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Is there a different usage of “Erpel” vs. “Enterich”?
When referring to a male duck I was told that I should always use the appropriate term "Erpel" when talking about the bird as depicted here:
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Usage of the alternative term "Enterich" should ...
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“Ellbogen” vs. “Ellenbogen” - is there a difference in usage?
Both, "Ellbogen"", and "Ellenbogen" are German synonyms for elbow. All dictionaries I consulted, including English-German dictionaries, don't say that one or the other is correct but they sometimes ...
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Is there a difference between “Leiche”, “Leichnam”, “Toter”, or “Verstorbener”
There are different German nouns for a corpse. Most used are
die Leiche
der Leichnam
der/die Tote
der/die Verstorbene
A Google Ngram shows a trend towards "Tote" being increasingly used over ...
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Distinction “prüfen” vs. “überprüfen”
I just read a technical spec in which I found the following sentence:
Weiterhin kann zum Überprüfen der geparsten Dateien ein XML-Schema verwendet werden.
which translates into
"An XML ...
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Wird das Wort “Werktätige” heutzutage noch verwendet? Was sind alternative Begriffe?
Der Begriff „Werktätige“ bezeichnet wohl Menschen, die ein Einkommen aus nicht selbstständiger Arbeit beziehen. Wie verbreitet ist dieser Begriff und (wo) wird er heute noch benutzt?
Wie bezeichnet ...
