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How to Say ‘Something new’ in German

Etwas Neues

ET-vahs NOY-es

[ET-vahs NOY-es]

💬 Usage Tip: After etwas, a describing word gets a capital letter and an -es ending: etwas Gutes "something good", etwas Anderes "something different".

Phrase Breakdown

Etwas

[ET-vahs]

something, anything

Indefinite pronoun for an unspecified thing.

Example

Brauchen Sie etwas?

Do you need anything?

Neues

[NOY-es]

new

Adjective 'neu' with neuter ending -es.

Example

Das ist ein neues Auto.

That is a new car.

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