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Apr 25 |
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What does the word “Schickimicki” mean? Well, you already answered your question. Here some links: Duden - Wiktionary |
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Apr 24 |
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Learning German through debates/ discussions - Deutsch lernen durch Debatten/ Reden Ja, diese hier. |
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Apr 24 |
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Use plural or singular to refer to a »Menge« of something? @Toscho "sind" is clearly not out of place. First, you find a lot of Google hits for both plural and singular. Second, even Duden has an example where they use both plural and singular. Third, from my personal experience: it sounds absolutely ugly to use singular and I cannot remember that I ever heard that before. But from Internet search it seems to me to be valid to go with both variants so probably different usages in different parts of Germany. |
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Apr 24 |
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Use plural or singular to refer to a »Menge« of something? This is rather an uncommon use. More common: "Eine ganze Menge Geld/Arbeit/Zeit/...". In your case simply: "Das sind aber viele Nüsse." |
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Apr 24 |
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What is the reason for this seemingly inconsistent inflection around masculine genitive? @neuviemeporte See my edit. |
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Apr 23 |
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What is the German equivalent for “generation skipping trust?” No idea. Not my field. |
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Apr 23 |
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What is the German equivalent for “generation skipping trust?” "There is no generation skipping tax in Germany." |
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Apr 22 |
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Translated This is your life by switchfoot @patrix The purpose of editing other's Q&A is not to change their statements but to correct typos, edit formatting styles and such. It'd be wrong to revise your translations. |
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Apr 21 |
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Translated This is your life by switchfoot 1. Changed in order to make it readable. - 2. Voted for close, we're not doing prove-reading. - 3. There're bags of erros but you're lucky. Someone already answered. |
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Apr 21 |
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Pronunciation of 'r' in German I assume you're talking about the sample in this answer? If yes, do you mind linking to that one so that everyone knows what you're talking about. |
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Apr 21 |
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What is “hochdeutsch”? Which dialect should I learn? You preferably learn standard German but get used to the Bavarian dialect as well (which will happen either way if you're living there for two years). |
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Apr 19 |
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What is the difference between “Dom”, “Kathedrale” and “Münster” Dom == Kathedrale ("Kölner Dom",e.g., is translated as "Cologne Cathedral") -> episcopal church. Münster is translated as minster. It's not connected to bishops, it's a "monastery church". |
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Apr 18 |
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What is the difference between “schmeichelhaft” and “schmeichlerisch”? Schmeichlerisch? Sounds ugly. I'd recommend to forget about this word. Try schleimig instead. |
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Apr 18 |
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Gibt es ein Verb für “Ein Zeichen wird durch seine Escape-Sequenz ersetzt”? Jap. Escapen ist das Verb. |
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Apr 17 |
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Schreibst du einen Brief an deinen Vater? The subject is of course du and both Brief and Vater are objects. But I assume it's just a typo, isn't it? |
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Apr 16 |
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What's the meaning of “schon”? 1. "der Platz" not "das Platz". 2. Why do you think it doesn't make sense? Because it does make sense, provided someone has been there before but now left. Much more likely you will here "Ist der Platz noch frei?" Note, in German it's common to ask whether a seat is free, not - as in English - whether a seat is taken. |
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Apr 16 |
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The use of stand alone prefixes of separable prefix verbs In respect to "eine zue Tür" (also "eine geschlossene Tür") I think it's worth to mention that the opposite would be "eine geöffenete Tür" while "eine offene Tür" is commonly used in "Tag der offenen Tür" (=open day, open house) |
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Apr 16 |
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The use of stand alone prefixes of separable prefix verbs The predicate of this sentence is not anymore "Tür zumachen" but rather "zu sein". As elena mentioned in her answer "zu" is simply a "state" of door, like light can "be on or off". In (B) there's no relation any more to the action of closing the door. Simply "What is (state of) the door? - It's closed". |
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Apr 14 |
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The suffix -sal, usage and examples Schicksal, Trübsal (blasen), ... I don't know more of the top of my head. |
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Apr 13 |
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Was ist ein “Füllwort”? Äh ist ein Füllwort (was nur in gesprochener Sprache auftritt). Und ein Wort, das an erster Stelle stehen kann und eine Funktion ausübt, ist kein Füllwort. Natürlich ist natürlich kein Füllwort. |
