Can I get a translation? German Beer Stien.

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somecallmetim

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A guy at work has an old german beer stien that his dad bought back from WW2. It has a some writing on it, and wondered what it meant...

froher sinn gesundes blut sind mehrwert als geld und gut

das lebenist so kurz von dauer warm sich's quch noch machen sauer

I ran it thru some online translators and this is what I got...

glad sense healthy blood are increase in value as money and well
the living NIST so briefly from duration sich's quch still make warmly sour

or...

blood healthy happy sense are value-added as a money and good

the life ware so shortly of duration warmly it quch yet make itself sourly

Anyone care to make a little more sense out of it for me?
 
First of all, it's called a Stein, not a stien.

A very rough translation would be:

Happiness and health(y blood) are worth more than money and property
life is so short, why make it worse by fussing about everyday worries.

It's not literal, but that's pretty much the point.

You mis-typed some of the German words, I am pretty sure what it really says is:

Froher Sinn, gesundes Blut, sind mehr wert als Geld und Gut

das Leben ist so kurz von Dauer, warum sich's auch noch machen sauer?


somecallmetim said:
A guy at work has an old german beer stien that his dad bought back from WW2. It has a some writing on it, and wondered what it meant...

froher sinn gesundes blut sind mehrwert als geld und gut

das lebenist so kurz von dauer warm sich's quch noch machen sauer

I ran it thru some online translators and this is what I got...

glad sense healthy blood are increase in value as money and well
the living NIST so briefly from duration sich's quch still make warmly sour

or...

blood healthy happy sense are value-added as a money and good

the life ware so shortly of duration warmly it quch yet make itself sourly

Anyone care to make a little more sense out of it for me?
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In German, "ei" represents the [aɪ] sound as in Einstein. "Ie" may represent the lengthened vowel [iː] as in Tier (animal) as well as the vowel combination [iə] as in Belgien (Belgium).
 

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