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Interjections play an important part in every language. Sometimes whole words are just too much and that's when interjections come in handy. The good thing about them is they are often international and by the intonation you know exactly whether you should stay or run.
Here is a little list of interjections you should know for getting around.
 Annoying situations
Noises
Food
Handy words
(* = familiar, ** = very familiar, *** = vulgar, s = slang, Lit. = Literally)
Mann! (*) Lit. Man! You're annoyed.
Mist! (**) Lit. Dung! You're very annoyed.
³§³¦³ó±ð¾±ÃŸ±ð! (***) Shit! An all-time classic.
Scheibenkleister! (*) A bit naff but commonly used as a milder, more palatable version of ³§³¦³ó±ð¾±ÃŸ±ð! As in "fudge", "sugar", "flipping heck" ..., well, you get the picture... Lit. Window paste.
Autsch! (*) Ouch! That hurts.
Verdammt nochmal! (**) Damn!
Hallo! Jemand zu hause! (*) Hello! Anybody home? Usually accompanied by knocking on somebody else's head.
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Aha! (*) I understand.
Oh! (*) Surprise.
Nein! (*) No! I don't believe it.
Hmm! (*) I'm thinking.
Puhh! (*) I've just escaped an uncomfortable situation.
Wau! (*) Wow! That's great!
He! (*) Watch out!
±áä? (*) I don't understand.
Ach, nee! (**) I knew it! Usually put in front of a sentence as in:
Ach nee, hab' ich es nicht gesagt! Du wolltest es ja nicht glauben. You see, didn't I tell you? And you didn't want to believe me.
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Lecker! (**) Delicious! Very good food.
Pfui Teufel! (*) Devilishly disgusting.
Igitt! (**) Yuck, yuck.
Iihh! (*) Eeeck! Waiter, there's a dead mouse in my soup.
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Holla! (**) Careful!
He! (**) Calling somebody.
Oder was? (*) Or what? Punctuates a lot of sentences and is often the equivalent to English question tags, although not that polite.
Kommst du nun, oder was? You are coming, aren't you?
Dalli, dalli! (**) Chop chop! Hurry up!
Also ... (*) Well ... Often used to start a sentence or announce an activity.
Also, dann wollen wir mal! Well, let's start then.
Voll (s) Reinforcement when put in front of an adjective for comparison as in voll gut, even better than good.
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