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May 25 |
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Neuter gender for nouns referring to children @Alenanno: cheers, much appreciated :-) |
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May 25 |
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May 25 |
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Neuter gender for nouns referring to children For male children, until recently, "der Knabe" was equally used, but is now considered outdated. Initially, "der Junge" was probably just a shortening of something like "der junge Mann". |
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May 25 |
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Neuter gender for nouns referring to children @Alenanno: added wiktionary link, and my hunch was right :-) |
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May 25 |
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Neuter gender for nouns referring to children added wiktionary link |
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May 25 |
answered | Neuter gender for nouns referring to children |
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May 25 |
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Schibboleths für verschiedene norddeutsche Regionen? @stefano yes, I know these. In fact, I sometimes tend to fall into the same trap, so thanks for making me think about it once more :-) |
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May 25 |
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Schibboleths für verschiedene norddeutsche Regionen? @thei danke und 'tschuldige :-) Hab's von spezifisch deutschen Muttersprachlern zu allgemeinen Muttersprachlern abgeändert. |
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May 25 |
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Schibboleths für verschiedene norddeutsche Regionen? @stefano I have already narrowed it down from general shibboleths to just those for northern Germany. Since there even don't seem to be that many distinct dialects left today (see ladybug's comment), my fear is that narrowing that question down further would kill it off. Maybe nobody knows a shibboleth to distinguish someone from Holstein from a Mecklenburger, but I'd be equally happy to learn about one for Niedersachsen or Hamburg. |
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May 25 |
awarded | Editor |
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May 25 |
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Schibboleths für verschiedene norddeutsche Regionen? added 7 characters in body |
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May 25 |
awarded | Student |
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May 25 |
asked | Schibboleths für verschiedene norddeutsche Regionen? |
