Common Phrases & Idioms

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What you’ll learn:

• Everyday filler phrases: Genau! (Exactly!), Na ja (Well…), Also (So/Well)
• Agreement/disagreement: Stimmt (That’s right), Das glaube ich nicht (I don’t think so)
• Reactions: Toll! (Great!), Schade (Too bad), Wahnsinn! (Crazy!/Unbelievable!)
• Common idioms: “Das ist mir Wurst” (I don’t care — literally “That’s sausage to me”)
• Conversational connectors: Übrigens (By the way), Eigentlich (Actually)
• How German idioms compare to English equivalents
• Expressions borrowed from German into English: Zeitgeist, Wanderlust, Schadenfreude