writeaway Nov 5, 2011:

return the favour? I often have to struggle between keine Angabe or keine Ahnung for k.A. in survey answers. Perhaps it would be fairest to use n.c. for the English and let them figure out if it means no comment or no clue.......

British Diana Nov 5, 2011:

N/A not applicable ? This used to be a possibility you could tick on official forms.

British Diana Nov 5, 2011:

Keine Ahnung is said so often by gormless youths in TV interviews, it's becoming quite a cliche.

Steffen Walter Nov 4, 2011:

@ Phil I was rather joking about it but there's definitely a grain of truth in it :-)

On a related note, we've had this before:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/854923
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/683423
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/2508916

philgoddard Nov 4, 2011:

Actually Steffen's answer is very likely - people often put this as an answer in surveys.

philgoddard Nov 4, 2011:

It might be the first time somebody got KudoZ points for saying "don't know"!

Steffen Walter Nov 4, 2011:

Agree with Phil... ... and "k.a." (or "k.A.") might even be interpreted as "keine Ahnung" ;-)

Coqueiro Nov 4, 2011:

@ Phil don't know seems to be a perfect answer here ;-)

philgoddard Nov 4, 2011:

Or keine Antwort. If it's something the respondents have written in themselves, the nearest equivalent would be "don't know".

Coqueiro Nov 4, 2011:

perhaps k.A. - keine Angaben