20 December 2025
How do you say “courage” in German?
'Courage' is 'Mut' (adjective: mutig); 'Tapferkeit'/'tapfer' mean bravery/brave. 'Nur Mut!' = Be brave!
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20 December 2025
How do you say “difficult” in German?
'Difficult' is 'schwer' or 'schwierig'; 'schwer' also means heavy. 'Easy' is 'leicht' (also: light) or 'einfach'.
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20 December 2025
How do you say “weak” and “strong” in German?
'Weak' is 'schwach' (Schwäche), 'strong' is 'stark' (Stärke). 'Kräftig'/'Kraft' stress physical power. Casually, 'stark' also means 'awesome'.
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20 December 2025
How do you talk about annoying people or situations in German?
Nerven means to annoy; ärgern can mean to annoy, bother or tease. Sich ärgern über means to be annoyed about something. Irritieren often means confuse or unsettle, but can also mean bother.
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20 December 2025
How do you express being jealous or envious in German?
'Eifersüchtig' (Eifersucht) is jealousy over a partner; 'neidisch' (Neid) is envy. For 'I'm so jealous of your trip', Germans say 'Ich bin so neidisch'.
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20 December 2025
How do you talk about being bored in German?
'I'm bored' is usually 'Mir ist langweilig'. 'Ich bin langweilig' means 'I am boring'. Also: gelangweilt (bored), Langeweile (boredom).
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20 December 2025
How do you say “brain” in German?
'Brain' is 'Gehirn' or 'Hirn'; the mind/intellect is 'Verstand' or 'Geist'. 'Sich den Kopf zerbrechen' means to rack one's brain.
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20 December 2025
How do you express disappointment in German?
'Disappointed' is 'enttäuscht' (noun: Enttäuschung). 'To let someone down' is 'jemanden im Stich lassen' or 'hängen lassen'.
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20 December 2025
How do you talk about trash, rubbish, and garbage in German?
Müll and Abfall mean trash or waste. Sorting terms include Restmüll, Biomüll and Altpapier; certain packaging goes in a Gelber Sack or Gelbe Tonne, depending on local rules.
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20 December 2025
How do you meet someone in German?
Kennenlernen means to meet for the first time or get to know someone. Treffen means to meet, by arrangement or chance. Begegnen means to encounter someone and takes the dative.
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20 December 2025
How do you say to show in German?
'To show' is 'zeigen' in German; 'schauen' means 'to look'. Related: Zeigefinger (index finger), im Uhrzeigersinn (clockwise).
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20 December 2025
How do you talk about nonsense in German?
Common German phrases for talking nonsense include Quatsch reden, Blödsinn reden, Unsinn reden and Quark reden. Red keinen Blödsinn! means Don’t talk nonsense!
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20 December 2025
How do you talk about favorites in German?
German says 'favorite' by putting Lieblings- in front of a noun (Lieblingsbuch, Lieblingsessen). The compound keeps the gender of the last noun.
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20 December 2025
How do you say “shine” or “seem” in German?
Scheinen means to shine or seem. Traditionally, scheinbar means apparently but not really, while anscheinend means apparently; everyday usage overlaps.
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20 December 2025
How do you talk about your boss in German?
The German word Chef means boss (female: Chefin). A cook is der Koch; a head chef is der Chefkoch.
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20 December 2025
How do you say “what kind of” in German?
'What kind of …?' is 'Was für (ein) …?' in German. The 'für' does not trigger the accusative; 'ein' takes the case of its role in the sentence.
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20 December 2025
How do you say that something fits or not in German?
'Passen' means to fit (size); 'passen zu' means to suit or go with; 'Passt!' is everyday German for 'OK, fine'.
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20 December 2025
How do you say “to save” in German?
English 'save' has several German translations: retten (rescue), sparen (money, time), speichern (files), bewahren (preserve), schützen (protect), halten (a goalkeeper's save).
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