EUPHEMISMS FROM THE REALM OF EROTICA, OR THE ARIADNE’S THREAD TO SENSITIVITY

Abstract

The article deals with the euphemisms describing sexual relations in the Ukrainian and German lingual cultures. It presents the classification of euphemisms from the realm of erotica, which have been selected from folk art and contemporary sources, the dictionary “Ukrainian language without taboos” by Lesya Stavytska. The article provides examples of the ways of translation of euphemisms from Ukrainian into German.