Erm, what’s that thingamajig called in German?

Last week a students asked me what Germans say when they are stuck mid sentence. Do they use words likeum, uh, er? Yes, they do! They sound almost the same but are spelled differently. So when a German says something and then is stuck – just like you are when you can’t remember that German word, or the German word order, or the gender, or, or, or ….., [...]

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