Is "Das kotzt mich an!" offensive?

It's genuinely rude — a 3/5 (Watch your audience) on the Punch-o-Meter. Fine among friends, never at work or with people you've just met.

How do you pronounce "Das kotzt mich an!"?

Say it "das KOTST mikh AHN" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: das kɔt͡st mɪç an.

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German · Frustration & Fed-Up

Das kotzt mich an!

das KOTST mikh AHN · /das kɔt͡st mɪç an/

That pisses me off! / I'm sick to death of it!

3/5 Watch your audience

genuinely rude; friends only, never at work

Literally

"That pukes at me"

Word-for-word — which is rarely what it means.

How to use it

Visceral and heartfelt — "kotzen" is to vomit, so you're saying the situation makes you physically ill. Reserved for real, chest-deep frustration (bureaucracy, betrayal, the Deutsche Bahn). Milder cousin: "Das nervt" (that's annoying). The noun form is a whole mood: "Es ist zum Kotzen" (it's enough to make you sick).

Heard in the wild

Diese ganze Bürokratie kotzt mich an!

All this bureaucracy pisses me off!

Where it lands

Germany, Austria — universal

Quick answers

What does "Das kotzt mich an!" mean?: In German, "Das kotzt mich an!" means "That pisses me off! / I'm sick to death of it!". Literally it's "That pukes at me". Visceral and heartfelt — "kotzen" is to vomit, so you're saying the situation makes you physically ill. Reserved for real, chest-deep frustration (bureaucracy, betrayal, the Deutsche Bahn). Milder cousin: "Das nervt" (that's annoying). The noun form is a whole mood: "Es ist zum Kotzen" (it's enough to make you sick).
Is "Das kotzt mich an!" offensive?: It's genuinely rude — a 3/5 (Watch your audience) on the Punch-o-Meter. Fine among friends, never at work or with people you've just met.
How do you pronounce "Das kotzt mich an!"?: Say it "das KOTST mikh AHN" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: das kɔt͡st mɪç an.

Related in German

Verdammt nochmal! fair-DAMT NOCH-mahl God damn it! / For crying out loud! Hau ab! HOW AP Get lost! / Clear off! / Beat it! Verdammte Scheiße! fair-DAM-tuh SHY-suh God-damn shit! / Bloody hell! Herrgott nochmal! HAIR-got NOCH-mahl For God's sake! / Good Lord! Verpiss dich! fair-PISS dikh Piss off! / Clear off (with force)! Mir reicht's! MEER RYCHTS I've had it! / That's the last straw!

The same idea, elsewhere

Via concepts like "Disgusting".

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