B2 — upper-intermediateculture25 words
Germanisms & Hungarianisms
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kífla | a crescent roll (a bakery staple) |
| paràdajz | tomato, tomatoes (as a mass: kilo paradajza) |
| vìršla | a frankfurter, a hot-dog sausage (the everyday word, usually plural) |
| vȅš | laundry, washing (the everyday word; rublje is rare) |
| šlȃg | whipped cream (on cakes, in coffee) |
| fióka | drawer (the normal Serbian word; ladica is Croatian) |
| vȉc | a joke (a short funny story) |
| fȃrba | paint (colloquial; neutral boja) |
| fȃrbati | to paint (walls); to dye (hair; colloquial, standard bojiti; imperfective); to kid, to fool (colloquial) |
| štȅker | a plug (colloquial; standard utikač); a socket (standard utičnica) |
| rolètna | a roller shutter, a window blind (usually plural) |
| šràfcīger | screwdriver (the everyday word; standard odvijač) |
| gȕlāš | goulash (thick meat stew) |
| pȁprikāš | paprikash, a paprika stew (the fish one is a Vojvodina speciality) |
| šnȉcla | a schnitzel, a cutlet (Wiener schnitzel is bečka) |
| bȗnda | fur coat (the everyday word) |
| cȉmer | a flatmate, a roommate (colloquial; neutral sustanar) |
| špȁjz | pantry, larder (colloquial; standard ostava) |
| àuspuh | an exhaust pipe, an exhaust, a silencer |
| cȅh | the bill (in a kafana); the price (figurative: to pay the price) |
| švȅrcovati se | to fare-dodge, to ride without a ticket (colloquial; without se, to smuggle) |
| šlȁmpav | sloppy, untidy; slapdash |
| èscajg | cutlery (colloquial, more northern; standard pribor za jelo) |
| fòranga | a curtain, curtains (Vojvodina, colloquial; standard zavesa) |
| gȁnc | completely (colloquial, almost only with nov: brand new) |
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