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How do I say "whatever" in German? I am going to use it in this context:
A: "Lass uns morgen ins Kino gehen!"
(Let's go to the movies tomorrow!)B: "Nein. Ich muß mich noch auf meine Prüfung vorbereiten."
(No. I still need to prepare for the test.)A: "Wie auch immer!"
(Whatever!)
Is "Wie auch immer" a proper translation for "whatever"?
Was auch immer!
is also in common usage.
There are a few option that would work in this context
Sei's drum.
(Ach) und selbst wenn.
(Ach) und wenn schon.
(Ach) was soll's.
The "Ach" is a discarding one in this case. Besides those you could also say
Na und?
but that would be a question. The message is the same though. And to give you something to use with your buddies (and only with them)
(Ach) scheiß (doch) drauf.
Drauf geschissen!
Wie auch immer doesn't fit IMO but that might just be personal preference. All those work for this context but they will not work for other contexts of anyway.
It depends!
Do you mean "Whatever, fine, let's not go then?" In that case, Wie du meinst is good. (It sounds a little snippy to me, like "Have it your way" in English, but I'm not sure about that.) Na gut would be fine too, especially in Na gut, Samstag denn?
But if you mean, "Whatever, just blow off your homework" (which is what it sounds like to me), then you want Egal, as in Ist doch egal!
"Wie auch immer" is howsoever in German. "Was auch immer" is whatever in German.
