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Mist

/mɪst/

Manure / damn (NOT: fog)

When to use it

False friend with English 'mist' (=Nebel). German 'Mist' literally = manure, used as a mild swear word ('damn!').

In conversation

—Mist, ich hab den Bus verpasst.

—Damn, I missed the bus.

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