German expressions

Bock haben

Translation

To be up for something / To feel like something

Text examples

Text:Hast du Bock, ins Kino zu gehen?
Translation:Are you up for going to the cinema?

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Other idiomatic expressions

Feierabend!

Ich freue mich darauf.

Reg dich ab!

Das A und O.

Mach dir keine Sorgen.

Das gefällt mir.

Mann!

Moin!

Zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe schlagen.

Verarschen?

Ich verstehe nicht.

Stimmt so.

Bock haben is an idiomatic expression of the German language. Translation into English: To be up for something / To feel like something. Difficulty level — B1. Such expressions are important to understand and memorize as a whole: their meaning far from always adds up from the meanings of the individual words, so a literal translation often doesn't work here.

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