Timeline for Is "zu Arbeiten" or "zum Arbeiten" correct in this case?
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| Mar 24, 2023 at 1:23 | comment | added | planetmaker | Beispiel für das von Janka zu Recht(?) als selten benannte Plural von 'die Arbeit': Zu (den) Arbeiten von Franz Kafka finde ich eine große Auswahl an Rezensionen. Concerning (the) works of Franz Kafka, I find a large amount of reviews | |
| Mar 24, 2023 at 1:17 | comment | added | planetmaker | Certainly not. You first have to have a clear concept whether you use/have a noun or a verb. Then the rest follows stringently | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 22:38 | vote | accept | user44591 | ||
| Mar 23, 2023 at 22:37 | comment | added | user44591 | Seems like the right way to view these many variations. German is particularly hard because German speakers appear to make up the language as they go along, at times. Thanks. | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 22:19 | comment | added | Janka | Please also note the double function of zu as either a particle of the zu-Infinitiv and as a preposition. Same as in English, this accounts for endless confusion. | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 22:17 | comment | added | Janka | Get zu Arbeiten out of your mind. That one is from the noun die Arbeit and super rare. What you need to tell apart is zu arbeiten and das Arbeiten. Both are made from the verb arbeiten. The first is the zu-Infinitiv and the latter is the nominalized infinive. The zu-Infinitiv is good for giving shortcut arguments to verbs that allow it, and for infinitive clauses. The nominalized infinitive is good for every occasion where a noun would come in handy. Zum Arbeiten is just a use case of das Arbeiten used as an argument for the preposition zu. | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 22:11 | comment | added | user44591 | I am not so concerned with what I should do, as I am concerned with why others do what they do. zu Arbeiten and zum Arbeiten are used extensively, and I wish to know why, in every case, if possible. | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 22:05 | history | edited | Janka | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 23, 2023 at 21:34 | history | answered | Janka | CC BY-SA 4.0 |