I couldn't realize what could be the proper German translation of that pattern. If I use it like below, makes it any sense?
The basis of the specific grammar
Die Grundlage der spezifischen Grammatik
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Yes, the basis of can be translated as die Grundlage von. So yes, it makes perfect sense.– BurkiCommented Dec 7, 2015 at 11:57
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In this sentence Grundlage is fine, but generally, basis has different meanings. Translate the German translations of basis back to English and you'll see what I mean: linguee.de/englisch-deutsch/uebersetzung/basis.html– IrisCommented Dec 7, 2015 at 12:34
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The sentence you wrote is completely correct.
However, you wouldn’t say “spezifische Grammatik”, you would use a specifying article (diese Grammatik / dieser Grammatik in your case).
More possible translation include:
"Basis" would be for example the base of a triangle,
"Fundament" - the base of a building
"Sockel" - the thing a statue is placed on
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Hi and welcome to German Language Stack Exchange. Feel free to take a tour of the site. Visit the help center to learn more about how it works.– JanCommented Dec 7, 2015 at 14:49
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You can do Alt+0146 on Windows, or Alt gr + shift + n on some Linux distributions.– JanCommented Dec 7, 2015 at 14:53
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@gizmo maybe after you see the rest of my example you'll count on me, actually there was generalization, the rest of my case was: "Which of the following defines the basis of the specific grammar of all possible human languages."– DragutCommented Dec 7, 2015 at 19:42
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@Bergmann One very rare example for a nice use of "spezifisch" - Congrats– gizmoCommented Dec 16, 2015 at 22:10
- die Grundlage
- die Basis
- das Fundament
- die Wurzeln
sind alles mögliche Übersetzungen für 'the basis'.
answered Dec 7, 2015 at 19:36
