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How to add angry emphasis when speaking German

Equivalents of "what the hell...", for example
chi-town
Is there a single word you can add emphasis to your
questions when you are really angry?
And like in english, where we have a choice
to use "hell" when kind of angry
and "the f*ck" when really really angry,
does german have an equivalent word to use consistently on every who what when where why and how?

So if someone is angry or suspicious they would ask

WHO the ( ) are you?!

WHAT the ( ) are you doing?

WHEN the () are you getting over here!?

HOW the ( ) am I supposed to know?

WHY the () are you being so unreasonable?!

WHERE the () did you leave the plane ticket??!

thanks!
parnell
"Genau". you're welcome.
bmessmann
Germans use zum Teufel a lot. Goes with who, what, where etc. Verdammt noch mal is also a good one. You can also combine the two as in, "Verdammt noch mal, Hermann, was zum Teufel machst du da!?"
pog451
Down south they use "Kruzifix" in a similar manner: "'zefix amol, hast du aan Badscher!"

andy M
Lifeisabuffet
Just say... Was soll die Scheiße?!?!?!!!
and... Das geht mir voll auf'n SACK!!! smile.gif
fRe4k
Most of the times they use "Mensch" (not so offensive), "scheiße", "leck mich am arsch", "arschloch", etc things.

QUOTE (chi-town @ Apr 11 2008, 1:25 pm) *
WHO the ( ) are you?!

Wer die fick bist du? ph34r.gif (in a lighter vein)
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