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Does Swabian have English influences?
Many variations of the swabian dialect contain words and pronunciations that to me always subtly sounded like influenced by modern english.
One of the more prominent examples is the pronunciation of "fünf" exactly like english "five" in some areas…
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List of 1000+ (most common) German nouns with plural form
Has anyone managed to find a list of this kind in a tabular form, possibly with articles? Something like this would be ideal:
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das Kind | die Kinder |
der Hund | die Hunde |
das Zimmer | die Zimmer…
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Wie schreibt man Umlaute und scharfes S auf nichtdeutschen Tastaturen?
How do you write Umlauts and ß on non-German keyboards?
Wie schreibt man Umlaute und ß auf einer US-Tastatur?
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Is it okay to have an email address called "SS"?
One of our employees has a name like “Stephen Starr”. Since our company email addresses are based on initials, this means that his email address should be [email protected].
Another of our employees say that this would make it very hard to deal with…
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Welcher Tag ist der nächste Dienstag?
Keeping in mind that today is Saturday 05/28/2011, a German says
Gut. Treffen wir uns also am nächsten
Dienstag um acht Uhr.
What should you do, so as not to miss the appointment?
Wenn heute Samstag, der 28.05.2001 ist
und ein Deutscher…
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Is there a way to say "double + any number" in German?
In English one can say "double seven" (any number 0-9 could be in the place of 7) and it is equivalent to 7 7. In German can someone say doppelt sieben? I have not found such instances. I have found the word "doppelt" in instances like: "doppelt so…
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What is the equivalent of "boyfriend" in German?
In English when a man is in a relationship with another man, he can say he's his boyfriend. In German, saying "Freund" when both are of the same sex is usually understood to mean the equivalent of "friend", not implying a relationship. Same goes for…
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Wird Deutsch auch außerhalb von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz gesprochen?
Wird Deutsch auch außerhalb von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz gesprochen?
Wobei ich natürlich nicht zwei Deutsche im Urlaub meine, sondern eine deutliche Verbreitung.
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Why does "Krabben" mean shrimp?
I was in a pizza place in Bad Herrenalb (in Baden-Württemberg) the other day, and I ordered a pizza that included "Krabben". I like crab, so I ordered it, only to find that it came covered with shrimp.
My dictionary says that Krabbe means crab, and…
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Was ist eine angemessene Übersetzung für "shitstorm"?
Was ist eine angemessene Übersetzung für "shitstorm"? Gibt es dafür ein deutsches Wort?
swegi
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What are the differences between "Kunststoff" and "Plastik"?
When I googled for it, some people say it's formal vs colloquial, some others say there is no difference between the two. Some say Kunststoff is more general. That made me confused.
In addition, is there any preference between these two?
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Why does "fragen" take two accusatives?
Ich muss dich etwas fragen.
— Duolingo
(If the above is wrong, so is the premise of this question, so please correct it if need be!)
Does this sentence not have two direct objects? Why does the verb not take dir, i.e. the dative?
I'm comparing…
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Why do Germans invent English words for themselves?
I've known about Handy (= mobile phone) for quite some time; I was quite surprised when I first met it but with time I’ve simply gotten used to it.
A few days ago however I’ve met another one: Egoshooter. I could only guess what was meant with it…
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What's the difference between "können" and "könnten"?
I'd like to know when it's appropriate to use "können" and when "könnten", are they completely interchangeable? Is it like the difference between "can" and "could" in English?
Können Sie mir bitte sagen wie spät es ist?
Könnten Sie mir sagen wie…
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Is "1. Etage" the ground floor or the first floor in Germany?
I am searching for an appartement in Germany and I came across "1. Etage" which is normally the first floor.
However some countries have first floor for ground floor so I am confused now and I don't want to stay on ground floor.
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