User Tim N - German Language & Usage Stack Exchange

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How rude is “Quatsch!”?

slang formality

mar 8 at 17:08 anonymous 11

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Simple but interesting German literature

big-list literature

may 21 at 7:11 Takkat♦ 24.8k

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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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When is it OK to drop the first-person e, as in „Ich hab'“?

formality

jun 6 '11 at 20:28 Pekka 웃 3,149

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How is the ending -ig pronounced, and where?

dialects pronunciation

apr 8 '12 at 18:29 AndreKR 176

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How to distinguish between a female friend and a girlfriend?

word-choice

sep 30 '11 at 6:02 Heinzi 268

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Eifersucht vs. Neid

nouns meaning word-choice

may 25 '11 at 15:31 Phira 7,050

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When is the last sound of a syllable unvoiced?

pronunciation consonant-sounds

jun 4 '11 at 3:54 Kosmonaut 305

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What are the differences in punctuation between German and English?

punctuation

nov 21 '11 at 12:35 John Smithers 6,505

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Ist ein Buchstabe eine Nummer?

meaning

sep 8 '11 at 13:50 Heinzi 268

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Where can I find a parsable list of German words?

resources words

aug 6 '11 at 1:18 user unknown 5,304

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How to translate Fernweh to English?

translation nouns

jun 10 '11 at 22:57 Tom Au 2,598

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Do Latin loanwords conserve their gender?

latin gender loanwords

jun 9 '11 at 22:40 ladybug 2,388

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Why use Konjunktiv I in mathematics?

grammar

oct 8 at 19:57 Tom Au 2,598

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Why no perfect participle? “Sie hat sich scheiden lassen”

grammar past-participle

sep 10 at 12:39 Em1 9,173

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Selbständig vs. selbstständig

differences

may 25 '11 at 5:26 RegDwight♦ 1,462

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Is there an online German dialect dictionary?

dialects dictionary

jan 21 '12 at 20:38 Günther 41

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Wann schreibt man Zahlen aus?

style numbers

jun 3 '11 at 11:51 RegDwight♦ 1,462

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Was bedeutet “Abb.”?

abbreviations

jun 1 '11 at 13:50 Tim N 5,696

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Does “Jawohl” carry Nazi connotations?

connotation political-correctness taboos

nov 22 at 4:17 Community♦ 1

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Where to find IPA transcriptions of Hochdeutsch online?

resources pronunciation

oct 30 '11 at 19:39 Robin Kothari 223

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To which extent should repetitions of “der”, “die” and “das” be avoided?

articles personal-pronouns style

jul 29 '11 at 16:59 eWolf 131

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A German word for non-alcoholic, carbonated, sweet drinks?

single-word-request

jun 2 '11 at 22:18 florianb 424

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Wie kann man wissen, ob ein Verb trennbar ist?

grammar trennbare-verben

may 25 '11 at 15:36 bjoernz 809

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“Befreyung”: Was there an ey→ei spelling reform?

spelling old-german

jun 12 '12 at 10:49 John Smithers 6,505

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When can the Sütterlin be expected to be understood?

handwriting

feb 20 '12 at 10:55 Konrad Rudolph 814

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Is something “kaputt” just broken or completely ruined?

word-meaning

aug 24 '11 at 8:52 Joachim Sauer 2,297

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How to express “silly” in German?

single-word-request adjectives

jun 10 '11 at 8:31 markus 1,251

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What does “einfach geladen” mean in a physical context?

meaning

jun 9 '11 at 5:19 Markus 1,044

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How to decide whether to use “raten” or “erraten”?

differences

jun 2 '11 at 17:26 fzwo 2,020

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