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| bio | website | teylyn.com |
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Microsoft MVP - Excel
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Jun 7 |
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When should you use “erst” rather than “nur”? In that context, you can also use "nur", because it's not necessarily temporal. "Mozart war nur drei Jahre alt, als er seine ersten Konzerte gab". "Mozart war erst drei Jahre alt ...." Both work, although "erst" sounds more familiar. Maybe because the reference to age supports the notion of a temporal context. |
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Jun 7 |
revised |
“Nicht” vs “Kein” word usage |
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Jun 6 |
suggested | suggested edit on “Nicht” vs “Kein” |
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Jun 6 |
answered | “Nicht” vs “Kein” |
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Jun 4 |
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Wann wird Präteritum in Bayern verwendet? Jeeperzzzzzzz!! |
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Jun 2 |
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Are there other words that are only partly Germanized, like “Toilette”? >> Kellöretli -- Nice. I especially like the consonant twist at the end. Adding to my list above: There's "Eau de Cologne", of course. |
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Jun 2 |
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Are there other words that are only partly Germanized, like “Toilette”? Wouldn't let me edit the comment, so here goes: Trottoir = Gehweg or Bürgersteig, Plumeau = Federbett, Portemonnaie = Geldbörse |
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Jun 2 |
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Are there other words that are only partly Germanized, like “Toilette”? Adding to that, in the Rhine area, there is an abundance of words with French origin,, like "Trottoir", "Plumeau" (pronounced "plümmo" and stressing the first syllable), "Portemnonnaie", and last, but not least "Scheng", which is the Cologne way of saying "Jean". This name is "Hans" in German and in the area in and around Cologne, a person named "Hans" is often referred to as "Scheng". And, of course, "Tschöö" from "Adieu". -- References? None. Just 40 years of hands on experience. |
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Jun 1 |
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Ich mache in… Argghhhh!! Wieso darf man nur einmal upvoten??? @splattne: fühl Dich zehn mal geklickt!! |
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Jun 1 |
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Wie sprechen die Salzburger den Namen ihrer Stadt aus? corrected minor errors |
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Jun 1 |
suggested | suggested edit on Wie sprechen die Salzburger den Namen ihrer Stadt aus? |
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May 31 |
awarded | Beta |
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May 31 |
answered | si-cher-lich vs. sich-er-lich |
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May 31 |
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How is the ending -ig pronounced, and where? sorry, but that's simply wrong. Berg is not pronounced with a "ch" sound at the end. Auslautverhärtung is a phenomenon that applies to other contexts, for example laufend sounds like "laufent". But the correct pronunciation of the ending -ig is always /ɪç/ (as in mich), although in some regions it will be pronounced with a hard g or k ending. |
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May 31 |
answered | How is the ending -ig pronounced, and where? |
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May 31 |
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Gibt es andere Sätze wie “Wenn Fliegen hinter Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen hinterher”? Ich kenn den Satz so, dass sechs mal das Wort hintereinandersteht: Wenn vor Fliegen Fliegen fliegen fliegen Fliegen Fliegen hinterher. |
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May 30 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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May 29 |
revised |
What are German words like Handy and Homeoffice called? fixed minor errors |
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May 29 |
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Welche Bedeutung hat der Duden im praktischen Gebrauch? @splattne -- Danke für diesen Link! |
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May 29 |
answered | Dasselbe vs. das Gleiche, what's the difference? |
