#ohhhhhh and i'm not even getting into the different pronunciations of normal german words
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mcmorare ยท 7 months ago
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some of the most common bits of katrina's austrian slang:
oida - used CONSTANTLY. kind of an equivalent of saying "dude" or "hey," also similar to the british "oi," can be used in an excited or frustrated manner, by itself, as an interjection, or pretty much any manner to be fair.
heast - a one word expression for frustration such as "what the hell"
wahnsinn - literally means "insane" or "ridiculous," but can also be used to mean "awesome," "rude," or practically any expression of strong feeling.
eh kloar - "of course/obviously"
na geh - pretty much means "come on/oh no/dammit," can be used with various degrees of intensity from a simple response to friendly teasing or a casual conversation to genuine frustration.
schauma moi = pretty much means "yeah right" or "we'll see about that."
passt scho - "sure" or "right," can be sarcastic or genuine
achso - the closest translation i can think of would be "oh" or "alas," but it's much less formal than that, generally used as an expression of disappointment or frustration in reaction to something
na - can be used as a pronunciation of "nein" (no), but can also just be used as a general filler word
seas - an even more shortened version of "servus," a casual way to say hello
pfiat di/pfiati - a casual goodbye
schmarrn - bullshit/nonsense
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