"הגבינה הזאת נהדרת!"

Translation: This cheese is great!

[Jeff.Wilcox]

It's unclear to me whether there is a one to one match for words like "great". For example, here I attempted to use "excellent" for נהדרת but that was incorrect. Is this just a lack of alternatives in the lesson or this actually incorrect?

[Pumbush]

excellent is Metzuyan.

[PedroAOrtega]

What about "wonderful" for נהדרת ?

[Tim5602]

That's נפלא

[Dov360473]

Per Morfix, the root is הדר, meaning "exalted". A bit hyperbolic for a cheese, but "great" is too simple a superlative. I think "splendid" might be more in line with נהדר. What do you think?

[Janis559500]

Dov, I'm wondering where you live. I'm in Pennsylvania, USA, and I don't think I've heard "splendid" in many years. Reminds me of movies from the 30s or 40s.

[Dov360473]

I live in New York City. I write, teach college and am a management consultant, which I think may be more to the point. How would you translate נהדר? I think "great" is a boring superlative. And "awesome" is overused, and, frankly, tired.

[DanVicBez]

That or maybe excellent would be a better word than great.

[rblackwelder]

Is "This cheese is splendid!" wrong?

[Theresa754142]

Ha-g’vina hazot nehederet.

[Larry824711]

I tried to use "magnificent" and was told it was wrong, but I believe it is both a correct translation of "נהדר" and appropriate for this sentence. I reported it.

[rosegaspard1]

I said "Amazing" and it was incorrect..How? great, spendid, amazing. same thing!!

[dovbear57]

"Marvellous" also rejected (and not just for the British spelling). Clearly this exercise has been programmed to accept only "great" and nothing else, but surely some synonyms are possible...