sage und schreibe

Based on: sagen, schreiben
Phrase
1.

literally, believe it or not, ... get this...

(The speaker basically says "I know it sounds crazy, but it's true. Very common in writing and spoken German.)

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7 German Expressions (That people actually use) – The Quiz

Hello everyone, and welcome to the first real new post in 2024, the certified best year to learn German.     I think many of you just got back from vacation in the last few days, so you might not have read last week’s article yet, but in it, I asked you all if you’d like to do a kind of January exercise special to really start the year off active. And there was communism level of agreement, with 89% of you saying “Yes”. So throughout January, we’ll do a bunch of exercises of various kinds. And today, we’ll start with a nice quiz about German Expressions    I’ll give you some German expressions along with an example and you have to try and figure out the meaning. Along with the solution, I’ll give you some information about each expression, like where it comes from or how to translate it. And I’ve only picked expressions that people actually use in daily life…. well, except one, which I just find funny. But yeah, almost all of them are absolutely worth adding to your active vocabulary because they’ll make you sound really authentic. Now, originally I thought about doing 12 or 14 … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/meaning/sage-und-schreibe/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a> <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/meaning/sage-und-schreibe/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

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How many meanings does the German word 'sage und schreibe' have?

sage und schreibe has 1 distinct meaning: 1. literally, believe it or not, ... get this....

What is 'sage und schreibe' related to?

The word 'sage und schreibe' is related to sagen and schreiben.

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7 German Expressions (That people actually use) – The Quiz
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