Tag Archives: interjections
Little German Words: Tja Posted by Constanze on Mar 25, 2019
Guten Tag! Today we’re going to look another, kleines Wort (little word). Sometimes these small German words are more interjections than words, so you might hear them and think ‘What do those little sounds mean?’ Today you can find out! The word we’re looking at in this post is Tja. Tja Basically, this is the…
German Exclamations And Interjections Posted by Constanze on Sep 5, 2018
There is a phrase that kept coming up in my work some time ago. The phrase was ‘Klein, aber oho!’. It took me a while to figure out how to translate this phrase. It starts ‘Small, but…’ and then the mysterious word ‘oho’. On first glance, this looks like an abbreviation for something. But it…
Natural German Conversation Posted by Constanze on May 22, 2015
Every conversation has natural interjections, reactions and filler words. This is what makes language feel natural. Here is a list of German words and phrases that you can slot into conversations to make your German flow more naturally. Please note that some of these aren’t meant to be full, grammatically correct sentences, but fragments. Just…
Idiomtische Redewendungen und Ausrufe – Idiomatic Expressions and Interjections Posted by Sandra Rösner on Feb 25, 2011
Idiomatic expressions and interjections are useful means of communication. Idioms are set phrases. Knowing them can promote your linguistic competence to a considerable degree. Interjections are short words or phrases that express emotions. Below you can find two tables, each with the literal meanings of the German expressions plus the English equivalents. I hope you find…