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| location | Lübeck, Germany | |
| age | 30 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 11 months |
| seen | May 8 at 16:12 | |
| stats | profile views | 120 |
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Feb 6 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jan 30 |
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What does “Kollegen” mean exactly? Note that, like with anything else, the male form in general is also the gender-neutral form, even if used in singular. If I say "Das erledigt ein Kollege von mir", it may very well be a female co-worker. The long form "meine Kolleginnen und Kollegen" is only required in very politically correct contexts. "Liebe Mitgliederinnen und Mitglieder" is an exaggerated joke of always having female words when the male word would suffice. And also note that a lof of immigrants I know use the term "Kollege" when referring to "Freund", likely because their native language has a similar word. |
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Jan 27 |
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How do Germans call someone from the United States? The friend connotation for Ami is new to me. On the other hand, the word does not have a slightly negative connotation for me, it's fine. |
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Jan 27 |
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Hab und Gut: What is the difference between “Hab” and “Gut”? added 1 characters in body |
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Jan 27 |
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Woher kommt die Redewendung “über den Tellerrand sehen”? added 1 characters in body |
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Jan 27 |
answered | How to master pronunciation |
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Jan 27 |
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What to say after someone sneezes? @John Smithers: Yes, that's what I meant. |
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Jan 27 |
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What to say after someone sneezes? @John Smithers: I think Knigge started this ten or twenty years ago to comply with several other cultures. In 2008, however, Knigge revised their decision and now again explicitly "allows" saying "Gesundheit". But then, Knigge has several strange advices like how to serve asparagus that are at least arguable... |
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Jan 24 |
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What typographical rules are applied when creating the “Esszett” in a new font? added 1 characters in body |
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Jan 24 |
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What is the best resource to find, e.g. the plural form of nouns such as “der Automatismus”? I second canoo. Note that both LEO and dict.cc link to canoo.net - just click on the i symbol next to a German entry, canoo.net is in the menu. |
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Jan 24 |
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“Bäckt” or “backt”? +1, though "buk" is fine even today, and it's a great example for an older form that has evolved from strong to weak. |
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Jan 24 |
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Differences between “Klausur”, “Prüfung” and “Examen” The term Klausur was used all the time when I was in school, I think anything from 7th grade ("Quarta") up to Abitur, with the final exams also being Klausuren. And the term replaced the term Klassenarbeit which was used in the years before. I don't know if that is a regional thing. |
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Jan 24 |
answered | What typographical rules are applied when creating the “Esszett” in a new font? |
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Jan 20 |
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Is there anything like a dime? I've already heard Groschen for 10cent, and Heiermann for 2€ (previously used for 5DM). Let alone that many people here say "Euronen" rather than "Euro" or "Euros" ;) |
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Jan 13 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Jan 12 |
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How do I use “arbeiten an”? +1 for the ambiguity. Maybe they're also working hard to increase their quality deficits... :) |
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Jan 10 |
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Erwiderung auf eine Entschuldigung? Gerne passt zwar prima bei deinem ersten Beispiel, beim zweiten finde ich es aber etwas seltsam. Aber es wird sicher nicht missverstanden. Es ergibt natürlich irgendwo Sinn, jemandem zu sagen, dass man seine Entschuldigung gerne annimmt... |
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Jan 10 |
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Erwiderung auf eine Entschuldigung? added 1 characters in body |
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Jan 10 |
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Erwiderung auf eine Entschuldigung? Ha, das erinnert mich an so ein Miststück, dass sich mit Ellbogen überall (sich die ganze Zeit entschuldigend) durchgedrängelt hat und als es nicht durchgelassen und beschimpft wurde immer sagte "ich hab mich doch entschuldigt". Sich selbst entschuldigen kann man natürlich nicht, trotzdem ist "sich [bei jemandem] entschuldigen" die richtige Formulierung, im Gegensatz zu "ich entschuldige mich", das nur sprachlich richtig ist, aber von vielen trotzdem wenigstens umgangssprachlich verwendet wird und in der Regel auch richtig gemeint ist. |
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Dec 21 |
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“noch immer” vs “immer noch” edited body |
