation and seems to be wrong. "Wozu?" would be a better one.)What for--?

X-Men (II) • New X-Men (I) • X-Men Legacy (I) #234

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In den [..]mmel [..]fahren [..]stCould be the Catholic credo, the part about Jesus ascending into Heaven.

X-Men (II) • New X-Men (I) • X-Men Legacy (I) #235

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Meine lieben DamenMy dear ladies

X-Men (II) • New X-Men (I) • X-Men Legacy (I) #249

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AhnenerbeAncestor's heritage
Also, sind Sie ein Jude?So, you are a jew?
SonderkommandoSpecial squad
TeufelDevil

X-Men 2 Movie #1

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Ich bin die Ausgeburt (not: Ausgebert) des Bösen!I am a fiend of evil!
Ich bin ein Bote des Teufels!I am an emissary of the devil!
Ich bin ein Dämon ("Daemon" is an alternate way to write "Dämon")!I am a demon!

X-Men/Alpha Flight (I) #2

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Das ist unglaublichThat is incredible

X-Men: Children of the Atom #1

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MetzgerButcher

X-Men Divided We Stand #1

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Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen ReproduzierbarkeitThe work of art in the age of its technical reproducibility
Rede, du Bestie.Talk, you beast.
ScheusalAbomination, monster

X-Men: Endangered Species One-Shot #1

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Er hat den Knaben wohl in den [dem] Arm, er fasst ihn sicherHe holdeth the boy tightly clasp'd in his arm, He holdeth him safely,... (This is a part of the poem "Der Erlkönig" (The Erl King) by Wolfgang Goethe, see also wonderingminstrels.blogspot.co.at/2001/10/erl-king-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe.html or ingeb.org/Lieder/werreite.html which is bi-lingual.)
Passen Sie auf! (Considering that Kurt and Logan are close friends, "Pass auf!" would have been correct.)Watch up!

X-Men: First Class (II) #8

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Das ist kein deutsches Boot.That is no German boat.
Die sehen wie Franzosen aus!They look like Frenchmen!
Runter von diesem U-Boot!Get off this sub-marine!

X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills - Special Edition #1

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Sehr schlecht (not: Sehr sechlecht)Very bad

X-Men: Gold (II) #18

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Gott lebendig (corr: Lebendiger Gott - I cannot remember having heard that outside a mass)God living

X-Men: The Hellfire Club #4

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Also sprach SebastianThus spoke Sebastian

X-Men: Magneto Testament #1

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EisenhardtIron hard
Ich habe deußtcher Mädchen geßchändert! (corr: Ich habe ein deutsches Mädchen geschändet!)I have raped a German girl.
KalbCalf (the little cow)

X-Men: Magneto Testament #2

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Grynszpan is the Polish way to spell the German "Grünspan"Verdigris
Juden sind hier unerwünschtJews are unwanted here
ScharfSharp
Schulmann"School man"

X-Men: Magneto Testament #3

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Einsatzgruppe, EinsatzgruppenTask force, task forces
UmschlagplatzReloading point

X-Men: Magneto Testament #4

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KalbCalf (in this case it is a name)
SonderkommandoSpecial squad
UnterscharführerSub-troop leader

X-Men: Magneto Testament #5

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BirkenauBirches river meadow
BuchenwaldBeech forest
Leichenkommando(Dead) Body squad
RavensbrückBridge over the Raven (a river)
ZigeunernachtGypsy night

X-Men: Manifest Destiny Nightcrawler #1

Original languageEnglish
Die Heimat des Nachtkriechers! (I just wonder why a German town would write their welcome in English.)The Home of Nightcrawler!
KellerCellar
Vielfras (should be "Vielfraß", pronounced like "feelfrahs", the German word leads to assume this means "eat a lot", but it comes from a Scandinavian word meaning "rock cat")Wolverine
WeberWeaver

X-Men Origins: Nightcrawler #1

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Gott wird dich richten.God will judge you.
SauerbratenSour roast (a well known German dish)

X-Men: Prelude to Schism #2

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Achtung JudenBeware jews
Eisenhardt"Iron hard"
KristallnachtCrystal night
NürnbergNuremberg
SonderkommandoSpecial squad
VernichtungslagerExtermination camp

X-Men True Friends #1, 2, 3

Original languageEnglish
AbwehrCounter-intelligence
GeistGhost
HeidelbergA town in Germany with a famous university
Ich bin ein Junker, Geist.I am a young nobelman, Ghost.
OberstColonel

X-Men Unlimited (I) #19

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WinzeldorfMaybe "small village"; a former village in Germany (www.boenningstedt.de/chronik.htm)

X-Men Unlimited (I) #38

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Yartzeit (yidd.)Anniversary (yar=year, tzeit=time)

X-Men: The Wedding Album #1

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Liebchen (not: Liebschen)Darling

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