How do you say "suck" in German? Not like "suck on your thumb", like "I suck at Math?" I want it to be as slangy as possible.
2007-09-25 15:51:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
What does echt mean? And Night_Age_Germany, that's exactly what I didn't want.
2007-09-26 02:44:22 · update #1
Kat, I said that I didn't want it to be polited down, I wanted it to be as slang as possible. "I'm bad at math" is different than "I'm really shitty at math". I wanted the latter. That's why I didn't like night age germany's (or whatever the name was) answer. So "Ich bin echt Sheiße an Mathe" works, but is the sauge in "Ich sauge an Mathe" truly different than the suck in "suck on my thumb"?
2007-09-26 14:31:09 · update #2
Sven, I don't get why Night Age's answer is exactly what you didn't wan't. The first two translations are rubbish, but hers and the one above that are spot on, and they are also as common as it gets. For some idioms, it is impossible to translate them word by word. The idea that you suck at something isn't translated into German (neither polite nor slang) by a verbal structure but by one that involves an adjective. And "ich bin (echt) scheiße/schlecht in Mathe" is a sentence you're likely to hear a thousand times a year in each and every school yard where German is spoken.
2007-09-26 08:20:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Ich bin echt schlecht in Mathe
2007-09-25 18:40:28 · answer #2 · answered by night_age_germany 4 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Bitte gebe mir ein lacheln.
2016-04-06 01:21:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd probably say "Ich bin echt Scheiße in Mathe."
2007-09-25 18:34:39 · answer #4 · answered by hoptoad 5 · 3⤊ 4⤋
many German slang phrases are the same as some English and American slang phrases. So, the "I suck at Math" would be the same suck as "suck on your thumb".
Ich sauge an Mathe
2007-09-25 16:02:35 · answer #5 · answered by Invisigoth 7 · 1⤊ 7⤋
You Suck
2007-09-25 18:41:56 · answer #6 · answered by engelfeurs 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Saugen is suck in this tense.
(then try Meine mathematisch est fuer Sheisse!!)
or Ich mathematish saugen am. or similiar, my grammar is not perfect.
hope that helps
2007-09-25 16:02:16 · answer #7 · answered by Legend Gates Shotokan Karate 7 · 4⤊ 4⤋
are you speaking of yourself?hahahahahahahahaha i'm laughing outloud.bye bye ,cc
2007-09-26 08:54:27 · answer #8 · answered by CHER 6 · 1⤊ 6⤋