Wortschatz - Questions on vocabulary of the German language.
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What does “Kantenblatt” mean?
What does "Kantenblatt" mean? I did not find it in a dictionary. I know that "Blatt" is a kind of list.
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What quick lookup software is there for German vocabulary in Mac OS X?
I'm not sure if this question belongs here, but it's certainly relevant to my German learning and I'd love to know what others are using...
I'm wanting to start reading online newspaper articles to ...
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Fortsetzung vs fortgesetzt. Continuing a figure on next page
My figure streches over two pages. On the second page, what would you append to the figure title: (Fortsetzung), (Fortgesetzt), or something else? In English, I would probably write (Continued)
E.g., ...
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German flash cards with pictures and no English?
I am looking to increase my German vocabulary and am looking for a good series of flash cards that does not contain any English, but instead just has pictures and the German word. Does such a thing ...
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Context-based Vocabulary Builder
I am a foreign student living in Germany, who already has basic knowledge of German grammar.
The biggest problem I have now is lack of vocabulary when speaking on a particular topic. If there was a ...
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Deutscher Wortschatz - Definition?
Kurzform:
Wie ist der deutsche Wortschatz definiert?
Langform:
Bis zu der Rechtschreibreform 1996 war ja der Duden das Standardwerk zur deutschen Orthographie. Wo und Wie ist seitdem die deutsche ...
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Frequency vocabulary generator [closed]
I want to learn German from watching German movies with German subtitles.
But to not press pause every time I see new word I want to generate frequency vocabulary with English translation.
Task is ...
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Äquivalent zu “seitlich” für oben und unten
Bringt man an einem Ding links und rechts weitere Sachen an, so sind diese seitlich angebracht.
Gibt es ein Wort wie seitlich, nur für oben und unten?
Gesucht ist ein einzelnes Wort, keine ...
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Grundwortschatz für ein Lexikon (Flörsheimer Mundart)
Wir sind dabei, ein auf Mediawiki basierendes Lexikon des "Flerschemerisch", die zum Südhessischen gehörende Mundart wie sie in Flörsheim am Main gesprochen wird, zu erstellen.
Dabei liegt das ...
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word reminder software - how do you remember the words?
I can understand German when I read it, so I started watching Mad Man tv series with German subtitles, and put the show on mute. However, I used to write new words in a two columns Microsoft Word ...
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Gegenteil von Apotheose?
Apotheose = Erhebung eines Menschen zu einem Gott
What is the opposite, where a god would become mortal? / Was ist das Gegenteil, wenn also ein Gott sterblich würde?
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Recommended reading strategies for intermediate speakers to build up their German
I learnt English mostly by reading all sorts of books once I'd a very rudimentary grasp of the basics. This was not intentional, but reading a lot is what in retrospect was the most helpful for me to ...
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Is “Erkennungsausweis” an actual word in German?
I found this word when ordering some lists with legal content (PDFs with translations from Italian to German), and failed to found it in my paper dictionary, so I tried the Duden online, but no ...
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What are “Marmelade”, “Konfitüre”, or “Fruchtaufstrich”?
Living in Germany I almost exclusively hear "Marmelade" for any spread made of fruits including "Erdbeermarmelade", "Himbeermarmelade", "Aprikosenmarmelade" and so on. Only rarely I also hear ...
