301 Answered Questions for the topic German

German

03/18/19

How do I say something is the superlative of a group in German?
What is the correct German way for the English construction involving identifying the superlative in a group? For instance > Lake Michigan is the largest of the Great Lakes? or > It was... more
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German Grammar

03/15/19

Unterschied "sich in unsere/unserer Zeitung einzubringen"?
Folgende zwei Sätze: > Ich möchte Sie wieder ermutigen sich in *unserer* Zeitung einzubringen. > Ich möchte Sie wieder ermutigen sich in *unsere* Zeitung einzubringen. Beide Varianten... more
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German

03/15/19

Can "heavy duty" mean violently (in german: heftig)?
In Starcraft2, a RTS game, one of the characters says "heavy duty", and in german it's translated to simply "heftig" (which, to me can be simply translated to "heavy") Now, i think the Blizzard... more
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German

03/15/19

How to say where you are from in German.?
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German

03/15/19

How do you say “it is no problem” in German?
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German

03/15/19

Do most Germans take the use of “du” and “Sie” seriously?
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03/15/19

Difference between "kaufen", "einkaufen", "aufkaufen" and "ankaufen"?
I'd like to know: - What's the difference? - Which one needs *akkusativ-object*?
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03/15/19

Is there a difference between 'Gegenstand', 'Sache', 'Ding', and 'Dinge'?
Is there a difference between 'Gegenstand', 'Sache', 'Ding', and 'Dinge'? Can we use them interchangeably?
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03/15/19

Capitalization of German words in English sentences?
If I write an English text and use some German nouns in there do I have to write them capitalized or not? If I would have a whole sentence or quote in German I would probably use German grammar... more
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German Grammar

03/15/19

Why does “Fresnel'sche” have an apostrophe and “Gaußsche” doesn't?
In German physics literature, I often see adjectives like “Gaußsche” and “Fresnel'sche”. I know what they mean in the context, that Gauß (or Fresnel) invented something or that it is named after... more
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03/14/19

Meaning and origin of 'Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof'?
What does the following sentence mean and what is its origin?> Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof.I've heard this expression from some friends – I guess it's what you say when you don't really understand... more
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German

03/14/19

What does “Das ist gut” mean?
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German Idioms Meaning

03/14/19

Meaning of "die Kurve kriegen"?
I played chess with the German speaker and he tells me that 'Irgendwie habe ich noch die Kurve gekriegt'. Generally I understand that somehow he took advantage of the game.So what's the meaning of... more
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German Grammar

03/14/19

How do you ask "who" which is "wer", but for plural things such as people?
Can you say for example "Wer sind sie?" or do you use something else for that question?
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03/14/19

What is the difference between “ändern” and “verändern”?
I'm still confused about the difference between *ändern* and *verändern*. I have read something about *ändern* only being used with small changes and *verändern* when something changes totally. But... more
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German Grammar

03/14/19

Use of the word "had" more than once in a statement in the German language?
Even though the question contains the word `had`, I am referring to any forms of the word `have`. In English it's easy to think of a sentence which has two `have`s in it. For instance: > I have... more
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03/14/19

Why does "Leidenschaft" mean "passion" while "leiden" means "to suffer"?
The word "Leidenschaft" strikes me as having a quite weird construction. The [Wiktionary entry](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Leidenschaft) simply states its etymology to be "Leiden" + "schaft".... more
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German Grammar

03/13/19

Confused between usage of den vs einen?
I am a newbie trying to learn Deutsch. `den` and `einen` are akkusative forms of masculine words. My confusion is when to use `den` and when to use `einen`. e.g. > Ich kaufe den... more
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03/13/19

Etymology: Arabic falaha, German pflügen, English to plough?
Could there be some connection between Arabic falaha meaning to till the soil and German pflügen, Pflug or English plough, to plough?
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German

03/13/19

How do you say "My name is" in German?
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03/13/19

What is the difference between “der Zug” and “die Bahn”?
What is the difference between *der Zug* and *die Bahn* (besides the gender of course)? When should one be used and not the other?
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German Grammar

03/13/19

Die machen kein Problem für dich or "die sind kein Problem für dich"?
When I want to say > So they're no problem for you. in German, which of the two sentences is (more) correct or common? More context: I was talking about the two special German words, "Sie"... more
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German

03/05/17

when I'm unlucky...
how do I say If I become unlucky I'll have to work as a cleaner. I wouldn't like to work as a cleaner because they don't make much money and cleaning toilets is disgusting. 
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German

02/14/17

If my daughter haas two waterlemons, and she ads them together withe her friend's too waterlemons, how many friut do they hav in totla?
It is for my German matha class
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08/31/16

German word order
the instructions say: Bilden Sie die Sätze um, aber ohne das Akkusativobjekt an den Anfang des Satzes zu stellen.   I'm stuck on a couple of the sentences because in English I am bad at doing... more
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