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"I am sorry."
Translation:Jeg beklager.
May 30, 2015
17 Comments
BrandonSto469563
1622
I like to think of it as "unnskyld" is what you say as you cut through a crowd, and "beklager" is what you say when you actually bump into someone while doing so.
Jan_D_13
870
Another "false friend" for native germans. "Beklager" sounds an awful lot like "beklagen", which means "to complain", but can also be used as a way of saying "someone is sad", as in "Er beklagt den Verlust von..." = "He has lost ... (maybe a family member) and is upset about it."