Swedish interjection· top 5,000 most common

äsch

pooh!, oh!, bother!

Meaning

pooh!; oh!; bother!

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What does äsch mean?

äsch in a sentence

  • Äsch, det gör inget!
    Oh, it doesn't matter!
  • Äsch, bollen missade hålet
    Shucks, the ball missed the hole
  • – Modigt att dra ut tanden! – Äsch, det kändes knappt.
    – Brave of you to have the tooth pulled! – Shucks, I barely felt it.
  • – Du är bäst i världen! – Äsch då.
    – You're the best person in the world! – Aw shucks.

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What does äsch mean in English?

äsch means “pooh!, oh!”.

Origin

Possible extension of the interjection äh with influence from usch (“ugh, yuck”).

Nearby common words

äsch is number 4,563 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 4,559kapsel capsule
  • 4,560delaktig mixed up in, involved
  • 4,561dyster depressing, gloomy
  • 4,562stärka strengthen, starch
  • 4,564frigöra liberate, set free
  • 4,565förfalska falsify, forge
  • 4,566russ Gotland pony
  • 4,567em pm (indicating hours in the afternoon); abbreviation of eftermiddagen
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary