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sauce
A liquid or creamy preparation served with dishes such as meat, pasta, or vegetables to improve the flavor. Alternative spelling of 'Soße' (sauce).
Die Sosse für den Braten war besonders lecker.
The sauce for the roast was especially delicious.
slop / gunk
Colloquial term for an unappetizing, often sticky or dirty liquid.
Was ist das für eine braune Sosse, die aus dem Müllbeutel tropft?
What is that brown gunk dripping out of the garbage bag?
to be in a mess
A colloquial idiom meaning to be stuck in a very difficult or unpleasant situation.
Nachdem er seinen Job verloren hat, sitzt er finanziell ganz schön in der Sosse.
After losing his job, he's in quite a financial mess.
'Sosse' is an alternative spelling of 'Soße' (sauce). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, the spelling with 'ss' is the only correct one, since the letter 'ß' is not used there.
In der Schweiz bestellt man Nudeln mit Tomatensosse.
In Switzerland, you order pasta with tomato sauce.
The idiom 'in der Sosse sitzen' means to be in serious trouble. The preposition 'in' with the dative is fixed here.
Seit er seinen Job verloren hat, sitzt er finanziell ziemlich in der Sosse.
Since losing his job, he's in quite a financial mess.
When talking about food, 'Sosse' (sauce) is often combined with verbs that describe preparation. Typical phrases are: 'eine Sosse machen' (to make a sauce), 'zubereiten' (to prepare), 'kochen' (to cook), 'anrühren' (to mix up), or 'andicken' (to thicken).
Ich muss die Sosse noch mit etwas Mehl andicken.
I still need to thicken the sauce with a little flour.
The meaning 'unappetizing liquid' is purely colloquial. It is used to express disgust or aversion toward a dirty, undefinable liquid.
Wisch bitte diese klebrige Sosse vom Tisch weg!
Please wipe this sticky gunk off the table!
