European Terms and Slang
by Shadows of Europe Authors
| Term | Meaning/English Translation |
| aufgemotzt (adj) | cybernetically enhanced |
| bulle (pl. bullen) (n.) | Cop (lit. "bull") |
| depp (n.) | Idiot (Bavarian slang), derogatory |
| flocken (n.) | Nuyen, money (lit. "flakes") |
| geil (adj.) | Wiz, cool |
| hauer (n.) | Ork, derogatory |
| Herr Schmidt (n.) | Mr. Johnson |
| kon (pl. kons) (n.) | Corp (corps) (short for konzern) |
| krank (adj.) | Sick |
| netz (n.) | Matrix |
| penner (n.) | Squatter |
| pfaffe (n.) | Member of the Cloth, derogatory |
| piste (n.) | The Autobahn |
| strassenzauberer (n.) | Street sorcerer |
| umnieten (v) | Gun somebody down |
| Wumme (n.) | Gun |
Austrian/German
| abbrannt (adj.) | Out of cred |
| abzwickter (n.) | Dwarf |
| adabei (n.) | Face |
| anblasen, angstraat, antschechert (adj.) | Drunk |
| baggage (n.) | Rabble |
| bluatwiesn (n.) | Area for gang fights |
| damisch (adj.) | Mad |
| das ist mir blunzen (exp.) | I couldn't care less |
| dillo, trottel, depp, dol, dodl (n.) | Idiot |
| faschieren (v.) | To kill someone |
| fiaker (n.) | Rigger |
| galerie (n.) | Viennese underworld |
| geil (adj.) | Cool |
| glacéstrizz (n.) | Leading gangster who doesn't have to get his hands dirty |
| gschaftlhuber (n.) | Fixer |
| Doktor Nowak (n.) | Mr. Johnson |
| haberer, spezi (n.) | Chummer |
| hackler (n.) | Worker; also shadowrunner |
| hackn (n.) | Job |
| häfen (n.) | Prison |
| hin (adj.) | Dead |
| holzpyjama (n.) | Coffin |
| inspector, kieberer (n.) | Policeman |
| pallawatsch (n.) | Job gone wrong |
| puffen (n.) | Gun |
| pülcher (n.) | Shadowrunner |
| randsteinpflanze (n.) | Prostitute (lit. "curb plant") |
| riegel (n.) | Troll |
| sandler (n.) | Homeless person, squatter |
| saumagen (n.) | Ork |
| schleich (n.) | Black market |
| servas (exp.) | Hello |
| stanzen (v.) | To fire someone; to set a killer on someone; to kill someone |
| tschik (n.) | Cigarette |
| zwirnblader (n.) | Elf |
Czech Republic/Czech
| BeTLík (n.) | BTL addict |
| bouchacka (n.) | Gun |
| burzoust (n.) | High society person, derogatory |
| chlap (n.) | Chummer |
| datový otrok (n.) | Dataslave, corporate decker or other data processing employee |
| fetiamen (n.) | Talismonger (lit. "fetishman") |
| fizl (n.) | Cop |
| hlavoun (n.) | Corporate executive |
| kamos (n.) | Chummer |
| kaeft (n.) | Business, crime |
| kjámoa (pl. Kámo) (n.) | Chummer |
| led (n.) | IC, security software |
| mokrá práce (n.) | Wetwork |
| motogang (n.) | Go-gang |
| nádrátovaný (adj.) | Wired |
| oblek (n.) | Suit, straight citizen |
| odálit (exp..) | Buzz off, go away |
| Pan Jonáa (n.) | Mr. Johnson |
| pasa'k (n.) | Fixer, also pimp (lit. "shepherd") |
| podnik (n.) | Corporation |
| podsveti (n.) | The shadows |
| polda (n.) | A cop |
| sejmout (v.) | To kill |
| vílák (n.) | Elf, derogatory |
| vykopnut, vyhozen (adj.) | Dumped, involuntarily ejected from the Matrix |
| zlatadata (n.) | Paydata |
France/French
| arrangeur (n.) | Fixer |
| asperge (n.) | Elf, derogatory (lit. "asparagus") |
| baltringue, blaireau, branquem cave (n.) | Punk |
| bordel (n.) | Brothel |
| bordel! (exp.) | Holy drek! |
| bourré (adj.) | Drunk |
| buter (v) | To kill |
| came (n.) | Drug or merchandise (often illegal) |
| camé (adj) | Junkie |
| canné (adj) | Dead |
| chié! (exp) | Drek! |
| coffrer (v) | To arrest, capture (lit. "to put in a case") |
| conseiller (n.) | Fixer (lit. "advisor") |
| costard (n.) | Suit, corporate agent |
| cousin (n.) | Snitch (for cops), chummer |
| défourailler (v.) | To draw a gun and fire like crazy |
| dessouder (v) | To kill (lit. to "un-weld") |
| entuber (v) | To swindle (lit. "to put in a tube") |
| flic (n.) | Cop, derogatory |
| flingue, pétoire (n.) | Gun |
| flinguer (v) | To shoot, fire a weapon; to injure, kill |
| gargouille (n.) | Cop, derogatory (lit. "gargoyle") |
| guillotine (n.) | Wetwork |
| La Haute (n.) | Nobility, derogatory (lit. "the high") |
| Les Sang-Bleus (n.) | Nobility, derogatory (lit. "the blue bloods") |
| mago (n.) | Magician |
| mec, pote (n.) | Chummer (lit. "guy/bloke," "friend") |
| médor (n.) | Cop, also a common dog name, derogatory |
| Monsieur Dupont (n.) | Mr. Johnson |
| mortel (adj) | Lethal, also very cool |
| on est mal (exp) | We're in trouble |
| ombre (n.) | Shadowrunner (lit. "shadow") |
| pègre (n.) | Organized crime |
| pez (n.) | Cred, money |
| raide (adj) | Drunk, dead, without money (lit. "rigid") |
| refroidir (v) | To kill (lit. "to ice," cool down) |
| ruskof (n., adj.) | Russian (and by extension, all Vory), derogatory |
| sulfateuse (n.) | Automatic weapon |
| tank (n.) | Heavily cybered shadowrunner |
| taupe (n.) | Infiltrated spy (lit. "mole") |
| tige, crayon (n.) | Credstick (lit. "stem/cigarette," "pencil") |
| tox, toxico (n.) | Junkie |
Italian Confederation/Italian
| Azzeccagarbugli (n.) | Fixer (lit. "knot untier") |
| baciapile (n.) | Churchgoing conservative Catholic |
| basta (exp.) | Enough, "end of discussion" |
| dio cane (n.) | A Catholic (lit. "god dog"), derogatory |
| capo (n.) | Mob lieutenant (lit. "chief") |
| ceffo (n.) | Ork or troll, derogatory |
| centri sociali (n.) | anarchist or left-wing communes common in GeMiTo and Mezzogiorno |
| colpire il ghiaccio (exp.) | To deck (lit. "spike the ice") |
| colpo (n.) | Run or mission (lit. "a hit") |
| denaro (n.) | Hard cash |
| largo (n.) | Thug/muscle |
| morbida (adj) | Sexy woman (lit. "softy"), derogatory |
| notte brava (exp.) | A night on the town, also a tough run (lit. "a hard night") |
| padrino (n.) | Mob Godfather |
| palo (n.) | Infomonger, originally slang for a "lookout" |
| picciotti (n.) | Made man, Mob footsoldier |
| prete (n.) | Conservative, old-fashioned priest, derogatory |
| razzo (n.) | Rigged vehicle (lit. "rocket) |
| sacerdote or prete (n.) | Priest; prete has currently fallen from common usage and is seen as derogatory meaning conservative old-fashioned style priest. |
| sbirro (n.) | Cop, derogatory |
| Schumo (n.) | rigger or escape driver (derived from "Schumi" aka Michael Schumacher, the Ferrari driver, who's seen as the second-coming in Italy. Really.) |
| strega (n.) | Traditional witch or streetwitch |
| Tendopoli (n.) | huge shanty towns and tent cities found in the GeMiTo barrens |
| ultima parola (exp.) | The last word, the bottom line |
Poland/Polish
| bojownik (pl. bojownicy) (n.) | AK guerrilla (lit. "freedom fighter) |
| chorągiew (n.) | Go-gang |
| czarodziej (male)/czarownica (female) (n.) | Spellcaster |
| czerwoni/czerwone psy (n.) | Russians, derogatory (lit. "reds/red dogs") |
| glina (pl. gliny) (n.) | Cop |
| klamka (n.) | Pistol (lit. "handle") |
| kosiara (n.) | Automatic weapon (lit. "mower") |
| koszałek (pl. koszałki) (n.) | Dwarf |
| Kowalski (n.) | Mr. Johnson |
| moskal (pl. moskale) (n.) | Russian |
| partyzant (pl. partyzanci) (n.) | Liberation Army volunteer (lit. "partisan") |
| rybokrata (pl. rybokraci or rybokrats) (n.) | Rybi_ski regime government official (lit. "fish-o-crat") |
| sennik (n.) | BTL (lit. "dream book") |
| syndykat (pl. syndykaty) (n.) | Polish organized crime outfit (lit. "syndicate") |
| sz-korp (pl. sz-korpy) (n.) | Saeder-Krupp exec (from "szkop," Polish slang for "German") |
| wiedźma (n.) | Witch |
| weidźmin (n.) | Somatic adept |
Portugal/Portuguese
| artilhado (adj.) | Wired |
| artilheiro (n.) | Mercenary or samurai, heavy-weapon or wired type |
| bronca grossa (exp.) | Big drek, normally a betrayal or frag up |
| Baixa (n.) | Downtown |
| baptista (n.) | Mafia member |
| bófia (n.) | Cop |
| buraco (n.) | Safehouse (lit. "hole" as in "hole in the wall") |
| Brigada do Reumático (n.) | The heads of the rich and conservative families of Portugal (lit. "rheumatic brigade"), derogatory |
| camone (n.) | Rich foreigner (ready to be fleeced). |
| cheta (n.) or troco (n.) | Cred, loose change or pocket cash. |
| Chico Esperto (n.) | Infomonger or snitch |
| chuveiro (n.) | Shooting, guns blazing (lit. "shower") |
| criolo (n.) | Afro-European |
| cromo (n.) | Someone extremely skillful in something (from "cromo da bola," lit. "soccer card") |
| Gambuzino (n.) | Something that everyone has heard about but no one has seen, from local legendary critter |
| grunho (n.) | Ork, trog, changeling or metavariant, derogatory |
| Kapa (n.) | Kussondulola member |
| fino (n.) | Cool! |
| Infante (n.) | Lusiada security man |
| Luso (n.) | Corper, esp. Lusiada sarariman, also (adj.) Portuguese |
| LX(n.) | The Greater Lisbon sprawl (pronounced "ell-shish") |
| maquintista (n.) | Vehicle rigger |
| molho (n.) | Hand-to-hand combat (lit. "hot sauce") |
| navalha (n.) | Street samurai, also bladed weapon |
| passador (n.) | Dealer |
| patrício (n.) | Fixer |
| primo (n.) | Cousin, coll. for friend/chummer |
| rewind (n.) | Make a getaway after a run (from the English) |
| rippar (v.) | Steal, deck or snatch |
| seletah (n.) | Turf or exclusive area for a community |
| tasca (n.) | Private bar, one of the many dens in Lisbon |
| trolha (n.) | Troll, derogatory |
| tuga (n.) | Native Portuguese |
| verde (n.) | Cash (lit. "green") |
| Zuca (adj.) or xara (n.) | Brazilian immigrant/ex-pat |
| XPTO (adj.) | SOTA or just high-tech gear with many features |
| xunga (adj. or n) | Runner; someone, something or someplace that is sleazy and disreputable; derogatory |
Scandinavian Union/Danish, Finnish, Norwegian & Swedish
| dask (n.) | Money |
| bøffe (v.) | To steal |
| brekk (n.) | Crime |
| gønner (n.) | Gun |
| herpe (v.) | To make a run on |
| kjømmer (n.) | Chummer |
| kverke (v.) | To kill or destroy |
| purk/snut (n.) | Cop, security guard |
| rapper (n.) | Shadowrunner |
| spa (adj.) | Cool |
Spain/Spanish
| aduana (n.) | Customs station, also whorehouse/bunraku parlor |
| bestia (n.) | Ork or troll, derogatory |
| colega (n.) | Friend, chummer |
| delgaducho (n.) | Elf, derogatory |
| fostiar (v.) | To hit, to do a shadowrun on, also an expletive |
| joder! (exp.) | Drek! |
| matraca (n.) | Automatic weapon |
| tirao (n., adj.) | Low-life |
| Senor Fernández (n.) | Mr. Johnson |
Switzerland/French & German
| bölimaa, böög (n.) | Metahuman, derogatory (lit. "bug-a-boo") |
| bünzli (n.) | Corp-exec |
| fätze (n.) | Orks, trolls, derogatory |
| finöggel (n.) | Elf, derogatory (from the Italian finocchio = "gay") |
| fränkli (n.) | Francs |
| härdöpfel (n.) | Dwarf, derogatory (lit. "potato") |
| hegel (n.) | Street samurai, cybered person (lit. "knife") |
| kolleg (n.) | Chummer |
| röschti (n.) | German Swiss from the SE, derogatory |
| schmier (n.) | Cop |
| stolle (n.) | Corporate building |
| stützlistäcke (n.) | Credstick |
Tír na nÓg/English, Gaelic & Sperethiel
| agro (n.) | Firefight | |
| Apache (n.) | Rigger, joyrider | |
| barrelling (v) | Shadowrunning | |
| be dog wide (adv.) | Be vigilant, on the lookout | |
| belt (v.) | To hit, strike | |
| blow-ins (n.) | Foreigners, derogatory | |
| boggin' (adj.) | Polluted | |
| buzzies (n.) | Celtic druids | |
| claim (v.) | To target for a shadowrun | |
| deadly (adj.) | Very cool | |
| dodgy (adj.) | Risky, unsafe, borderline illegal | |
| Doineann Draoidheil (n.) | Mana storms (lit. "standing storms") | |
| Fenian (n.) | IRA member or supporter, sometimes derogatory | |
| flog (v.) | To sell on the black market | |
| Garda (n.) | Police | |
| gouger (n.) | Shadowrunner | |
| in-laws (n.) | INLA members | |
| lads (n.) | IRA members | |
| pixie (n., adj.) | Elf, anything under Tir government influence, derogatory | |
| Prionsa (n.) | Danaan family steward (li. "prince") | |
| Prod (n., adj.) | Protestant | |
| Reach Fuileach (n.) | TRC special forces/assassins (lit. "bloody body") | |
| shades (n.) | Police | |
| slainte (ep.) | Common drinking toast generally meaning "To your health" | |
| snapper (n.) | Human, used by elves, derogatory | |
| splash (v.) | To blow up, hit, strike at a target | |
| steamed (adj.) | Drunk | |
| tirish (adj.) | Tir supporter, anything too Irish or Elven or clichéd, derogatory | |
| Tuatha de Danaan (n.) | TNO elves (lit. "the artistic people") | |
| whizz (adj.) | Junk, derogatory |
United Kingdom/English
| bagger/baggie (n.) | Cop |
| baldrick (n.) | Ork, derogatory |
| bollocks/bollix (adj.) | Rubbish, bulldrek |
| box/boxed (v.) | To kill/dead (respectively) |
| cosmic (n., adj.) | Astral |
| downtime (n.) | Night |
| jam hole (n.) | Hiding place |
| Ken (n.) | Corporate worker, derogatory |
| morph (n.) | Changeling |
| open (adj.) | Crawling with police, unsafe |
| nob (n., adj.) | Noble, derogatory |
| rags (n.) | Cigarettes, also drugs |
| rak/rakking/rak off (n./adj/v.) | Jerk/useless/go away (respectively), derogatory |
| sandal (n.) | Druid |
| seps (n.) | Americans, derogatory |
| sherlock (n.) | Policeman, particularly an investigator or detective, derogatory |
| The Smoke (n.) | London |
| snag (v.) | To arrest |
| snakeboy (-girl) (n.) | Street kid |
| spill (n.) | Toxic zone |
| spin it (v.) | Get out of here |
| The Squeeze (n.) | Lambeth Containment Zone |
| Templar (n.) | Oversight Office Operative |
| term (n.) | Friend, trusted person |
| tuned up (adj.) | Cybered or enhanced by implants |
| womble (n.) | Eco-cell or political movement member, derogatory |
| wraith (v.) | To kill discreetly, assassinate |
| wupert (n.) | Noble, derogatory |
United Netherlands/Dutch
| beerput (n.) | Drekhole |
| elfje (n.) | Elf, derogatory (lit. "little elf, fairy") |
| heks/heksen (n./adj.) | Magician, derogatory (lit. "witch") |
| jasje dasje (n.) | Corporate suit, derogatory (lit. "jacket-and-tie") |
| kabouter (n.) | Dwarf, derogatory |
| Meneer Jansen (n.) | Mr. Johnson |
| Para (n.) | Paranoid person, state of mind |
| penose (n.) | Underworld |
| randstad (n.) | Europort megasprawl (lit. "fringecity") |
| smeris (n.) | Cop, derogatory |
| vriend (n.) | Friend |
| watergeuzen (n.) | Smugglers operating out of the UNL |
| witte wieven (n.) | Term for magical anomalies and/or weather disturbances (lit. "white widows") |
