Wer sagt's denn

English translation: what do you know

14:19 Oct 29, 2005
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Linguistics
German term or phrase: Wer sagt's denn
Context: ...Um so aufschlußreicher war sein privates Telefonverzeichnis "Wer sagt's denn" meinte Gentile and deutete auf einen Eintrag unter I-J, der mit IGN begann.
Jianming Sun
Local time: 10:29
English translation:what do you know
Explanation:
or: there you go

... or something like that. I would actually need even more context to be sure. But most likely this is just an exclamation that implies something like "I'm pleased" or "I knew it" or something like that.
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NGK
United States
Local time: 21:29
Grading comment
Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5what do you know
NGK
3 +3There you are/ Didn't I tell you
BrigitteHilgner


Discussion entries: 2





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
what do you know


Explanation:
or: there you go

... or something like that. I would actually need even more context to be sure. But most likely this is just an exclamation that implies something like "I'm pleased" or "I knew it" or something like that.

NGK
United States
Local time: 21:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Melanie Nassar: or, "There you go", or "Here we are" or "See?" (In this case, at least)
2 mins

agree  Friderike Butler: "there you go" or "here we go", there are so many variations...
10 mins

agree  Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
32 mins

agree  Stephen Roche: There you go
1 hr

agree  Hilary Davies Shelby: "there you go"
1 day 4 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
There you are/ Didn't I tell you


Explanation:
It means that somebody discovers that one of his assumptions/ expectations proves true

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 03:29
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
28 mins
  -> Thank you!

agree  Sonja Schuberth-Kreutzer: Es kann auch bedeuten, das etwas nach mehreren Versuchen doch noch klappt (hier: nach einigem Suchen doch noch gefunden wird)
1 hr
  -> Stimmt! Das kann hier auch gemeint sein.

agree  Hilary Davies Shelby
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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