[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

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CoolDukeJR•

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."

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Mindthegabe•

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.

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CoolDukeJR•

I'm from southern Germany and have never heard OPs version as well.

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m_r__b•

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?

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thumbtackswordsman•

South here, OPs version is something that I haven't heard yet.

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thepoetfromoz•

Finally some useful vocab from this sub

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boomfruit•

it's in this sense narrower than its English cognate

Is the cognate "need"? Just to clear it up for my dumb ass.

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Skybimo•

yes.

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boomfruit•

Thanks!

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barsoap•

An interesting variation is "Notschwul", "schwul" being "gay". Which I heard a gay as a fiddle guy use, with some kind of sorrow but also accusation in his voice, as a descriptor for his latest hookup: The kind of bi man that, once balls are empty, only looks at gals.

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__crackers__•

Any hole's a goal in an emergency.

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IdiotSansVillage•

In what lesson of duolingo do you learn this one?

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Mindthegabe•

It's in the secret level but I can't tell you how to unlock it, it's secret

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simoneb_•

In italian "morto di figa" (pussy-starved), similarly to "morto di fame" (starving). Although it's used more to describe the creepy kind.

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orqa•

is there cock-starved as well?

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simoneb_•

So, [I asked the question in r/italy](https://www.reddit.com/r/italy/comments/o1mrr1/caff%C3%A8_italia_170621/h22ccv9/) and that sparked a quite interesting discussion.

tl;dr you can say "morta di cazzo" and that'd be a valid sentence, perfectly understandable, but such figure is purely hypothetical and does not exist in reality.

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orqa•

Seeing the conversation brought me a big smile

I love that you asked a forum of fellow italians this importante quesito

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simoneb_•

You'd be surprised by what flies in r/italy ...

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ecclectic•

For the love of god, do NOT introduce this term to the r/deadbedroom community.

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nuxenolith•

Another great word to color the meaning of Not: notfalls. It's a spiffy one-word translation for "in case of emergency".

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CockroachJust•

i'm laughing

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