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Der Bruder, dann die Schwester kam(en) um die Ecke

grammatical-number

answered 49 mins ago Björn Friedrich 17.3k

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lokale Server über online Server umleiten [migrated]

online-resources

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How to translate : “Sentence case”, “Title Case”, “PascalCase”, “camelCase”, “toGGLe caSe” “kebab-case” and “snake_case” [closed]

translation english-to-german

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Verbesserung in Prozent als Bereich für mehrere Fälle angeben

style idiomaticity

asked 2 hours ago Emma 249

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Why is the h in OHG “riohhan” geminated?

history old-high-german

modified 3 hours ago phipsgabler 3,275

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Are there any defective verbs in German? Are there any that lack an infinitive?

verbs

answered 3 hours ago dirkt 6,856

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How come they use gehen + dative preposition?

prepositions grammatical-case dative accusative

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‘After all’ in connection with quotations

phrases expressions

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Quelle eines Märchens mit einer Meeresschlange

literature

modified 18 hours ago Paul Frost 3,891

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“Ich sehn' mich nach der Isar Strand.” — Why not “dem”?

grammatical-case genitive

modified 19 hours ago Paul Frost 3,891

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Hand gesture for “klug”

gestures

answered 19 hours ago Paul Frost 3,891

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Difference between “wenig ” , “niedrig ” , “kaum ” , “gering” , “ ein bisschen ”?

meaning

modified 20 hours ago Paul Frost 3,891

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Class of words including Gehörtes, Gesehenes, Gesprochenes

nouns past-participle nominalization

modified 20 hours ago guidot♦ 19.5k

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sich verbunden sein

verbs meaning-in-context reflexives

modified yesterday RHa 11k

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What grammar form is “Es muss gemacht worden sein”?

grammar passive

modified yesterday user unknown 21.5k

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Meaning of nominative, genitive, dative and accusative

grammatical-case

modified 2 days ago Community♦ 1

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German bands like Leprous or Rishloo [closed]

music

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In German, can I have a sentence with multiple cases?

grammatical-case accusative nominative

answered 2 days ago 8051Enthusiast 11

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Explaining „es“ in „jmd. hat es mit etw. zu tun haben“

phrases

modified Jan 14 at 16:06 Secundi 101

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Canonicalization of semi-duplicates and different notations

word-usage word-choice usage

answered Jan 14 at 12:16 mtwde 13.3k

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When to say “du auch” and when to say “dir auch”?

salutation spoken

modified Jan 14 at 8:11 RDBury 1,036

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“Eines oft nicht sind: wirklich gesund” meaning?

meaning subject

answered Jan 14 at 1:20 Yesna 11

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What are some proper ways to welcome someone unknown? [closed]

salutation speaking

modified Jan 13 at 16:54 Community♦ 1

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What's with “die Stirn” in: “… Anmaßung die Stirn …”

meaning-in-context grammar-identification

modified Jan 13 at 16:48 guidot♦ 19.5k

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Words for “subsequent” and “following”

word-choice

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German translation of Ivan Bunin for free [closed]

translation russian-to-german

modified Jan 13 at 10:42 SwissCodeMen 1,560

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What does this mean? It's a quote by Nietzsche [closed]

translation german-to-english

modified Jan 13 at 7:36 RHa 11k

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“Alptraum” or “Albtraum”?

differences

modified Jan 13 at 6:56 Shegit Brahm 3,162

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Herkunft von »vermöbeln«

verbs etymology colloquial

modified Jan 13 at 6:13 SwissCodeMen 1,560

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Nachricht vs Nachrichten

word-choice

answered Jan 13 at 3:12 RDBury 1,036

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What does “Mandje! Mandje! Timpe Te!” mean?

meaning german-to-english northern-german

answered Jan 12 at 21:23 John Cowan 111

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What does “rücken zusammen” mean in this case?

meaning-in-context

modified Jan 12 at 17:58 Johannes 76

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How can these apparent grave grammar mistakes in one of the most known German military marches be explained?

verbs perfect-tense past-participle

answered Jan 12 at 13:18 vectory 1,503

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let somebody do something (for you)?

grammar-identification

modified Jan 12 at 10:59 jonathan.scholbach♦ 10.9k

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What's the difference between 'war' and 'wars'?

verbs

modified Jan 12 at 4:08 Jan 36.9k

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etw. werden / zu etw. werden

grammar

answered Jan 11 at 18:27 Hubert Schölnast 97.1k

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Unterschied zwischen 'Lesen' und 'lesen' als Nomen?

nominalization semantics

answered Jan 11 at 16:05 jonathan.scholbach♦ 10.9k

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Unterschied zwischen “das Lesen” und “die Lesung”?

nominalization semantics

modified Jan 11 at 15:54 Eden Harder 193

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Subject-verb (dis)agreement

translation

modified Jan 11 at 13:20 kjo 3,231

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Unterschied: “an Ort und Stelle sein” vs “vor Ort und Stelle sein”?

meaning differences standard-german

modified Jan 11 at 11:03 Björn Friedrich 17.3k

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How to use gebären?

standard-german swiss-german

modified Jan 11 at 9:02 äüö 9,673

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Unterschied: “vertreten sein” vs “anwesend sein”?

meaning differences standard-german unterschied

modified Jan 11 at 8:59 Capuccinolady 253

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Why “Akkusativ” instead of “Nominativ”?

grammatical-case

modified Jan 10 at 22:24 Levente 103

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Konjunktiv II question

subjunctive

modified Jan 10 at 20:05 RHa 11k

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German equivalent for Tina Fey's quote, “Bitches get stuff done.”

phrase-request

modified Jan 10 at 18:49 gnasher729 405

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Substantiviertes Gerundivum eines nichttrennbaren Verbs (»der zu Beurteilende«)

capitalization nominalization

modified Jan 10 at 18:03 vectory 1,503

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“es” (“it”) for a woman

pronouns dialects

answered Jan 10 at 15:02 Community♦ 1

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