nur Bahnhof verstehen

/nuːɐ̯ ˈbaːnhoːf fɐˈʃteːən/

ALMANCA → TR

Çekim Tablosu

geçmişverstand nur Bahnhof

ortaçnur Bahnhof verstanden

şimdikiversteht nur Bahnhof

ulaçnur Bahnhof verstehend

Tanım

•to understand nothing at all · to deliberately not pay attention to a conversation

Etimoloji

Earlier 20th century. Literally, “to understand only train station”. According to some sources (e.g. Duden) from WWI military slang. For front soldiers, Bahnhof (“train station”) would have been synonymous with furlough or relocation to the hinterland, so the phrase would originally have meant “to understand only what one wants to hear”, “not to pay attention”. What may corroborate this theory is…