# ach was

ach was is a German interjection meaning “An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with; nonsense!, come on!, come now!”.

## Meanings

1. _colloquial_ An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with; nonsense!, come on!, come now!
2. _colloquial_ used as intensifier
   - Hunderte, ach was - Tausende Menschen strömten auf den Festplatz. — Hundreds – no, make that thousands – of people flocked to the fairground.
3. _colloquial_ a response to the obvious; oh really!, you don't say!

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