How to sound cool: Slang and expressions

For the last few months, Jens and Julia have been inseparable. They've been taking long walks in the park, watching Oma's old movies, and calling each other all kinds of sickeningly sweet pet names:

But then, in the final month of summer, it all came crumbling down. 

Julia hit Jens with a bombshell. She wants to use all her money to do something good for the world. So she’s decided to move to Australia and open Julia’s Wallaby Sanctuary for injured and homeless marsupials.

Jens is devastated. He was so in love. Poor Jens. 

So it's back to square one for Jens's love life! He's going to have to go out there and start chatting to girls again.

When he does, he's going to need a wingman (or wing-woman). Just in case Jens invites you along, you should make sure that you can sound cool in German.

Here are some slang words and phrases to up your German game. (Learn these, and you just should be able to hold your own in a German conversation, even if you don't really know what's happening!)