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

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

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Is it possible to say Ändern des Namens?

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How common is Imperfect Subjunctive in modern German?

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

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Possible meanings of "zwingen"

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"Hier das Cafe mag ich nicht" - Adverb as attribute in front of noun correct?

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Why do we add an 'um' here?

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

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Zeitdauern in Synthesevorschriften mit "für" oder ohne?

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Help reading an 1804 handwritten note about Kamchatka

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Wieso ist "nicht müssen" nicht immer gezwungen?

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Where's the other verb in "Darf ich bei euch mal auf Toilette?"?

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

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What is "Fischers" in Fischers Fritz?

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“Seltsam sei es…”: Indirekte Rede?

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Etymology of "Je... desto.."

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Interpreting past perfect in German [closed]

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

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Transcribing a German song sung by a Turkish singer

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

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

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Bedeutung „es liegt mir nicht fern“

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Future tense to describe past events

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Can es be abbreviated as 's at the beginning of a sentence?

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Kommasetzung in "Schreibe so schön du kannst."

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Tongue in cheek

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Do Germans find the English phrase "it's giving [x]" confusing?

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Warum benutzt man den Dativ mit "willkommen heißen in"?

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Can someone fill in some missing letters?

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Clarification of a piece of German text

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Wo kann man eine gute Quelle finden, die Substantive mit Präpositionen verbindet?

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Ursprung der Verwendung des Wortes "unbedingt" im Deutschen

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Deciding the declension of adjectives of names

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Bedeutung und Beugung von "einer" als Pronomen

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separable verb word order of mitkommen

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"er" verwenden, um sich auf "man" beziehen

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Unusual word order: Passive mit Modalverben im Plusquamperfekt

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

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German listening help request: I've boiled you an egg

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Eigennamen mit inkludiertem Titel richtig kennzeichnen

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Kannst du diesen sehr rätselhaften Nebensatz erklären?

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"Auf gar keinen Fall" -- wieso Akkusativ?

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Was ist ein Kurzsack?

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Why "im selben" but also "in demselben"?

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Using Partizip 2 as Modalpartikel?

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"bis" to translate "by the time …"

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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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