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How to Say ‘Great presentation, by the way!’ in German

Tolle Präsentation übrigens!

TOL-leh preh-zen-tah-TSYOHN UE-bri-gens

[TOL-leh preh-zen-tah-TSYOHN UE-bri-gens]

🇩🇪 In Germany: Germans tend to be sparing with praise at work, so a compliment like this is meant sincerely. A simple Danke schön! is the right response, with no need to downplay it.

Phrase Breakdown

Tolle Präsentation

TOL-leh preh-zen-tah-TSYOHN

Great presentation

'toll' means 'great' and takes the ending '-e' here. Stress the last syllable of 'Präsentation': 'pre-zen-ta-TSYOHN'. The '-tion' is said 'tsyohn'.

Example

Das war eine tolle Idee.

That was a great idea.

Words in this phrase

Tolle

[TOL-leh]

great

Informal adjective of praise, like 'great' or 'awesome'.

Example

Das ist eine tolle Idee!

That's a great idea!

Präsentation

[preh-zen-tah-TSYOHN]

presentation

Feminine noun for a talk showing your work or results.

Example

Meine Präsentation dauert zehn Minuten.

My presentation lasts ten minutes.

übrigens!

UE-bri-gens

by the way!

A common filler word for adding a remark. Stress the first syllable: 'Ü-bri-gens'. Round your lips for 'ü'.

Example

Übrigens, ich komme morgen später.

By the way, I'm coming later tomorrow.

Words in this phrase

übrigens

[UE-bri-gens]

by the way

Adds extra information casually.

Example

Ich habe übrigens Zeit.

By the way, I have time.

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