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35 votes

6 answers

16k views

Which letters does the German alphabet consist of?

CommunityBot

1

modified 9 hours ago

2 votes

1 answer

126 views

"Sagt dir das etwas?" — warum steht das Dativobjekt vor dem Subjekt?

sentence-structure word-order dative question

ALÖ

100

modified yesterday

3 votes

4 answers

123 views

"keine Zähne putzen" oder "die Zähne nicht putzen"?

word-order negation adverbial

Hubert Schölnast

112k

modified yesterday

-1 votes

1 answer

113 views

Strange placement of dessen in relative clause

sentence-structure grammar-identification

ALÖ

100

modified yesterday

2 votes

2 answers

86 views

der Staat is it gemischte Deklination or starke Deklination?

noun declension declension-table

Hubert Schölnast

112k

modified 2 days ago

1 vote

2 answers

95 views

Is case based on semantics or syntax?

sentence-structure grammatical-case semantics

idmean

3,278

answered Aug 10 at 18:43

1 vote

1 answer

49 views

What determines the placement of weiter?

word-order

tofro

57.3k

answered Aug 10 at 16:44

0 votes

2 answers

170 views

Why Schlimmstes but no Schlimmster?

gender nominalization comparison definiteness

Hubert Schölnast

112k

modified Aug 10 at 14:11

1 vote

1 answer

121 views

Is the German language "das Deutsche" or "Deutsch"?

grammatical-case article

Hubert Schölnast

112k

modified Aug 10 at 14:07

4 votes

1 answer

143 views

Deciphering a Hessen Hussar Regiment Patrol Report from 1795

german-to-english handwriting kurrent

marquinho

816

modified Aug 9 at 21:42

1 vote

1 answer

56 views

A way to make the grammatical number of accusative nouns after a proper name in the genitive case unambiguous without using ''von''?

genitive grammatical-number ambiguity

HalvarF

16.9k

modified Aug 9 at 21:07

0 votes

1 answer

38 views

How does Two parts conjunctions relate to one part Conjunctions?

conjunction

RDBury

8,199

modified Aug 9 at 20:15

0 votes

2 answers

70 views

How do you say, "either (of them)"

pronoun

Clemens Degasper

66

answered Aug 9 at 14:47

1 vote

2 answers

232 views

What is the adjective of "Platz"?

adjective

user unknown

22.7k

modified Aug 9 at 14:13

0 votes

2 answers

83 views

Was sind die Bedeutungsunterschiede der Begriffe "Steuer", "Gebühr" und "Abgabe"?

meaning word-usage difference

Hubert Schölnast

112k

answered Aug 9 at 14:08

3 votes

2 answers

110 views

How does one construct the German active voice?

passive

Hubert Schölnast

112k

modified Aug 9 at 13:55

7 votes

2 answers

129 views

Regeln für das Geschlecht von Indefinita bzw. indefiniten Nominalphrasen

gender grammar-identification indefinite-pronoun

Hubert Schölnast

112k

answered Aug 9 at 13:46

1 vote

4 answers

131 views

Use of "doch" in "Tugend hat er vielleicht, aber doch keine Klugheit"

translation

haxor789

373

answered Aug 9 at 13:39

2 votes

1 answer

423 views

Why is there no future-1 vs future-2 distinction in the future passive?

passive future

infinitezero

16.4k

answered Aug 9 at 6:50

0 votes

1 answer

47 views

"am meisten + Partizip 2" vs. "superlative of Partizip 2"

adjective past-participle superlativ

Beautifully irrational

860

answered Aug 9 at 3:45

0 votes

1 answer

118 views

Does active/passive voice distinction exist in imperative and subjunctive?

subjunctive passive tense grammatical-mood

David Vogt

22.2k

modified Aug 8 at 23:01

1 vote

2 answers

81 views

(aus)drucken oder (aus)drucken lassen?

meaning meaning-in-context

planetmaker

5,794

modified Aug 8 at 17:47

2 votes

2 answers

99 views

Is uneilig usable?

word-usage

tofro

57.3k

modified Aug 8 at 11:03

-1 votes

1 answer

156 views

Why "an" and not "zu" and how to know when to use which?

word-choice preposition

CommunityBot

1

modified Aug 6 at 12:08

6 votes

2 answers

754 views

What's the meaning of "Er stand auf Gewinn"?

meaning german-to-english

bakunin

2,213

answered Aug 5 at 23:11

1 vote

1 answer

42 views

"wenig" als Adjektiv oder Adverb [duplicate]

difference learning

PasWei

233

answered Aug 5 at 22:41

1 vote

1 answer

60 views

Catch up with someone: Aufholen or Einholen?

word-choice

Henning Kockerbeck

15.2k

answered Aug 5 at 21:14

-1 votes

1 answer

62 views

What is the difference between "Bierdeckel" vs. "Deckel"?

etymology regional

Jonathan Scholbach♦

14.6k

answered Aug 5 at 21:14

4 votes

3 answers

215 views

Was versteht man unter einer "russischen Glühbirne"?

meaning dialect austrian

bakunin

2,213

modified Aug 5 at 15:10

2 votes

2 answers

55 views

Unterschied zwischen Abweisen und Ablehnen

difference

bakunin

2,213

answered Aug 5 at 15:04

3 votes

0 answers

76 views

Is there any difference between "jetzt schon" and "schon jetzt"?

particle

KeN SmilePachI

1,144

asked Aug 5 at 6:16

2 votes

1 answer

59 views

Falscher nominalisierter Infinitive ohne Bindestrich/getrennt oder falscher Imperativ?

nominalization imperative

RDBury

8,199

answered Aug 4 at 20:37

3 votes

1 answer

133 views

What does "Liti" and "Obrig" mean in the 20th episode of the podcast eat.READ.sleep?

listening-comprehension

PasWei

233

answered Aug 4 at 18:48

-1 votes

1 answer

73 views

Wie muss man "halten" auf französisch übersetzen, wenn es mit "es" benutzt wird bzw. "Er hält es mehr mit seiner Mutter" [closed]

translation meaning-in-context french

user unknown

22.7k

modified Aug 4 at 17:19

1 vote

0 answers

64 views

Why not "einer der Schlimmstes"? [closed]

word-usage

SwissCodeMen

2,160

modified Aug 4 at 17:10

27 votes

5 answers

37k views

What can "passt schon" mean?

translation phrase bavarian dialect

Bobby

614

modified Aug 4 at 7:11

2 votes

1 answer

87 views

"Zu in" als Doppelpräposition?

meaning preposition

Kilian Foth

14k

answered Aug 4 at 5:30

0 votes

1 answer

80 views

Why do some phrase with comma not create a nebensatz?

german-to-english subordinate-clause

Jonathan Scholbach♦

14.6k

modified Aug 3 at 20:19

3 votes

1 answer

82 views

What is the difference between unumgänglich vs unvermeidlich?

difference

HalvarF

16.9k

modified Aug 3 at 17:47

0 votes

1 answer

60 views

How is Schlimmstes used?

article

Henning Kockerbeck

15.2k

answered Aug 3 at 15:56

0 votes

1 answer

75 views

What's the difference between "nicht" & "nicht mehr"?

negation

guidot♦

24.8k

modified Aug 3 at 14:29

0 votes

1 answer

95 views

Why "Allgemeinen" and not "allgemein"?

grammatical-case noun pronoun

Jonathan Scholbach♦

14.6k

answered Aug 3 at 11:27

-1 votes

3 answers

158 views

How did unter- (why not inter-?) compound with sagen to mean 'INTERdict'?

etymology

Jonathan Scholbach♦

14.6k

modified Aug 3 at 8:45

2 votes

3 answers

141 views

Is it the right meaning: „Ich will keine Vergiftung verursachen, aber ich vermisse dich.“ - "I don’t want to make you intoxicated, but I miss you."

meaning-in-context

planetmaker

5,794

modified Aug 2 at 23:57

0 votes

1 answer

115 views

What's the difference between "verständlicherweise" & "selbstverständlich"?

difference word-choice synonym

guidot♦

24.8k

answered Aug 1 at 20:17

0 votes

1 answer

131 views

würde + Infinitiv Perfekt (Konjunktiv II)

sentence-structure german-to-english subjunctive perfect-tense

CommunityBot

1

modified Aug 1 at 8:07

3 votes

1 answer

272 views

Why are German subtitles not exact?

language-cultivation

guidot♦

24.8k

modified Aug 1 at 7:08

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