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Jan 12 |
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Looking for dictionary of synonyms *with usage notes* added 2 characters in body |
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Jan 12 |
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Looking for dictionary of synonyms *with usage notes* added 2 characters in body |
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Jan 12 |
asked | Looking for dictionary of synonyms *with usage notes* |
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Jan 7 |
accepted | Relative frequency of composite nouns of three or more parts |
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Dec 26 |
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nutzen/nützen, tauschen/täuschen, wagen/wägen, etc deleted 26 characters in body |
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Dec 26 |
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Etymologie von “gemein” Here's one way to look at it: one would expect that patricians and plebeians will attach rather different connotations to words associated with "the common people": derogatory ones for the former (e.g. "mean"=lowly,nasty; "common"=ordinary,vulgar;), and neutral/positive ones for the latter ("mean"=average,normal; "common"=ours, as in "commonwealth", "community", "common good", "common decency", etc.) The language retains all these echoes, even when they come from opposing camps. |
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Dec 26 |
asked | nutzen/nützen, tauschen/täuschen, wagen/wägen, etc |
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Dec 26 |
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Etymologie von “gemein” FWIW, the same thing happens in English with "mean" (which can be taken either as "average", or as "base, vile, evil"), and even with the Latin-derived "community" and "common" (which can be used in the sense of "ordinary, vulgar, lowborn"). A historical connection between the two meanings seems quite plausible to me. |
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Dec 23 |
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Looking for a collection of audio samples comparing German accents In my Google searches I tried various combinations of Akzent, Vergleich, and Hörbeispiele... I could use better keywords... |
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Dec 23 |
awarded | Suffrage |
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Dec 23 |
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What movies are good for learners who want to improve their grammar and vocabulary? ++This is a brilliant idea!++ What could be a more fun way to learn a new language than to watch the movies one loves (and probably already knows by heart) dubbed into the new language? I wish I had more than one upvote to give it! |
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Dec 23 |
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Looking for a collection of audio samples comparing German accents added 210 characters in body |
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Dec 23 |
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Which educative video series helps me in learning German? added 7 characters in body |
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Dec 23 |
accepted | Suffix-based lookup tool? |
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Dec 23 |
asked | Looking for a collection of audio samples comparing German accents |
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Dec 23 |
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Which educative video series helps me in learning German? deleted 2 characters in body |
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Dec 23 |
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Which educative video series helps me in learning German? deleted 5 characters in body |
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Dec 23 |
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On the dativ with and without “zu” (pt. 2) Thanks. I think I had misconstrued Eugene Seidel's answer to an earlier question... |
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Dec 23 |
accepted | On the dativ with and without “zu” (pt. 2) |
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Dec 23 |
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On the dativ with and without “zu” (pt. 2) You're right, this follow-up question here was largely the result of my incomplete understanding of your previous answer. Thanks for the clarification. |
