das ist mir Wurst

I couldn't care less; it's all the same to me

Origin

Origin not clearly settled; several readings, among them: any odd scraps of meat went into the sausage ("no matter what goes in"), or a sausage has two identical ends ("no matter which end you start at").

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Building blocks

Words in this expression

gehen· to go ins· into the das Kino· cinema mir· me (dative)das Theater· theatre die Wurst· sausage

Grammar that uses this word

Regular verbs: du-form (stem + -st)Regelmäßige Verben: du-Form (Stamm + -st)
Regular verbs: sie/Sie-form (stem + -en)Regelmäßige Verben: sie/Sie-Form (Stamm + -en)
Irregular verbs: e → i (essen, geben, sprechen)Unregelmäßige Verben: e → i (essen, geben, sprechen)
Irregular verbs: e → ie (sehen, lesen)Unregelmäßige Verben: e → ie (sehen, lesen)
Verb 'schmecken' (to taste good, + dative)Verb 'schmecken' (+ Dativ)

Examples

Ob wir oder , ist .
Whether we go to the cinema or the theatre, I couldn't care less.