Editing German modal particles (section)

{{Short description|Uninflected words used in colloquial spoken German}}
{{German grammar}}
'''German modal particles''' ({{Langx|de|Modalpartikel}} or ''Abtönungspartikel'') are [[uninflected word|uninflected words]] that are used mainly in the spontaneous spoken language in [[colloquial]] registers in [[German language|German]]. Their dual function is to reflect the mood or the attitude of the speaker or the narrator and to highlight the sentence's [[focus (linguistics)|focus]].

Often, a [[modal particle]] has an effect that is vague and depends on the overall context. Speakers sometimes combine several particles, as in ''doch mal'', ''ja nun'' or ''ja doch nun mal''. It is a feature typical of the spoken language.

Most German words can be translated into [[English language|English]] without any problems but modal particles are a challenge to translate because English has no real equivalent to them.