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Wie kommt es zu den Präfixen “all-”, “alle-”, “aller-” und “allen-”?

etymology adjectives prefixes conjugation inflection

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On the word formation of »beschweren«

etymology morphology

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Etymology of “tüdeln”

etymology northern-german

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Etymology of “Wertgegenstand”

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Woher kommt der Ausdruck “Knast haben”?

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Why is “das Weib” grammatically neuter?

etymology gender history

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Why do Germans duschen instead of schauer?

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Substantivierte adverbiale Genitive, wie z.B. des Öfteren

etymology adverbs

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Was bedeutet »den Düwel ook«?

etymology semantics low-german

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Weak masculine nouns

grammar etymology nouns

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Verwendung und Verbreitung von JWD (“jotwede”) / jotwidee

word-usage etymology regional

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Splitting the German word “Taucherausrüstung”

etymology

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Etymologie von „Eltern“

etymology

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Why do Germans spell and pronounce “rocket” with an “a” (Rakete)?

etymology spelling

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