[German] Notgeil - being so horny it's an emergency
The word is composed of "Not", which means a need of something vital, e.g. food, shelter, or oxygen (it's in this sense narrower than its English cognate) or "emergency". For example, you'd say people after a flooding are "in Not". "geil" itself can only be poorly translated, it means anything from "horny" to someone being "hot/attractive" in itself (e.g. "Sie ist so geil sie macht mich geil." -- "She is so hot she makes me horny."), to "great/awesome", to an exclamation for such great events, and is very slangly. Unlike "horny" or "great" however it's regarded not exactly as insulting, but simply as unfitting for "proper adult" speech. If you used it with your boss, for example, he'd be taken aback.
"Notgeil" essentially evokes the image of something that gives you extreme blue balls, that makes you salivate like a dog does over a steak, that you want to bang right now or you'll go insane. It's slangy^2 and usually more humorous than a naked "geil", but can also be used in a darker context if applied to a serious situation.
Posted Jun 1, 2021, 5:46 PM UTC
It can be used for somebody who is really desperate for sex as well.
"Er hat ihr ein Dickpic geschickt, was für ein notgeiler creep."
("He has sent her a dickpic, what a 'desperately-horny' creep."
I also only know it being used for people who are so desparately horny it's cringy/creepy.
I've never heard it to describe something you think is hot like OP says. I'm northern German though maybe it's from one of the other German speaking regions.
I'm from southern Germany and have never heard OPs version as well.
Hm, I’ve heard of your version as well but I can also agree with op’s explanation. I don’t know if it makes a difference that I’m from the east?
South here, OPs version is something that I haven't heard yet.