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Auskunft vs Information
(You've sort of answered the question yourself by distinguishing "information" and "input"...)
Auskunft is an answer to a request for information.
It means the act of answering ...
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Auskunft vs Information
"Information" is a more neutral term for an information. "Auskunft" has the connotation of an information that you didn't know and have been told. Think about a phone number you ...
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Confusing werden as Vollverb with werden as Hilfsverb in Vorgangspassiv as a learner?
The difference?
The first thing I thought reading the question was: Is there really a difference? Well, translating to English shows this:
Er wurde erregt: He became aroused / He was being aroused.
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Confusing werden as Vollverb with werden as Hilfsverb in Vorgangspassiv as a learner?
The phrase "Es wurde bekannt, dass..." is indeed ambiguous. I can mean "It became known that..." (werden as full verb) or "Someone confessed that..." (passive with werden ...
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