"Du er et egern."

Translation: You are a squirrel.

[friswing]

Does this have a figurative meaning, like telling someone that they are 'collectors', or even 'hoarding' ?

[jackinaboxx]

Nope, just a silly sentence :)

[MatthiasKDK]

Reminds me of Einhörnchen...who else had memorized 'Einhörnchen' from the response to 'Germans try to say the word 'squirrel'' video?

[DavidSchmi952575]

"Eichhörnchen" they are called. It must come from "der Eiche" (tree) or "der Eichel" (fruit of this tree or the tip of the penis because it looks a little bit like this fruit)

[HastaLaVista83]

But it's "die Eiche" and "die Eichel" (feminine).

[Fred-3-CMY]

Yes, this is definitely a cognate of "Eichhorn" resp. the more often used diminutive "Eichhörnchen".
Danish "eg" = English "oak" = German "Eiche".

[Jana63110]

It reminds me, a german person, of "Eckern" or more precise "Bucheckern", the fruit of a beech.