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Mein Schreiben verbessen [closed]

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Was ist der Unterschied zwischen "... , so dass" und "so, dass"?

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Is there a German word for the exercise phenomenon "second wind"?

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Usage of und with an Adjektiv and Nomen

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What is the meaning of "vor den Teufel" in this sentence "Mag ich vor den Teufel nicht" in an Opera?

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What is the meaning of "Gift und Dolch" (in Mozart's Opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail)

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Help reading an 1804 handwritten note about Kamchatka

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Seemingly incorrectly used -e endings for verbs in a DW article

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Transcribing a German song sung by a Turkish singer

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"Eine Form des Hin-und-Her?" vs. "Form des Hin-und-Hers?"

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Clarification of a piece of German text

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Why does "und" in this phrase start a Nebensatz?

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What is "am" used for the Superlativ? (am besten)

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Konjunktiv-II fill in the blank exercise: würden vs wären

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Is Plattdeutsch Sing-Sang tonal? [closed]

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Do German speakers who would otherwise use "Sie" ever use "du" out of anger?

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Interpreting past perfect in German [closed]

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Frage über eine Übersetzung von Celan: die/der/das Wache(n)?

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Is it possible to say Ändern des Namens?

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past participle with seemingly missing auxiliary verb [duplicate]

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connecting two separate ideas with "und" within a single dass-clause

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Is the noun after werden when using it as full Verben always in nominative case?

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Deciding the declension of adjectives of names

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Marlene Dietrich Deutsches Lied

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"Sätze und satzwertige Infinitivphrasen können Gegenstand von Ausklammerung ins Nachfeld sein."-English translation

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Bedeutung „es liegt mir nicht fern“

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Why do we add an 'um' here?

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Seit letzten April oder Seit letztem April?

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Eigennamen mit inkludiertem Titel richtig kennzeichnen

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Possible meanings of "zwingen"

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Difference between quer and über / which is more appropriate for going across a river?

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A German equivalent for "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

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"Auf gar keinen Fall" -- wieso Akkusativ?

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Future tense to describe past events

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How common is Imperfect Subjunctive in modern German?

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“Seltsam sei es…”: Indirekte Rede?

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Grammatikspiel, Lernspiel, Game für die Fälle Akkusativ, Dativ, Nominativ und Genitiv

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What is the correct case for 'of' for a 16th century word for 'bad/difficult' woman?

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Ursprung der Verwendung des Wortes "unbedingt" im Deutschen

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Unusual word order: Passive mit Modalverben im Plusquamperfekt

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vor oder von, mit Dativ Plural?

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Das - demonstrative pronoun - can be used to point to a noun, but not after it's known

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Zeitdauern in Synthesevorschriften mit "für" oder ohne?

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If there is more than one subject separated by “and” in a German sentence is the verb plural or singular?

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Kommasetzung in "Schreibe so schön du kannst."

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Nochmals zu reflexiven Pronomen [duplicate]

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