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    Translation correct?

    whatever! - irgendwas

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    Source Language Term

    whatever!

    Correct?

    irgendwas

    Examples/ definitions with source references
    first person: so you're coming tonight, right?

    second person: well, i actually have this other thing to go to . . .

    first person: (interrupting) whatever!!
    Comment
    would 'irgendwas' make any sense at all as a translation of the exclamation "what-ever!"
    and I don't mean whatever, as in yeah, yeah, whatever . . . (with a bored, apathetic tone)

    it's more of a joking or a frustrated whatever.

    or perhaps this use of whatever will be forever untranslateable ( too culturally specific . . . . ?)

    but irgendwas sounds pretty funny
    Authorsparkle15 Jan 06, 23:15
    Ergebnisse aus dem Wörterbuch
    whatever  adj.welcher | welche | welches auch immer
    whatever  pron.was auch immer
    whatever  pron.egal was
    freedom to do whatever one wantsdie Narrenfreiheit  pl.
    whatever the costkoste es, was es wolle
    whatever their skin colorAE is
    whatever their skin colourBE is    		egal welche Hautfarbe sie haben
    Whatever became of John?Was ist eigentlich aus John geworden?
    Ergebnisse aus dem Forum
    whatever
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    Comment
    Hier würde "Egal!" oder "Erzähl' nix!" oder so etwas passen, also im Sinne:"Deine Ausrede interessiert mich nicht".
    #1Authorjudex15 Jan 06, 23:23
    Comment
    It does sound funny but you don't really use "Irgendwas" in this context, I would probably say:
    "(Na) was auch immer!" which can be bored, frustrated of joking depending on the way you say it :-)
    #2AuthorRedcurl15 Jan 06, 23:25
    Corrections

    whatever!

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    wie auch immer!; wie du meinst...



    Comment
    I think "wie auch immer" would be best for the joking/frustrated kind of "whatever" (although you might perhaps like to explain this to us more specifically), whereas "wie du meinst" would be more likely the bored/apathetic kind. But it also depends on your tone of voice...
    #3AuthorMary (nz/a)15 Jan 06, 23:27
     
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