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Why isn't “Ich danke dir” “Ich danke dich?”
I believe that in the sentence
Ich danke 'du/dir/dich'
that:
ich = subject
danke = verb
du = direct object.
Wouldn't that mean that it would be "Ich danke dich"? I hear people say ...
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Wie wird die Redewendung “wie es im Buche steht” grammatisch gebildet?
Ich habe ziemlich oft folgende Redewendung gehört:
Es ist ..., wie es im Buche steht.
Ich glaube ich verstehe diesen Ausdruck - es geht darum, dass etwas ganz typisch ist.
Ich frage mich, was ...
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What is the meaning of the dative in this sentence: “Dem Tod die Toten.”
I came across the sentence "Dem Tod die Toten" in a book I'm reading ("Der Schwarm" by Frank Schätzing) and I can not understand it. It seems like this use of the dative implies a meaning which in ...
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On the dativ with and without “zu”
I was surprised when I came across the sentence:
Was hat er zu Ihnen gesagt?
...because I would have thought that it would have been Was hat er Ihnen gesagt?. Are they both correct? If so, is ...
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Why do you say “in diesem Sinne” if “Sinne” is a feminine noun?
The LEO page for "Sinne" shows that the noun Sinne is a feminine noun, yet is used in the phrase "in diesem Sinne".
Shouldn't that be "in dieser Sinne"?
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On the dativ with and without “zu” (pt. 2)
The answer to an earlier question explained that both sentences below are grammatically correct, although they differ slightly in meaning:
Was hat er zu Ihnen gesagt?
Was hat er Ihnen gesagt?
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