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If I want to say that my arm is bruised i.e. having (a) bruise(s) noun: bruise; plural noun: bruises an injury appearing as an area of discoloured skin on the body, caused by a blow or impact …
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It is often complained about that the genitive case is replaced more and more by the dative case (*wegen dem Wetter,*den Opfern gedacht, *wegen mir, trotz), both in speech and, more recently, in print….
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Kann man die Subjunktion “so da” heutzutage noch verwenden? Also im Sinne von: Ich werde dies machen, so da die Bedingungen erfüllt sind. So ähnliche wie der Eidesformelzusatz: “… , …
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when I say “mir ist kalt” we don’t add es (I think it would be correct if we did but it is odd) but we don’t remove “es” in “mir geht es gut” I’m new to this language so …
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Ein Beispielsatz: Es ist gut, das zu tun. Der Infinitiv-Satz “das zu tun” wird mit einem Komma an den Hauptsatz angefügt, und das Subjekt dessen wird “es”: Wohl “es” …
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I wanted to translate the following English: These are facts which, with the self-evident proposition that no being can create another being superior to itself, smashes your silly hypothesis to …
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Is anyone aware of a German language equivalent resource as this website from the University of Cambridge – a question and answer speech recognition robot in English? – speakandimprove.com/
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Habe hierzu gerade versucht etwas im Internet zu finden, bin aber auf keine zufriedenstellende Antwort gestoßen. Ich vermute ja, dass man es kleinschreibt, bin mir aber gerade nicht so sicher. Sieht …
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When do you use wie and was in German? For example: What is your name? I understand you ask the question with wie instead of was.
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I hear native German speakers respond to a danke with bitte as often as with gerne. Is there a semantic difference between the two of them? Or a usage rule behind the choice? Is one more polite than …
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What’s the guideline as to when to use Perfekt and Präteritum? I was always taught that the simplest rule is Präteritum (mostly) for written forms, and Perfekt is most common in spoken language. But …
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Wann benutzt man auf oder über mit freuen? Zum Beispiel: Meine Tochter freut sich schon _ die Sommerferien.
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When somebody agrees with a point made in conversation they often say “genau” or “stimmt” (often preceeded by “ja”). So what is the difference? Is one slang and the other standard? Or is one regional?…
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What is the proper way to write an Eszett on paper with a pen? In English we are told to start letters at the top, but the ß only has ends at the bottom, so what is the proper way to draw the letter?
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