How do you say “Blow someone's mind” in German?
The closest natural German equivalent is jemanden umhauen, which literally means “to knock someone over”. English speakers use blow someone's mind to mean to amaze or impress someone very strongly. An informal way to describe a powerful surprise. It can express admiration or disbelief. Register: informal. Usage frequency: common.
Closest natural German
jemanden umhauen
/ˈjeːmandn̩ ˈʊmhaʊən/
- Literal meaning
- “to knock someone over”
- Register
- informal
- How often it's used
- common
- Equivalence
Near-exact equivalent
93 out of 100
What a native German speaker would actually say
A remarkable view or an unexpected fact can “dich umhauen”. German uses the image of being knocked off your feet.
Use “Das hat mich umgehauen” for something that amazed you. Without a clear context, the verb can also describe an actual blow.
How close is the meaning?
- Meaning5 out of 5
- Tone5 out of 5
- Context5 out of 5
- Literal similarity2 out of 5
These ratings are editorial approximations, not measurements.
In context
English
Seeing Saturn through that telescope blew my mind.
German
Saturn durch dieses Teleskop zu sehen, hat mich umgehauen.
English
The number of empty homes in the city blows my mind.
German
Die Zahl der leer stehenden Wohnungen in der Stadt haut mich um.
Related expressions
- What “Blow someone's mind” means in English
- Over the moon, Extremely happy about something
Last updated 2026-10-01