Bavarian words and phrases

• O’zapft is! - means it's tapped in Bavarian dialect. For example, O’zapft is! is announced by the mayor of Munich when he opens the first wooden barrel of beer at the Oktoberfest.

• Bießgurkn - translates directly into biting cucumber, meaning quarrelsome, unpleasant woman.

• Lewakaas - Leberkäse (literally liver cheese) is a Bavarian butcher specialty made of corned beef, pork, bacon and onions but no liver or cheese

• Lewakaassemme - baked Leberkäs served in a bun