"Ich bin außer mir vor Freude."
Translation:I am overjoyed.
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There's an almost-but-not-quite similar phrase in English. "I am beside myself with (emotion)." Maybe that'll help with remembering this.
Not only is your connection from the literal to the actual translation pretty great, but it also reminded me of the Buddhist tea analogy.
I had to look up the Buddhist tea analogy AdityaKaru is thinking of: "Empty your cup" . . .https://www.learnreligions.com/empty-your-cup-3976934
Oh my. I tried "I am out of myself with joy", mimicking the Italian "Sono fuori di me dalla gioia". Too bad. ;)
'getting out of oneself' is a way of expressing a powerful feeling and there are similar idioms in romanian: 'imi ies din minti de furie' 'imi ies din fire' etc (although I don't know if there is one for happiness). But while 'getting out of oneself' implies a kind of self-transcendence :), in romanian there is a more 'biological' way to put it: 'nu-mi incap in piele de bucurie' - 'I don't fit in my own skin out of joy'
Duck_Dodgers, Thanks for filling us in on the Romanian equivalent of this expression. I don't understand any Romanian, but I understood the word "piele" since the Spanish word for skin is «piel»! I believe this is the root of our English word "pelt", which is an animal skin!
Romanian "Nu imi incap in piele de fericire" ...which is 'I don't fit inside my skin - of happiness'
I did as well, but thinking of the same Swedish expression. :) Seems like it is only English that does not have this...
English does have it, just not in those exact words: "I am beside myself with joy"
There's also “I am overflowing with joy,” which is more explicit, albeit less common.
Yes, my Mom said "I am beside myself with joy" American with English/Dutch ancestry
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I can barely contain myself with joy at knowing that English does not have a similar expression.
Hebrew ist eine schöne Sprache. Ich wünsche es eines Tages sprechen
I would say that this is perfect :) I really like that polish expression. Thank you for reminding me of it :)
sometimes in German they use "vor" to express the cause of something, where we usually use "of". They do this with things they are afraid of too. In english one would be "scared OF snakes" but in German one HAS "Angst vor Schlangen" Think of the "vor" replacing "with" in our expression and more literally meaning because of
Like Thetimesurfer said before, it does mean 'I am beside myself with Joy', which is confusing because the translation on here for außer is 'except'. Duolingo should have added 'Beside' to the translation.
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DL has "aside from" and "apart from" as well "except". Those two phrases accomplish the task nicely.
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There should be an asterisk or something to denote idioms outside of the idioms skill bubble.
Idiomatic usage.
Literally, you're "outside of yourself 'before' joy".
vor is sometimes used like this for a reason or source of emotions -- for example, you're also afraid "before" something and you might shiver "before" cold (vor etwas Angst haben, vor Kälte zittern).
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Another way of putting the "before" concept in English would be "in the face of" (esp. WRT fear).
At this stage, I'm not looking to go into rhapsodies over my feelings. For now, I just need to be able to say "I am happy" or "I am sad", so I believe this sentence should be moved to a more advanced level. Please teach me to walk before teaching me to run!
We have to learn idioms somehow, it's nice to just commit to losing a heart sometimes for the sake of learning these things :') Language is one of those things where there is no linear progression to learning it--you just kind of have to learn everything. Besides, you could look up "happy" in a dictionary to get "I am happy," but the dictionary won't teach you how to say "I'm beside myself with joy." That's where Duo comes in!
It's not that I don't understand where you're coming from, though, I stared at the German for a full minute before putting "I don't have a clue" as my answer. Needless to say, that wasn't accepted ;)
"I don't have a clue" - LOL. Your point is well taken - while learning a language, beyond a point you just have to take it all in. I'm certainly not anti-idiom, and I would gladly give a heart (or four) for learning how Germans actually speak, rather than how I think they would speak if they were English :) And I greatly appreciate Duo for that. But I still feel that more common idioms are to be taught first. After all we really can't take it ALL in at once, as much as we'd like to. I have been "beside myself with joy" maybe 3 times in the last 2 years, hence my slight annoyance above.
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Hehe. Hungarian version: Magán kívül volt az örömtől. Which is literally she was outside of herself from joy. :-)
This expression is very nice actually :), and in Arabic we also have similar expressions such as ( الفرحة تغمرني) which means I'm covered with joy, or something like that :D...
Since everybody are telling this phrase in their own language I want to say it in my native language which is Farsi/Persian; while i was reading other comments i understood that it is the same in other languages "I can't stay in my own skin from happiness" And yes it is the same in persian: از خوشحالی در پوست خود نمیگنجم
Idioms are mean, ❤❤❤❤❤❤. This one needed better clues, from the app atleast.
It translates to "I'm beside myself with happiness," which to me does mean "I'm overjoyed."
I think "I am over the moon" should be accepted. I have reported it at least 3 times already.
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It is unlikely that stating that here will result in any changes to what die Eule accepts as an answer. To accomplish that, one should use the "Report a problem" button, not the "Discuss sentence" button:
I usually do both. (Specially when I am not absolutely sure.) Does no harm.
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I generally only use the "Report" if I am certain that my alternative is correct.
If I am unsure, then I will post to the discussion to solicit advice, heeding the admonition that die Eule used to put at the top of the comments: "Stop the clutter!"
Sometimes the "clutter" is the best part of the discussion - memorable "clutter" helps one remember.
In Ireland we would say I was over the moon. Dubliner's would say "he was delira and excira" https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=delira%20and%20excira
No. The German is exaggerated, so the English has to be, too. They want to teach the idiom.
Me too. I thougt the literal words were "I am apart from my joy", so I tiried "I am without joy". Oh well.
What about "I am carried away with joy."? Does that make any sense? It was not accepted..
"Don't get carried away" is often used to rein in someone's over-excitement about a fanciful course of action. "And when we have sold the house, we'll buy a castle!" "Don't get carried away, son. Maybe next year".
I don't get the German course here. In the French course they have never put idioms they didn't teach on the practice part, but they would put it in the lesson and teach it properly. I expect the same from the German course.
Is the literal translation of this sentence "I am over myself for joy" (although that's not a natural English sentence)?
I am delighted - wrong I am over the moon - wrong Seriously I don't see any difference between these and "I am overjoyed".
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To convey the meaning of ....I am outside of myself with joy.....
This is a little different from the English expression ....I am beside myself with joy (or excitement, anger, anticipation, whatever)....
Duo offers and accepts reducing the German sentiment to an English expression which means the joy is spilling outside of oneself. I am overjoyed. Shorter and used more frequently, but no more logical than the alternatives.
According to the Cambridge Dictionary online, translations of außer include: except, besides, outside, out of, unless, save, bar, besides, beyond, but, except, exclusive of….
In this case, I think the literal translation could be, "I am outside myself with joy" which is very similar to the English, "I am beside myself with joy".
That is what I put: "I am outside myself with joy." But there was no joy and it was counted as wrong.
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It's an idiom in a sense. It just means that one's joy cannot be contained. Not dissimilar to "I am beside myself with [some emotion]."
Possibly correct discussions of the phrase's origin here and here.
Huh, we have the same thing in Russian - "вне себя от счастья" which is directly translated as "out of myself from joy".
Can I say "ich bin uberglucklich"?
No.
glucklich is not a word, though if it existed, it might mean "broody" (of a hen that wants to lay eggs), from glucken "to cluck; to be broody".
"Happy" is glücklich with ü, from Glück meaning "happiness" or "luck".
(If you can't make the ü, write ue instead: gluecklich. Bul don'l jusl leave oul lhe dols; lhal lurns il inlo anolher leller. Jusl like you can'l jusl leave oul lhe "decoralive" crossbar on lhe small leller T. You wouldn'l be able lo lell lhe difference belween "lime" as in minutes or hours and "lime" the fruil.)
And Uber is just a name of a car hire company.
The prefix for "super-" is über-, again with ü.
überglücklich is an accepted translation.
Certain prepositions take the dative: aus, bei, mit, noch, seit, von, zu, gegenüber (von) and ausser.
Pleased to see that "I am beside myself with joy" is marked as a correct answer. I typed it in expecting it to be rejected. :)
You have so much joy that you can't fit it all inside you. You have to go outside yourself.
I am beside myself is what I put. But the connotation is negative with such a phrase I guess
Langenscheidt gives the main translation of “ausser” as “out of / in addition to / aside) from, except for from, except, save”. (Other translations are available - and similar). So you could translate this sentence as, "I am out of myself with joy" or "I am aside from myself with joy".
The idea is that you are no longer calm and contained - your joy (or other intense emotion) is making you bubble over, as it were.
The English idiom for this is, "I am beside myself with joy".
In this context, außer is "outside of" -- a meaning that is rarely used nowadays except in fixed expressions such as außer mir, außer Haus, außer Landes.
(The meaning "except for" is by far the most common otherwise.)