auf gut Deutsch
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “in good German”, with fossiled uninflected neuter adjective as in fließend Wasser etc.
Pronunciation edit
Prepositional phrase edit
- (idiomatic) clearly, bluntly, possibly involving bad language
- Das geht mir – auf gut Deutsch – am Arsch vorbei.
- Bluntly speaking, I don’t give a shit.
- (literally, “That goes – in good German – past my arse.”)
Further reading edit
- “auf gut Deutsch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- "auf gut Deutsch" in Redensarten-Index