Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Canada, US)Used to express surprise, shock, or amazement.

    My goodness, what a loud noise!

    meine Güte, ach du meine Güte

Examples

14 sentences
  1. My goodness, what's going on here?

    ruО господи, что тут происходит? — marafon

    deMeine Güte! Was geht hier denn vor sich? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. My goodness! I have lost the car keys.

    deDu meine Güte! Ich habe die Autoschlüssel verloren. — Manfredo

  3. My goodness, so many things happened while we were gone.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · megamanenm · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. My goodness, that is some tasty hummus!

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Vincinho · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. My goodness, how embarrassing.

    ruО господи, как неловко. — marafon

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · yesjustryan · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
used to express surprise, shock, or amazement:

Origin

Minced oath for my God.

Minced oath for my God.

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