Sympathischer

While in a German class from two years ago.....the instructor went off on a tangent one morning on 'key words'.  This would be a German phrase that gets used and you need to immediately eyeball the use and intent of the word.  The term 'sympathischer' was such a word.

So when it's used in some phrase, it's supposed to signal that the person is acting in a kind-hearted way (whether you believe that or not).

I was a bit skeptical of the intent and the way that this comes across. 

This past week, I was off in Switzerland, and this term 'sympathischer' came up.....it's a slogan for the Swiss Bahn folks (the railway crowd).  They want you to know.....they are kind-hearted, even if 99-percent of riders disagree with them. On one hand, I admit, it's a good slogan.  But I would imagine that most laugh over the use and see it as a joke.