How do you say Awesome in German?
German has several everyday words for “awesome”: super, klasse and spitze are all safe with anyone.
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Super!
ZOO-per
Safe in any company.
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Klasse!
KLAH-suh
“Great!” — just as common.
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Spitze!
SHPIT-tsuh
Literally “peak” — top-notch.
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Der Wahnsinn!
dehr VAHN-zin
“Insane” in the good sense — for something spectacular.
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Geil!
gyle
Very common slang for “awesome”, but its literal meaning is sexual. Fine among friends, risky at work.
1 translation in German
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I bet there is another way to say Prima (awesome), but this is what I can remember.. Let's hear from the German speaking users.
Human translation Kenny
Use it in a sentence
- That’s awesome!Das ist klasse!
- You’re awesome!Du bist spitze!
- The concert was awesome.Das Konzert war der Wahnsinn.
- Awesome, thanks!Super, danke!
Good to know
For genuine awe — a mountain, a cathedral — use beeindruckend (impressive) or atemberaubend (breathtaking).
These work as one-word exclamations, and also after a noun: das Konzert war klasse.
Toll is the gentle everyday option — “great” — and is never risky.