Swedish interjection· top 5,000 most common
äsch
pooh!, oh!, bother!
Meaning
pooh!; oh!; bother!
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äsch in a sentence
- Äsch, det gör inget!Oh, it doesn't matter!
- Äsch, bollen missade håletShucks, 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.
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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

