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was ich sagen wollte

what I wanted to say; my point was

adverb VAS ikh ZAH-gen VOL-te Rare
Communication Expressions

Also means

what I was trying to get at

Usage Note

Was ich sagen wollte is a discourse opener used to recap or re-focus after a digression, or to introduce the core point: Was ich sagen wollte: das Timing war entscheidend. It signals that the speaker is getting back to the main point and is very common in informal spoken German as a structuring device.

Examples

"Was ich sagen wollte: wir sollten das nochmal in Ruhe besprechen."

Natural Translation

What I wanted to say is: we should discuss this again calmly.

Literal Translation

What I say wanted: we should that again in calm discuss.

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