[MPlayer-users] [Very OT] German Speakers

[Stefan Sassenberg]

Hello,

Sascha Sommer wrote:
> Am Freitag, den 15.04.2005, 12:48 -0500 schrieb Joey Parrish:
> 
>>I understand that in German, "explodieren", like "explode", is
>>intransitive.  So what's the correct equivalent of "blow up"?  How would
>>you talk about filling something with explosives and destroying it?
>>My dictionaries don't answer such questions.
>>
> 
> sprengen?
> 
> Sascha
> 
I agree, "sprengen" fits best. I'd like to add that "sprengen" has 
another meaning which is "to water". You might imagine the possible 
jokes for the german translation of "watering the lawn".

Stefan