Ich habe eine Frage für deutsche sprache

[2taall]

Does "Bier trinkt man nicht nur sum frühstück." make sense to those of you that speak German?

In English, the slogan was translated something like" Beer is now not only for the morning anymore".

Anyway, this is off of a local microbreweries shirt and they wanted me to check to see if the German made sense.

[tim]

yeah, it makes sense. it should be "Bier trinkt man nicht nur zum Frühstück" though ... Frühstück means breakfast btw

[2taall]

Thanks. The shirt was actually zum not sum. Why do you use zum frühstück and not für frühstück?

As an English speaker, who knows a little German, I would have thought that it would have been: Man trinkt Bier nicht nur für frühstück.

What is the word "zum"?

[Grumpy]

Originally Posted by 2taall

"Bier trinkt man nicht nur sum frühstück."

Alot of Bavarians drink beer for breakfast , the Oktoberfest started in Munich today

[2taall]

Beer for breakfast?

[M.K.]

It is not wrong and emphatises the Bier, but imo here in Germany, we would say:
Man trinkt Bier nicht nur zum Frückstück. It means, People does not drink Bier only at Breakfast.
zum is the preposition zu + Dativ (der, das) Frühstück. But with movement meaning. It would mean in English in the Breakfast not for Breakfast.
But I personnaly hate Oktoberfest and bier at all, even living in Munich for more than 10 years.

[2taall]

Awesome, I'm glad I was on the right track thinking that it started as you had said with Man trinkt..

The der, die, das thing is rough for a non native German speaker to get straight. Especially in some cases where die can be der, des, or dem...etc..

[FrancoRey]

Originally Posted by MKmillenium

But I personnaly hate Oktoberfest and bier at all, even living in Munich for more than 10 years.

Aber warum? Ich liebe Deutschbier. I think that's right. Paulaner Hefe-Weizen, anyone?

Indeed, 2taall. I took nearly a year of German and I still can't get my dative, or genitive, nominative, accusative, etc. Wann will Deutsch sprechen ich, habe ich keine ahnung.

[Eric Offereins]

Oktoberfest rules!!

[M.K.]

Originally Posted by FrancoRey

Aber warum? Ich liebe Deutschbier. I think that's right. Paulaner Hefe-Weizen, anyone?

Indeed, 2taall. I took nearly a year of German and I still can't get my dative, or genitive, nominative, accusative, etc. Wann will Deutsch sprechen ich, habe ich keine ahnung.

I prefer first Möet Chandon or Ruinart, Dom Perignon... whatever. Also a Coke is more tasteful than Bier... More than 10 years here in Germany, for me has only 'die' everything is female, woman, so only 'die' and even tried to understand genitive, additive, accusative,,, I will never learn, so i put all like die.

[Dirk_Hartwig]

Originally Posted by FrancoRey

Aber warum? Ich liebe Deutschbier. I think that's right. Paulaner Hefe-Weizen, anyone?

I often have some Weizen or two of this brand. This kind of beer was a very regional phenomenon for centuries in germany and even to today is for many people.
For me the popular Pilsener first invented in old chekoslovakia seems to taste nearly like the river rhine water or even piss. :-)

[Öresund]

Originally Posted by 2taall

Does "Bier trinkt man nicht nur sum frühstück." make sense to those of you that speak German?

In English, the slogan was translated something like" Beer is now not only for the morning anymore".

Anyway, this is off of a local microbreweries shirt and they wanted me to check to see if the German made sense.

The slogan is trying to be funny. It´s like drinking a beer and saying to some one,"What are you looking at! One can drink beer any time of the day, not only at breakfast time!" Meaning, of course, that the guy is a slush - and proud of it.