how do you say in German something like the expression "worker by day, superhero by night": is it:
- am Tag / bei Nacht
- bei Tag / bei Nacht ?
Thank you
Office worker by day and superhero by night
To translate this sentence/motto in german, it would look like this: ”Büroangestellte am Tag und Superhelden in der Nacht.” (-> related to work.)
But you can also say ”durch den Tag” instead of ”am Tag” for the translation by day. The same is also ”tagsüber”.
For by night you can also say ”durch die Nacht”, ”in der Nacht” or ”während der Nacht”. Another example is: They work at night, in german you can say: ”Sie arbeiten nachts” and this means the same like by night.
answered Apr 28 '20 at 21:16
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So all variants are correct, and if I use any of these, the desired idiom would be understood. Vielen Dank! – Amc_rtty Apr 28 '20 at 21:19
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2Why do you use plural for the translation, when then original text uses singular? – infinitezero Apr 29 '20 at 1:12
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why do you extend something that should be the quote (office) and capslock it? I personally read capslock with a screaming voice. the > highlights it a bit (not as much as the yellow from old times) – Shegit Brahm Apr 29 '20 at 6:46
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The questioner used an excerpt from this sentence (which I wrote, now lowercase...). And because of that, I took the whole sentence to make it easier to understand ... – SwissCodeMen Apr 29 '20 at 7:14
Meine Version: Tagsüber einfacher Arbeiter - nachts ein Superheld.
