What is "like" in German
What I mean is, "like" as we use in the middle of a sentence all the time. Is there any words in German that is equivalent to that?

e.g. You know, Pusheen is like, really cute!!

Thanks!

Question

What is "like" in German
What I mean is, "like" as we use in the middle of a sentence all the time. Is there any words in German that is equivalent to that?

e.g. You know, Pusheen is like, really cute!!

Thanks!

Answer

"Wie" = like
Ich habe ein Auto wie Marias Auto.
Oder: Mein Auto ist genauso wie Mairas Auto.

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There is no direct equivalent to "like" when used as a filler word. The closest would probably be "irgendwie": 
"Weißt du, ich finde sie irgendwie richtig süß."
But it is not used as often as "like" in English.

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Both Sara and Alexandre are right. "like" = "wie" is more right than not, but in the above sentence  I would definitely use "irgendwie".        But several usages would require slightly different translations, e.g.: "This looks like him" (meaning he did it) = "Das sieht ihm ähnlich"   /   "He looks like his brother" = "Er sieht aus wie sein Bruder"   /   "I had to pay something like 50 Dollars" = "Ich musste so an (or: um) die 50 Dollar zahlen"   /  "It happened like this" = " So ist es passiert"   /   "People are like that" = "So sind die Leute"   / "She behaved like nothing had happened" = "Sie verhielt sich, als sei nichts geschehen" or "Sie verhielt sich, als ob nichts geschehen sei (or: wäre)"

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