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How to say “care about someone/something” in German

December 8, 2018 by Julius

German does not have a direct translation for the English structure to care about someone or something:

  • I care about her.
  • Do you care about him?
  • Do you care about the result?
  • I don’t care.

If you’ve ever wondered how to express it. Here is how you can phrase both positive and negative form:

Positive Form

If you would like to say that you do care, this can be translate as following:

  • Sie ist mir wichtig. (She is important to me)
  • Mir ist es nicht egal (It is not irrelevant to me/ It does matter / I care about it)
  • Ich interessiere mich dafür (I am interested in it)

Negative Form

If you would like to say that you do not care, German got you covered with a direct translation: It’s the versatile word “egal”, that you can basically use in any context to express that you don’t care.

  • Egal. (You care so little, that you do not even care to form a full sentence)
  • Es ist mir egal. (I don’t care. / It’s irrelevant to me / It does not matter)
  • Er ist mir egal. (He doesn’t matter to me/ I don’t care about him)
  • Das interessiert mich nicht. (“That does not interest me”)

Hope this short article was helpful to you. Feel free to leave any comments with questions or feedback!

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