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Mar 15 |
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Reference work on prefixes, suffixes, etc @Emanuel: I was be-blown away by that blog post; but please, pace yourself, or you'll zer-burn yourself out well before you make it to zu... Heck, you won't make it to hinaus... |
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Feb 25 |
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How does one say “illustrated dictionary” in German? Thanks for the pointer. This is the only example I know of so far of the kind of dictionary I'm looking for. I'm amazed that Amazon.de does not sell it. Maybe it's out-of-print, or there's just no market for it. |
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Feb 25 |
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How does one say “illustrated dictionary” in German? @EugeneSeidel: thanks for the correction. Unfortunately, it made no difference. (Since my command of German is tenuous, I rarely use "double quotes" when I search for German words, to avail myself of the search engine's inexact matching capability. Therefore it's perhaps not surprising that fixing my error did not produce more hits.) |
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Feb 24 |
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How does one say “illustrated dictionary” in German? @knut: Thanks, but, as I emphasized in my question, I am not looking for Bildwörterbücher. |
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Jan 12 |
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Looking for dictionary of synonyms *with usage notes* @Em1 No, not quite. What I'm looking for could be called an "annotated thesaurus". In contrast to a typical thesaurus, instead of listing all or most synonyms, it lists only the most common ones, but explains the subtle differences that may exist among them. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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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 |
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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. |
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Dec 22 |
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Which educative video series helps me in learning German? @userunknown, arguably "to learn German" (as opposed to, say, "to improve one's German") suggests that the person is starting from scratch. That said, however, I think the thread would be useful to more people if it lists resources for learners at various levels. I, for one, am glad that you posted your answer. Thanks! |
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Dec 13 |
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Looking for comprehensive list of Partikeln That's very useful, thanks! |
