Do other languages have similar acronyms to 'tbh', 'imo', 'smh', etc?

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IMO in German = mMn (meiner Meinung nach)

But for the most part we use the English ones

zB = zum Beispiel = for example

usw = und so weiter = and so forth

etc = etcetera = and so forth

we love shortings too

of course; all of these are very much pre-Internet ones and don't correspond to any Internet slang in English

Et cetera is latin and "etc" is commonly used in English and quite a few other languages as well.

smh = iwie (irgendwie)

How r u = wg (wie geht's)

somebody = jmd (jemand)

Shut up = hdf (Halt die Fresse)

probs = wsl (wahrscheinlich)

idk = kp (kein Plan)

kp could also be "kein Problem" (no problem) which is why I personally prefer idk / np over kp / kp

I'm using none of these. But what i use almost all the time : possibly = evtl (eventuell) maybe = vllt (vielleicht) kindest regards = LG (Liebe Grüße) e.g. /for example = zB (z.B.: / zum Beispiel) (i omit the dots and colons)