Timeline for is "wie geschnitten Brot" grammatically correct?
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| Sep 15, 2013 at 11:53 | comment | added | Kilian Foth | @chirlu It's completely non-obvious. I used to think that too, and I am German. | |
| Sep 13, 2013 at 14:12 | comment | added | marsze | A similar construct can be found in many toponyms, e.g. "Grünwald, Alt Grünwald", "Klein Altgrünwald" etc. (vs. "Grüner Wald", "Altes Grünerwald", "Kleines Altesgrünerwald"...) | |
| Sep 13, 2013 at 9:18 | vote | accept | fsainz | ||
| Sep 13, 2013 at 9:03 | comment | added | chirlu | It's perhaps not immediately obvious to everyone that schöner in kein schöner Land is comparative without inflectional ending, not positive with masculine ending. | |
| Sep 13, 2013 at 8:40 | history | answered | elena | CC BY-SA 3.0 |