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Wohin schreibt man den Namenszusatz in Formularen / Urkunden bei “Nachname, Vorname”

answered 7 mins ago amadeusamadeus 7,414

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Does “über 4 Jahrzehnte” mean “for ..” or “for over …”?

prepositions

modified 43 mins ago Paul Frost 5,186

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Does Vor allem phrase change as per cases?

english-to-german standard-german swiss-standard-german

modified 45 mins ago Bodo 886

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What would the correct German lyrics of „Soft Kitty” in The Big Bang Theory be?

translation

answered 59 mins ago Melinda Thompson 1

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ausmachen to express to disturb / be disturbed

meaning meaning-in-context grammatical-case

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construct with im Gegensatz dazu, im Gegensatz zu dem, was

grammatical-case grammaticality pronouns deklination

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Use of “gerne” in answers

formality politeness

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jdm etw zukommen lassen (gewähren) - Konjugation

meaning tenses conjugation

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Spricht man das 'r' in “Verlust”?

pronunciation consonant-sounds

answered 7 hours ago Hannah 81

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Beweis, Nachweis, Zeichen - a nominal expression expressing the same as Mut beweisen

vocabulary

modified 8 hours ago HalvarF 9,422

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Weird Isolated Nebensatz

subordinate-clause

answered 8 hours ago Hubert Schölnast 103k

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Wie kann man auf Deutsch sagen, dass man allein ist?

questions

modified 9 hours ago Hubert Schölnast 103k

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Welche Etymologie des Wortes schwarzfahren stimmt: Farbe oder Armut?

meaning etymology connotation

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Nomen-Nomen-Konstruktionen

grammatical-case usage word-order nouns

answered 18 hours ago tofro 53.8k

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ein völlig Unbekannter oder ein völliger Unbekannter

adjectives adverbs

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Weit von sich weisen - reflexive pronoun sich

pronouns

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Verbtabellen in deutsch und englisch

german-to-english

answered yesterday Martin Peters 3,188

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Anklagen + Akk + Gen with a relative proposition

genitive relative-pronouns

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Numerus des finiten Verbs bei zwei mit “beziehungsweise” verbundenen Subjekten, davon eines im Singular und eines im Plural

grammaticality conjugation

modified yesterday amadeusamadeus 7,414

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What does geh. (geheftet/gehoben) in dictionary definition mean for a word?

meaning abbreviations dictionary

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How can I deal with “Eigennamen” when they conflict with the grammar of the sentence?

proper-noun

answered 2 days ago fdb 3,037

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Verliert das Verb “bergen” die Bedeutung “retten” - oder hat es das sogar bereits?

meaning

answered 2 days ago guidot♦ 21.3k

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Subjonktiv I oder Subjonktiv II - phrase with aufbauen auf

sentence-structure subjunctive tenses

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Searching for the original German Translator of Michelangelos “Rime 194” and 190 (“Ich bin nicht tot”)

translation

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Could the word 'wench' be used by a German mother to her young daughter in an affectionate teasing way when she had done something endearing? [closed]

meaning-in-context

modified 2 days ago Hubert Schölnast 103k

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Gibt es ein kurzes Gegenteil zu “eilt” / “eilig”?

single-word-request

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Please explain the origin of “mitgehen lassen”

etymology idioms

modified 2 days ago vectory 1,758

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Des Englisch(s) Genitiv

word-usage usage genitive style

modified Jul 20 at 15:27 c.p. 30k

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Unclear how the word “verantwortet” is used in a sentence

sentence-structure past-participle austrian

answered Jul 20 at 14:08 marquinho 63

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Proto-Indo-European language or “Indogermanische Ursprache”?

etymology history

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Ausdruckqualität oder Ausdrucksqualität im Sinne der Qualität eines von einem Drucker hergestellten Dokuments

nouns compounds

modified Jul 20 at 9:27 Shegit Brahm 3,160

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why “des von der” and not “von der”?

grammar-identification

answered Jul 20 at 9:08 Hubert Schölnast 103k

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Der Nacht oder die Nacht?

gender

modified Jul 20 at 9:05 Henning Kockerbeck 10.1k

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Would “Fräulein” be offensive to use towards young girls? [duplicate]

word-usage word-choice etymology

answered Jul 19 at 21:44 Arno 256

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Dative and Accusative small variation [duplicate]

grammatical-case dative accusative

modified Jul 19 at 10:16 João Víctor Melo 129

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Regeln der Typografie zum Beginn neuer Absätze

typography

answered Jul 18 at 21:50 mtwde 13.9k

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“der” for feminine noun [duplicate]

grammaticality

modified Jul 18 at 13:31 SwissCodeMen 2,049

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Adverb oder nachgestelltes Adjektiv? Schillers Glocke [closed]

adverbs genitive adjektiv

modified Jul 18 at 13:19 HalvarF 9,422

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Verzeichnis von Wörtern die sowohl im Deutschen als auch in Sprache X existieren

written-language

answered Jul 18 at 7:57 Hubert Schölnast 103k

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“es gibt es” - what does it mean? [closed]

expressions

asked Jul 17 at 17:46 user1284631 111

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Erkennung einer alten Handschrift

handwriting kurrent

modified Jul 17 at 15:04 marquinho 63

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auf jeden/keinen Fall

word-usage etymology

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Grüß dich, Grüezi wohl und Grüß Gott

etymology phrases morphology

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Dative or Accusative after “auf.”

prepositions

answered Jul 16 at 21:00 RDBury 2,446

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How to pronounce and write 19. and related?

numbers

modified Jul 16 at 19:26 David Vogt 19.5k

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Confused between Futur 1 and Futur 2 [closed]

future

modified Jul 16 at 7:40 Hubert Schölnast 103k

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Order of words in a sentence

sentence-structure word-order

modified Jul 15 at 13:09 guidot♦ 21.3k

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Was ist der Unterschied zwischen Epidemie und Seuche?

differences unterschied

modified Jul 15 at 7:56 Hubert Schölnast 103k

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