'mensch' is a favourite of mine
Actually, many German words are fab, largely because they basically describe their function. For example, umbrella is 'rain protector', parachute is 'fall protector', and diarrhoea is 'fall through'.

I like their word for caffeine too - 'Koffein' pronounced more or less 'cough - er - een'.

Also, I remember Billy Crystal once banging on about how French was a much nicer language than German because it sounds prettier. He said the French for butterfly is 'papillon' and the German for butterfly is 'Chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhkkkkkkkkkkkhhhhh'. This is not true. The German for butterfly is 'Schmetterling', which sounds lovely.

/German teacher blog
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 17 Feb 2011, 10:34, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Billy Crystal is a fucking cunt.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 17 Feb 2011, 10:48, Reply)

You called?
(An hour ago.)
(Spleep Shit, or get off the internet., Thu 17 Feb 2011, 11:23, Reply)