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I was endeavoring to translate the following sentence from Asimov’s, I, Robot: He cast one glance over his shoulder at the blackness of the cliff’s shadow and realized that he had come too far to …
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I saw this phrase and I was kinda boggled by it. I know that it means “let the games begin”, but it doesn’t seem like imperativ to me, and the use of “mögen” is just mysterious …
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I’ve started playing a video game in German for practice, and the difficulty levels (Schwierigheitsstufe) start at Einfach (“Easy” in English). This surprised me because I thought Leicht …
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Ein Satz aus Dem Parfum von Patrick Süskind: Zehntausend, hunderttausend spezifische Eigengerüche hatte er gesammelt und hielt sie zu seiner Verfügung, so deutlich, so beliebig, daß er sich nicht nur …
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If a sentence like er will eine Beziehung/etwas kaufen/nichts is the desiderative use of modal verbs, what would you call structures like er will das nicht gewusst haben?
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From Das einfache Leben: Die Fenster lagen zu ebener Erde That struck me as a weird construction, but then I’m still learning the language, so I searched for examples of liegen zu in Deutschewelle …
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I recently read Heinrich Böll’s =The Clown= (in English) and stumbled over a passage that appeared to be an inelegant translation. Our narrator is describing making props out of ice for an act in …
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How to express the condolence to someone who lost somebody? Like for example a death of a husband or wife?
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In English, quoted texts are normally written in speech marks, “like this,” or occasionally ‘like this.’ However on this site I have seen people writing German quotes like »this« and „this.“ Which …
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When should I use zu Haus and when nach Haus? For instance: Ich fahrt nach/zu Haus. Ich gehe nach/zu Haus.
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Die Frage zielt nicht auf formelle Brief-Gestaltung ab, sondern auf die Frage, ob ein Dank für „Bemühungen“ oder „Mühe“ das Falsche ausdrückt oder die richtige Konnotation transportiert. Während „…
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Gibt es Unterschiede zwischen den beiden Begriffen? kommissarischer Manager Interim-Manager
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I know you have to say Es geht mir gut. but Ich bin gut. sounds good to me. Can I say that?
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Die Frau isst der Apfel. Die Frau isst den Apfel. Are these both the same?
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