No it is not. In German an Ass is the highest card, or Ace in English.
Don’t just translate every word you see
xOlifant on
‘Ass’ is german for ‘Ace’ so it is no typo.
trashbytes on
No.
This is German. An “Ass” is an “ace”, the highest valued playing card (think “ace of spades”).
It’s also used to refer to someone really good at what they’re doing (think “Magnus Carlsen”).
thewindinthewillows on
This just in:
Different words/syllables mean different things in different languages.
Valuable_Ad128 on
It’s the equivalent to „Dickmilch“ which has no correlation with some private parts whatsoever.
In other languages there may be „false friends“, that are misleading or offensive in your mothertongue, but actually aren’t
I-did-not-eat-that on
Poker Ass 💪
awpdog on
“Top Ass” means “Top Ace”. This is a brand of playing cards btw. I was gifted one but featuring rescue, ambulance, and THW vehicles.
xwolpertinger on
Both “ace” and “Ass” come from French “as”
So once again it a failure of the English language to pronounce “A” like most languages 🙁
Amerdale13 on
Besides Ass meaning ace, it is also an acronym for the company name (**A**ltenburger und **S**tralsunder **S**pielkartenfabrik). Not that different from other (German) company names like Haribo, Tchibo, Edeka or Trigema.
oh_stv on
Just like Jonny Depp is going to be surprised what his name means in German…
Vivien_Lynn on
Guess what a Pokemon Ace Trainer is in German. Yes, I am serious.
Schweinelaemmchen on
As others have already stated German “Ass” is translated to ace. Englisch “ass” would be Arsch in German.
Edit: Your post made me think about the title as a whole though. The word “top” more or less exists in German too but it’s not used to the same extend. We use synonyms more often … so maybe the pun was intended since the creators probably knew English?
Sifyreel on
I still remember the first ever time I saw a DB arrivals screen and there was a Regional Train to Assmannshausen
Garagatt on
I mean, look at the logo. Obviously somebody is loving asses.
/jk
PotentialSpend3841 on
Das waren Zeiten…
minitaba on
Ass means ace
iTmkoeln on
It is always USians
Big_footed_hobbit on
Ever got a kitchen knife from a company called Dick?
They make good products and their factory features a huge chimney with dick written on it.
PracticalBluebird676 on
I just saw the preview of the post and my german ass (no pun intended) did not get it lol.
No its not a typo
JamesGMacPershing on
In European upper class English English, we’re saying arse anyway, so I have no idea how the great German word Ass could be misunderstood by any *civilized* person.
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Ass means Ace, that is their name
No it is not. In German an Ass is the highest card, or Ace in English.
Don’t just translate every word you see
‘Ass’ is german for ‘Ace’ so it is no typo.
No.
This is German. An “Ass” is an “ace”, the highest valued playing card (think “ace of spades”).
It’s also used to refer to someone really good at what they’re doing (think “Magnus Carlsen”).
This just in:
Different words/syllables mean different things in different languages.
It’s the equivalent to „Dickmilch“ which has no correlation with some private parts whatsoever.
In other languages there may be „false friends“, that are misleading or offensive in your mothertongue, but actually aren’t
Poker Ass 💪
“Top Ass” means “Top Ace”. This is a brand of playing cards btw. I was gifted one but featuring rescue, ambulance, and THW vehicles.
Both “ace” and “Ass” come from French “as”
So once again it a failure of the English language to pronounce “A” like most languages 🙁
Besides Ass meaning ace, it is also an acronym for the company name (**A**ltenburger und **S**tralsunder **S**pielkartenfabrik). Not that different from other (German) company names like Haribo, Tchibo, Edeka or Trigema.
Just like Jonny Depp is going to be surprised what his name means in German…
Guess what a Pokemon Ace Trainer is in German. Yes, I am serious.
As others have already stated German “Ass” is translated to ace. Englisch “ass” would be Arsch in German.
Edit: Your post made me think about the title as a whole though. The word “top” more or less exists in German too but it’s not used to the same extend. We use synonyms more often … so maybe the pun was intended since the creators probably knew English?
I still remember the first ever time I saw a DB arrivals screen and there was a Regional Train to Assmannshausen
I mean, look at the logo. Obviously somebody is loving asses.
/jk
Das waren Zeiten…
Ass means ace
It is always USians
Ever got a kitchen knife from a company called Dick?
They make good products and their factory features a huge chimney with dick written on it.
I just saw the preview of the post and my german ass (no pun intended) did not get it lol.
No its not a typo
In European upper class English English, we’re saying arse anyway, so I have no idea how the great German word Ass could be misunderstood by any *civilized* person.
(Finical giggling. Off)