Questions specifically related to written German.
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logical steps to write an essay [closed]
Is there a way to make me write better I mean what are the logical steps I should take when I'm about writing in a subject. Like an exercise I just read wants me to talk about car-sharing
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Learning German through debates/ discussions - Deutsch lernen durch Debatten/ Reden
Ich habe mir gedacht dass man ab einem gewissen Deutschniveau auch durch Schreiben Fortschritte machen kann.
Habt ihr Blogs, oder kennt ihr eine Seite wo man an Debatten teilnehmen kann?
Ich habe ...
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Pronouncing “chs” as /ks/
"ch" is pronounced as /x/ or /ç/ depending on the vowel in front of it, and "s" is pronounced /z/ before a vowel, how come then that the sequence "chs" in the words wachsen and Wechsel is pronounced ...
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“[Ort], der [Datum]” oder “Ort, den [Datum]”?
Wenn man in einem Schriftstück den Ort und das Datum schreibt, dann kenne ich das so:
[Ort], den [Datum]
also z.B.:
Karlsruhe, den 29. Juli 2012
Warum schreibt man den? Warum nicht der wie in Es ...
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stilllegen, but lahm legen?
In Bastian Sick, "Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod", I read that it is "stilllegen",
but "lahm legen". He didn´t understand it himself and did not give an explanation, why the first word is written ...
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Am I writing these numerals correctly as words?
Please let me know if there is something wrong in the following examples:
am 12. April 1961 – am zwölften April, neunzehnhunderteinsundsechzig Jahre
mit 35 Jahren – mit fünfunddreißig ...
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Verwendet man Abkürzungen in (technischen) Texten?
Ich schreibe als Software-Entwickler viele Dokumente, meist technischer Natur (doch halbwegs verständlich für Nichttechniker), aber auch "direktorensicher". Dabei geht es mir nicht um ein paar ...
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What is the best format to use when writing out dates?
What format of date is appropriate for different contexts (business, personal) in written German, nowadays? Is it the same as English?
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How to write an ß?
What is the proper way to write an es tset on paper with a pen? In English we are told to start letters at the top, but the ß only has ends at the bottom, so what is the proper way to draw the letter?
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