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Grammaticality of “original italienisches Eis”

Something you will often find is a phrase like the one given in the title: original italienisches Eis. What kind of word is original here though? An adverb? Shouldn't this phrase either read ...
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Why does 'geben' break the TeKaMoLo rule?

When learning German, you usually get the whole TeKaMoLo thing drilled into your subconsciousness. My German friend claims the following is a very natural word order: Warum gibt es hier immer so ...
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How do I use the word “da”

I have just learned German. I have heard a lot of people say the word "da" in conversation, but I don't know what it means. And dictionary doesn't help. Can somebody help me translate this word and ...
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Kontrollieren Sie bitte meine Hausaufgabe, Komparativ [closed]

Ich habe meine Hausaufgaben vom Deutschkurs gemacht und bin mir nicht sicher, ob ich diese gut gemacht habe. Ich habe Probleme mit den folgenden fünf Sätzen. Dein Stuhl sieht bequemer aus als mein ...
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What is the role of “dr-” at the beginning of certain adverbs?

I'm referring to word groups like oben and droben, or außen and draußen. Does the "dr-" represent something in its own right, perhaps a contraction of "dr-"? Apparently, they lend some subtle ...
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Where is exactly the position of “nicht” in the sentence?

A question came to my mind while I was reading a conversation in German: Ich bin krank, Ich kann nicht einkaufen. Ich kann nicht mit Jonas zum Arzt gehen. Ich kann Anna nicht in den ...
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Verb inversion with adverbs used at the beginning

I know that when adverbs are used in the first position, at the beginning of the sentence, the verb and subject position in German is inverted, such as in these examples with adverbs of place and ...
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Adverbien und Adjektive

Gibt es neben „lang“ vs. „lange“ noch andere häufige Adverbien, die im Gebrauch mit Adjektiven verwechselt werden? Insbesondere: Ist die Phrase "punktweiser Grenzwert" korrekt?