Two German Verbs That Change Everything

German has two verbs that will change how you see the language. First,

verarschen. This means to mess with someone, to pull their leg, or straight up lie

to them. Picture this. Your friend tells you they won the lottery.

You look at them and say, du verarschst mich doch, you're messing with

me, right? It's that perfect word when someone's clearly joking or

trying to fool you. Now here's the wild one. Vorkommen. It means to occur

or to happen, but also to seem or to feel. So you can say, das kommt mir komisch

vor, that seems strange to me. Literally, it comes strange