“Poopen Sharten Farten” sounds like made-up words but are they?
Sounds like a fifth grader decided to poop shit and fart all at once at these very words but in German? Well…the phrase sounds like German. Never mind Google Translate, though. For some bizarre reason it wouldn’t recognize it as German or any other language. It detects the phrase as Hindi, assuming it is “पूपेण षर्तें फरतेन” or Purnen (full), Shartein (terms), and Paristiti (state or condition). So Poopen Sharten Farten bizarrely translates to “full terms and conditions,” according to Google Translate.
But what does the phrase truly mean?
Well…the wizards of the interwebs remark that the phrase is a childish way of referring to going to the toilet while giving the very words a little touch of German accent. Some even claim that it could be an American fake German joke. Which it unfortunately is.
We stepped on an internet poop again. Didn’t we? Crying shame, it is not an actual phrase in any language.
One netizen remarked that the only thing missing from the phrase is ‘pissen.’
Meanwhile, netizens went bonkers trying to verify the phrase’s meaning on Google Translate, earning considerable traffic to the Alphabet’s site. The Internet also stated that it’s probably the best representation of the myriad “terms and conditions” that are hidden in way too many letters that are way too microscopic for the human eye to even bother reading one.
my brother just sprinted into my room yelling OPEN GOOGLE TRANSLATE and typed this in and i just cant believe it’s real pic.twitter.com/qWtcTtkjXK
— dr. z, esq. (@zeynepmyenisey) June 15, 2025
The only thing missing is pissen and it wouldn’t have been complete.
— GeoSn0w (@FCE365) June 16, 2025
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— Anna Nicole Wordsmith (@missnic06) June 16, 2025
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