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Jun 11 |
answered | What is the German equivalent of foo, bar, baz? |
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Jun 4 |
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A German word for non-alcoholic, carbonated, sweet drinks? "Softdrink" is an abomination, but you have to admit that as such the word nicely matches the actual things. Am passendsten ist "Zuckerwasser". |
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Jun 4 |
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How are jemanden/jemandem abbreviated? The variety of abbreviations suggests the absence of a consensus, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I prefer j-n, j-m. Note there is also j-s: jemandes Kleider, someone's clothes. |
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Jun 4 |
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Ist “rauf voten” und “runter voten” eine akzeptable Übersetzung für “upvote” und “downvote”? "Votieren" klingt total super, "voten" klingt total prollig und werbisch. |
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Jun 4 |
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How to use “doch” Doch, halt, eben, schon, mal, ja, nun - it's usage, usage, usage. Difficult to learn from books, much easier in spoken language where intonation and context will let you guess the meaning. |
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Jun 4 |
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How to use “doch” Doch doch, it means something like "Why don't you come at 10 o'clock?", as a friendly invitation or suggestion. Or, if you prefer, "Just come at 10 o'clock if you like." |
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Jun 4 |
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Why is “Fräulein” considered offensive, as opposed to “Frau”? To view "Fräulein" as offensive is the hallmark of a fanatic and arguably misguided egalitarianism with little understanding for how things have evolved historically. "Mademoiselle", "signorina" and "señorita" are exactly the same as "Fräulein", and it wouldn't occur to people in those countries to find issue with that expression. (At least I hope!) |
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Jun 4 |
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Wann und warum ging das Beugen von Namen verloren? Sehr schön, dein Otto-Beispiel. Dort steht oben auf S.99: "Da wir eines Zugs unsers Otto nach Italien so eben erwähnt haben [...]", also Genitiv ohne "s" am Ende, und ich glaube, das ist immer so, wenn der Genitiv im Artikel (oder Possessivpronomen) ausgedrückt wird. "Es hatte nemlich unsern Otto, [Komma sic] der Pabst Johannes XV. (XVI.) dahin eingeladen [...]", Otto also auch hier unbeugsam. :-) |
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Jun 4 |
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Jun 4 |
answered | Why is “Fräulein” considered offensive, as opposed to “Frau”? |
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Jun 4 |
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Jun 4 |
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Wann und warum ging das Beugen von Namen verloren? @splattne, bist Du sicher, daß die Beugungen von Joe, Maria und Otto im Dativ und Akkusativ jemals so gewesen sind? Wir haben lateinisch "Mariä Himmelfahrt" als Genitiv und dann sicher auch im Dativ, aber eben wegen Latein; noch nie gehört oder gelesen habe ich jedoch den Akkusativ "Marian", aber gut, es mag angehen. "Ottoe" (Dat.) und "Otton" (Akk.) kommen mir jedoch ganz künstlich vor. |
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Jun 4 |
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Is there an equivalent prestige dialect of German in the same way Received Pronunciation is to English? If so, how did it come about? @Billare, Hochdeutsch has been imposed everywhere in Germany by school teaching. As its linguistic features make it belong to the family of hochdeutsche Dialekte, it was a more natural fit for people from the Southern parts of Germany than for people from Northern Germany, for whom it was more disruptive, like it would have been for the Dutch. So people in the North had to learn it more like a foreign language, in marked contrast to their native dialect, which Hochdeutsch is not compatible with. So Platt is dying out, alas. |
