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What is the most ‘understandable’ way to order sparkling water in German?

single-word-request colloquial

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The indefinite pronoun “all-” in genitive

indefinite-pronouns

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Possessive pronoun: Why “mein Auto”, not “meinen Auto”?

german-to-english

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How to structure a sentence with a list?

sentence-structure list

answered 1 hour ago rastafile 422

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Wann müssen Nomen zusammengeschrieben werden?

single-word-request nouns

modified 3 hours ago Björn Friedrich 13.1k

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Beispielnummer oder Beispielsnummer?

nouns compounds

answered 5 hours ago mtwde 10.6k

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What is the difference between `reinige` and `bereinige`?

meaning verb-usage verb-choice

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“More scientific” replacement for “Abstellgleis”

word-usage word-choice synonyms scientific-language

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Warum darf “exponentiell” nicht auch als “exponenziell” geschrieben werden?

spelling reformed-orthography

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Decipher and translate handwriting and offical seal

handwriting

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Accusative or dative?

dative accusative

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Subtle meaning and word order differences in German constituent questions

meaning word-order questions

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sich etwas holen

translation

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How can I update Discord.py? [closed]

software

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Nachdem and tenses

grammaticality

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What is the German translation of the 'On' preposition in scientific paper titles?

translation english-to-german scientific-language

modified 2 days ago Uwe 9,701

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difference between Liebe Güte and ach je

word-usage

modified 2 days ago Iris 8,126

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German nouns' precise form of writing [closed]

nouns grammatical-number writing

modified 2 days ago Christian Geiselmann 28k

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orthography: voiced sonorant after short vowel, “dusselig”

pronunciation spelling consonant-sounds

modified 2 days ago mach 4,275

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“von klein auf” - what “auf” is doing here?

meaning phrases

answered 2 days ago Ralf Joerres 3,259

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Why was ⟨ß⟩ discontinued in Switzerland?

pronunciation spelling history eszett swiss-standard-german

answered Apr 4 at 23:17 mach 4,275

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Is Kilometer ever pronounced as 'kaa em' in German?

pronunciation

modified Apr 4 at 9:53 Marc Vaisband 162

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What was the meaning of adverb “üben”?

etymology obsolete-words

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Dialects of Austria—Resources?

dialects resources austrian accent

answered Apr 3 at 21:46 dinolingo 11

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Is the genitive used at all in everyday German?

usage genitive

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Saying “I will be doing my home work.” in German

sentence-structure tenses

modified Apr 3 at 19:01 cbeleites unhappy with SX 689

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How to attach the language in question to the word “Muttersprachler”?

word-usage word-choice sentence-structure

answered Apr 3 at 18:30 Crazydre 149

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How can I better learn noun genders?

nouns gender learning mnemonics

answered Apr 3 at 14:54 Nelson Dinh 113

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Soll ich “wer” nach “dem” entsprechend deklinieren?

declension interrogatives relative-pronouns deklination

modified Apr 2 at 18:10 phipsgabler 1,217

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What is the correct form? Is it “in den Zeiten” or “in der Zeiten”?

grammatical-case

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Was ist das englische Äquivalent zu “lebensphasenorientierter Personalpolitik”? [closed]

german-to-english technical-terminology

answered Apr 2 at 12:04 guidot 15.7k

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I am looking for level A1/A2 German books in PDF format

learning resources book online-resources

modified Apr 2 at 10:03 infinitezero 8,203

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What does “LG” mean?

meaning valediction

modified Apr 2 at 7:07 Christian Mann 1

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When to use sich?

word-usage sentence-structure reflexives

modified Apr 1 at 20:58 guidot 15.7k

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Was ist der Unterschied zwischen Randbedingungen und Rahmenbedingungen?

differences

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Rules for naming fractions with non-trivial denominators

technical-terminology mathematics

modified Apr 1 at 11:53 mtwde 10.6k

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Use of zu + infinitve as noun

translation infinitive

answered Apr 1 at 7:05 Prajakta K 1

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Übersetzung für ,,Quotation" auf Deutsch? [closed]

meaning translation english-to-german

modified Apr 1 at 4:05 Totita 9

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“mitten in” or “mitten auf”?

prepositions grammatical-case

modified Mar 31 at 22:50 Jean 176

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Declination of adjective when the adjective is already ended with -en

adjective-endings

answered Mar 31 at 21:41 Hubert Schölnast 86.4k

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Feminine noun with suffix -ung that is not the result of a “Verb to Noun process”

verbs etymology nouns nominalization suffixes

answered Mar 31 at 19:12 Community♦ 1

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Adjective ending -e with the noun Möbel

grammatical-case

modified Mar 31 at 15:35 Björn Friedrich 13.1k

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An die Freude - why “die”?

definite-articles

modified Mar 31 at 7:34 Christian Geiselmann 28k

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The necessity of omitting/adding “zu” before an infinitive

infinitive

modified Mar 30 at 19:13 Janka 43.8k

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How to say decimal numbers in Swiss German?

swiss-german

modified Mar 30 at 17:45 Jutschge 448

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Glück hat, bekommt eine Einladung zu einem Vorstellungsgespräch

grammar-identification

modified Mar 30 at 15:05 Jean 176

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Sometimes the Accusative case article is skipped while sometimes not. Why?

grammatical-case accusative

modified Mar 30 at 12:34 infinitezero 8,203

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Confusing grammatical construction with 'versammeln' involving datives

translation dative

modified Mar 30 at 8:23 To Ga 255

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