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regarding vs. hinsichtlich/wegen - how to express "regarding" in German?
There are many ways to change the topic in German, so neither might be used as often as the English "regarding your computer, ..."
You mention already three, and your suggestion in the ...
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Is there an equivalent in German to "I hope this message finds you well"
Ich hoffe, diese Nachricht erreicht Sie wohlauf.
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regarding vs. hinsichtlich/wegen - how to express "regarding" in German?
Und was deinen kaputten Computer betrifft, - it sounds too formal...
To be honest I don't see why this would be too formal. This is actually how people talk. I agree with your objection regarding &...
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How does one express the ordering of thoughts?
Additional to @bakunin's answer:
One way to express the ordering of thoughts in the sense of your question is the phrase
Alles zu seiner Zeit! Everything at the proper time!
another one
Eins nach ...
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How does one express the ordering of thoughts?
The problem you are facing is perhaps that German differentiates between "wo" (the place) and "wohin" (the direction) while English uses "where" for both.
I go to [...]. ...
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What's the meaning of sicher
“damit” is a Pronominaladverb, essentially a pronomial head da "some[thing]" affixed to a preposition mit "with". Da is often used as a preposition itself, so this is a little ...
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What's the meaning of sicher
DWDS has a subentry with "sicher" in "adverbial use": https://www.dwds.de/wb/sicher#d-1-3-2
They classify it under the same meaning as the other uses: "certain".
I am not ...
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What's the difference between "ertragen", "erdulden" and "aushalten"?
Those verbs are almost synonymous in meaning. Aushalten is the most colloquial of those:
Hälst du es noch ein wenig länger aus?
Geht's noch!? Der Lärm ist ja nicht zum Aushalten!
The verb ertragen ...
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Was ist der Unterschied zwischen "... , so dass" und "so, dass"?
Das Beispiel ist so gewählt, dass man es versteht, wenn man die Mathematik darin versteht.
Sei x in Q, so dass es ein m in Z∖{0} mit xm in Z gibt.
Jede Zahl, die in Q ist (Q = Menge der Zahlen, die ...
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Was ist der Unterschied zwischen "... , so dass" und "so, dass"?
So dass heißt, dass aus dem ersten Teil der zweite automatisch folgt. Wenn P die Menge aller Primzahlen ist, kann ich sagen »sei x ∊ P, so dass x weniger als drei Teiler hat« (vielleicht weil ich ...
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Was ist der Unterschied zwischen "... , so dass" und "so, dass"?
Beides sind konsekutive Subjunktionen.
Allerdings ist das so im ersten Teilsatz nicht nur ein Korrelat, sondern ebenfalls ein Gradpartikel, in deinem Beispiel fehlt der Bezug, und ist daher so nicht ...
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Was ist der Unterschied zwischen "... , so dass" und "so, dass"?
Der Satz mit "Komma so-dass" gibt eine Folge an. "A, so dass B" heißt "B ergab sich, weil A".
Ein "so" im Hauptsatz gibt eine Eigenschaft, Art-und-Weise oder ...
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Do German speakers who would otherwise use "Sie" ever use "du" out of anger?
As others have mentioned, it can happen, either intentionally as an insult, or in the heat of the moment. However, there is a certain resistance to switching familiarity levels, that's usually quite ...
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Do German speakers who would otherwise use "Sie" ever use "du" out of anger?
Switching from "Sie" to "du" in anger is definitely a possibility. In most cases, though, I would assume that the person doing the switch is closer to the other person and the &...
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Do German speakers who would otherwise use "Sie" ever use "du" out of anger?
If the princess is (as princesses tend to be) of nobility, you should also consider an option that is independent of the answer to the question you raised: She could address the hero as "Er" ...
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Do German speakers who would otherwise use "Sie" ever use "du" out of anger?
It is my experience that when people get angry to the point of insulting others, they do indeed switch from the respectful Sie to the disrespectful du.
Although it has become the convention to address ...
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Do German speakers who would otherwise use "Sie" ever use "du" out of anger?
It is would be very uncommon that someone switches due to anger. When angry, we are more impulsive, but we use "Sie" vs. "du" out of habit.
For a video game, I could understand a ...
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Do German speakers who would otherwise use "Sie" ever use "du" out of anger?
You must understand that the English you does not correspond to the German Sie, but to du. So du is the normal form you normally use when talking to anyone you are familiar with: Family members, ...
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Do German speakers who would otherwise use "Sie" ever use "du" out of anger?
Your title asks a different question
Do German speakers who would otherwise use "Sie" ever use "du" out of anger?
than the body of your post:
Could someone who was otherwise ...
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Do German speakers who would otherwise use "Sie" ever use "du" out of anger?
Yes, swearing or insulting is usually done with "Du" rather than "Sie".
There's also a popular meme/video around where someone says "Du Wichser" to a policeman as he ...
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Do German speakers who would otherwise use "Sie" ever use "du" out of anger?
Could someone who was otherwise using "Sie" switch to "du" to indicate a low opinion of someone?
Unlikely. While it might happen, what I as a bystander would take from it is a ...
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Do German speakers who would otherwise use "Sie" ever use "du" out of anger?
Using "du" instead of "Sie" indeed indicates familiarity. On the other hand, using "Sie" is also a sign of respect. Switching from "Sie" to "du" out ...
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Do German speakers who would otherwise use "Sie" ever use "du" out of anger?
In my opinion, switching from Sie to du indicates that the two persons were formerly treating each other formally/politely, but now have become more familiar with each other.
Du as an insult would ...
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