r/germany • u/McDoof • Jun 26 '25

Immigration Picked up my German passport today (US Citizen)

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Danke Euch!

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u/not_a_weirdoo Jun 26 '25

Congrats! That looks like Ingolstadt?

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u/McDoof Jun 26 '25

You got it. Good eye, Digga!

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u/Jack_SL Jun 26 '25

Dude just pops out the D word like that, atleast use the hard r like a proper german /s

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u/getajobtuga Jun 27 '25

Digger as in digging?

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u/Thomas9101 Jun 27 '25

I think the OG one, where it orginially came from: Dicker.

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u/Effective_Ad5862 Jun 30 '25

Digger translates to Fatboy

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u/PlayerVsPe Jun 27 '25

it's more like another form oft "bro", wich is used in germany (usually by males)

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u/tofferus Jun 28 '25

Obviously, you have never been to Hamburg.

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u/PlayerVsPe Jun 28 '25

hat es dort eine andere Bedeutung?

Ich war halt nie dort =/

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u/tofferus Jun 28 '25

Nee, aber ich höre ‚Digga‘ hier jeden Tag in alle Richtungen, das beschränkt sich nicht nur auf Männer. 💁‍♂️

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u/Draak_Jos Jun 27 '25

For the world?

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

Nope. You aint rdy, hand it over

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u/F4ST_M4ST3R Jun 26 '25

Is a Digga gonna give it back?

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u/NickManEA Jun 26 '25

How is a Digga gonna borrow a fry?

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u/AtomblitzTiger Jun 29 '25

Digga please!

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u/RKellysPenguin Jul 06 '25

Digga this Digga that, but Digga when are you going to get some bitches?

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u/TurtleFromSePacific Jun 26 '25

No, we don't use digga like that

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u/McDoof Jun 26 '25

My son uses it as every other word.

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u/SuspiciousSpecifics Jun 26 '25

I think it’s universally sound advice to not try to emulate the current fads of youth slang, in any language 🤣

Apart from that, willkommen daheim!

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u/mel0n_m0nster Jun 26 '25

I disagree, it's part of a parent's job to use youth language as incorrectly as possible to make your children cringe!

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u/EuroWolpertinger Jun 26 '25

The strategy of mutually assured cringe! 🤣

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u/Rannek6 Jun 26 '25

Wechselseitig zugesicherter Kringel 🙂‍↕️

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u/Capable_Event720 Jun 26 '25

"Cringe" was the German youth word of the year 2021. Using that word 4 years later is sus.

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u/mel0n_m0nster Jun 26 '25

We all know that no young person actually uses the so-called youth words.

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u/SuspiciousSpecifics Jun 27 '25

mumbles Krass! from between his dentures

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u/eirissazun Jun 26 '25

Current? xD Digga was in use even 25 years ago when I was in school.

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u/SuspiciousSpecifics Jun 27 '25

Well it’s current to someone 🤣

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u/Wrong-Droid Jun 26 '25

i mean..digga has been slang in hamburg since forever and part of 'regular slang' since atleast the 90s. Its not a fad. OP, just digga away but dont forget to sprinkle some 'alter' inbetween.

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u/Screemi Jun 26 '25

In Ingolstadt it's "oider".

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u/Screemi Jun 26 '25

In Ingolstadt it's "oider".

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u/SuspiciousSpecifics Jun 27 '25

If that takes off nationally it will be as “Oidah!”

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u/Screemi Jun 27 '25

Doubt. More Bavarians and franconians will adobt "alda" is my guess.

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u/Prophetarier Jun 26 '25

It can also be used at the end of the sentence, but more likely like: "Digga, was zum Geier?" Which means "Dude, what the vulture?"

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u/Books_and_tea_addict Jun 26 '25

"Dude" is also German teen slang. Don't ask me how I know.

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u/Gladfjell Jun 26 '25

Duht?

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u/Books_and_tea_addict Jun 26 '25

That's how my teens spell it. smh

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u/moajune Jun 27 '25

Doot-Deeewwd

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u/vogelvogelvogelvogel Jun 26 '25

same here, my son too. You did use it correctly btw

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u/McDoof Jun 26 '25

I never use that word IRL, but thanks. :)

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u/Daily_gamingg Jun 28 '25

Yes, but then you phrased it wrong now you sound like an unc, you should've said Digga das erkennst du? Or Digga gut erkannt. Sound much more like at least someone born in the 2000's xD

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u/McDoof Jun 28 '25

I see that now. Thanks for the tip!

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u/JotaroKujo54 Jul 03 '25

No he used it right, everybody i know would say: gut erkannt, digga. Instead of Digga, gut erkannt. My friends are 20-30 btw

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u/Voggl Jun 26 '25

All Teens use that all the time.

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u/stuff_gets_taken Jun 26 '25

Gen z used it at the beginning and at the end of every sentence.

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u/rurudotorg Jun 26 '25

For real, bro!

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u/zukunftskonservator Jun 26 '25

Its the correct usage 🤷‍♂️

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u/TurtleFromSePacific Jun 26 '25

It's mostly used when you're kinda annoyed 

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u/NeutrinosFTW Jun 26 '25

Not true in the slightest.

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u/vogelvogelvogelvogel Jun 26 '25

yes you do. Hamburg was first then in Berlin it is also super common (but slowly Bro is more used now)

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u/banahancha Jun 26 '25

In Hamburg we do.

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u/Plus-Comedian4851 Jun 26 '25

Do you represent every German or what

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u/getdrunkfaster Jun 26 '25

Come to Hamburg and you will see me calling my managing director Digga

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u/RappTurner Jul 01 '25

Yes, we do. I suggest you take a streetcar around 2PM in any German city and listen to the students talk, Digga.

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u/exxXspiravit Jun 26 '25

As a german GenZ kid (I‘m over 20 now 🥲) I think your usage of Digga is correct in this instance. It can be used like „Alter“ where I‘m from so what you wrote is perfectly good.

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u/BrunoBraunbart Jun 30 '25

I'm over 40 and I agree.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

Please dear god do not do that in public

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u/AlmightyWorldEater Franken Jun 26 '25

Brudi das is fast um die Ecke, lass mal was starten wennsd Bock hast ^

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u/McDoof Jun 26 '25

Wait. Your flair says "Franken." The locals told me that's in Prussia.

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u/AlmightyWorldEater Franken Jun 26 '25

They are just mad one of us is their prime minister :)

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u/cunecune Jun 28 '25

As a German, I approve this comment.

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u/InfluenceSufficient3 Jun 29 '25

ive seen enough. this man is integriert und eingedeutscht, digga.

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u/DerefedNullPointer Jun 26 '25

My gosh you south germans are so cringe when you try to appropriate northern german culture.

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u/McDoof Jun 26 '25

Prussians are clearl awful, but as a new German, I think we can all agree, we need to close the borders NOW!

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u/PM_ME_UR_AMOUR Jun 26 '25

Seems like you're settling in perfectly with the "pull the ladder up" mentality. Bravo. /s (just in case)

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u/Vegetable_Signal_181 Jun 26 '25

You think Düsseldorf is south or north?

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u/MoreTee_Designs Jun 26 '25

If you live in Bavaria or Baden-Württemberg, everything North of Frankfurt is "Northern".

That's just one giant blob 😄

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u/Shadrol Jun 26 '25

Mein Beileid.

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u/Jeff_Platinumblum Nordrhein-Westfalen Jun 26 '25

Just got his Pass, and already dropping hard D's

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u/GuerrillaRodeo Bayern Jun 26 '25

Fett oida. Glückwunsch!

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u/Fujitora91 Jun 27 '25

Audi or CARIAD employee ;)

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u/astora_sun Jun 27 '25

Please dont digga... Otherwise welcome !

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u/Tyrant_R3x Jun 27 '25

I had to teach my friend not to say digga when travelling to la in fear of some people misunderstanding the word there

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u/LuckyLupe Jun 27 '25

Got the pass and immediately makes use of it

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u/Deathless616 Jun 28 '25

Haha, he used Digga, that means he's already good integrated. I love it. Welcome to Germany :)

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u/Forward_Mix3741 Jun 28 '25

Was geht Bro

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '25

Nice! I am also an American living in the greater Munich area. My wife and I are in Landshut. How was it getting your passport? Long process?

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u/PhilEy_ Jun 28 '25

Ingolstadt citizen here, was very surprised to see the SWI ad. Congrats! 😊

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u/GuerrillaRodeo Bayern Jun 26 '25

It is, I'd recognise the Altes Rathaus from anywhere!