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-n weak-declension plural
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Meaning of swapping personal and reflexive pronoun in the German form of the sentence " I am good today"
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Preposition of 'auf' when translating "man plays the drums" into German
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Riesendurchfall - idiomatic meaning?
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«ff.»: «Folgende» oder «fortfolgende»?
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Jemandem langweilig sein
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Who is regarded as one of the world's leading experts on the German language?
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Verb position when using doch in subordinate clauses
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'Trennbare Verben' that Germans understand?
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Hyperpluralfolgen
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German idioms like "Draining the swamp"
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Eben darin oder ebendarin?
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Blumentopf & Topfblume - gibt es eine Bezeichnung für "umgedrehte Wörter", die inhaltlich zusammengehören? (und mehr davon?)
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Slang for money amounts in German
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Why do we use plural suffix in sentence with singular subject?
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Eigene Familie – your own family, parents don't count
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etwas(Gen/akk) leid sein/werden
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How did 'stimmen' change in meaning from "voice" to "to be correct, proper, true"?
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grammatical usage of drauflos [closed]
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Why is the size written in accusative?
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Which one is correct: Browser Chrome, Chrome-Browser oder Chrome Browser?
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