sowas
German, pronoun/ˈzoːvas/
sowas is spelled S-O-W-A-S (5 letters) and appears 95 times per million words in written German, the 912th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sowas is a German pronoun meaning “that sort of thing, something like this” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sowas mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
informalthat sort of thing, something like this
Sowas hab ich ja noch nie gesehen!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. eine solche Sache, so etwas
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sowas
- so was alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sowas?
- /ˈzoːvas/
- [ˈzoːvas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sowas in German?
sowas appears 95 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).