German · Joy & 'Hell Yes'
Fett!
FET · /fɛt/
Sick! / Dope! / Wicked!
1/5 Grandma-safe
mild, playful; fine on daytime TV
Literally
"Fat / greasy"
Word-for-word — which is rarely what it means.
How to use it
Hip-hop-flavoured praise — "fat" as in a fat beat. Skews young and slightly 2000s, so an older German might not use it, but it's alive online and in youth speech ("fette Beats," "fettes Auto"). Zero vulgarity; just streetwear-adjacent slang.
Heard in the wild
Deine neuen Sneaker sind echt fett!
Your new sneakers are really sick!
Where it lands
Germany — youth/urban slang
Quick answers
- What does "Fett!" mean?
- In German, "Fett!" means "Sick! / Dope! / Wicked!". Literally it's "Fat / greasy". Hip-hop-flavoured praise — "fat" as in a fat beat. Skews young and slightly 2000s, so an older German might not use it, but it's alive online and in youth speech ("fette Beats," "fettes Auto"). Zero vulgarity; just streetwear-adjacent slang.
- Is "Fett!" offensive?
- It's on the mild end — 1/5 (Grandma-safe) on the Punch-o-Meter. mild, playful; fine on daytime TV.
- How do you pronounce "Fett!"?
- Say it "FET" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: fɛt.
Related in German
The same idea, elsewhere
Via concepts like "That's awesome".
- French Ça déchire ! That rocks! / That's awesome!
- Greek ρε μαλάκα Hey man / dude / bro — the affectionate-insult greeting between friends.
- Italian Figo! Cool! / Awesome! / Sick!
- Japanese やばい Insane / crazy / no way — good OR bad, from context
- Korean 존나 Fucking / hella — the vulgar intensifier that goes in front of everything.
- Polish zajebisty Fucking awesome / badass — the great slang-POSITIVE of the jebać family.
- Portuguese Do caralho Fucking awesome — OR, with 'casa do', the middle of nowhere
- Russian Класс! Awesome! / Great! / Cool!
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