Interjection
ähm
um; er (hesitation)
B2
rank #3,306
Meanings
Interjection
- um; er (hesitation)
Example sentence
Das war, ähm, irgendwann letzten Sommer.
That was, um, sometime last summer.
Usage
- ähm — A hesitation sound while someone thinks or searches for a word.
- Ähm, ... — A pause or comma often separates it from the rest of the spoken sentence.
Ähm, ich glaube, der Termin ist am Freitag.
Um, I think the appointment is on Friday.