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Answer by Olafant for "that" for emphasis

All your examples are about an amount of being rich/dumb/mad. There is the german word dermaßen to express that. In every day conversation one would rather use so instead. Ich bin nicht so reich. Sie...

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Answer by Daarin for "that" for emphasis

Well, normally we use "so". Ich bin nicht so reich Sie ist nicht so dumm Ist er so bescheuert?

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"that" for emphasis

In English, the word "that" can be used as emphasis for adjectives (with some prior context). For example: I'm not that rich. She's not that dumb. Is he that mad? How can we use the same kind of...

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Answer by Jan for “that” for emphasis

The general way to express this emphasis is indeed using the word so.Ist er so bescheuert?However, thanks to the freedom of German word order, you would likely rearrange to give the emphasised part...

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Answer by stackzebra for “that” for emphasis

You could say:Ich bin nicht so viel reich. Sie ist nicht so viel dumm. Ist er so viel bescheuert?

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