When you meet up with a friend and seem to talk for hours about almost every topic under the sun, you would say you’ve been speaking über Gott und die Welt. READ ALSO: German word of the day: Der KaffeeklatschThe majority of people in Germany still identify as religious, and so Gott und die Welt encompasses practically everything that is important in life. Although the topics of Gott und die Welt in this idiom are fairly lofty, the themes of your conversation can be as lowbrow as you like. READ ALSO: ‘They don’t do small talk’: Why foreigners in Germany find it hard to make friendsExamples:Wir haben uns am Strand hingelegt, und über Gott und die Welt geredet. Meine Mutter und ich haben stundenlang über Gott und die Welt geredet.

Source: The Local June 30, 2021 15:33 UTC