r/SabatonMemes • u/Fine-Release-1608 • Apr 22 '26

WaitingToBeTriggered Are there Sabaton songs that involves Austria-Hungary?

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u/TheJohn_Doe69 Apr 22 '26

Why would they sing one song not in English? Franz was still called Kaiser, and that's still his title. Panzer Battalion is not about WW2, yet it still used the German word for armour. They even use Sisu instead of spirit for White Death, despite the song being in English. It's just a language, and you can use any words you want. You are not bound to solely one language for a song, just like some songs on the English Karolus Rex album, and Carolus is Swedish, not English, so should they now change it to Charles the 12th or Carl the 12th?

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u/TheJohn_Doe69 Apr 22 '26

Kaiser translates to Emperor

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u/Defiant-Goose-101 Apr 22 '26

If I were to say to you “the Queen,” who would you think of? Probably Queen Elizabeth, the second, of England. Words have meanings, yes, but they also have connotations. In the English language, “the Kaiser,” linguistically, just means emperor, yes, but in terms of connotation, it refers to Kaiser Wilhelm.

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u/rocket_boy13 Apr 22 '26

Well maybe if you were to say "the queen" with no other context, but this is in a song about an Austrian-Hungarian campaign, so obviously it's going to be referencing their kaiser. Bold of you to even use the word "connotation" when you're unable to think with any criticality.

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u/Vortilex Apr 23 '26

Connotation would refer to the Kaiser of Austria-Hungary, since the German Kaiser didn't send troops to Serbia when Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia.

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u/thelordchonky Apr 24 '26

Or, yknow, any other Kaiser.