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Why does vormachen mean lying?

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Was ist der im Deutschen verwendete Fachbegriff für “Beiname”?

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Woher kommt der Ausdruck “sich zusammenreißen”

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Wer kennt die Möhle, möhlen und möhlig?

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Is there a good online resource to look up the etymology of German words?

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“Einzahlen auf” im Sinne von “zur Verwirklichung von x beitragen”: Wo kommt das her?

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Wie kann man die Konstruktion “es lebt sich gut” erklären?

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Herkunft von “roter Faden”

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Why are German numbers backwards?

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“Sich empfehlen” bzw. “Ich empfehle mich” als Abschiedsformel: Ursprung und Bedeutung?

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Why does German use definite articles before nouns whereas in English, there wouldn't be?

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