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Are German people always sure about the declension of a noun?
Talking about masculine nouns, German has the three categories weak/strong/mixed. Then the strong one is divided into three classes for the plural. A noun is placed into a particular category/class ...
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Wie beugt man den Nikolaus?
Am heutigen 6. Dezember ist Nikolaus. Ein Fest für die Kinder. Die fragen aber ihre klugen Eltern nach deutscher Grammatik:
"Sind das nun Nikolause oder Nikoläuse, die wir heute bekommen haben?"
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When do we use “Hose” like a plurale tantum?
Unlike "trousers" in English we use "Hose" in both, singular and plural forms. This also includes situations where we use it like a plurale tantum (even though it is none in German). Sometimes we can ...
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What gender has a “Virus”?
In German there is some confusion on the gender of "Virus" where both masculine and neuter are used:
Das Influenzavirus ändert jährlich seine Oberflächenstruktur.
Ich habe mir den Virus im ...
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How can I learn noun genders better?
One of the things that I really liked about German, as I was studying it in college was the very orderly grammar, which actually helped me to understand my native English better.
As a non-native ...
