/ˈkvat͡ʃ mɪt ˌzoːsə/ lit. ‘nonsense with sauce’
German idiom, colloquial. To talk nonsense or tell tall stories.
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How do people use Quatsch mit Soße
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Colloquial and a little cheeky, used to brush off something someone just said: “Das ist doch Quatsch mit Soße!” It also stands alone as an exclamation. It’s a noun phrase, so you say something “is” Quatsch mit Soße or someone “redet” it.
Also said Quatsch mit Sauce, Quark mit Soße
Quatsch mit Soße
in real sentences
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Was du da erzählst, ist doch Quatsch mit Soße!
You’re talking cobblers!
Tatoeba, sentence by Pfirsichbaeumchen, translation by sundown, CC BY 2.0 FR
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Das ist doch Quatsch mit Soße!
That’s complete nonsense!
Tatoeba, sentence by Zaghawa, CC BY 2.0 FR
Where does Quatsch mit Soße
come from?
Sources disagree on its age: Küpper’s dictionary of colloquial German dates it to the late 19th century, while Müller’s Lexikon der Redensarten says the 20th. Küpper suggests it mimics a menu line like “Pudding mit Tunke”, or that the sauce is mustard, which adds flavor but no substance; Müller reads “mit Soße” as a joking “on top of everything”. German Wiktionary collects all three theories without picking one.
Mistakes learners make with Quatsch mit Soße
Spelling it “Quatsch mit Sosse” in Germany: the double s is the Swiss and Liechtenstein spelling. In Germany it’s “Soße” (or “Sauce”).
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