German expressions

Wie schade!

Translation

What a pity! / That's a shame!

Text examples

Text:Wie schade, dass du nicht kommen kannst.
Translation:What a pity that you can't come.

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Wie schade! is an idiomatic expression of the German language. Translation into English: What a pity! / That's a shame!. Difficulty level — A1. 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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