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Den Unblöden gehört die Welt! - What does Unblöden mean?
Media Markt has a campaign where they state that the world belongs to the "Unblöden", but I don't understand what "Unblöden" means and Google translate won't translate it.
So what does "Unblöden" ...
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“erstellen” or “erzeugen”?
Software X is producing printed reports, based on user input. How would I translate accurately 'produced with X' and 'produced by X', as both erstellen and erzeugen seem to be very near in their ...
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Kann man einen “fachlich geprägten Kunden” einem “technisch argumentierenden Entwickler” entgegen setzen?
It is about Software Engineering, where it usually comes to problems in communication between the customers (domain-specific, functional, professional lexis) and developers (technical, generic lexis). ...
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Hans im Glück - Help
I am reading Hans im Glück and I am having a hard time understanding the following sentence:
Ihr habt Euch jederzeit zu helfen gewusst", sprach der Schleifer, "könnt Ihr's nun dahin bringen, dass ...
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What is the difference between Bewußtsein and Bewußtheit?
I came across the following passage reading an English version of Nietzsche's The Gay Science:
Consciousness (Bewußtsein)[6] — Consciousness (Bewußtheit) is the latest development of the organic, ...
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Which of these is more common to say? - zweideutig, mehrdeutig, vieldeutig
Well, the title has the question, but I also wanted to ask if "deutig" alone means something.
One would think that it comes from Deutung (interpretation?) and since it looks like an adjective, it ...
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Meaning of schon in “das schaff' ich schon”
Watching Futurama, one of the characters said:
"das schaff' ich schon!"
What exactly does this mean, and how does "schon" change the meaning?
(I don't remember, but I think it was Fry, which ...
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What does “Genievorstellung” mean?
What does the word "Genievorstellung" mean in following sentence:
In der Genievorstellung der Romantik waren große Dichter über allem stehende Persönlichkeiten.
Source: Der "wahre" Shakespeare
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What's the meaning of “Er hat mit ihr geschäckert”? [closed]
Can someone translate this into English:
Er hat mit ihr geschäkert.
The verb "schäckern" has no entry in dict.leo.org .
UPDATE
The correct spelling is schäkern which you can find in most ...
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Which one is a better synonym for “Vordenker”: Vorreiter/Freidenker/Pionier?
I asked this question on EL&U and got some good answers, but tend to accept this answer.
IMHO Visionary doesn't really match Vordenker ("Wer Visionen hat, sollte zum Arzt gehen" Helmut Schmidt), ...
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What is the intention of the “Leere Flasche nicht verschliessen!” instruction? [closed]
I have some bottles of Hirschbraeu beer in 500ml brown bottles with swing tops like this. On the back label, along with information about the brewery and the beer, is the instruction "Leere Flasche ...
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Meaning of “Lars kam sich unendlich verlassen vor”
I'm reading Kleiner Eisbär, wohin fährst du? von Hans de Beer but I'm puzzled by this sentence:
Lars kam sich unendlich verlassen vor.
If verlassen is a reflexive verb as the word sich suggests, ...
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What does “Ich brauch mal Storno” mean?
Ich war heute bei Kaufland und habe
blah blah... ich brauch mal Storno
gehört.
Bedeutet das so etwas wie "Kaffeepause" oder mehr in Richtung "Pinkelpause"? Oder ist die Bedeutung eine ganz ...
