ogerard

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Mathematician, discrete and outspoken. Programmer and admin of various scientific and information systems. Amateur biologist and linguist.

	617 reputation	bio	website	a.b.c.d	visits	member for	2 years
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How can I learn noun genders better?

mar 27 at 9:20 Takkat♦ 24.4k

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How rude is “Quatsch!”?

slang formality

mar 8 at 17:08 anonymous 11

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What movies are good for learners who want to improve their grammar and vocabulary?

resources practice

1d ago K. Stm. 520

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Simple but interesting German literature

big-list literature

2d ago Takkat♦ 24.4k

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What is a good translation for “I wish!” ?

translation phrase-request

aug 29 '11 at 8:11 hheimbuerger 124

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Ist “wegen dir” falsch und nur “deinetwegen” richtig?

prepositions grammatical-case

jun 26 at 11:53 John Smithers 6,495

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Is it still good form to use a capital D for Du or Dir in a letter?

letter formality

oct 20 at 7:36 splattne♦ 22.3k

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What is the German equivalent of foo, bar, baz?

translation

oct 19 at 22:58 RegDwight♦ 1,462

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What is the German equivalent of “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”?

translation

may 25 '11 at 14:44 swegi 891

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Why do we have two equally used terms for “toe”?

etymology gender nouns

may 25 '11 at 15:27 Phira 6,990

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Is there a good on-line resource to look up the etymology of German words?

etymology resources duden

nov 26 '11 at 18:17 Community♦ 1

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What is the correct way to denote a quotation in German?

punctuation quotes

oct 24 at 0:05 user unknown 5,046

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What are the differences in punctuation between German and English?

punctuation

nov 21 '11 at 12:35 John Smithers 6,495

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Selbständig vs. selbstständig

differences

may 25 '11 at 5:26 RegDwight♦ 1,462

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Are there other examples of postposed prepositions like in “Meiner Meinung nach, …”?

prepositions word-order

may 25 '11 at 18:29 Konrad Rudolph 814

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“Für was” vs. “wofür” – gibt es Unterschiede und Regeln?

grammar differences interrogatives

jul 26 '11 at 7:13 Community♦ 1

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Schibboleths für verschiedene norddeutsche Regionen?

single-word-request dialects words regional

aug 31 '11 at 15:38 Tim N 5,691

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How colloquial is “Er ist in Schwung”?

phrases colloquial connotation

jun 23 '11 at 8:43 mbx 830

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„Zeitnah“ – ein Modernismus?

style adverbs word-usage

jun 14 '11 at 21:09 Community♦ 1

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Gibt es andere übliche Märchenbeginnformeln neben “es war einmal”?

regional

may 25 '11 at 11:56 RegDwight♦ 1,462

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Verwendet man Abkürzungen in (technischen) Texten?

usage writing

dec 20 '11 at 22:39 ceving 101

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Herkunft von “Versuch nicht, uns ein X für ein U vorzumachen”

etymology phrases

may 17 '12 at 20:54 Em1 8,881

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Bei XY unterm Sofa?

expressions phrases colloquial

jun 21 '11 at 21:00 splattne♦ 22.3k

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Is “neugierig” the temporary desire or the life-long characteristic?

meaning adjectives

jun 10 '11 at 14:24 markus 1,241

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Was bedeutet “todunglücklich” genau?

meaning phrases adjectives

jun 22 '11 at 12:42 bjoernz 767

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Searching German Website with user feedback on regional usage of words and phrases

regional reference

may 24 '11 at 20:57 chiborg 436

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Was sind gute Zungenbrecher im Deutschen? / What are good German tongue-twisters?

big-list

jun 17 '11 at 10:39 Jan 6,418

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Welche Dialektwörter werden im Standarddeutschen am meisten vermisst?

dialects big-list slang

feb 6 '12 at 21:05 user unknown 5,046

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Welche anderen Wörter der lateinischen U-Deklination werden im Deutschen verwendet?

loanwords latin

jul 2 '11 at 17:56 Veitch 321

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Mut, Tapferkeit, Sicherheit, Porzellankiste?

etymology expressions

jun 22 '11 at 12:00 OregonGhost 8,992