Thorsten Dittmar

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May 17	comment	“Fehlen” weak, “empfehlen” strong. But “finden” and “empfinden” both strong. Cases when [some_verb] conjugates differently from [prefix+some_verb]? @Em1 As Schallen is both strong and weak, it's a Schroedinger Example, right? It's both good and bad :-D
May 17	comment	“Fehlen” weak, “empfehlen” strong. But “finden” and “empfinden” both strong. Cases when [some_verb] conjugates differently from [prefix+some_verb]? But as you can see, it's easily misunderstood.
May 17	comment	“Fehlen” weak, “empfehlen” strong. But “finden” and “empfinden” both strong. Cases when [some_verb] conjugates differently from [prefix+some_verb]? Yes, (be-)ringen and (ein-)weichen are two good examples, but as the answer is worded he's comparing zurückweichen to einweichen and erringen to beringen, which is not what the OP is asking for. However, beringen vs. ringen and einweichen vs. weichen would be good examples.
May 17	comment	“Fehlen” weak, “empfehlen” strong. But “finden” and “empfinden” both strong. Cases when [some_verb] conjugates differently from [prefix+some_verb]? Well, that's like comparing sein in krank sein with the sein in sein Auto. They are different words. Wondering why you can not say empfehlte would be like wondering why you can not say krank unser. (I know that here I'm providing different word types, but you get the analogy).
May 17	comment	“Fehlen” weak, “empfehlen” strong. But “finden” and “empfinden” both strong. Cases when [some_verb] conjugates differently from [prefix+some_verb]? According to DWDS, the past form of erschallen is erschallte, so that doesn't fit here. Also (to be as strict as the OP wants to), none of your examples answers the question, which is for [prefix] + [verb] != [verb] and not [prefix a] + [verb] != [prefix b] + [verb].
May 17	comment	“Fehlen” weak, “empfehlen” strong. But “finden” and “empfinden” both strong. Cases when [some_verb] conjugates differently from [prefix+some_verb]? @user1451340 I read the site, but obviously I scrolled over be-. Still, you yourself said in your comment that the be- in befehlen and emp- in empfehlen are not prefixes.
May 17	comment	“Fehlen” weak, “empfehlen” strong. But “finden” and “empfinden” both strong. Cases when [some_verb] conjugates differently from [prefix+some_verb]? What I'm telling you is that your assumption is wrong in the first place! fehlen/empfehlen is not at all a "[prefix + verb] conjugates differently than [verb]" case, as empfehlen != prefix + fehlen!
May 16	revised	“Fehlen” weak, “empfehlen” strong. But “finden” and “empfinden” both strong. Cases when [some_verb] conjugates differently from [prefix+some_verb]? added 1 characters in body
May 16	revised	“Fehlen” weak, “empfehlen” strong. But “finden” and “empfinden” both strong. Cases when [some_verb] conjugates differently from [prefix+some_verb]? added 1 characters in body
May 16	answered	“Fehlen” weak, “empfehlen” strong. But “finden” and “empfinden” both strong. Cases when [some_verb] conjugates differently from [prefix+some_verb]?
May 2	comment	Usage of articles with “Schule” "Schule schwänzen" can be used without article, too.
May 2	answered	Usage of articles with “Schule”
Apr 30	comment	Why are “vier” and the beginning of “vierzehn” not pronounced the same? You also say eighteen, not eight teen ;-) Or more old-fashioned tuppence, not two pence.
Apr 25	comment	Use plural or singular to refer to a »Menge« of something? I've also updated my answer to make this clearer.
Apr 25	revised	Use plural or singular to refer to a »Menge« of something? added 804 characters in body
Apr 25	comment	Use plural or singular to refer to a »Menge« of something? You're right about the relative pronouns. Actually, we should talk about the verbs. In the example the OP provided, there are two possible meanings: The relative clause may define which "Kontextinforationen" are in the "Menge" (die Informationen, die notwendig sind), or it defines that the "Menge ist notwendig" (die Menge, der ..., die notwendig ist). More interesting is how the sentence continues: what's happening to the "Menge"? And here the verb must clearly refer to the "Menge" (Singular). You can't say: "Die Menge der ..., die notwendig sind, müssen..."
Apr 24	comment	Use plural or singular to refer to a »Menge« of something? Here we go: A language does have musts and clears - otherwise there's be no rules at all and everyone could do what he wants. There are (more or less) clear grammatic rules which can be looked up.
Apr 24	comment	Use plural or singular to refer to a »Menge« of something? The relative pronoun in the second example can never refer to "Kontextinformationen" as "der Kontextinformationen" only qualifies "die Menge" and is not a standalone subject in that sentence. So it is clear that the relative pronoun refers to "die Menge" and thus implies the use of "ist".
Apr 24	comment	Use plural or singular to refer to a »Menge« of something? @Toscho: Fixed this. By the way, to be fully nitpicky: 30% standing alone can not be less or more than anything, because it is not clear of what you're calculating 30% ;-)
Apr 24	revised	Use plural or singular to refer to a »Menge« of something? added 53 characters in body