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small sigil Oct 13, 2020, 1:45 PM

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lean flickerBOT Oct 13, 2020, 1:45 PM

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See a listed FAQ with >faq [name]

:small_blue_diamond: German letters

Aliases: german keyboard, keyboard

:small_blue_diamond: Grammar terms

Aliases: Glossary, Grammatical terms

:small_blue_diamond: Grammatical gender

Aliases: genders, der-die-das, gender

:small_blue_diamond: How to ask a question

Aliases: Translation, Homework

:small_blue_diamond: How to get started

Aliases: Starting out, beginner

:small_blue_diamond: IPA

Aliases: Pronunciation, Sound transcription, International Phonetic Alphabet

:small_blue_diamond: Negation

Aliases: kein, nicht

:small_blue_diamond: Nominative

Aliases: Nominativ

:small_blue_diamond: Omission of movement verbs

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:small_blue_diamond: Passive

Aliases: Passiv

:small_blue_diamond: Past Tense

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:small_blue_diamond: Prepositions of Place Part 1

Aliases: Nach-In-Auf-Zu

:small_blue_diamond: Resources

Aliases: resource list

:small_blue_diamond: Stative Passive

Aliases: Zustandspassiv

:small_blue_diamond: Structure of Konjunktiv II

Aliases: KII 2

small sigil Oct 13, 2020, 1:49 PM

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faq dative

lean flickerBOT Oct 13, 2020, 1:49 PM

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Dative

The dative case (der Dativ) is one of the four cases of the German language. A case affects how a noun or noun phrase is inflected, and indicates the role of the noun or noun phrase in a clause.

How do I decline in the dative case?

Nouns, pronouns, and adjective declension is completely different compared to the nominative case. See >explain adjective declension for a full explanation.

small sigil Oct 13, 2020, 1:50 PM

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explain adjectve declension

lean flickerBOT Oct 13, 2020, 1:50 PM

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FAQ not found. I found the following similar entries: N-Declension, Adjective Declension.

small sigil Oct 13, 2020, 1:50 PM

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explain adjective declension

lean flickerBOT Oct 13, 2020, 1:50 PM

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Adjective Declension

A Brief Guide to Memorizing German Noun and Adjective Declension by Basementality
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jWl5-kkqF3FQLDzrz8XLBJj7hvPFQK7MT5SYEDGK65E/edit

tender trellis Oct 13, 2020, 3:08 PM

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tender trellis Oct 13, 2020, 3:09 PM

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help

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Purpose commands

:small_blue_diamond: **📒 purpose** <input>

Gives information about a role or channel.

tender trellis Oct 13, 2020, 3:09 PM

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profile

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Bulli

Country

:flag_de: Germany

German dialects spoken:

Standard German, Angry Bavarian

Languages spoken:

:small_blue_diamond: :flag_de: German :cefr_a2:
:small_blue_diamond: :flag_gb: English (UK) :cefr_c1:
:small_blue_diamond: :flag_tr: Turkish :cefr_a2:

Short bio:

Hello my name is bulloid i come from germany and i low key suck and sleep all day and there's not much more to say about me because all the sleeping i do makes me very boring and i have no friendos :(

tender trellis Oct 13, 2020, 3:09 PM

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faq list

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See a listed FAQ with >faq [name]

:small_blue_diamond: Accusative

Aliases: Akkusativ

:small_blue_diamond: Adjective Declension

Aliases: adjective endings, Adjektivdeklination

:small_blue_diamond: Anki

Aliases: flashcards

:small_blue_diamond: Beide vs. Beides

Aliases: Beides vs. Beide, Beides, Beide

:small_blue_diamond: Best way to learn German

Aliases: learn fast, learn German fast, learn efficiently, best way to learn, fastest way to learn, most efficient way to learn

:small_blue_diamond: CEFR levels

Aliases: lvl, CEFR

:small_blue_diamond: Cases

Aliases: case, grammatical case

:small_blue_diamond: DACH

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:small_blue_diamond: Dative

Aliases: Dativ

:small_blue_diamond: Duolingo

Aliases: duo

:small_blue_diamond: Eszett

Aliases: Scharfes S, ẞ, ß

:small_blue_diamond: FAQ

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:small_blue_diamond: Formal and informal speech

Aliases: duzen vs. siezen, Sie, Du vs. Sie

:small_blue_diamond: Gender patterns

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:small_blue_diamond: Genitive

Aliases: Genitiv

tender trellis Oct 13, 2020, 3:10 PM

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faq list

lean flickerBOT Oct 13, 2020, 3:10 PM

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See a listed FAQ with >faq [name]

:small_blue_diamond: lessons

Aliases: sessions, activities

:small_blue_diamond: nicos

Aliases: nicos weg

:small_blue_diamond: roles

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:small_blue_diamond: seeing verbs

Aliases: schauen, sehen

:small_blue_diamond: so und also

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:small_blue_diamond: weil, denn, da

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:small_blue_diamond: wissen und kennen

Aliases: wissen vs. kennen, kennen vs. wissen

tender trellis Oct 13, 2020, 3:11 PM

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faq nico

lean flickerBOT Oct 13, 2020, 3:11 PM

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FAQ not found. I found the following similar entry: nicos.

tender trellis Oct 13, 2020, 3:11 PM

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faq nicos

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nicos

Nicos Weg is a free online program aimed at helping people learn German. It includes video, audio, text, grammar explanations, notes, vocabulary, and exercises. It also includes very useful cultural and bureaucratic information, such as how to open a bank account, while teaching you the relevant grammar and vocabulary.

It’s fairly popular and well-recommended, but keep in mind that you can’t learn a language with only one resource, even if it’s a good one!

You can find the courses here: https://learngerman.dw.com/en/overview/

You can also see various other courses for learners by dw.com here: https://www.dw.com/en/learn-german/s-2469/

tired relic Oct 13, 2020, 7:49 PM

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cefr A2.1

lean flickerBOT Oct 13, 2020, 7:49 PM

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:x: You already have the Level A role. Use >rr <role> to remove the role.

obtuse mist Oct 13, 2020, 8:55 PM

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session 1/2

**Alias: **lesson
Commands for the bot's session scheduling system.
Group moderators can edit and delete existing sessions for their group.

:small_blue_diamond: **session cancel** <id>

**Aliases: **session delete, session remove
Cancels the session with the given id. Use >session list to get the IDs of all sessions.

:small_blue_diamond: **session create** <group name> <time> <description>

**Alias: **session new
Create a new session for the group with the specified group name. Specify a group name, a time in a short time format (e.g., 1y, 7w 2mo, 1h30m) or a long format (e.g, 2020-12-31 23:59), and a brief description of your session.

:small_blue_diamond: **session edit** <id> <description>

**Alias: **session description
Replaces the description of the session with the given id.

:small_blue_diamond: **session info** <id>

Shows all posts for the session with the given id.

:small_blue_diamond: **session list**

**Short aliases: **sessions, lessons
**Aliases: **session all, session show
Shows a list of all upcoming sessions.

obtuse mist Oct 13, 2020, 9:01 PM

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session create Advancedreading 59m12h4d Hallo allerseits!
Wir lesen dieses Wochenende Momo vor!
Whoo! Schon so lange her

Wir lesen von Anfang des 4. Kapitels an vor, da wir da beim letzen mal aufgehört haben.
Ich hoffe ihr macht auch mit ❤️

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Sorry but this description is too long (204/200 characters).Please use the >session post command to add detailed information about your session.

obtuse mist Oct 13, 2020, 9:01 PM

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session create Advancedreading 57m12h4d Momo Vorlesen: von 4. Kapitel an

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Okay @obtuse mist. Your session has been scheduled for in 4 days, 12 hours and 57 minutes.

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sessions

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Upcoming Sessions

In 4 days, 12 hours and 56 minutes (2020-10-18 at 10:00 UTC) held by Bluwuleinchen

[ID: 38] (Advancedreading) Momo Vorlesen: von 4. Kapitel an

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help sessions

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session list

**Short aliases: **sessions, lessons
**Aliases: **session all, session show
Shows a list of all upcoming sessions.

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session 2/2

**Alias: **lesson
Commands for the bot's session scheduling system.
Group moderators can edit and delete existing sessions for their group.

:small_blue_diamond: **session ping** <id> <message>

**Aliases: **session announce, session notify
Pings the group for a particular session with a given id with a given message.

:small_blue_diamond: **session post** <id> <message>

Adds the given message to the extended info of the session with a given id.

:small_blue_diamond: **session reschedule** <id> <time>

Changes the time that the session with the given id is scheduled for.

obtuse mist Oct 13, 2020, 9:14 PM

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:x: The required argument description is missing.

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1 month, 2 weeks and 4 days ago - (Activities) held by Blackest of Felines | বিল্লি

Session Description

Listening Comprehension - A session for learners to improve their listening skills and learn a bit about german history.

Posted 1 month, 2 weeks and 4 days ago

Please remember that the same rules as usual apply:
Please try to be on time. I will try to ping everyone in advance again so you don't miss the deadline. You'll need to be subbed to activities to receive this ping (>sub activities)

In order to minimize disruptive noises during the session, you can mute your mics and also turn off the user join/user leave sounds temporarily in your notification settings.

Posted 1 month, 2 weeks and 4 days ago

If you do not know how the session works, here is a short summary:

You will receive a few questions about a text in random order.
I will read said text at least twice, more if you need it. First time will be normal speed, the second time a slower version.
After the reading, we will go through the questions together and answer them.
I will also post the text, the questions and answers after the lesson in #study-tasks

Posted 1 month, 2 weeks and 4 days ago

Quick reminder: Listening in about 30 minutes!

Posted 1 month, 2 weeks and 4 days ago

Listening's about to begin! Hop in so we can start ^.^

obtuse mist Oct 13, 2020, 9:14 PM

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lean flickerBOT Oct 13, 2020, 9:14 PM

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In 4 days, 12 hours and 45 minutes - (Advancedreading) held by Bluwuleinchen

Session Description

Momo Vorlesen: von 4. Kapitel an

Posted 1 minute and 27 seconds ago

Hallo allerseits!

Wir lesen dieses Wochenende Momo vor!
Whoo! Schon so lange her

Das ziel unserer Lesestunde ist es; auf Deutsch vorzulesen, dann mit anderen Wörtern auf Deutsch zu erklären, was passiert ist.

Wir lesen von Anfang des 4. Kapitels an vor, da wir da beim letzen mal aufgehört haben.

Zeitpunkt: Sonntag, 10 UTC
Treffpunkt: im Lessons-Kanal

Ich hoffe ihr macht auch mit ❤️

willow geode Oct 13, 2020, 9:25 PM

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inland raptor Oct 13, 2020, 10:05 PM

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faq list

lean flickerBOT Oct 13, 2020, 10:05 PM

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See a listed FAQ with >faq [name]

:small_blue_diamond: Accusative

Aliases: Akkusativ

:small_blue_diamond: Adjective Declension

Aliases: adjective endings, Adjektivdeklination

:small_blue_diamond: Anki

Aliases: flashcards

:small_blue_diamond: Beide vs. Beides

Aliases: Beides vs. Beide, Beides, Beide

:small_blue_diamond: Best way to learn German

Aliases: learn fast, learn German fast, learn efficiently, best way to learn, fastest way to learn, most efficient way to learn

:small_blue_diamond: CEFR levels

Aliases: lvl, CEFR

:small_blue_diamond: Cases

Aliases: case, grammatical case

:small_blue_diamond: DACH

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:small_blue_diamond: Dative

Aliases: Dativ

:small_blue_diamond: Duolingo

Aliases: duo

:small_blue_diamond: Eszett

Aliases: Scharfes S, ẞ, ß

:small_blue_diamond: FAQ

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:small_blue_diamond: Formal and informal speech

Aliases: duzen vs. siezen, Sie, Du vs. Sie

:small_blue_diamond: Gender patterns

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:small_blue_diamond: Genitive

Aliases: Genitiv

inland raptor Oct 13, 2020, 10:07 PM

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faq best way to learn german

lean flickerBOT Oct 13, 2020, 10:07 PM

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Best way to learn German

Should I study all these skills every day?

If you want to study them all every day, you can, but some people may find it easier to focus on particular skills on particular days. For example, on Monday you might choose to do a lot of writing practice, and then on Tuesday you might plan some conversation practice with some speaking partners.

If you try to cover too many different things in one day, then you might be jumping around all over the place and not able to focus on each individual task. It’s also a really good idea to have a different schedule or set of tasks each day to keep things from getting boring. So setting a special schedule or set of tasks for each day of the week - like the Monday writing day, or every Friday you do some grammar exercises followed by watching TV shows, or any other combination you like – is a really good way to go.

How much time should I dedicate to studying?

Everyone has a different schedule and everyone learns at a different pace. It is recommended to study every day, preferably for 30 minutes or more, but taking 1-2 days off is okay. More important is how many hours you study in a week.

A casual pace will be roughly around 5-8 hours a week, a steady pace would be around 10-14 hours a week, and a fast pace (around the same pace as a university subject) will be 15-20 hours a week.

Anything less than 5 hours and you may find it hard to keep improving steadily (but feel free to try it and see how it works for you), while studying one subject for over 25 hours a week may quickly lead to burnout.

How you choose to spread those hours out over the week is not that important; for example, if you have a lot of time on the weekend but not during the week, it’s fine to do short study sessions on weekdays and then dedicate a bunch of time on Saturday and Sunday.

inland raptor Oct 13, 2020, 10:09 PM

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faq anki

lean flickerBOT Oct 13, 2020, 10:09 PM

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Flashcard Tips

When creating flashcards it is not enough to just have a single german word on one side, and a single word translation on the other side of the card. You want to provide details that match your learning style and help you better understand what the word means.

For nouns

At the very least, include the gender and the plural form. E.g. Der Mann | Die Männer or Der Mann -:er Whichever form helps you recognise the plural ending and any vowel changes. You may also want to add a note for weak masculine nouns. (See >explain N-Declension.)

For verbs

Include the infinitive, the preterite (simple past) and the past participle (perfect form). E.g. rennen | rannte | gerannt or for a separable verb anrufen | rief an | angerufen. For irregular verbs, you may want to list all present tense conjugations. You may also want to include if the verb uses haben or sein as its auxiliary.

For all words

Adding an example sentence is important for helping you understand the usage and context of a word (dwds.de and linguee.com are good sources of example sentences). You may also want to add multiple translations for words that have multiple meanings. E.g. Die Auflage can mean both a requirement, and the edition of a book. You may also want to try picture cues or audio recordings (possible sources for voice recordings include dict.cc, linguee.com, duden.de, and wiktionary.de).

Close Passages

Flashcards based on close passages can be a very effective way to learn new vocabulary. E.g. put Ich kaufe Lebensmittel im [blank] ein. on one side of the flashcard, and Ich kaufe Lebensmittel im *Markt* ein; der Markt, die Märkte - market. This places vocabulary in context to help you understand its meaning and usages, and also provides you with whole phrases that help jolt your memory when trying to remember an individual word.

Recall vs. Reproduction

Flashcards are most effective when they train your ability to reproduce knowledge. I.e. Seeing the word Baum and recognising it as tree is a lot less effective than being able to look at a picture of a tree and know it means der Baum. Taking that a step further you want to be able to also know that that while die Struktur also means 'tree', it doesn't actually mean the plant. When creating flashcards, try to design them with these concepts in mind. E.g. Using minimal or no flashcards that show you a german word and ask you to recall what it means in english, and instead focus on the other way around: giving you an english word and asking you to recall what it means in german.

Other Flashcard Apps

Other commonly used flashcard apps you may want to check out include:

graceful egret Oct 13, 2020, 10:24 PM

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These groups are currently accessible

News

Announcements! Subscribe for pings!

Reading

Lessons! Subscribe for pings!

Grammar

Lessons! Subscribe for pings!

AdvancedGrammar

Like Grammar but only B2+ level content.

Activities

Lessons! Subscribe for pings!

AdvancedReading

Like Reading but only B2+ level content.

Writing

Join to get weekly and monthly prompts!

Pronunciation

Offers weekly texts to practise pronunciation.

Translation

Offers weekly sentences to translate.

Science

STEM-related topics.

Food

A group for food talks.

Art

A group for sharing self-made art.

Dialects

No description provided.

Ouija

A Ouija-style game just for fun.

Gaming

All gaming-related topics.

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lean flickerBOT Oct 13, 2020, 11:35 PM

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Generic 1/2 commands

:small_blue_diamond: **getrole** <role name>

Assigns you a role with the given name, removing any previous assignable roles.
Note: Use >sub to subscribe to groups and ping a moderator for the native speaker role.

:small_blue_diamond: **info** [user]

Displays information about the given user. If no user is specified, information about you will be displayed.

:small_blue_diamond: **ping**

Displays how long it takes for a message that the bot sends to arrive.

:small_blue_diamond: **quote** <channel> <message id>

Quotes a message in the channel you are in. Specify the channel that the message was originally posted in and the message id of the message (accessible if you turn on developer mode in your Discord settings).

:small_blue_diamond: **removerole** <role name>

Removes the CEFR role with the given name from you.
Note: Use >unsub for group roles.

tall tartan Oct 14, 2020, 12:13 AM

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play geh mal bier holen

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Mickie Krause - Geh mal Bier hol'n [00:03:06] added to the queue.

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:x: Group reading news dialects not found.
Try >groups to see a list of all groups or >group joinall to join all available groups.

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:x: Group pronounciation not found.
Try >groups to see a list of all groups or >group joinall to join all available groups.

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fallow pecan Oct 14, 2020, 6:52 AM

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faq anki

lean flickerBOT Oct 14, 2020, 6:52 AM

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Anki

What is Anki?

Anki is a free and very versatile flashcard program that is often used for learning new vocabulary. You can import spreadsheets to quickly create your own flashcards, and you can add your own images and audio for highly custom flashcard decks. You can also access and use a wide range of community created and shared flashcard decks all for free*.

Note: Anki uses a method of learning called spaced repetition. Flashcards and spaced repetition are one of many techniques used for language learning. However, we all learn differently and while these methods work for many people, they may not necessarily work for you. Give it a try, but don’t be disheartened if these methods aren’t right for you. Even if flashcards and spaced repetition work for you, don’t forget to incorporate other forms of practice. E.g. try using your new vocabulary to write your own practice sentences.

Where To Get It

It is available here on PC, Mac, Linux, iPhone, and Android. You can also find the browser AnkiWeb version here.

Manually adding basic cards is quite simple, but making custom templates is a bit more complex. Basementality has put together this handy guide for making custom card types and decks. You can also find Anki’s documentation / instruction guide here.

*The iPhone app AnkiMobile costs $24.99 USD on the iTunes store. The Android app and all other platforms are completely free. The mobile browser version of AnkiWeb is still available for free on iPhones.

See the next page for some helpful tips on creating your flashcards.

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Upcoming Sessions

In 4 days, 1 hour and 45 minutes (2020-10-18 at 10:00 UTC) held by Bluwuleinchen

[ID: 38] (Advancedreading) Momo Vorlesen: von 4. Kapitel an

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Upcoming Sessions

In 4 days, 43 minutes and 41 seconds (2020-10-18 at 10:00 UTC) held by Bluwuleinchen

[ID: 38] (Advancedreading) Momo Vorlesen: von 4. Kapitel an

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faq beginner

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How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

Always learn the gender of a noun when you learn a new noun
Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
You can listen to pronunciation for words on websites like dict.cc, forvo.com, and others
Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
Ask as many questions as possible
Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

desert mural Oct 14, 2020, 11:06 AM

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faq all

lean flickerBOT Oct 14, 2020, 11:06 AM

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See a listed FAQ with >faq [name]

:small_blue_diamond: Accusative

Aliases: Akkusativ

:small_blue_diamond: Adjective Declension

Aliases: adjective endings, Adjektivdeklination

:small_blue_diamond: Anki

Aliases: flashcards

:small_blue_diamond: Beide vs. Beides

Aliases: Beides vs. Beide, Beides, Beide

:small_blue_diamond: Best way to learn German

Aliases: learn fast, learn German fast, learn efficiently, best way to learn, fastest way to learn, most efficient way to learn

:small_blue_diamond: CEFR levels

Aliases: lvl, CEFR

:small_blue_diamond: Cases

Aliases: case, grammatical case

:small_blue_diamond: DACH

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:small_blue_diamond: Dative

Aliases: Dativ

:small_blue_diamond: Duolingo

Aliases: duo

:small_blue_diamond: Eszett

Aliases: Scharfes S, ẞ, ß

:small_blue_diamond: FAQ

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:small_blue_diamond: Formal and informal speech

Aliases: duzen vs. siezen, Sie, Du vs. Sie

:small_blue_diamond: Gender patterns

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:small_blue_diamond: Genitive

Aliases: Genitiv

near trellis Oct 14, 2020, 11:27 AM

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faq beginner

lean flickerBOT Oct 14, 2020, 11:27 AM

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How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

Always learn the gender of a noun when you learn a new noun
Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
You can listen to pronunciation for words on websites like dict.cc, forvo.com, and others
Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
Ask as many questions as possible
Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

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CEFR levels

If you see something like A1, B2 or C1, these represent the proficiency of a speaker in a language they're not native in, and are called CEFR levels. They are valid for any language, not only German!
Roughly speaking, A levels are beginners and C levels are experts. Remember that CEFR level are self-assessed and indicative!
You can see more specific names and descriptions on the Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages

🗨 How do I know what level I am?
If the table on Wikipedia is too generic for you, you can try using this one here:
https://rm.coe.int/168045bb52
Just check each column one at a time: if you can do all it describes, move to the next column. Your level is the highest where you can do the most things.

Alternatively, you can use this questionnaire to estimate your level more accurately:
https://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/sites/laits.utexas.edu.fi/files/Self Assessment Checklist European.pdf

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Posted 3 months, 1 week and 3 days ago

This week we'll be reading some famous German fairytales (Märchen).

when: Saturday 1pm CET: 11am UTC/GMT
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Momo Vorlesen: von 4. Kapitel an

Posted 19 hours, 54 minutes and 12 seconds ago

Hallo allerseits!

Wir lesen dieses Wochenende Momo vor!
Whoo! Schon so lange her

Das ziel unserer Lesestunde ist es; auf Deutsch vorzulesen, dann mit anderen Wörtern auf Deutsch zu erklären, was passiert ist.

Wir lesen von Anfang des 4. Kapitels an vor, da wir da beim letzen mal aufgehört haben.

Zeitpunkt: Sonntag, 10 UTC
Treffpunkt: im Lessons-Kanal

Ich hoffe ihr macht auch mit ❤️

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:small_blue_diamond: Accusative

Aliases: Akkusativ

:small_blue_diamond: Adjective Declension

Aliases: adjective endings, Adjektivdeklination

:small_blue_diamond: Anki

Aliases: flashcards

:small_blue_diamond: Beide vs. Beides

Aliases: Beides vs. Beide, Beides, Beide

:small_blue_diamond: Best way to learn German

Aliases: learn fast, learn German fast, learn efficiently, best way to learn, fastest way to learn, most efficient way to learn

:small_blue_diamond: CEFR levels

Aliases: lvl, CEFR

:small_blue_diamond: Cases

Aliases: case, grammatical case

:small_blue_diamond: DACH

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:small_blue_diamond: Dative

Aliases: Dativ

:small_blue_diamond: Duolingo

Aliases: duo

:small_blue_diamond: Eszett

Aliases: Scharfes S, ẞ, ß

:small_blue_diamond: FAQ

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:small_blue_diamond: Formal and informal speech

Aliases: duzen vs. siezen, Sie, Du vs. Sie

:small_blue_diamond: Gender patterns

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:small_blue_diamond: Genitive

Aliases: Genitiv

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Provides commands for looking up explanations about popular learning-related topics. Use >faq <name> to see the entry with the given name.

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faq beginner

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How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

Always learn the gender of a noun when you learn a new noun
Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
You can listen to pronunciation for words on websites like dict.cc, forvo.com, and others
Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
Ask as many questions as possible
Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

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faq all

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:small_blue_diamond: German letters

Aliases: german keyboard, keyboard

:small_blue_diamond: Grammar terms

Aliases: Glossary, Grammatical terms

:small_blue_diamond: Grammatical gender

Aliases: genders, der-die-das, gender

:small_blue_diamond: How to ask a question

Aliases: Translation, Homework

:small_blue_diamond: How to get started

Aliases: Starting out, beginner

:small_blue_diamond: IPA

Aliases: Pronunciation, Sound transcription, International Phonetic Alphabet

:small_blue_diamond: Negation

Aliases: kein, nicht

:small_blue_diamond: Nominative

Aliases: Nominativ

:small_blue_diamond: Omission of movement verbs

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:small_blue_diamond: Passive

Aliases: Passiv

:small_blue_diamond: Past Tense

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:small_blue_diamond: Prepositions of Place Part 1

Aliases: Nach-In-Auf-Zu

:small_blue_diamond: Resources

Aliases: resource list

:small_blue_diamond: Stative Passive

Aliases: Zustandspassiv, statal passive

:small_blue_diamond: Structure of Konjunktiv II

Aliases: KII 2

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doch

⭐ doch for beginners ⭐
Germans tend to use the word doch in lots of different situations. But what does it mean, and when do you use it? ⁉

🔆 Using doch to contradict negative statements 🔆
You can use doch to contradict a negative statement/question in the same manner as you would use nein to contradict a positive statement.

(1) Laura hat keinen Fernseher, oder? - Doch, sie hat einen Fernseher!
Laura doesn't have a TV, does she? - Yes, she does!
(2) Du kannst kein Schach spielen! - Doch, das kann ich!
You can't play chess! - Yes, I can!
💡 With doch, correctly answering negative questions (with positive tags) has never been easier. Isn't that awesome? Doch, it is! 😏

🔅 Using doch as an adversative conjunction 🔅
You can also use doch as an adversative conjunction (yet, however, ...).

(3) Du hattest genug Zeit, doch du hast nicht für die Prüfung gelernt.
You had enough time, yet you didn't study for the exam.
(4) Es ist noch nicht Sommer, doch es ist fast genauso heiß.
It is not yet summer, it is, however, almost as hot.
‼ Keep in mind that doch as an adversative conjunction doesn't change the word order. ‼

🔅 Using doch as a subjunctive 🔅
Furthermore, you can use doch in concessive clauses.

(5) Auch wenn wir erwarteten, zu verlieren, so haben wir das Spiel doch gewonnen.
Though we expected to lose, we still won the game.
(6) Obwohl sie sehr nett ist, findet sie doch keine neuen Freunde.
Although she's very kind, she doesn't make new friends.

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IPA

The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system for writing sounds regardless of the language: one sound will have only one letter for it, so it's really helpful for learning pronunciation in any language without relying on approximations.

IPA has a lot of symbols, but you don't need to learn them all.

🔸 What are those // and [] I see around?
Symbols in slashes (like /r/) represent so-called phonemes, units of sound. Each phoneme can be pronounced in different ways depending on where it is in the word. For example, the phoneme /r/ is pronounced [ʁ] in most situations, but [ɐ] after vowels. As you can see, square brackets (like [ʁ]) represent actual sounds. Finally, pointy brackets like ⟨r⟩ represent how a sound is written, which can vary from language to language.
Example: ⟨sprechen⟩ /sprεçən/ [ʃpʁε.çn̩]

🔸 So how to learn it?
All you need to learn is the few symbols used by the language you're interested in. For German, you can look up the relevant letters on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German. Notice the Help:IPA/Language_Name pattern in the URL.
There, you will find a table of symbols with an approximation, but you can also click on each specific symbol to learn exactly how to pronounce it studying the Features section, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_palatal_fricative#Features

🔸 Which IPA letters are important for German?
Sounds you are likely to have trouble with are ⟨x⟩, ⟨ç⟩, ⟨ʁ⟩, ⟨ɐ⟩ and several vowels. These are all described in the Wiki link above.
You can use this website to transcribe German words if your dictionary doesn't give an IPA transcription:
http://tom.brondsted.dk/text2phoneme/

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faq beginner

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How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

Always learn the gender of a noun when you learn a new noun
Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
You can listen to pronunciation for words on websites like dict.cc, forvo.com, and others
Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
Ask as many questions as possible
Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

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Generic 1/2 commands

:small_blue_diamond: **getrole** <role name>

Assigns you a role with the given name, removing any previous assignable roles.
Note: Use >sub to subscribe to groups and ping a moderator for the native speaker role.

:small_blue_diamond: **info** [user]

Displays information about the given user. If no user is specified, information about you will be displayed.

:small_blue_diamond: **ping**

Displays how long it takes for a message that the bot sends to arrive.

:small_blue_diamond: **quote** <channel> <message id>

Quotes a message in the channel you are in. Specify the channel that the message was originally posted in and the message id of the message (accessible if you turn on developer mode in your Discord settings).

:small_blue_diamond: **removerole** <role name>

Removes the CEFR role with the given name from you.
Note: Use >unsub for group roles.

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CEFR levels

If you see something like A1, B2 or C1, these represent the proficiency of a speaker in a language they're not native in, and are called CEFR levels. They are valid for any language, not only German!
Roughly speaking, A levels are beginners and C levels are experts. Remember that CEFR level are self-assessed and indicative!
You can see more specific names and descriptions on the Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages

🗨 How do I know what level I am?
If the table on Wikipedia is too generic for you, you can try using this one here:
https://rm.coe.int/168045bb52
Just check each column one at a time: if you can do all it describes, move to the next column. Your level is the highest where you can do the most things.

Alternatively, you can use this questionnaire to estimate your level more accurately:
https://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/sites/laits.utexas.edu.fi/files/Self Assessment Checklist European.pdf

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faq beginner

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How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

Always learn the gender of a noun when you learn a new noun
Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
You can listen to pronunciation for words on websites like dict.cc, forvo.com, and others
Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
Ask as many questions as possible
Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

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faq beginner

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How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

Always learn the gender of a noun when you learn a new noun
Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
You can listen to pronunciation for words on websites like dict.cc, forvo.com, and others
Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
Ask as many questions as possible
Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

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How to get started - Part 2

Please make sure to read Part 1 before starting Part 2!

Part 2 – Beyond a Simple Sentence

1: Conjunctions (coordinating and subordinating)
2: Subordinate clause word order
3: Dative case
4: Dative verbs
5: Verbs with two objects (e.g. geben)
6: Prepositions (accusative, dative, and two-way)
7: Spoken past tense (Perfekt)
8: Written past tense (Präteritum)
9: Genitive case
10: Relative clauses
11: Adjective declension

Tips

Make sure to practice writing and reading simple texts
Some of these concepts are confusing to start with, so it’s a good idea to ask for help in #questions when you’re unsure
You should use a declension chart to help with declension to start with, because you won’t be able to memorize it straight away
After you feel confident with creating sentences, you can start learning the adjective declension properly by using the command >faq adjective declension and reading the guide provided

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:small_blue_diamond: **getrole** <role name>

Assigns you a role with the given name, removing any previous assignable roles.
Note: Use >sub to subscribe to groups and ping a moderator for the native speaker role.

:small_blue_diamond: **info** [user]

Displays information about the given user. If no user is specified, information about you will be displayed.

:small_blue_diamond: **ping**

Displays how long it takes for a message that the bot sends to arrive.

:small_blue_diamond: **quote** <channel> <message id>

Quotes a message in the channel you are in. Specify the channel that the message was originally posted in and the message id of the message (accessible if you turn on developer mode in your Discord settings).

:small_blue_diamond: **removerole** <role name>

Removes the CEFR role with the given name from you.
Note: Use >unsub for group roles.

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:x: You cannot assign CEFR roles if you're a native.

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:small_blue_diamond: **nowplaying**

Displays the currently playing song and its remaining duration.

:small_blue_diamond: **play** <prompt>

Queues a song to be played by the music bot. This command will only work if you are connected to a voice channel that has at least two members.
The given prompt can be either a YouTube link or a query that will be used to search YouTube and fetch the first result.
Please note that playing any sort of nationalistic, war-related songs, songs that violate our rules or abusing the feature in any way will get you blacklisted.

:small_blue_diamond: **queue**

Displays the songs that are in the song queue.

:small_blue_diamond: **skip**

Votes to skip the currently playing song.
For a skip vote to pass, more than a half of the members in the currently playing voice chat (rounded up) must vote for the skip.

:small_blue_diamond: **upcoming**

Displays the upcoming song and its remaining duration.

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faq beginner

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How to get started - Part 2

Please make sure to read Part 1 before starting Part 2!

Part 2 – Beyond a Simple Sentence

1: Conjunctions (coordinating and subordinating)
2: Subordinate clause word order
3: Dative case
4: Dative verbs
5: Verbs with two objects (e.g. geben)
6: Prepositions (accusative, dative, and two-way)
7: Spoken past tense (Perfekt)
8: Written past tense (Präteritum)
9: Genitive case
10: Relative clauses
11: Adjective declension

Tips

Make sure to practice writing and reading simple texts
Some of these concepts are confusing to start with, so it’s a good idea to ask for help in #questions when you’re unsure
You should use a declension chart to help with declension to start with, because you won’t be able to memorize it straight away
After you feel confident with creating sentences, you can start learning the adjective declension properly by using the command >faq adjective declension and reading the guide provided

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Ik en Entfaltung

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faq dort

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:small_blue_diamond: Accusative

Aliases: Akkusativ

:small_blue_diamond: Adjective Declension

Aliases: adjective endings, Adjektivdeklination

:small_blue_diamond: Anki

Aliases: flashcards

:small_blue_diamond: Beide vs. Beides

Aliases: Beides vs. Beide, Beides, Beide

:small_blue_diamond: Best way to learn German

Aliases: learn fast, learn German fast, learn efficiently, best way to learn, fastest way to learn, most efficient way to learn

:small_blue_diamond: CEFR levels

Aliases: lvl, CEFR

:small_blue_diamond: Cases

Aliases: case, grammatical case

:small_blue_diamond: DACH

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:small_blue_diamond: Dative

Aliases: Dativ

:small_blue_diamond: Duolingo

Aliases: duo

:small_blue_diamond: Eszett

Aliases: Scharfes S, ẞ, ß

:small_blue_diamond: FAQ

‎

:small_blue_diamond: Formal and informal speech

Aliases: duzen vs. siezen, Sie, Du vs. Sie

:small_blue_diamond: Gender patterns

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:small_blue_diamond: Genitive

Aliases: Genitiv

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FAQ not found. I found the following similar entries: Sie, Du vs. Sie, duzen vs. siezen.

fresh barn Oct 15, 2020, 1:16 PM

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faq sie

lean flickerBOT Oct 15, 2020, 1:16 PM

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Formal and informal speech

You may have heard of du vs. Sie. What's the difference?

Du is informal speech, and you use it when talking to friends, family, children, young people, and on the internet. The verb meaning to be on du-basis with someone is duzen, and you can use it to ask whether it's ok to switch from Sie to du. While talking to multiple people on informal basis, the plural pronoun is ihr.

Hast du Hunger?
Du bist ein Idiot.
Ich komme mit dir.
Was macht ihr?

Sie (note that the capitalisation is important here) is formal speech, and it's used with strangers, older people, on the workplace (unless you've agreed to use du instead), and in other formal situations. The counterpart to duzen is siezen. This pronoun can be used both for singular and plural, so, when you're addressing multiple people formally, you use Sie. Grammatically, Sie declines like the 3rd person plural pronoun sie, even when talking to just one person.

Haben Sie Hunger?
Sie sind ein Idiot.
Ich komme mit Ihnen.
Was machen Sie?

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faq all

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:small_blue_diamond: German letters

Aliases: german keyboard, keyboard

:small_blue_diamond: Grammar terms

Aliases: Glossary, Grammatical terms

:small_blue_diamond: Grammatical gender

Aliases: genders, der-die-das, gender

:small_blue_diamond: How to ask a question

Aliases: Translation, Homework

:small_blue_diamond: How to get started

Aliases: Starting out, beginner

:small_blue_diamond: IPA

Aliases: Pronunciation, Sound transcription, International Phonetic Alphabet

:small_blue_diamond: Negation

Aliases: kein, nicht

:small_blue_diamond: Nominative

Aliases: Nominativ

:small_blue_diamond: Omission of movement verbs

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:small_blue_diamond: Passive

Aliases: Passiv

:small_blue_diamond: Past Tense

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:small_blue_diamond: Prepositions of Place Part 1

Aliases: Nach-In-Auf-Zu

:small_blue_diamond: Resources

Aliases: resource list

:small_blue_diamond: Stative Passive

Aliases: Zustandspassiv, statal passive

:small_blue_diamond: Structure of Konjunktiv II

Aliases: KII 2

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faq translation

lean flickerBOT Oct 15, 2020, 1:17 PM

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How to ask a question

If you want something corrected, you can put it in a Google Doc and share a link with permission level »can suggest« in #writing .

Don't ask us to translate something for you outright: that takes professional time and effort and we're not here for that. You can try your luck with deepl.com.
For single words, use dict.cc or another dictionary, it'll be quicker.

If you want to know if/how a word can be used, provide some context to help us understand the situation.

Don't ask us to do your homework or exams for you! Show us your best attempt at something and try to pinpoint what exactly you don't understand.

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faq beginner

lean flickerBOT Oct 15, 2020, 2:28 PM

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How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

Always learn the gender of a noun when you learn a new noun
Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
You can listen to pronunciation for words on websites like dict.cc, forvo.com, and others
Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
Ask as many questions as possible
Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

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sessions

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Upcoming Sessions

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Upcoming Sessions

In 2 days, 15 hours and 22 minutes (2020-10-18 at 10:00 UTC) held by Bluwuleinchen

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Generic 1/2 commands

:small_blue_diamond: **getrole** <role name>

Assigns you a role with the given name, removing any previous assignable roles.
Note: Use >sub to subscribe to groups and ping a moderator for the native speaker role.

:small_blue_diamond: **info** [user]

Displays information about the given user. If no user is specified, information about you will be displayed.

:small_blue_diamond: **ping**

Displays how long it takes for a message that the bot sends to arrive.

:small_blue_diamond: **quote** <channel> <message id>

Quotes a message in the channel you are in. Specify the channel that the message was originally posted in and the message id of the message (accessible if you turn on developer mode in your Discord settings).

:small_blue_diamond: **removerole** <role name>

Removes the CEFR role with the given name from you.
Note: Use >unsub for group roles.

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faq help

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FAQ not found. Try >explain all.

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:small_blue_diamond: lessons

Aliases: sessions, activities

:small_blue_diamond: nicos

Aliases: nicos weg

:small_blue_diamond: roles

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:small_blue_diamond: seeing verbs

Aliases: schauen, sehen

:small_blue_diamond: so und also

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:small_blue_diamond: weil, denn, da

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:small_blue_diamond: wissen und kennen

Aliases: wissen vs. kennen, kennen vs. wissen

tender trellis Oct 15, 2020, 8:05 PM

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faq

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faq beginner

lean flickerBOT Oct 15, 2020, 8:05 PM

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How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

Always learn the gender of a noun when you learn a new noun
Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
You can listen to pronunciation for words on websites like dict.cc, forvo.com, and others
Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
Ask as many questions as possible
Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

soft owl Oct 15, 2020, 8:30 PM

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faq cefr

lean flickerBOT Oct 15, 2020, 8:30 PM

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CEFR levels

If you see something like A1, B2 or C1, these represent the proficiency of a speaker in a language they're not native in, and are called CEFR levels. They are valid for any language, not only German!
Roughly speaking, A levels are beginners and C levels are experts. Remember that CEFR level are self-assessed and indicative!
You can see more specific names and descriptions on the Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages

🗨 How do I know what level I am?
If the table on Wikipedia is too generic for you, you can try using this one here:
https://rm.coe.int/168045bb52
Just check each column one at a time: if you can do all it describes, move to the next column. Your level is the highest where you can do the most things.

Alternatively, you can use this questionnaire to estimate your level more accurately:
https://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/sites/laits.utexas.edu.fi/files/Self Assessment Checklist European.pdf

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cefr A

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star random @tender trellis

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Danis

:star: 2 - `#general`

[Jump to post](#general message)
My fuckin door

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faq learn efficiently

lean flickerBOT Oct 15, 2020, 8:49 PM

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Best way to learn German

Should I study all these skills every day?

If you want to study them all every day, you can, but some people may find it easier to focus on particular skills on particular days. For example, on Monday you might choose to do a lot of writing practice, and then on Tuesday you might plan some conversation practice with some speaking partners.

If you try to cover too many different things in one day, then you might be jumping around all over the place and not able to focus on each individual task. It’s also a really good idea to have a different schedule or set of tasks each day to keep things from getting boring. So setting a special schedule or set of tasks for each day of the week - like the Monday writing day, or every Friday you do some grammar exercises followed by watching TV shows, or any other combination you like – is a really good way to go.

How much time should I dedicate to studying?

Everyone has a different schedule and everyone learns at a different pace. It is recommended to study every day, preferably for 30 minutes or more, but taking 1-2 days off is okay. More important is how many hours you study in a week.

A casual pace will be roughly around 5-8 hours a week, a steady pace would be around 10-14 hours a week, and a fast pace (around the same pace as a university subject) will be 15-20 hours a week.

Anything less than 5 hours and you may find it hard to keep improving steadily (but feel free to try it and see how it works for you), while studying one subject for over 25 hours a week may quickly lead to burnout.

How you choose to spread those hours out over the week is not that important; for example, if you have a lot of time on the weekend but not during the week, it’s fine to do short study sessions on weekdays and then dedicate a bunch of time on Saturday and Sunday.

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faq recourses

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FAQ not found. Try >explain all.

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explain all

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:small_blue_diamond: Accusative

Aliases: Akkusativ

:small_blue_diamond: Adjective Declension

Aliases: adjective endings, Adjektivdeklination

:small_blue_diamond: Anki

Aliases: flashcards

:small_blue_diamond: Beide vs. Beides

Aliases: Beides vs. Beide, Beides, Beide

:small_blue_diamond: Best way to learn German

Aliases: learn fast, learn German fast, learn efficiently, best way to learn, fastest way to learn, most efficient way to learn

:small_blue_diamond: CEFR levels

Aliases: lvl, CEFR

:small_blue_diamond: Cases

Aliases: case, grammatical case

:small_blue_diamond: DACH

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:small_blue_diamond: Dative

Aliases: Dativ

:small_blue_diamond: Duolingo

Aliases: duo

:small_blue_diamond: Eszett

Aliases: Scharfes S, ẞ, ß

:small_blue_diamond: FAQ

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:small_blue_diamond: Formal and informal speech

Aliases: duzen vs. siezen, Sie, Du vs. Sie

:small_blue_diamond: Gender patterns

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:small_blue_diamond: Genitive

Aliases: Genitiv

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faq resources

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Resources

https://goo.gl/M906K8

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Komm, süsser Tod • Come Sweet Death Lyrics HD

A song from The End Of Evangelion
Komm, Süsser Tod / Come Sweet Death (Director's Edit. Version)

Lyrics By [Original Japanese] – Hideaki Anno
Translated By [English] – Mike Wyzgovski
Vocals – Arianne
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"Phalia" designed by Four Eyes:
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https://pillowfort.social/FourEyes

Welcome To The Cum Zone:
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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Opening [Full Song]

this is an official full song of my little pony friendship is magic
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:small_blue_diamond: **getrole** <role name>

Assigns you a role with the given name, removing any previous assignable roles.
Note: Use >sub to subscribe to groups and ping a moderator for the native speaker role.

:small_blue_diamond: **info** [user]

Displays information about the given user. If no user is specified, information about you will be displayed.

:small_blue_diamond: **ping**

Displays how long it takes for a message that the bot sends to arrive.

:small_blue_diamond: **quote** <channel> <message id>

Quotes a message in the channel you are in. Specify the channel that the message was originally posted in and the message id of the message (accessible if you turn on developer mode in your Discord settings).

:small_blue_diamond: **removerole** <role name>

Removes the CEFR role with the given name from you.
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AdvancedGrammar

Like Grammar but only B2+ level content.

Activities

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AdvancedReading

Like Reading but only B2+ level content.

Writing

Join to get weekly and monthly prompts!

Pronunciation

Offers weekly texts to practise pronunciation.

Translation

Offers weekly sentences to translate.

Science

STEM-related topics.

Food

A group for food talks.

Art

A group for sharing self-made art.

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Ouija

A Ouija-style game just for fun.

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AdvancedReading

Like Reading but only B2+ level content.

Writing

Join to get weekly and monthly prompts!

Pronunciation

Offers weekly texts to practise pronunciation.

Translation

Offers weekly sentences to translate.

Science

STEM-related topics.

Food

A group for food talks.

Art

A group for sharing self-made art.

Dialects

No description provided.

Ouija

A Ouija-style game just for fun.

Gaming

All gaming-related topics.

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faq beginner

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How to get started - Part 2

Please make sure to read Part 1 before starting Part 2!

Part 2 – Beyond a Simple Sentence

1: Conjunctions (coordinating and subordinating)
2: Subordinate clause word order
3: Dative case
4: Dative verbs
5: Verbs with two objects (e.g. geben)
6: Prepositions (accusative, dative, and two-way)
7: Spoken past tense (Perfekt)
8: Written past tense (Präteritum)
9: Genitive case
10: Relative clauses
11: Adjective declension

Tips

Make sure to practice writing and reading simple texts
Some of these concepts are confusing to start with, so it’s a good idea to ask for help in #questions when you’re unsure
You should use a declension chart to help with declension to start with, because you won’t be able to memorize it straight away
After you feel confident with creating sentences, you can start learning the adjective declension properly by using the command >faq adjective declension and reading the guide provided

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Upcoming Sessions

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faq

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explain all

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:small_blue_diamond: German letters

Aliases: german keyboard, keyboard

:small_blue_diamond: Grammar terms

Aliases: Glossary, Grammatical terms

:small_blue_diamond: Grammatical gender

Aliases: genders, der-die-das, gender

:small_blue_diamond: How to ask a question

Aliases: Translation, Homework

:small_blue_diamond: How to get started

Aliases: Starting out, beginner

:small_blue_diamond: IPA

Aliases: Pronunciation, Sound transcription, International Phonetic Alphabet

:small_blue_diamond: Negation

Aliases: kein, nicht

:small_blue_diamond: Nominative

Aliases: Nominativ

:small_blue_diamond: Omission of movement verbs

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:small_blue_diamond: Passive

Aliases: Passiv

:small_blue_diamond: Past Tense

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:small_blue_diamond: Prepositions of Place Part 1

Aliases: Nach-In-Auf-Zu

:small_blue_diamond: Resources

Aliases: resource list

:small_blue_diamond: Stative Passive

Aliases: Zustandspassiv, statal passive

:small_blue_diamond: Structure of Konjunktiv II

Aliases: KII 2

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IPA

The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system for writing sounds regardless of the language: one sound will have only one letter for it, so it's really helpful for learning pronunciation in any language without relying on approximations.

IPA has a lot of symbols, but you don't need to learn them all.

🔸 What are those // and [] I see around?
Symbols in slashes (like /r/) represent so-called phonemes, units of sound. Each phoneme can be pronounced in different ways depending on where it is in the word. For example, the phoneme /r/ is pronounced [ʁ] in most situations, but [ɐ] after vowels. As you can see, square brackets (like [ʁ]) represent actual sounds. Finally, pointy brackets like ⟨r⟩ represent how a sound is written, which can vary from language to language.
Example: ⟨sprechen⟩ /sprεçən/ [ʃpʁε.çn̩]

🔸 So how to learn it?
All you need to learn is the few symbols used by the language you're interested in. For German, you can look up the relevant letters on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German. Notice the Help:IPA/Language_Name pattern in the URL.
There, you will find a table of symbols with an approximation, but you can also click on each specific symbol to learn exactly how to pronounce it studying the Features section, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_palatal_fricative#Features

🔸 Which IPA letters are important for German?
Sounds you are likely to have trouble with are ⟨x⟩, ⟨ç⟩, ⟨ʁ⟩, ⟨ɐ⟩ and several vowels. These are all described in the Wiki link above.
You can use this website to transcribe German words if your dictionary doesn't give an IPA transcription:
http://tom.brondsted.dk/text2phoneme/

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faq grammar

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inner plinth Oct 16, 2020, 6:01 PM

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faq beginner

lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 6:01 PM

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How to get started - Part 2

Please make sure to read Part 1 before starting Part 2!

Part 2 – Beyond a Simple Sentence

1: Conjunctions (coordinating and subordinating)
2: Subordinate clause word order
3: Dative case
4: Dative verbs
5: Verbs with two objects (e.g. geben)
6: Prepositions (accusative, dative, and two-way)
7: Spoken past tense (Perfekt)
8: Written past tense (Präteritum)
9: Genitive case
10: Relative clauses
11: Adjective declension

Tips

Make sure to practice writing and reading simple texts
Some of these concepts are confusing to start with, so it’s a good idea to ask for help in #questions when you’re unsure
You should use a declension chart to help with declension to start with, because you won’t be able to memorize it straight away
After you feel confident with creating sentences, you can start learning the adjective declension properly by using the command >faq adjective declension and reading the guide provided

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Resources

https://goo.gl/M906K8

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:small_blue_diamond: Accusative

Aliases: Akkusativ

:small_blue_diamond: Adjective Declension

Aliases: adjective endings, Adjektivdeklination

:small_blue_diamond: Anki

Aliases: flashcards

:small_blue_diamond: Beide vs. Beides

Aliases: Beides vs. Beide, Beides, Beide

:small_blue_diamond: Best way to learn German

Aliases: learn fast, learn German fast, learn efficiently, best way to learn, fastest way to learn, most efficient way to learn

:small_blue_diamond: CEFR levels

Aliases: lvl, CEFR

:small_blue_diamond: Cases

Aliases: case, grammatical case

:small_blue_diamond: DACH

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:small_blue_diamond: Dative

Aliases: Dativ

:small_blue_diamond: Duolingo

Aliases: duo

:small_blue_diamond: Eszett

Aliases: Scharfes S, ẞ, ß

:small_blue_diamond: FAQ

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:small_blue_diamond: Formal and informal speech

Aliases: duzen vs. siezen, Sie, Du vs. Sie

:small_blue_diamond: Gender patterns

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:small_blue_diamond: Genitive

Aliases: Genitiv

inner plinth Oct 16, 2020, 6:07 PM

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lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 6:07 PM

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Best way to learn German

There isn’t only one “best” way to learn German, especially since different methods work better for different people. However, this FAQ will outline the main aspects of learning efficiently, which you can cater to your needs.

If you’re a beginner, type >faq beginner in #botchannel to see our beginner guide.

Cover all skills

There are many combinations of activities you can use to study and practice a language. How do you know which combinations are suitable? The key is to make sure you cover each of the main skills with at least one activity. Some activities only train one skills, while some train multiple – either is fine, as long as all the 6 skills are covered somewhere in your studies.

The skills

• Reading
• Writing
• Listening
• Speaking
• Grammar
• Vocabulary

Which resources should I use?

It doesn’t really matter which resources you use, as long as you can follow along, and the information is correct and reliable. If you have any doubts about whether a resource is correct, feel free to ask. You do not need to find just one resource and stick to it – in fact, to learn best, it’s recommended that you use a large variety of resources and switch between them when needed.

Type >faq resources in #botchannel to see our list of resources.

On the next page

• Should I study all these skills every day?
• How much time should I dedicate to studying?

lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 6:31 PM

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inner plinth Oct 16, 2020, 6:35 PM

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faq intermediate

lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 6:35 PM

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FAQ not found. Try >explain all.

inner plinth Oct 16, 2020, 6:35 PM

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explain all

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:small_blue_diamond: lessons

Aliases: sessions, activities

:small_blue_diamond: nicos

Aliases: nicos weg

:small_blue_diamond: roles

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:small_blue_diamond: seeing verbs

Aliases: schauen, sehen

:small_blue_diamond: so und also

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:small_blue_diamond: weil, denn, da

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:small_blue_diamond: wissen und kennen

Aliases: wissen vs. kennen, kennen vs. wissen

inner plinth Oct 16, 2020, 6:36 PM

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faq roles

lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 6:36 PM

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roles

#282831147942281216

inner plinth Oct 16, 2020, 6:38 PM

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explain all

lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 6:38 PM

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:small_blue_diamond: German letters

Aliases: german keyboard, keyboard

:small_blue_diamond: Grammar terms

Aliases: Glossary, Grammatical terms

:small_blue_diamond: Grammatical gender

Aliases: genders, der-die-das, gender

:small_blue_diamond: How to ask a question

Aliases: Translation, Homework

:small_blue_diamond: How to get started

Aliases: Starting out, beginner

:small_blue_diamond: IPA

Aliases: Pronunciation, Sound transcription, International Phonetic Alphabet

:small_blue_diamond: Negation

Aliases: kein, nicht

:small_blue_diamond: Nominative

Aliases: Nominativ

:small_blue_diamond: Omission of movement verbs

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:small_blue_diamond: Passive

Aliases: Passiv

:small_blue_diamond: Past Tense

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:small_blue_diamond: Prepositions of Place Part 1

Aliases: Nach-In-Auf-Zu

:small_blue_diamond: Resources

Aliases: resource list

:small_blue_diamond: Stative Passive

Aliases: Zustandspassiv, statal passive

:small_blue_diamond: Structure of Konjunktiv II

Aliases: KII 2

inner plinth Oct 16, 2020, 6:38 PM

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lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 6:38 PM

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Duolingo

Duolingo is a decent resource to start with if you're a complete beginner, but it's neither efficient nor comprehensive!

What Duolingo will teach you about grammar is very limited, and none of the systems they use will help you practise much of it.
You can learn some vocabulary with it, but their method (based on the concept of spaced repetition) doesn't work for everybody, and the way Duolingo teaches is not very effective compared to the amount of time it requires from you.

So, if you find it useful, by all means keep using it, but remember not to fall for its gamification of language learning, and move past it when it stops being beneficial. Ignore the streaks.

In any case, keep in mind that Duolingo is not enough to learn a language, ever.

If you're looking for guidance or alternatives, check out >faq beginner in our #botchannel .

inner plinth Oct 16, 2020, 6:39 PM

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lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 6:39 PM

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Perfekt

How to form the Perfekt tense

The Perfekt tense is formed by combining an auxiliary verb (haben or sein) with the past participle form of the main verb.

For example, if I want to write the past tense of “essen”/“to eat”, such as in the English sentence “I ate”, I first need to know the auxiliary verb that goes with essen (which happens to be haben), and the past participle form of essen (which is gegessen).

I can then combine them with the usual verb conjugation and word order rules, as such:
Ich habe gegessen. -> I ate. / I have eaten.
Ich habe das Brot gegessen. -> I ate the bread. / I have eaten the bread.

How to determine the past participle?

Just look it up in the dictionary! There are a few general patterns you can also learn about, but a dictionary will pretty much always list the past participle somewhere near the verb itself.

When to use haben and when to use sein as the auxiliary verb?

The basic rules are:
• Transitive verbs (verbs which take an accusative object) use haben
• Intransitive verbs which describe a change of location or change of state use sein
• Other intransitive verbs use haben

This may not be a 100% reliable set of rules, so if in doubt, you can always use a dictionary to verify the correct auxiliary. Also note that there are a few regional variations.

tender trellis Oct 16, 2020, 7:01 PM

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lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 7:03 PM

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Grammatical gender

German nouns are sorted in three different genders: masculine, neuter and feminine. These have nothing to do with sex or social gender.
The first thing genders will influence are articles like der, das, die. Each word has its own and you better get it right: some words that look identical can have different meanings depending on the gender they're used with. For example:
die Band = the (musical) band,
der Band = the (book) volume,
das Band = the tape.

Some words, mainly trademarks and loanwords, have multiple acceptable genders while having no change in meaning:
der Jogurt = das Jogurt
das Virus = der Virus
These may vary by region or colloquiality.

💢 But WHY, German, WHY ⁉
Gender is actually quite useful! Since sentence structure is less rigid than in English, grammatical case helps you tell the various elements apart (with some practice), and that works through genders: each gender has its own forms, which makes everything a little less ambiguous. Besides, as you've seen with Band above, it allows us to make up words with different meanings that look the same but are not ambiguous, and if that's not magic, I don't know what is. ✨

🙀 But how am I supposed to tell them apart? 🙀
Check out >explain gender patterns. 😉

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Gender patterns

Unfortunately, many German words don't have immediately clear clues that reveal it, but thankfully, many common words do follow patterns that reveal their gender.
In general, you are advised to learn the article together with the word (and its plural!).
Plural forms always use die and follow plural declension rules, which are the same for all genders (yay 🎉).
For compound words, remember that only the last word matters.
Type >explain grammatical gender for an explanation on grammatical gender.

Here's a list of patterns to recognise word gender.
Note that exceptions may apply.

tender trellis Oct 16, 2020, 7:09 PM

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lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 7:09 PM

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Grammatical gender

German nouns are sorted in three different genders: masculine, neuter and feminine. These have nothing to do with sex or social gender.
The first thing genders will influence are articles like der, das, die. Each word has its own and you better get it right: some words that look identical can have different meanings depending on the gender they're used with. For example:
die Band = the (musical) band,
der Band = the (book) volume,
das Band = the tape.

Some words, mainly trademarks and loanwords, have multiple acceptable genders while having no change in meaning:
der Jogurt = das Jogurt
das Virus = der Virus
These may vary by region or colloquiality.

💢 But WHY, German, WHY ⁉
Gender is actually quite useful! Since sentence structure is less rigid than in English, grammatical case helps you tell the various elements apart (with some practice), and that works through genders: each gender has its own forms, which makes everything a little less ambiguous. Besides, as you've seen with Band above, it allows us to make up words with different meanings that look the same but are not ambiguous, and if that's not magic, I don't know what is. ✨

🙀 But how am I supposed to tell them apart? 🙀
Check out >explain gender patterns. 😉

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Generic 1/2 commands

:small_blue_diamond: **getrole** <role name>

Assigns you a role with the given name, removing any previous assignable roles.
Note: Use >sub to subscribe to groups and ping a moderator for the native speaker role.

:small_blue_diamond: **info** [user]

Displays information about the given user. If no user is specified, information about you will be displayed.

:small_blue_diamond: **ping**

Displays how long it takes for a message that the bot sends to arrive.

:small_blue_diamond: **quote** <channel> <message id>

Quotes a message in the channel you are in. Specify the channel that the message was originally posted in and the message id of the message (accessible if you turn on developer mode in your Discord settings).

:small_blue_diamond: **removerole** <role name>

Removes the CEFR role with the given name from you.
Note: Use >unsub for group roles.

tender trellis Oct 16, 2020, 7:10 PM

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:small_blue_diamond: Accusative

Aliases: Akkusativ

:small_blue_diamond: Adjective Declension

Aliases: adjective endings, Adjektivdeklination

:small_blue_diamond: Anki

Aliases: flashcards

:small_blue_diamond: Beide vs. Beides

Aliases: Beides vs. Beide, Beides, Beide

:small_blue_diamond: Best way to learn German

Aliases: learn fast, learn German fast, learn efficiently, best way to learn, fastest way to learn, most efficient way to learn

:small_blue_diamond: CEFR levels

Aliases: lvl, CEFR

:small_blue_diamond: Cases

Aliases: case, grammatical case

:small_blue_diamond: DACH

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:small_blue_diamond: Dative

Aliases: Dativ

:small_blue_diamond: Duolingo

Aliases: duo

:small_blue_diamond: Eszett

Aliases: Scharfes S, ẞ, ß

:small_blue_diamond: FAQ

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:small_blue_diamond: Formal and informal speech

Aliases: duzen vs. siezen, Sie, Du vs. Sie

:small_blue_diamond: Gender patterns

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:small_blue_diamond: Genitive

Aliases: Genitiv

tender trellis Oct 16, 2020, 7:11 PM

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faq learn german fast

lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 7:11 PM

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Best way to learn German

There isn’t only one “best” way to learn German, especially since different methods work better for different people. However, this FAQ will outline the main aspects of learning efficiently, which you can cater to your needs.

If you’re a beginner, type >faq beginner in #botchannel to see our beginner guide.

Cover all skills

There are many combinations of activities you can use to study and practice a language. How do you know which combinations are suitable? The key is to make sure you cover each of the main skills with at least one activity. Some activities only train one skills, while some train multiple – either is fine, as long as all the 6 skills are covered somewhere in your studies.

The skills

• Reading
• Writing
• Listening
• Speaking
• Grammar
• Vocabulary

Which resources should I use?

It doesn’t really matter which resources you use, as long as you can follow along, and the information is correct and reliable. If you have any doubts about whether a resource is correct, feel free to ask. You do not need to find just one resource and stick to it – in fact, to learn best, it’s recommended that you use a large variety of resources and switch between them when needed.

Type >faq resources in #botchannel to see our list of resources.

On the next page

• Should I study all these skills every day?
• How much time should I dedicate to studying?

tender trellis Oct 16, 2020, 7:13 PM

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faq beginner

lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 7:13 PM

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How to get started - Part 2

Please make sure to read Part 1 before starting Part 2!

Part 2 – Beyond a Simple Sentence

1: Conjunctions (coordinating and subordinating)
2: Subordinate clause word order
3: Dative case
4: Dative verbs
5: Verbs with two objects (e.g. geben)
6: Prepositions (accusative, dative, and two-way)
7: Spoken past tense (Perfekt)
8: Written past tense (Präteritum)
9: Genitive case
10: Relative clauses
11: Adjective declension

Tips

Make sure to practice writing and reading simple texts
Some of these concepts are confusing to start with, so it’s a good idea to ask for help in #questions when you’re unsure
You should use a declension chart to help with declension to start with, because you won’t be able to memorize it straight away
After you feel confident with creating sentences, you can start learning the adjective declension properly by using the command >faq adjective declension and reading the guide provided

umbral raven Oct 16, 2020, 7:16 PM

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help

lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 7:16 PM

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Generic 1/2 commands

:small_blue_diamond: **getrole** <role name>

Assigns you a role with the given name, removing any previous assignable roles.
Note: Use >sub to subscribe to groups and ping a moderator for the native speaker role.

:small_blue_diamond: **info** [user]

Displays information about the given user. If no user is specified, information about you will be displayed.

:small_blue_diamond: **ping**

Displays how long it takes for a message that the bot sends to arrive.

:small_blue_diamond: **quote** <channel> <message id>

Quotes a message in the channel you are in. Specify the channel that the message was originally posted in and the message id of the message (accessible if you turn on developer mode in your Discord settings).

:small_blue_diamond: **removerole** <role name>

Removes the CEFR role with the given name from you.
Note: Use >unsub for group roles.

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inner plinth Oct 16, 2020, 8:13 PM

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faq beginner

lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 8:13 PM

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How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

Always learn the gender of a noun when you learn a new noun
Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
You can listen to pronunciation for words on websites like dict.cc, forvo.com, and others
Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
Ask as many questions as possible
Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

neat elm Oct 16, 2020, 8:21 PM

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lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 8:21 PM

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CEFR levels

If you see something like A1, B2 or C1, these represent the proficiency of a speaker in a language they're not native in, and are called CEFR levels. They are valid for any language, not only German!
Roughly speaking, A levels are beginners and C levels are experts. Remember that CEFR level are self-assessed and indicative!
You can see more specific names and descriptions on the Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages

🗨 How do I know what level I am?
If the table on Wikipedia is too generic for you, you can try using this one here:
https://rm.coe.int/168045bb52
Just check each column one at a time: if you can do all it describes, move to the next column. Your level is the highest where you can do the most things.

Alternatively, you can use this questionnaire to estimate your level more accurately:
https://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/sites/laits.utexas.edu.fi/files/Self Assessment Checklist European.pdf

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fresh barn Oct 16, 2020, 8:51 PM

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faq beginner

lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 8:51 PM

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How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

Always learn the gender of a noun when you learn a new noun
Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
You can listen to pronunciation for words on websites like dict.cc, forvo.com, and others
Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
Ask as many questions as possible
Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

fresh barn Oct 16, 2020, 8:51 PM

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faq adjective declension

lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 8:51 PM

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Adjective Declension

A Brief Guide to Memorizing German Noun and Adjective Declension by Basementality
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jWl5-kkqF3FQLDzrz8XLBJj7hvPFQK7MT5SYEDGK65E/edit

inner plinth Oct 16, 2020, 9:02 PM

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cefr A

loud ferry Oct 16, 2020, 9:23 PM

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faq beginner

lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 9:23 PM

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How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

Always learn the gender of a noun when you learn a new noun
Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
You can listen to pronunciation for words on websites like dict.cc, forvo.com, and others
Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
Ask as many questions as possible
Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

umbral raven Oct 16, 2020, 9:26 PM

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faq perfekt

lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 9:26 PM

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FAQ not found. Try >explain all.

umbral raven Oct 16, 2020, 9:26 PM

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faq past tense

lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 9:26 PM

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Perfekt

How to form the Perfekt tense

The Perfekt tense is formed by combining an auxiliary verb (haben or sein) with the past participle form of the main verb.

For example, if I want to write the past tense of “essen”/“to eat”, such as in the English sentence “I ate”, I first need to know the auxiliary verb that goes with essen (which happens to be haben), and the past participle form of essen (which is gegessen).

I can then combine them with the usual verb conjugation and word order rules, as such:
Ich habe gegessen. -> I ate. / I have eaten.
Ich habe das Brot gegessen. -> I ate the bread. / I have eaten the bread.

How to determine the past participle?

Just look it up in the dictionary! There are a few general patterns you can also learn about, but a dictionary will pretty much always list the past participle somewhere near the verb itself.

When to use haben and when to use sein as the auxiliary verb?

The basic rules are:
• Transitive verbs (verbs which take an accusative object) use haben
• Intransitive verbs which describe a change of location or change of state use sein
• Other intransitive verbs use haben

This may not be a 100% reliable set of rules, so if in doubt, you can always use a dictionary to verify the correct auxiliary. Also note that there are a few regional variations.

umbral raven Oct 16, 2020, 9:27 PM

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faq future tense

lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 9:27 PM

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FAQ not found. Try >explain all.

umbral raven Oct 16, 2020, 9:28 PM

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explain all

lean flickerBOT Oct 16, 2020, 9:28 PM

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:small_blue_diamond: Study Vocabulary

Aliases: unterrichten, lernen, beibringen

:small_blue_diamond: Swiss German

Aliases: gsw

:small_blue_diamond: Switzerland

Aliases: Schweiz, CH

:small_blue_diamond: Umlauts

Aliases: Umlaute, Umlaut, ä, ö, ü

:small_blue_diamond: Usage of Konjunktiv II

Aliases: KII 1

:small_blue_diamond: Usage of zu

Aliases: um zu

:small_blue_diamond: Vorgangspassiv

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:small_blue_diamond: Weak Nouns

Aliases: N-Declension, N-Deklination

:small_blue_diamond: Word Order for Nouns & Pronouns

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:small_blue_diamond: Word Order for Verbs

Aliases: word order verbs, word order of verbs

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Weak Nouns

Weak nouns are called this way because they receive the same endings as adjectives inflected with weak endings. They take an additional ending -n in every case except nominative singular. This is also known as N-Declension and affects almost exclusively masculine nouns.

Nominativ: der Junge, die Junge__n__
Genitiv: des Junge__n__, der Junge__n__
Dativ: dem Junge__n__, den Junge__n__
Akkusativ: den Junge__n__, die Junge__n__

Some nouns end with a suffix -en to make the pronunciation easier:
der Mensch, den Mensch__en__

‼ Das Herz is the only non-masculine (neuter) noun with N-Declension❣

So how do we recognize these nouns? We can divide them into 3 big groups:

nouns of Greek and Latin origin,
nouns ending with -e (most of these refer to people or animals),
other random German nouns (Mensch, Herr, Student, Nachbar, Prinz etc.)

Another way to divide the groups could be:

nouns denoting male beings in general (der Bauer, der Knabe, der Herr, der Junge, der Kunde etc.)
nouns indicating nationality or religious affiliation (der Chinese, der Russe, der Türke, der Jude, der Katholik, der Protestant)
nouns designating male beings and ending in the foreign suffixes (-ant, -arch, -ast, -ege, -ent, -ist, -oge, -om, -oph, -ot: der Kollege, der Student, der Psychologe, der Polizist, der Philosoph)

‼ der Käse and words ending with -ee aren’t weak nouns.

Genitive of Weak Nouns
You might have noticed from the examples above that weak nouns don’t have the additional -s in genitive like other masculine nouns.
Some exceptions are das Herz and nouns of group 3 that don’t refer to people nor animals (Name, Wille, Glaube, Buchstabe etc.), which take both the -n and -s endings.
Example: der Name, des Name__ns__.

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Word Order for Verbs

Word Order - Verbs

The placement of the finite verb (or conjugated verb) is very important to the structure of a German sentence. While most other elements in a sentence can be moved, the position of the finite verb is fixed.

🔸 Main clause
A main clause is an independent clause that makes sense by itself. Here the finite verb is always the second element.

Der Mann gibt der Frau das Buch.

An auxiliary/modal verb (e.g. müssen) replaces the original verb (called the main verb) as the finite verb and results in the main verb being placed at the end of the clause. Additionally, the main verb is returned to its infinitive or past participle form, depending on the tense.

Der Mann muss der Frau das Buch geben.

🔸 Questions & Statements
The finite verb is always the first element.

Siehst du den Ausgang?

Interrogative words (or w-words) are considered to be in the zeroth position.

Worauf wartet ihr?

Auxiliary/modal verbs have the same effect as before:

Kannst du den Ausgang sehen?
Worauf habt ihr gewartet?

🔸 Subordinate clause
A subordinate clause depends on a main clause to make sense. It is often introduced by a conjunction as the first element and the finite verb is usually the last element.

Ich bin nicht zur Arbeit gefahren, weil ich krank war.
Du könntest ihm helfen, statt dich nur zu beschweren!

When a single auxiliary modal verb is introduced, it becomes the finite verb and the main verb is placed before it::

Er ist sich immer noch nicht sicher, ob er ihr alles erzählen soll.

If a double infintive is present, it is placed at the end and the finite verb comes before it.

Das ist das Haus, das ich hätte verkaufen sollen.

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When do I use the dative case?

The dative case has a great number of usages, many of which are idiomatic, but is mainly used:

- to mark the indirect object of many transitive verbs** (the indirect objectis that which receives the result of an action)

Ich habe dir ein Bier gekauft.
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- to mark the object of some transitive verbs:

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Das gefällt ihr gar nicht.

- after some prepositions:

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aus, außer, bei, gegenüber, mit, nach, seit, von, zu

- after two-way prepositions when they do not indicate movement:

Das Bild hängt jetzt an der Wand.
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Dative

The dative case (der Dativ) is one of the four cases of the German language. A case affects how a noun or noun phrase is inflected, and indicates the role of the noun or noun phrase in a clause.

How do I decline in the dative case?

Nouns, pronouns, and adjective declension is completely different compared to the nominative case. See >explain adjective declension for a full explanation.

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Grammatical gender

German nouns are sorted in three different genders: masculine, neuter and feminine. These have nothing to do with sex or social gender.
The first thing genders will influence are articles like der, das, die. Each word has its own and you better get it right: some words that look identical can have different meanings depending on the gender they're used with. For example:
die Band = the (musical) band,
der Band = the (book) volume,
das Band = the tape.

Some words, mainly trademarks and loanwords, have multiple acceptable genders while having no change in meaning:
der Jogurt = das Jogurt
das Virus = der Virus
These may vary by region or colloquiality.

💢 But WHY, German, WHY ⁉
Gender is actually quite useful! Since sentence structure is less rigid than in English, grammatical case helps you tell the various elements apart (with some practice), and that works through genders: each gender has its own forms, which makes everything a little less ambiguous. Besides, as you've seen with Band above, it allows us to make up words with different meanings that look the same but are not ambiguous, and if that's not magic, I don't know what is. ✨

🙀 But how am I supposed to tell them apart? 🙀
Check out >explain gender patterns. 😉

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**Feminine words (die)**

many words ending in -e (die Nase, die Kiste)
words ending in:
-- -in (feminine professions/roles): die Verkäuferin, die Lehrerin
-- -ei die Fischerei, die Bäckerei
-- -schaft die Mannschaft, die Gemeinschaft
-- -heit/-keit die Freiheit, die Gerechtigkeit
-- -ung die Bedeutung, die Achtung
-- -ion die Aktion, die Religion
-- -ik die Logistik, die Logik
-- -anz words of classical origin: die Allianz, die Toleranz
-- -ur die Natur, die Kultur
-- -tät die Professionalität, die Kriminalität

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How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

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How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

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Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
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Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

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Roughly speaking, A levels are beginners and C levels are experts. Remember that CEFR level are self-assessed and indicative!
You can see more specific names and descriptions on the Wikipedia page:
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🗨 How do I know what level I am?
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How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

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Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
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Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
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Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

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CEFR levels

If you see something like A1, B2 or C1, these represent the proficiency of a speaker in a language they're not native in, and are called CEFR levels. They are valid for any language, not only German!
Roughly speaking, A levels are beginners and C levels are experts. Remember that CEFR level are self-assessed and indicative!
You can see more specific names and descriptions on the Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages

🗨 How do I know what level I am?
If the table on Wikipedia is too generic for you, you can try using this one here:
https://rm.coe.int/168045bb52
Just check each column one at a time: if you can do all it describes, move to the next column. Your level is the highest where you can do the most things.

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How to get started - Part 2

Please make sure to read Part 1 before starting Part 2!

Part 2 – Beyond a Simple Sentence

1: Conjunctions (coordinating and subordinating)
2: Subordinate clause word order
3: Dative case
4: Dative verbs
5: Verbs with two objects (e.g. geben)
6: Prepositions (accusative, dative, and two-way)
7: Spoken past tense (Perfekt)
8: Written past tense (Präteritum)
9: Genitive case
10: Relative clauses
11: Adjective declension

Tips

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Some of these concepts are confusing to start with, so it’s a good idea to ask for help in #questions when you’re unsure
You should use a declension chart to help with declension to start with, because you won’t be able to memorize it straight away
After you feel confident with creating sentences, you can start learning the adjective declension properly by using the command >faq adjective declension and reading the guide provided

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:small_blue_diamond: Accusative

Aliases: Akkusativ

:small_blue_diamond: Adjective Declension

Aliases: adjective endings, Adjektivdeklination

:small_blue_diamond: Anki

Aliases: flashcards

:small_blue_diamond: Beide vs. Beides

Aliases: Beides vs. Beide, Beides, Beide

:small_blue_diamond: Best way to learn German

Aliases: learn fast, learn German fast, learn efficiently, best way to learn, fastest way to learn, most efficient way to learn

:small_blue_diamond: CEFR levels

Aliases: lvl, CEFR

:small_blue_diamond: Cases

Aliases: case, grammatical case

:small_blue_diamond: DACH

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:small_blue_diamond: Dative

Aliases: Dativ

:small_blue_diamond: Duolingo

Aliases: duo

:small_blue_diamond: Eszett

Aliases: Scharfes S, ẞ, ß

:small_blue_diamond: FAQ

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:small_blue_diamond: Formal and informal speech

Aliases: duzen vs. siezen, Sie, Du vs. Sie

:small_blue_diamond: Gender patterns

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:small_blue_diamond: Genitive

Aliases: Genitiv

jolly rover Oct 18, 2020, 3:11 PM

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lean flickerBOT Oct 18, 2020, 3:11 PM

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Best way to learn German

There isn’t only one “best” way to learn German, especially since different methods work better for different people. However, this FAQ will outline the main aspects of learning efficiently, which you can cater to your needs.

If you’re a beginner, type >faq beginner in #botchannel to see our beginner guide.

Cover all skills

There are many combinations of activities you can use to study and practice a language. How do you know which combinations are suitable? The key is to make sure you cover each of the main skills with at least one activity. Some activities only train one skills, while some train multiple – either is fine, as long as all the 6 skills are covered somewhere in your studies.

The skills

• Reading
• Writing
• Listening
• Speaking
• Grammar
• Vocabulary

Which resources should I use?

It doesn’t really matter which resources you use, as long as you can follow along, and the information is correct and reliable. If you have any doubts about whether a resource is correct, feel free to ask. You do not need to find just one resource and stick to it – in fact, to learn best, it’s recommended that you use a large variety of resources and switch between them when needed.

Type >faq resources in #botchannel to see our list of resources.

On the next page

• Should I study all these skills every day?
• How much time should I dedicate to studying?

jolly rover Oct 18, 2020, 3:14 PM

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faq beginner

lean flickerBOT Oct 18, 2020, 3:14 PM

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How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

Always learn the gender of a noun when you learn a new noun
Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
You can listen to pronunciation for words on websites like dict.cc, forvo.com, and others
Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
Ask as many questions as possible
Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

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help cefr

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getrole <role name>

**Aliases: **gr, cefr
Assigns you a role with the given name, removing any previous assignable roles.
Note: Use >sub to subscribe to groups and ping a moderator for the native speaker role.

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explain cefr

lean flickerBOT Oct 18, 2020, 4:07 PM

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CEFR levels

If you see something like A1, B2 or C1, these represent the proficiency of a speaker in a language they're not native in, and are called CEFR levels. They are valid for any language, not only German!
Roughly speaking, A levels are beginners and C levels are experts. Remember that CEFR level are self-assessed and indicative!
You can see more specific names and descriptions on the Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages

🗨 How do I know what level I am?
If the table on Wikipedia is too generic for you, you can try using this one here:
https://rm.coe.int/168045bb52
Just check each column one at a time: if you can do all it describes, move to the next column. Your level is the highest where you can do the most things.

Alternatively, you can use this questionnaire to estimate your level more accurately:
https://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/sites/laits.utexas.edu.fi/files/Self Assessment Checklist European.pdf

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group joinall

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tender trellis Oct 18, 2020, 7:33 PM

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faq Dativ

lean flickerBOT Oct 18, 2020, 7:33 PM

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When do I use the dative case?

The dative case has a great number of usages, many of which are idiomatic, but is mainly used:

- to mark the indirect object of many transitive verbs** (the indirect objectis that which receives the result of an action)

Ich habe dir ein Bier gekauft.
Sie gibt dem Mann das Buch.
Er zeigte ihm seinen Führerschein.

- to mark the object of some transitive verbs:

Dir fehlen die richtigen Materialien.
Es fällt mir gleich bestimmt wieder ein.
Das gefällt ihr gar nicht.

- after some prepositions:

Ich komme aus den USA.
Komm mit mir.
Ich lerne seit vielen Jahren Deutsch.

The following prepositions are always followed by the dative case:

aus, außer, bei, gegenüber, mit, nach, seit, von, zu

- after two-way prepositions when they do not indicate movement:

Das Bild hängt jetzt an der Wand.
Er geht im Wald. (he is roaming in the woods)
Sie steht vor mir.

- to show possession, mainly of clothing or body parts:

Ich habe mir in die Finger geschnitten.
Er hat ihr die Nase gebrochen.
Die Mütze fiel mir vom Kopf.

- with many adjectives:

Ich war mir nicht sicher.
Ist dir kalt?
Er ist seinem Bruder sehr ähnlich.

tender trellis Oct 18, 2020, 7:37 PM

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explain adjective declension

lean flickerBOT Oct 18, 2020, 7:37 PM

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Adjective Declension

A Brief Guide to Memorizing German Noun and Adjective Declension by Basementality
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jWl5-kkqF3FQLDzrz8XLBJj7hvPFQK7MT5SYEDGK65E/edit

tender trellis Oct 18, 2020, 8:33 PM

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lk de en beuerteilen

lean flickerBOT Oct 18, 2020, 8:33 PM

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Translations for en beuerteilen:

**:small_blue_diamond:** zweidimensionale En-face-Aufnahmen

two-dimensional en-face en face images

**:small_blue_diamond:** Europäische Norm <EN>

EN standard <EN>

**:small_blue_diamond:** Exanewton <EN>

exanewton <EN>

**:small_blue_diamond:** alle Richter zusammen

en banc

**:small_blue_diamond:** als Ganzes

en bloc

tender trellis Oct 18, 2020, 8:34 PM

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lk en de beurteilen

lean flickerBOT Oct 18, 2020, 8:34 PM

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Translations for de beurteilen:

**:small_blue_diamond:** beurteilen

appraise

**:small_blue_diamond:** beurteilen

estimate

**:small_blue_diamond:** beurteilen

evaluate

**:small_blue_diamond:** beurteilen

judge

**:small_blue_diamond:** Beurteilen

judging

tender trellis Oct 18, 2020, 8:45 PM

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lk en de mutmaßen

lean flickerBOT Oct 18, 2020, 8:45 PM

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Translations for de mutmaßen:

**:small_blue_diamond:** mutmaßen

surmise

**:small_blue_diamond:** Mutmaßen

guesswork

**:small_blue_diamond:** etw. mutmaßen

presume sth. [assume]

**:small_blue_diamond:** etw. mutmaßen *[aus* *Zeichen* *schließen]*

augur sth. [conjecture]

**:small_blue_diamond:** Datenerfassung <DE>

data acquisition <DAC>

dense umbra Oct 18, 2020, 8:59 PM

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faq Dative

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faq Dativ

lean flickerBOT Oct 18, 2020, 9:00 PM

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Dative

The dative case (der Dativ) is one of the four cases of the German language. A case affects how a noun or noun phrase is inflected, and indicates the role of the noun or noun phrase in a clause.

How do I decline in the dative case?

Nouns, pronouns, and adjective declension is completely different compared to the nominative case. See >explain adjective declension for a full explanation.

dense umbra Oct 18, 2020, 9:05 PM

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faq Akkusative

lean flickerBOT Oct 18, 2020, 9:05 PM

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FAQ not found. I found the following similar entries: Akkusativ, Accusative.

dense umbra Oct 18, 2020, 9:05 PM

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faq Akkusativ

lean flickerBOT Oct 18, 2020, 9:05 PM

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When do I use the accusative case?

The accusative case is mainly used:

- to mark the direct object of many transitive verbs

Ich lese einen Roman.
Er hat die schöne Frau ermordet.
Sie besitzen kein Auto.

- after some prepositions

Danke für deine Hilfe!
Ohne dich kann ich nicht leben.
Sie hatten keine Einwände gegen den Plan.

The following prepositions are always followed by the accusative case:

bis, durch, für, gegen, ohne, um

- to indicate movement in a particular direction in two-way prepositions

Er steigt auf den Gipfel.
Sie hängt das Bild an die Wand.
Ich gehe gleich ins Bett. (ins = in das)

- by adverbials of time and measurement

A definite length or point in time:
Ich habe den ganzen Tag geschlafen.
Sie kommt nächste Woche zurück.

A measurement:
Das Kind ist vier Jahre alt.
Das Tier ist einen Meter groß.

Expressing distance with verbs of motion:
Ich ging die Treppe hinauf.
Ich lief den ganzen Weg zu Fuß.

- in common greetings and wishes

Guten Morgen/Tag/Abend!
Gute Besserung!
Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

Here there is an implicit verb such as 'wünschen', where the greeting/wish is the direct object.

uneven tendon Oct 18, 2020, 9:28 PM

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play toto rosanna

lean flickerBOT Oct 18, 2020, 9:28 PM

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Toto - Rosanna (Official Music Video) [00:05:28] added to the queue.

uneven tendon Oct 18, 2020, 9:41 PM

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play september

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Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official Video) [00:03:35] added to the queue.

stiff juniper Oct 19, 2020, 12:00 AM

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faq cefr

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 12:00 AM

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CEFR levels

If you see something like A1, B2 or C1, these represent the proficiency of a speaker in a language they're not native in, and are called CEFR levels. They are valid for any language, not only German!
Roughly speaking, A levels are beginners and C levels are experts. Remember that CEFR level are self-assessed and indicative!
You can see more specific names and descriptions on the Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages

🗨 How do I know what level I am?
If the table on Wikipedia is too generic for you, you can try using this one here:
https://rm.coe.int/168045bb52
Just check each column one at a time: if you can do all it describes, move to the next column. Your level is the highest where you can do the most things.

Alternatively, you can use this questionnaire to estimate your level more accurately:
https://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/sites/laits.utexas.edu.fi/files/Self Assessment Checklist European.pdf

stiff juniper Oct 19, 2020, 12:02 AM

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tender trellis Oct 19, 2020, 4:22 AM

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Dora the Explorer- We Did It [00:00:38] added to the queue.

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:x: There was an error loading your song: Received unexpected response from YouTube. Perhaps try again.

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play udo jürgens vielen dank für die blumen

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unkempt flax Oct 19, 2020, 8:39 AM

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:white_check_mark: Added you to 16 available groups: Coding, AdvancedReading, Science, Gaming, Ouija, Pronunciation, Food, Grammar, Writing, Translation, Reading, Art, Dialects, Activities, News, AdvancedGrammar.

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More alternatives

🔸 Alternatively, you can memorise the altcodes for German characters. Learning them is easier than you might think! Simply hold Alt and type the numbers on your numpad:
ä = 132; Ä = 142
ö = 148; Ö = 153
ü = 129; Ü = 154
ß = 225
🔸 If all else fails, you can use ASCII conventions for the characters: add an e to other vowels, and write ss or sz for ß. For example:
ae = ä
oe = ö
ue = ü
ss = ß
But this is discouraged since it's harder to read and... looks ugly. It is only done in situations where alternatives are impossible (fonts with no unicode etc).

unkempt flax Oct 19, 2020, 8:45 AM

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help star

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star

Provides stargazing functionality for the server. The stargazing system highlights memorable moments from the server. The starboard can be configured dynamically, temporarily locked and posts from it can be displayed.

:small_blue_diamond: **star random** [user]

Displays a random public star entry. If the user is specified, only starred entries from that user will be displayed.

:small_blue_diamond: **star recent**

Shows the most recent stars on the server. If the command is invoked in a public channel, it will display stars from all public channels. If it is executed in a group channel, it will display only the stars from that channel.

:small_blue_diamond: **star recentlist**

Shows the most recent stars on the server in a list form. If the command is invoked in a public channel, it will display stars from all public channels. If it is executed in a group channel, it will display only the stars from that channel.

:small_blue_diamond: **star show** <message id>

**Aliases: **star display, star view
Shows the starred post with the given message ID.

desert mural Oct 19, 2020, 9:51 AM

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faq lessons

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 9:51 AM

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lessons

Lessons
The lessons held on the server don’t have a consistent schedule, because we allow lesson hosts to choose their own times and days. Lessons are held in the Lessons voice channel along with the #lessons text channel. Everyone is welcome to listen to the lessons even if they don’t wish to participate.

You can subscribe to a specific group to get pings whenever a session is announced. The current lesson groups are:

Reading: Read and translate German texts together.
AdvancedReading: Like Reading but aimed at B2+ speakers.
Grammar: Lesson about a specific grammar topic.
Activities: Speaking practice, learning games, or things that don’t fit in the other categories.

Subscribe by typing >sub Reading (for example) in #botchannel.

Lesson Hosting
Lesson hosting is a voluntary role and we welcome any members who are interested to host their own sessions. If you’re interested in running a session, feel free to DM one of the moderators to discuss the process.

Even if you feel inexperienced or have no idea what to run a session about, we’re always happy to provide guidance and teach people how they can hold learning sessions.

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@marble hill You can see here how to join lesson groups to get pings and stuff.

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@desert mural wow i didn't know you guys had these, you guys have everything haha thank you bro. I'ma join, hopefully I'll be able to catch one.

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faq cases

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 10:09 AM

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Cases

Cases
German has four grammatical cases (der Fall or der Kasus in German): nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive. A case alters a noun, pronoun, adjective, etc., in some way to mark its grammatical function in a phrase, clause, or sentence. For example, the main function of the nominative (der Nominativ) case is to mark the subject in a sentence:

Ich liebe die deutsche Sprache!

In this sentence, the pronoun ich represents the first person subject and is in the nominative case. Every noun, pronoun, adjective, etc. has form in every case and it is very important to learn all of them. For example, the accusative form of ich is mich:

Die deutsche Sprache liebt mich!

See >explain adjective declension to get started on that. Don't get discouraged by how much there is, it takes some time master.

To see an explanation of the usages of every case, see their individual articles:
>explain nominative
>explain accusative
>explain dative
>explain genitive

hollow fog Oct 19, 2020, 10:12 AM

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faq lessons

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 10:12 AM

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lessons

Lessons
The lessons held on the server don’t have a consistent schedule, because we allow lesson hosts to choose their own times and days. Lessons are held in the Lessons voice channel along with the #lessons text channel. Everyone is welcome to listen to the lessons even if they don’t wish to participate.

You can subscribe to a specific group to get pings whenever a session is announced. The current lesson groups are:

Reading: Read and translate German texts together.
AdvancedReading: Like Reading but aimed at B2+ speakers.
Grammar: Lesson about a specific grammar topic.
Activities: Speaking practice, learning games, or things that don’t fit in the other categories.

Subscribe by typing >sub Reading (for example) in #botchannel.

Lesson Hosting
Lesson hosting is a voluntary role and we welcome any members who are interested to host their own sessions. If you’re interested in running a session, feel free to DM one of the moderators to discuss the process.

Even if you feel inexperienced or have no idea what to run a session about, we’re always happy to provide guidance and teach people how they can hold learning sessions.

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lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 10:13 AM

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:x: Group grammer not found.
Try >groups to see a list of all groups or >group joinall to join all available groups.

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cefr

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:x: The required argument roleName is missing.

tardy mauve Oct 19, 2020, 11:37 AM

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kindred wyvern Oct 19, 2020, 11:45 AM

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sub coding

untold siren Oct 19, 2020, 11:53 AM

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faq cefr

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 11:53 AM

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CEFR levels

If you see something like A1, B2 or C1, these represent the proficiency of a speaker in a language they're not native in, and are called CEFR levels. They are valid for any language, not only German!
Roughly speaking, A levels are beginners and C levels are experts. Remember that CEFR level are self-assessed and indicative!
You can see more specific names and descriptions on the Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages

🗨 How do I know what level I am?
If the table on Wikipedia is too generic for you, you can try using this one here:
https://rm.coe.int/168045bb52
Just check each column one at a time: if you can do all it describes, move to the next column. Your level is the highest where you can do the most things.

Alternatively, you can use this questionnaire to estimate your level more accurately:
https://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/sites/laits.utexas.edu.fi/files/Self Assessment Checklist European.pdf

untold siren Oct 19, 2020, 11:54 AM

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wicked obsidian Oct 19, 2020, 1:19 PM

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faq dativ

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 1:19 PM

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When do I use the dative case?

The dative case has a great number of usages, many of which are idiomatic, but is mainly used:

- to mark the indirect object of many transitive verbs** (the indirect objectis that which receives the result of an action)

Ich habe dir ein Bier gekauft.
Sie gibt dem Mann das Buch.
Er zeigte ihm seinen Führerschein.

- to mark the object of some transitive verbs:

Dir fehlen die richtigen Materialien.
Es fällt mir gleich bestimmt wieder ein.
Das gefällt ihr gar nicht.

- after some prepositions:

Ich komme aus den USA.
Komm mit mir.
Ich lerne seit vielen Jahren Deutsch.

The following prepositions are always followed by the dative case:

aus, außer, bei, gegenüber, mit, nach, seit, von, zu

- after two-way prepositions when they do not indicate movement:

Das Bild hängt jetzt an der Wand.
Er geht im Wald. (he is roaming in the woods)
Sie steht vor mir.

- to show possession, mainly of clothing or body parts:

Ich habe mir in die Finger geschnitten.
Er hat ihr die Nase gebrochen.
Die Mütze fiel mir vom Kopf.

- with many adjectives:

Ich war mir nicht sicher.
Ist dir kalt?
Er ist seinem Bruder sehr ähnlich.

tender trellis Oct 19, 2020, 1:27 PM

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faq gender patterns

paper depot Oct 19, 2020, 2:15 PM

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faq S-Deklination

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 2:15 PM

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FAQ not found. I found the following similar entries: Adjektivdeklination, N-Deklination.

paper depot Oct 19, 2020, 2:15 PM

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faq Adjektivdeklination

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 2:15 PM

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Adjective Declension

A Brief Guide to Memorizing German Noun and Adjective Declension by Basementality
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jWl5-kkqF3FQLDzrz8XLBJj7hvPFQK7MT5SYEDGK65E/edit

meager lark Oct 19, 2020, 2:32 PM

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sub writing

unkempt flax Oct 19, 2020, 2:37 PM

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help

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 2:37 PM

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Generic 1/2 commands

:small_blue_diamond: **getrole** <role name>

Assigns you a role with the given name, removing any previous assignable roles.
Note: Use >sub to subscribe to groups and ping a moderator for the native speaker role.

:small_blue_diamond: **info** [user]

Displays information about the given user. If no user is specified, information about you will be displayed.

:small_blue_diamond: **ping**

Displays how long it takes for a message that the bot sends to arrive.

:small_blue_diamond: **quote** <channel> <message id>

Quotes a message in the channel you are in. Specify the channel that the message was originally posted in and the message id of the message (accessible if you turn on developer mode in your Discord settings).

:small_blue_diamond: **removerole** <role name>

Removes the CEFR role with the given name from you.
Note: Use >unsub for group roles.

meager lark Oct 19, 2020, 2:39 PM

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cefr A

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 2:39 PM

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:x: You already have the Level A role. Use >rr <role> to remove the role.

silver ledge Oct 19, 2020, 3:18 PM

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ex lessons

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 3:18 PM

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lessons

Lessons
The lessons held on the server don’t have a consistent schedule, because we allow lesson hosts to choose their own times and days. Lessons are held in the Lessons voice channel along with the #lessons text channel. Everyone is welcome to listen to the lessons even if they don’t wish to participate.

You can subscribe to a specific group to get pings whenever a session is announced. The current lesson groups are:

Reading: Read and translate German texts together.
AdvancedReading: Like Reading but aimed at B2+ speakers.
Grammar: Lesson about a specific grammar topic.
Activities: Speaking practice, learning games, or things that don’t fit in the other categories.

Subscribe by typing >sub Reading (for example) in #botchannel.

Lesson Hosting
Lesson hosting is a voluntary role and we welcome any members who are interested to host their own sessions. If you’re interested in running a session, feel free to DM one of the moderators to discuss the process.

Even if you feel inexperienced or have no idea what to run a session about, we’re always happy to provide guidance and teach people how they can hold learning sessions.

patent stag Oct 19, 2020, 3:42 PM

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Hallo, wer spricht mit mir deutsch

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cefr A

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group joinall

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 5:11 PM

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:x: Use the >group joinall command to join all available groups.

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:white_check_mark: Added you to 13 available groups: Coding, AdvancedReading, Science, Gaming, Ouija, Pronunciation, Food, Writing, Translation, Art, Dialects, News, AdvancedGrammar.

restive wagon Oct 19, 2020, 5:19 PM

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naive birch Oct 19, 2020, 5:49 PM

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cefr A

lean apex Oct 19, 2020, 5:55 PM

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faq cefr

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 5:55 PM

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CEFR levels

If you see something like A1, B2 or C1, these represent the proficiency of a speaker in a language they're not native in, and are called CEFR levels. They are valid for any language, not only German!
Roughly speaking, A levels are beginners and C levels are experts. Remember that CEFR level are self-assessed and indicative!
You can see more specific names and descriptions on the Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages

🗨 How do I know what level I am?
If the table on Wikipedia is too generic for you, you can try using this one here:
https://rm.coe.int/168045bb52
Just check each column one at a time: if you can do all it describes, move to the next column. Your level is the highest where you can do the most things.

Alternatively, you can use this questionnaire to estimate your level more accurately:
https://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/sites/laits.utexas.edu.fi/files/Self Assessment Checklist European.pdf

lean apex Oct 19, 2020, 6:06 PM

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cefr A

wide rover Oct 19, 2020, 6:29 PM

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help

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 6:29 PM

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Meme 2/2 commands

:small_blue_diamond: **shootdog** <member>

Shoot the given member's dog, like the monster you are.

left cliff Oct 19, 2020, 6:34 PM

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lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 6:34 PM

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Grammatical gender

German nouns are sorted in three different genders: masculine, neuter and feminine. These have nothing to do with sex or social gender.
The first thing genders will influence are articles like der, das, die. Each word has its own and you better get it right: some words that look identical can have different meanings depending on the gender they're used with. For example:
die Band = the (musical) band,
der Band = the (book) volume,
das Band = the tape.

Some words, mainly trademarks and loanwords, have multiple acceptable genders while having no change in meaning:
der Jogurt = das Jogurt
das Virus = der Virus
These may vary by region or colloquiality.

💢 But WHY, German, WHY ⁉
Gender is actually quite useful! Since sentence structure is less rigid than in English, grammatical case helps you tell the various elements apart (with some practice), and that works through genders: each gender has its own forms, which makes everything a little less ambiguous. Besides, as you've seen with Band above, it allows us to make up words with different meanings that look the same but are not ambiguous, and if that's not magic, I don't know what is. ✨

🙀 But how am I supposed to tell them apart? 🙀
Check out >explain gender patterns. 😉

blazing notch Oct 19, 2020, 7:40 PM

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faq beide

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 7:40 PM

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Beide vs. Beides

Both Beide and Beides mean both, then how to differentiate them?

🔸 Use beide if the items are of the same kind.
🔸 If the items are different, use beides.
- Ich will beide Äpfel!

- Möchten Sie Ketchup oder Mayo?
- Beides, danke.

🔸 With people you always use beide.

🔸 Article or no article?
An article is used when the people described are doing something together.
- Die beiden sind verlobt. (they are engaged to one another)
- Beide sind verlobt. (they are both engaged, each to their own significant other)

Note: other forms of beid* like beidem or beiden depend on grammatical case, see >explain case.

rugged mica Oct 19, 2020, 8:25 PM

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lessons

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 8:25 PM

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blazing notch Oct 19, 2020, 10:09 PM

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faq faq

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 10:09 PM

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FAQ

Q: What does FAQ mean?
A: Frequently Asked Questions.

Q: How does it relate to this server?
A: You can invoke answers to FAQs regarding grammar, geography and culture of DACH or other topics related to GLaD.

Q: What does GLaD mean?
A: German Language and Discussion (a.k.a. this server).

Q: How do I invoke these answers?
A: Type >explain [faq name] (additionally >ex or >faq instead of >explain)

Q: Where do I invoke the answers?
A: Please use #botchannel for the FAQs.

Q: I can’t find an answer to my question.
A: Use >explain [topic name] and the results will either show you related searches, or add your questions to our suggestion list.

Q: I want to write an FAQ entry, how do I do it?
A: Try writing something in the same style as other FAQs and ping Pferd to ask for proofreading.

Q: I found some mistakes/typos in an FAQ entry.
A: Ping Pferd to correct it.

Q: I don’t understand some parts of an FAQ entry.
A: Ask in #questions or ping Pferd for help.

left cliff Oct 19, 2020, 10:17 PM

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faq all

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 10:17 PM

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See a listed FAQ with >faq [name]

:small_blue_diamond: Accusative

Aliases: Akkusativ

:small_blue_diamond: Adjective Declension

Aliases: adjective endings, Adjektivdeklination

:small_blue_diamond: Anki

Aliases: flashcards

:small_blue_diamond: Beide vs. Beides

Aliases: Beides vs. Beide, Beides, Beide

:small_blue_diamond: Best way to learn German

Aliases: learn fast, learn German fast, learn efficiently, best way to learn, fastest way to learn, most efficient way to learn

:small_blue_diamond: CEFR levels

Aliases: lvl, CEFR

:small_blue_diamond: Cases

Aliases: case, grammatical case

:small_blue_diamond: DACH

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:small_blue_diamond: Dative

Aliases: Dativ

:small_blue_diamond: Duolingo

Aliases: duo

:small_blue_diamond: Eszett

Aliases: Scharfes S, ẞ, ß

:small_blue_diamond: FAQ

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:small_blue_diamond: Formal and informal speech

Aliases: duzen vs. siezen, Sie, Du vs. Sie

:small_blue_diamond: Gender patterns

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:small_blue_diamond: Genitive

Aliases: Genitiv

last isle Oct 19, 2020, 10:17 PM

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faq

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 10:17 PM

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:x: The required argument name is missing.

last isle Oct 19, 2020, 10:17 PM

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faq all

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 10:17 PM

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See a listed FAQ with >faq [name]

:small_blue_diamond: Accusative

Aliases: Akkusativ

:small_blue_diamond: Adjective Declension

Aliases: adjective endings, Adjektivdeklination

:small_blue_diamond: Anki

Aliases: flashcards

:small_blue_diamond: Beide vs. Beides

Aliases: Beides vs. Beide, Beides, Beide

:small_blue_diamond: Best way to learn German

Aliases: learn fast, learn German fast, learn efficiently, best way to learn, fastest way to learn, most efficient way to learn

:small_blue_diamond: CEFR levels

Aliases: lvl, CEFR

:small_blue_diamond: Cases

Aliases: case, grammatical case

:small_blue_diamond: DACH

‎

:small_blue_diamond: Dative

Aliases: Dativ

:small_blue_diamond: Duolingo

Aliases: duo

:small_blue_diamond: Eszett

Aliases: Scharfes S, ẞ, ß

:small_blue_diamond: FAQ

‎

:small_blue_diamond: Formal and informal speech

Aliases: duzen vs. siezen, Sie, Du vs. Sie

:small_blue_diamond: Gender patterns

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:small_blue_diamond: Genitive

Aliases: Genitiv

last isle Oct 19, 2020, 10:18 PM

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Gibt es ein Dokument mit allen Antworten vom FAQ?
@blazing notch

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faq all

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 10:18 PM

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See a listed FAQ with >faq [name]

:small_blue_diamond: Accusative

Aliases: Akkusativ

:small_blue_diamond: Adjective Declension

Aliases: adjective endings, Adjektivdeklination

:small_blue_diamond: Anki

Aliases: flashcards

:small_blue_diamond: Beide vs. Beides

Aliases: Beides vs. Beide, Beides, Beide

:small_blue_diamond: Best way to learn German

Aliases: learn fast, learn German fast, learn efficiently, best way to learn, fastest way to learn, most efficient way to learn

:small_blue_diamond: CEFR levels

Aliases: lvl, CEFR

:small_blue_diamond: Cases

Aliases: case, grammatical case

:small_blue_diamond: DACH

‎

:small_blue_diamond: Dative

Aliases: Dativ

:small_blue_diamond: Duolingo

Aliases: duo

:small_blue_diamond: Eszett

Aliases: Scharfes S, ẞ, ß

:small_blue_diamond: FAQ

‎

:small_blue_diamond: Formal and informal speech

Aliases: duzen vs. siezen, Sie, Du vs. Sie

:small_blue_diamond: Gender patterns

‎

:small_blue_diamond: Genitive

Aliases: Genitiv

tender trellis Oct 19, 2020, 10:32 PM

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lk de en aufführen

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 10:32 PM

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Translations for en aufführen:

**:small_blue_diamond:** zweidimensionale En-face-Aufnahmen

two-dimensional en-face en face images

**:small_blue_diamond:** Europäische Norm <EN>

EN standard <EN>

**:small_blue_diamond:** Exanewton <EN>

exanewton <EN>

**:small_blue_diamond:** alle Richter zusammen

en banc

**:small_blue_diamond:** als Ganzes

en bloc

tender trellis Oct 19, 2020, 10:32 PM

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lk en de aufführen

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 10:32 PM

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Translations for de aufführen:

**:small_blue_diamond:** aufführen

act out

**:small_blue_diamond:** aufführen

enact

**:small_blue_diamond:** aufführen

present

**:small_blue_diamond:** aufführen

put on stage

**:small_blue_diamond:** aufführen *[auflisten]*

list [results, etc.]

tender trellis Oct 19, 2020, 10:35 PM

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lk de en to run out of sth

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 10:35 PM

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Translations for en to run out of sth:

**:small_blue_diamond:** Mir ist etw. ausgegangen.

I've run out of sth.

**:small_blue_diamond:** ausverkauft sein

to be run out of sth. [goods]

**:small_blue_diamond:** Mir ist etw. ausgegangen.

have run out of sth.

**:small_blue_diamond:** an etw. knapp werden

to run out of sth. [e.g. provisions]

**:small_blue_diamond:** etw. nicht mehr haben

to run out of sth. [e.g. provisions]

stone tinsel Oct 19, 2020, 11:17 PM

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sub memes

lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 11:17 PM

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:x: Group memes not found.
Try >groups to see a list of all groups or >group joinall to join all available groups.

stone tinsel Oct 19, 2020, 11:17 PM

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groups

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These groups are currently accessible

News

Announcements! Subscribe for pings!

Reading

Lessons! Subscribe for pings!

Grammar

Lessons! Subscribe for pings!

AdvancedGrammar

Like Grammar but only B2+ level content.

Activities

Lessons! Subscribe for pings!

AdvancedReading

Like Reading but only B2+ level content.

Writing

Join to get weekly and monthly prompts!

Pronunciation

Offers weekly texts to practise pronunciation.

Translation

Offers weekly sentences to translate.

Science

STEM-related topics.

Food

A group for food talks.

Art

A group for sharing self-made art.

Dialects

No description provided.

Ouija

A Ouija-style game just for fun.

Gaming

All gaming-related topics.

stone tinsel Oct 19, 2020, 11:17 PM

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lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 11:18 PM

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:x: Group pronounciation not found.
Try >groups to see a list of all groups or >group joinall to join all available groups.

stone tinsel Oct 19, 2020, 11:18 PM

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lean flickerBOT Oct 19, 2020, 11:19 PM

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News

Announcements! Subscribe for pings!

Reading

Lessons! Subscribe for pings!

Grammar

Lessons! Subscribe for pings!

AdvancedGrammar

Like Grammar but only B2+ level content.

Activities

Lessons! Subscribe for pings!

AdvancedReading

Like Reading but only B2+ level content.

Writing

Join to get weekly and monthly prompts!

Pronunciation

Offers weekly texts to practise pronunciation.

Translation

Offers weekly sentences to translate.

Science

STEM-related topics.

Food

A group for food talks.

Art

A group for sharing self-made art.

Dialects

No description provided.

Ouija

A Ouija-style game just for fun.

Gaming

All gaming-related topics.

stone tinsel Oct 19, 2020, 11:20 PM

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News

Announcements! Subscribe for pings!

Reading

Lessons! Subscribe for pings!

Grammar

Lessons! Subscribe for pings!

AdvancedGrammar

Like Grammar but only B2+ level content.

Activities

Lessons! Subscribe for pings!

AdvancedReading

Like Reading but only B2+ level content.

Writing

Join to get weekly and monthly prompts!

Pronunciation

Offers weekly texts to practise pronunciation.

Translation

Offers weekly sentences to translate.

Science

STEM-related topics.

Food

A group for food talks.

Art

A group for sharing self-made art.

Dialects

No description provided.

Ouija

A Ouija-style game just for fun.

Gaming

All gaming-related topics.

sharp bridge Oct 19, 2020, 11:58 PM

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naive birch Oct 20, 2020, 12:05 AM

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sharp bridge Oct 20, 2020, 12:54 AM

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lean flickerBOT Oct 20, 2020, 12:55 AM

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:x: The required argument roleName is missing.

tender trellis Oct 20, 2020, 1:22 AM

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Play https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n6SLGL78Nvaz16qt2KUridc6SWabIQ70M

YouTube

Ach du grüne Neune

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Play https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n6SLGL78Nvaz16qt2KUridc6SWabIQ70M

YouTube

Ach du grüne Neune

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Big oof wieder Mal

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play GReeeN THC

lean flickerBOT Oct 20, 2020, 1:24 AM

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tender trellis Oct 20, 2020, 1:25 AM

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Play https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n6SLGL78Nvaz16qt2KUridc6SWabIQ70M

YouTube

Ach du grüne Neune

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play GReeeN THC

lean flickerBOT Oct 20, 2020, 1:25 AM

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GReeeN-THC[Lyrics] [00:03:59] added to the queue.

tender trellis Oct 20, 2020, 1:30 AM

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Play GReeeN interstellar

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Play GReeeN interstellar

crude rock Oct 20, 2020, 1:35 AM

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sub all

lean flickerBOT Oct 20, 2020, 1:35 AM

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:x: Use the >group joinall command to join all available groups.

crude rock Oct 20, 2020, 1:36 AM

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group joinall

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:white_check_mark: Added you to 16 available groups: Coding, AdvancedReading, Science, Gaming, Ouija, Pronunciation, Food, Grammar, Writing, Translation, Reading, Art, Dialects, Activities, News, AdvancedGrammar.

broken fossil Oct 20, 2020, 2:17 AM

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tender trellis Oct 20, 2020, 4:52 AM

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faq beginner

lean flickerBOT Oct 20, 2020, 4:52 AM

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How to get started - Part 2

Please make sure to read Part 1 before starting Part 2!

Part 2 – Beyond a Simple Sentence

1: Conjunctions (coordinating and subordinating)
2: Subordinate clause word order
3: Dative case
4: Dative verbs
5: Verbs with two objects (e.g. geben)
6: Prepositions (accusative, dative, and two-way)
7: Spoken past tense (Perfekt)
8: Written past tense (Präteritum)
9: Genitive case
10: Relative clauses
11: Adjective declension

Tips

Make sure to practice writing and reading simple texts
Some of these concepts are confusing to start with, so it’s a good idea to ask for help in #questions when you’re unsure
You should use a declension chart to help with declension to start with, because you won’t be able to memorize it straight away
After you feel confident with creating sentences, you can start learning the adjective declension properly by using the command >faq adjective declension and reading the guide provided

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cyan karma Oct 20, 2020, 7:07 AM

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rules

tender trellis Oct 20, 2020, 8:10 AM

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lessons

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mellow timber Oct 20, 2020, 8:41 AM

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lessons

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silver ledge Oct 20, 2020, 5:26 PM

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sub gaming

loud jetty Oct 20, 2020, 5:26 PM

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faq beides

lean flickerBOT Oct 20, 2020, 5:26 PM

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Beide vs. Beides

Both Beide and Beides mean both, then how to differentiate them?

🔸 Use beide if the items are of the same kind.
🔸 If the items are different, use beides.
- Ich will beide Äpfel!

- Möchten Sie Ketchup oder Mayo?
- Beides, danke.

🔸 With people you always use beide.

🔸 Article or no article?
An article is used when the people described are doing something together.
- Die beiden sind verlobt. (they are engaged to one another)
- Beide sind verlobt. (they are both engaged, each to their own significant other)

Note: other forms of beid* like beidem or beiden depend on grammatical case, see >explain case.

silver ledge Oct 20, 2020, 5:26 PM

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sub science

loud jetty Oct 20, 2020, 5:27 PM

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explain case

lean flickerBOT Oct 20, 2020, 5:27 PM

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Cases

Cases
German has four grammatical cases (der Fall or der Kasus in German): nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive. A case alters a noun, pronoun, adjective, etc., in some way to mark its grammatical function in a phrase, clause, or sentence. For example, the main function of the nominative (der Nominativ) case is to mark the subject in a sentence:

Ich liebe die deutsche Sprache!

In this sentence, the pronoun ich represents the first person subject and is in the nominative case. Every noun, pronoun, adjective, etc. has form in every case and it is very important to learn all of them. For example, the accusative form of ich is mich:

Die deutsche Sprache liebt mich!

See >explain adjective declension to get started on that. Don't get discouraged by how much there is, it takes some time master.

To see an explanation of the usages of every case, see their individual articles:
>explain nominative
>explain accusative
>explain dative
>explain genitive

warped blade Oct 20, 2020, 5:41 PM

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explain dative

lean flickerBOT Oct 20, 2020, 5:41 PM

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Dative

The dative case (der Dativ) is one of the four cases of the German language. A case affects how a noun or noun phrase is inflected, and indicates the role of the noun or noun phrase in a clause.

How do I decline in the dative case?

Nouns, pronouns, and adjective declension is completely different compared to the nominative case. See >explain adjective declension for a full explanation.

warped blade Oct 20, 2020, 5:41 PM

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explain adjective declension

lean flickerBOT Oct 20, 2020, 5:41 PM

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Adjective Declension

A Brief Guide to Memorizing German Noun and Adjective Declension by Basementality
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jWl5-kkqF3FQLDzrz8XLBJj7hvPFQK7MT5SYEDGK65E/edit

tender trellis Oct 20, 2020, 5:54 PM

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faq cefr

lean flickerBOT Oct 20, 2020, 5:54 PM

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CEFR levels

If you see something like A1, B2 or C1, these represent the proficiency of a speaker in a language they're not native in, and are called CEFR levels. They are valid for any language, not only German!
Roughly speaking, A levels are beginners and C levels are experts. Remember that CEFR level are self-assessed and indicative!
You can see more specific names and descriptions on the Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages

🗨 How do I know what level I am?
If the table on Wikipedia is too generic for you, you can try using this one here:
https://rm.coe.int/168045bb52
Just check each column one at a time: if you can do all it describes, move to the next column. Your level is the highest where you can do the most things.

Alternatively, you can use this questionnaire to estimate your level more accurately:
https://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/sites/laits.utexas.edu.fi/files/Self Assessment Checklist European.pdf

tender trellis Oct 20, 2020, 5:55 PM

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.cefr A1

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danke Herr robot

slate echo Oct 20, 2020, 7:01 PM

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lessons

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manic star Oct 20, 2020, 7:19 PM

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flint palm Oct 20, 2020, 8:41 PM

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cefr c

lone zealot Oct 20, 2020, 9:17 PM

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explain all

lean flickerBOT Oct 20, 2020, 9:17 PM

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See a listed FAQ with >faq [name]

:small_blue_diamond: Accusative

Aliases: Akkusativ

:small_blue_diamond: Adjective Declension

Aliases: adjective endings, Adjektivdeklination

:small_blue_diamond: Anki

Aliases: flashcards

:small_blue_diamond: Beide vs. Beides

Aliases: Beides vs. Beide, Beides, Beide

:small_blue_diamond: Best way to learn German

Aliases: learn fast, learn German fast, learn efficiently, best way to learn, fastest way to learn, most efficient way to learn

:small_blue_diamond: CEFR levels

Aliases: lvl, CEFR

:small_blue_diamond: Cases

Aliases: case, grammatical case

:small_blue_diamond: DACH

‎

:small_blue_diamond: Dative

Aliases: Dativ

:small_blue_diamond: Duolingo

Aliases: duo

:small_blue_diamond: Eszett

Aliases: Scharfes S, ẞ, ß

:small_blue_diamond: FAQ

‎

:small_blue_diamond: Formal and informal speech

Aliases: duzen vs. siezen, Sie, Du vs. Sie

:small_blue_diamond: Gender patterns

‎

:small_blue_diamond: Genitive

Aliases: Genitiv

distant schooner Oct 20, 2020, 10:09 PM

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faq N-Deklination

lean flickerBOT Oct 20, 2020, 10:09 PM

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Weak Nouns

Weak nouns are called this way because they receive the same endings as adjectives inflected with weak endings. They take an additional ending -n in every case except nominative singular. This is also known as N-Declension and affects almost exclusively masculine nouns.

Nominativ: der Junge, die Junge__n__
Genitiv: des Junge__n__, der Junge__n__
Dativ: dem Junge__n__, den Junge__n__
Akkusativ: den Junge__n__, die Junge__n__

Some nouns end with a suffix -en to make the pronunciation easier:
der Mensch, den Mensch__en__

‼ Das Herz is the only non-masculine (neuter) noun with N-Declension❣

So how do we recognize these nouns? We can divide them into 3 big groups:

nouns of Greek and Latin origin,
nouns ending with -e (most of these refer to people or animals),
other random German nouns (Mensch, Herr, Student, Nachbar, Prinz etc.)

Another way to divide the groups could be:

nouns denoting male beings in general (der Bauer, der Knabe, der Herr, der Junge, der Kunde etc.)
nouns indicating nationality or religious affiliation (der Chinese, der Russe, der Türke, der Jude, der Katholik, der Protestant)
nouns designating male beings and ending in the foreign suffixes (-ant, -arch, -ast, -ege, -ent, -ist, -oge, -om, -oph, -ot: der Kollege, der Student, der Psychologe, der Polizist, der Philosoph)

‼ der Käse and words ending with -ee aren’t weak nouns.

Genitive of Weak Nouns
You might have noticed from the examples above that weak nouns don’t have the additional -s in genitive like other masculine nouns.
Some exceptions are das Herz and nouns of group 3 that don’t refer to people nor animals (Name, Wille, Glaube, Buchstabe etc.), which take both the -n and -s endings.
Example: der Name, des Name__ns__.

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shittyflute

SCHUBERT - AVE MARIA - SHITTYFLUTED

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Mike Diva

Kazoo Kid - Trap Remix

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Kazoo Kid - Trap Remix

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/mikediva ---------------

Music by: Mike Diva & Sick System
Video edit: Mike Diva
Rotoscoping artist and all around good guy: Aaron Nelson-Purcell
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Call The Judge And Get Some Fudge.

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See a listed FAQ with >faq [name]

:small_blue_diamond: German letters

Aliases: german keyboard, keyboard

:small_blue_diamond: Grammar terms

Aliases: Glossary, Grammatical terms

:small_blue_diamond: Grammatical gender

Aliases: genders, der-die-das, gender

:small_blue_diamond: How to ask a question

Aliases: Translation, Homework

:small_blue_diamond: How to get started

Aliases: Starting out, beginner

:small_blue_diamond: IPA

Aliases: Pronunciation, Sound transcription, International Phonetic Alphabet

:small_blue_diamond: Negation

Aliases: kein, nicht

:small_blue_diamond: Nominative

Aliases: Nominativ

:small_blue_diamond: Omission of movement verbs

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:small_blue_diamond: Passive

Aliases: Passiv

:small_blue_diamond: Past Tense

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:small_blue_diamond: Prepositions of Place Part 1

Aliases: Nach-In-Auf-Zu

:small_blue_diamond: Resources

Aliases: resource list

:small_blue_diamond: Stative Passive

Aliases: Zustandspassiv, statal passive

:small_blue_diamond: Structure of Konjunktiv II

Aliases: KII 2

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explain gender patterns

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**Feminine words (die)**

many words ending in -e (die Nase, die Kiste)
words ending in:
-- -in (feminine professions/roles): die Verkäuferin, die Lehrerin
-- -ei die Fischerei, die Bäckerei
-- -schaft die Mannschaft, die Gemeinschaft
-- -heit/-keit die Freiheit, die Gerechtigkeit
-- -ung die Bedeutung, die Achtung
-- -ion die Aktion, die Religion
-- -ik die Logistik, die Logik
-- -anz words of classical origin: die Allianz, die Toleranz
-- -ur die Natur, die Kultur
-- -tät die Professionalität, die Kriminalität

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Faq beginner

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sub gaming

lean flickerBOT Oct 21, 2020, 10:59 AM

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:x: Group level a not found.
Try >groups to see a list of all groups or >group joinall to join all available groups.

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ex lessons

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lessons

Lessons
The lessons held on the server don’t have a consistent schedule, because we allow lesson hosts to choose their own times and days. Lessons are held in the Lessons voice channel along with the #lessons text channel. Everyone is welcome to listen to the lessons even if they don’t wish to participate.

You can subscribe to a specific group to get pings whenever a session is announced. The current lesson groups are:

Reading: Read and translate German texts together.
AdvancedReading: Like Reading but aimed at B2+ speakers.
Grammar: Lesson about a specific grammar topic.
Activities: Speaking practice, learning games, or things that don’t fit in the other categories.

Subscribe by typing >sub Reading (for example) in #botchannel.

Lesson Hosting
Lesson hosting is a voluntary role and we welcome any members who are interested to host their own sessions. If you’re interested in running a session, feel free to DM one of the moderators to discuss the process.

Even if you feel inexperienced or have no idea what to run a session about, we’re always happy to provide guidance and teach people how they can hold learning sessions.

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faq beginner

lean flickerBOT Oct 21, 2020, 12:49 PM

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How to get started - Part 2

Please make sure to read Part 1 before starting Part 2!

Part 2 – Beyond a Simple Sentence

1: Conjunctions (coordinating and subordinating)
2: Subordinate clause word order
3: Dative case
4: Dative verbs
5: Verbs with two objects (e.g. geben)
6: Prepositions (accusative, dative, and two-way)
7: Spoken past tense (Perfekt)
8: Written past tense (Präteritum)
9: Genitive case
10: Relative clauses
11: Adjective declension

Tips

Make sure to practice writing and reading simple texts
Some of these concepts are confusing to start with, so it’s a good idea to ask for help in #questions when you’re unsure
You should use a declension chart to help with declension to start with, because you won’t be able to memorize it straight away
After you feel confident with creating sentences, you can start learning the adjective declension properly by using the command >faq adjective declension and reading the guide provided

tender trellis Oct 21, 2020, 12:52 PM

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faq resources

lean flickerBOT Oct 21, 2020, 12:52 PM

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Resources

https://goo.gl/M906K8

eternal geyser Oct 21, 2020, 1:00 PM

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sub beginner

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:x: Group beginner not found.
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ex lessons

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lessons

Lessons
The lessons held on the server don’t have a consistent schedule, because we allow lesson hosts to choose their own times and days. Lessons are held in the Lessons voice channel along with the #lessons text channel. Everyone is welcome to listen to the lessons even if they don’t wish to participate.

You can subscribe to a specific group to get pings whenever a session is announced. The current lesson groups are:

Reading: Read and translate German texts together.
AdvancedReading: Like Reading but aimed at B2+ speakers.
Grammar: Lesson about a specific grammar topic.
Activities: Speaking practice, learning games, or things that don’t fit in the other categories.

Subscribe by typing >sub Reading (for example) in #botchannel.

Lesson Hosting
Lesson hosting is a voluntary role and we welcome any members who are interested to host their own sessions. If you’re interested in running a session, feel free to DM one of the moderators to discuss the process.

Even if you feel inexperienced or have no idea what to run a session about, we’re always happy to provide guidance and teach people how they can hold learning sessions.

warped blade Oct 21, 2020, 1:31 PM

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sacred path Oct 21, 2020, 4:03 PM

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faq beginner

lean flickerBOT Oct 21, 2020, 4:03 PM

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How to get started - Part 2

Please make sure to read Part 1 before starting Part 2!

Part 2 – Beyond a Simple Sentence

1: Conjunctions (coordinating and subordinating)
2: Subordinate clause word order
3: Dative case
4: Dative verbs
5: Verbs with two objects (e.g. geben)
6: Prepositions (accusative, dative, and two-way)
7: Spoken past tense (Perfekt)
8: Written past tense (Präteritum)
9: Genitive case
10: Relative clauses
11: Adjective declension

Tips

Make sure to practice writing and reading simple texts
Some of these concepts are confusing to start with, so it’s a good idea to ask for help in #questions when you’re unsure
You should use a declension chart to help with declension to start with, because you won’t be able to memorize it straight away
After you feel confident with creating sentences, you can start learning the adjective declension properly by using the command >faq adjective declension and reading the guide provided

wintry pilot Oct 21, 2020, 4:04 PM

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cefr B

lime plume Oct 21, 2020, 4:28 PM

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ex beginner

lean flickerBOT Oct 21, 2020, 4:28 PM

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How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

Always learn the gender of a noun when you learn a new noun
Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
You can listen to pronunciation for words on websites like dict.cc, forvo.com, and others
Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
Ask as many questions as possible
Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

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Resources

https://goo.gl/M906K8

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thanks!

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cefr B

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:white_check_mark: Your current CEFR role has been replaced with Level B.

sacred path Oct 21, 2020, 4:32 PM

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what are the levels for?

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It shows your proficiency

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slate heart Oct 21, 2020, 6:04 PM

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faq beginner

lean flickerBOT Oct 21, 2020, 6:04 PM

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How to get started - Part 2

Please make sure to read Part 1 before starting Part 2!

Part 2 – Beyond a Simple Sentence

1: Conjunctions (coordinating and subordinating)
2: Subordinate clause word order
3: Dative case
4: Dative verbs
5: Verbs with two objects (e.g. geben)
6: Prepositions (accusative, dative, and two-way)
7: Spoken past tense (Perfekt)
8: Written past tense (Präteritum)
9: Genitive case
10: Relative clauses
11: Adjective declension

Tips

Make sure to practice writing and reading simple texts
Some of these concepts are confusing to start with, so it’s a good idea to ask for help in #questions when you’re unsure
You should use a declension chart to help with declension to start with, because you won’t be able to memorize it straight away
After you feel confident with creating sentences, you can start learning the adjective declension properly by using the command >faq adjective declension and reading the guide provided

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ex all

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See a listed FAQ with >faq [name]

:small_blue_diamond: Accusative

Aliases: Akkusativ

:small_blue_diamond: Adjective Declension

Aliases: adjective endings, Adjektivdeklination

:small_blue_diamond: Anki

Aliases: flashcards

:small_blue_diamond: Beide vs. Beides

Aliases: Beides vs. Beide, Beides, Beide

:small_blue_diamond: Best way to learn German

Aliases: learn fast, learn German fast, learn efficiently, best way to learn, fastest way to learn, most efficient way to learn

:small_blue_diamond: CEFR levels

Aliases: lvl, CEFR

:small_blue_diamond: Cases

Aliases: case, grammatical case

:small_blue_diamond: DACH

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:small_blue_diamond: Dative

Aliases: Dativ

:small_blue_diamond: Duolingo

Aliases: duo

:small_blue_diamond: Eszett

Aliases: Scharfes S, ẞ, ß

:small_blue_diamond: FAQ

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:small_blue_diamond: Formal and informal speech

Aliases: duzen vs. siezen, Sie, Du vs. Sie

:small_blue_diamond: Gender patterns

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:small_blue_diamond: Genitive

Aliases: Genitiv

slate heart Oct 21, 2020, 6:05 PM

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faq lvl

lean flickerBOT Oct 21, 2020, 6:05 PM

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CEFR levels

If you see something like A1, B2 or C1, these represent the proficiency of a speaker in a language they're not native in, and are called CEFR levels. They are valid for any language, not only German!
Roughly speaking, A levels are beginners and C levels are experts. Remember that CEFR level are self-assessed and indicative!
You can see more specific names and descriptions on the Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages

🗨 How do I know what level I am?
If the table on Wikipedia is too generic for you, you can try using this one here:
https://rm.coe.int/168045bb52
Just check each column one at a time: if you can do all it describes, move to the next column. Your level is the highest where you can do the most things.

Alternatively, you can use this questionnaire to estimate your level more accurately:
https://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/sites/laits.utexas.edu.fi/files/Self Assessment Checklist European.pdf

slate heart Oct 21, 2020, 6:10 PM

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ex all

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See a listed FAQ with >faq [name]

:small_blue_diamond: Accusative

Aliases: Akkusativ

:small_blue_diamond: Adjective Declension

Aliases: adjective endings, Adjektivdeklination

:small_blue_diamond: Anki

Aliases: flashcards

:small_blue_diamond: Beide vs. Beides

Aliases: Beides vs. Beide, Beides, Beide

:small_blue_diamond: Best way to learn German

Aliases: learn fast, learn German fast, learn efficiently, best way to learn, fastest way to learn, most efficient way to learn

:small_blue_diamond: CEFR levels

Aliases: lvl, CEFR

:small_blue_diamond: Cases

Aliases: case, grammatical case

:small_blue_diamond: DACH

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:small_blue_diamond: Dative

Aliases: Dativ

:small_blue_diamond: Duolingo

Aliases: duo

:small_blue_diamond: Eszett

Aliases: Scharfes S, ẞ, ß

:small_blue_diamond: FAQ

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:small_blue_diamond: Formal and informal speech

Aliases: duzen vs. siezen, Sie, Du vs. Sie

:small_blue_diamond: Gender patterns

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:small_blue_diamond: Genitive

Aliases: Genitiv

slate heart Oct 21, 2020, 6:11 PM

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faq learn fast

lean flickerBOT Oct 21, 2020, 6:11 PM

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Best way to learn German

Should I study all these skills every day?

If you want to study them all every day, you can, but some people may find it easier to focus on particular skills on particular days. For example, on Monday you might choose to do a lot of writing practice, and then on Tuesday you might plan some conversation practice with some speaking partners.

If you try to cover too many different things in one day, then you might be jumping around all over the place and not able to focus on each individual task. It’s also a really good idea to have a different schedule or set of tasks each day to keep things from getting boring. So setting a special schedule or set of tasks for each day of the week - like the Monday writing day, or every Friday you do some grammar exercises followed by watching TV shows, or any other combination you like – is a really good way to go.

How much time should I dedicate to studying?

Everyone has a different schedule and everyone learns at a different pace. It is recommended to study every day, preferably for 30 minutes or more, but taking 1-2 days off is okay. More important is how many hours you study in a week.

A casual pace will be roughly around 5-8 hours a week, a steady pace would be around 10-14 hours a week, and a fast pace (around the same pace as a university subject) will be 15-20 hours a week.

Anything less than 5 hours and you may find it hard to keep improving steadily (but feel free to try it and see how it works for you), while studying one subject for over 25 hours a week may quickly lead to burnout.

How you choose to spread those hours out over the week is not that important; for example, if you have a lot of time on the weekend but not during the week, it’s fine to do short study sessions on weekdays and then dedicate a bunch of time on Saturday and Sunday.

cosmic pebble Oct 21, 2020, 6:21 PM

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cefr B

sharp kayak Oct 21, 2020, 6:24 PM

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ex lessons

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lessons

Lessons
The lessons held on the server don’t have a consistent schedule, because we allow lesson hosts to choose their own times and days. Lessons are held in the Lessons voice channel along with the #lessons text channel. Everyone is welcome to listen to the lessons even if they don’t wish to participate.

You can subscribe to a specific group to get pings whenever a session is announced. The current lesson groups are:

Reading: Read and translate German texts together.
AdvancedReading: Like Reading but aimed at B2+ speakers.
Grammar: Lesson about a specific grammar topic.
Activities: Speaking practice, learning games, or things that don’t fit in the other categories.

Subscribe by typing >sub Reading (for example) in #botchannel.

Lesson Hosting
Lesson hosting is a voluntary role and we welcome any members who are interested to host their own sessions. If you’re interested in running a session, feel free to DM one of the moderators to discuss the process.

Even if you feel inexperienced or have no idea what to run a session about, we’re always happy to provide guidance and teach people how they can hold learning sessions.

keen river Oct 21, 2020, 6:56 PM

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faq lessons

lean flickerBOT Oct 21, 2020, 7:05 PM

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lessons

Lessons
The lessons held on the server don’t have a consistent schedule, because we allow lesson hosts to choose their own times and days. Lessons are held in the Lessons voice channel along with the #lessons text channel. Everyone is welcome to listen to the lessons even if they don’t wish to participate.

You can subscribe to a specific group to get pings whenever a session is announced. The current lesson groups are:

Reading: Read and translate German texts together.
AdvancedReading: Like Reading but aimed at B2+ speakers.
Grammar: Lesson about a specific grammar topic.
Activities: Speaking practice, learning games, or things that don’t fit in the other categories.

Subscribe by typing >sub Reading (for example) in #botchannel.

Lesson Hosting
Lesson hosting is a voluntary role and we welcome any members who are interested to host their own sessions. If you’re interested in running a session, feel free to DM one of the moderators to discuss the process.

Even if you feel inexperienced or have no idea what to run a session about, we’re always happy to provide guidance and teach people how they can hold learning sessions.

tender trellis Oct 21, 2020, 7:15 PM

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faq questions

lean flickerBOT Oct 21, 2020, 7:16 PM

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FAQ not found. Try >explain all.

tender trellis Oct 21, 2020, 7:18 PM

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ex lessons

lean flickerBOT Oct 21, 2020, 7:18 PM

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lessons

Lessons
The lessons held on the server don’t have a consistent schedule, because we allow lesson hosts to choose their own times and days. Lessons are held in the Lessons voice channel along with the #lessons text channel. Everyone is welcome to listen to the lessons even if they don’t wish to participate.

You can subscribe to a specific group to get pings whenever a session is announced. The current lesson groups are:

Reading: Read and translate German texts together.
AdvancedReading: Like Reading but aimed at B2+ speakers.
Grammar: Lesson about a specific grammar topic.
Activities: Speaking practice, learning games, or things that don’t fit in the other categories.

Subscribe by typing >sub Reading (for example) in #botchannel.

Lesson Hosting
Lesson hosting is a voluntary role and we welcome any members who are interested to host their own sessions. If you’re interested in running a session, feel free to DM one of the moderators to discuss the process.

Even if you feel inexperienced or have no idea what to run a session about, we’re always happy to provide guidance and teach people how they can hold learning sessions.

tender trellis Oct 21, 2020, 7:24 PM

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faq lessons

lean flickerBOT Oct 21, 2020, 7:24 PM

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lessons

Lessons
The lessons held on the server don’t have a consistent schedule, because we allow lesson hosts to choose their own times and days. Lessons are held in the Lessons voice channel along with the #lessons text channel. Everyone is welcome to listen to the lessons even if they don’t wish to participate.

You can subscribe to a specific group to get pings whenever a session is announced. The current lesson groups are:

Reading: Read and translate German texts together.
AdvancedReading: Like Reading but aimed at B2+ speakers.
Grammar: Lesson about a specific grammar topic.
Activities: Speaking practice, learning games, or things that don’t fit in the other categories.

Subscribe by typing >sub Reading (for example) in #botchannel.

Lesson Hosting
Lesson hosting is a voluntary role and we welcome any members who are interested to host their own sessions. If you’re interested in running a session, feel free to DM one of the moderators to discuss the process.

Even if you feel inexperienced or have no idea what to run a session about, we’re always happy to provide guidance and teach people how they can hold learning sessions.

loud jetty Oct 21, 2020, 8:11 PM

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faq beides

lean flickerBOT Oct 21, 2020, 8:11 PM

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Beide vs. Beides

Both Beide and Beides mean both, then how to differentiate them?

🔸 Use beide if the items are of the same kind.
🔸 If the items are different, use beides.
- Ich will beide Äpfel!

- Möchten Sie Ketchup oder Mayo?
- Beides, danke.

🔸 With people you always use beide.

🔸 Article or no article?
An article is used when the people described are doing something together.
- Die beiden sind verlobt. (they are engaged to one another)
- Beide sind verlobt. (they are both engaged, each to their own significant other)

Note: other forms of beid* like beidem or beiden depend on grammatical case, see >explain case.

steel dagger Oct 21, 2020, 8:54 PM

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vale walrus Oct 21, 2020, 8:58 PM

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faq modal

lean flickerBOT Oct 21, 2020, 8:58 PM

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FAQ not found. Try >explain all.

vale walrus Oct 21, 2020, 8:58 PM

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faq all

zealous field Oct 21, 2020, 9:08 PM

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help

lean flickerBOT Oct 21, 2020, 9:08 PM

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Generic 1/2 commands

:small_blue_diamond: **getrole** <role name>

Assigns you a role with the given name, removing any previous assignable roles.
Note: Use >sub to subscribe to groups and ping a moderator for the native speaker role.

:small_blue_diamond: **info** [user]

Displays information about the given user. If no user is specified, information about you will be displayed.

:small_blue_diamond: **ping**

Displays how long it takes for a message that the bot sends to arrive.

:small_blue_diamond: **quote** <channel> <message id>

Quotes a message in the channel you are in. Specify the channel that the message was originally posted in and the message id of the message (accessible if you turn on developer mode in your Discord settings).

:small_blue_diamond: **removerole** <role name>

Removes the CEFR role with the given name from you.
Note: Use >unsub for group roles.

tender trellis Oct 21, 2020, 9:11 PM

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explain all

lean flickerBOT Oct 21, 2020, 9:11 PM

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See a listed FAQ with >faq [name]

:small_blue_diamond: Study Vocabulary

Aliases: unterrichten, lernen, beibringen

:small_blue_diamond: Swiss German

Aliases: gsw

:small_blue_diamond: Switzerland

Aliases: Schweiz, CH

:small_blue_diamond: Umlauts

Aliases: Umlaute, Umlaut, ä, ö, ü

:small_blue_diamond: Usage of Konjunktiv II

Aliases: KII 1

:small_blue_diamond: Usage of zu

Aliases: um zu

:small_blue_diamond: Vorgangspassiv

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:small_blue_diamond: Weak Nouns

Aliases: N-Declension, N-Deklination

:small_blue_diamond: Word Order for Nouns & Pronouns

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:small_blue_diamond: Word Order for Verbs

Aliases: word order verbs, word order of verbs

:small_blue_diamond: absentive

Aliases: absentiv

:small_blue_diamond: beginner 2

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:small_blue_diamond: birthdays

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:small_blue_diamond: conjugation

Aliases: praesens, präsens, present tense, verbs, verb conjugation, Konjugation

:small_blue_diamond: doch

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tender trellis Oct 21, 2020, 9:12 PM

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lean flickerBOT Oct 21, 2020, 9:12 PM

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Swiss German

What is Swiss German?
Swiss German is the common name for the group of dialects native to Switzerland. It is closely related to the dialects of south-western Germany (e.g. Swabian), and to a lesser extent to the dialects of Austria and Bavaria.

What do you mean, group of dialects?
Because Swiss German is not standardized in any way, there is a lot of variety in how people speak. The differences aren’t large enough to impede understanding, but they are definitely noticable and range from vocabulary over different sounds being used to even differences in grammar!

If I speak German to a Swiss person, will I be understood?
Yes.
All Swiss German speakers have gone through several years of schooling held in Standard German and will definitely understand you without any problems. However, not all Swiss German speakers are very comfortable speaking it themselves, so keep that in mind.

If I want to move to Switzerland, do I have to learn Swiss German?
First of all, make sure to actually learn Standard German. You’ll need it more urgently. But if that’s out of the way, I would advise you to at least learn to understand it. Swiss people really appreciate it when they don’t have to speak Standard German. You don’t have to learn to speak it yourself to integrate. But feel free to try!

Where can I learn Swiss German?
Good question. There’s a collection of resources here: https://www.reddit.com/r/German/comments/abswl2/i_made_a_collection_of_resources_for_learning/
If you find something, let us know. If you have questions, you can always ask in #dialects.

What does it sound like?
It’s been variously described as everything from melodious to throat cancer. Best you just listen yourself:
https://youtu.be/h5-If3WKqfg (Dialect of Graubünden)
https://youtu.be/Gz2S9iggdzM (Slightly over the top comparison)
https://youtu.be/PkGatIgXERI (Classic Bern German song)

See also: >faq Switzerland, >faq Dialects

digital rune Oct 22, 2020, 1:28 AM

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Generic 1/2 commands

:small_blue_diamond: **getrole** <role name>

Assigns you a role with the given name, removing any previous assignable roles.
Note: Use >sub to subscribe to groups and ping a moderator for the native speaker role.

:small_blue_diamond: **info** [user]

Displays information about the given user. If no user is specified, information about you will be displayed.

:small_blue_diamond: **ping**

Displays how long it takes for a message that the bot sends to arrive.

:small_blue_diamond: **quote** <channel> <message id>

Quotes a message in the channel you are in. Specify the channel that the message was originally posted in and the message id of the message (accessible if you turn on developer mode in your Discord settings).

:small_blue_diamond: **removerole** <role name>

Removes the CEFR role with the given name from you.
Note: Use >unsub for group roles.

sturdy heath Oct 22, 2020, 1:28 AM

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faq lessons

lean flickerBOT Oct 22, 2020, 1:28 AM

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lessons

Lessons
The lessons held on the server don’t have a consistent schedule, because we allow lesson hosts to choose their own times and days. Lessons are held in the Lessons voice channel along with the #lessons text channel. Everyone is welcome to listen to the lessons even if they don’t wish to participate.

You can subscribe to a specific group to get pings whenever a session is announced. The current lesson groups are:

Reading: Read and translate German texts together.
AdvancedReading: Like Reading but aimed at B2+ speakers.
Grammar: Lesson about a specific grammar topic.
Activities: Speaking practice, learning games, or things that don’t fit in the other categories.

Subscribe by typing >sub Reading (for example) in #botchannel.

Lesson Hosting
Lesson hosting is a voluntary role and we welcome any members who are interested to host their own sessions. If you’re interested in running a session, feel free to DM one of the moderators to discuss the process.

Even if you feel inexperienced or have no idea what to run a session about, we’re always happy to provide guidance and teach people how they can hold learning sessions.

sturdy heath Oct 22, 2020, 1:29 AM

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tender trellis Oct 22, 2020, 2:10 AM

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lean flickerBOT Oct 22, 2020, 2:10 AM

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:x: You already have the Level A role. Use >rr <role> to remove the role.

tender trellis Oct 22, 2020, 2:10 AM

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rapid onyx Oct 22, 2020, 6:54 AM

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groups

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These groups are currently accessible

News

Announcements! Subscribe for pings!

Reading

Lessons! Subscribe for pings!

Grammar

Lessons! Subscribe for pings!

AdvancedGrammar

Like Grammar but only B2+ level content.

Activities

Lessons! Subscribe for pings!

AdvancedReading

Like Reading but only B2+ level content.

Writing

Join to get weekly and monthly prompts!

Pronunciation

Offers weekly texts to practise pronunciation.

Translation

Offers weekly sentences to translate.

Science

STEM-related topics.

Food

A group for food talks.

Art

A group for sharing self-made art.

Dialects

No description provided.

Ouija

A Ouija-style game just for fun.

Gaming

All gaming-related topics.

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Try >groups to see a list of all groups or >group joinall to join all available groups.

rapid onyx Oct 22, 2020, 6:56 AM

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cosmic pebble Oct 22, 2020, 7:02 AM

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lean flickerBOT Oct 22, 2020, 7:02 AM

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lessons

Lessons
The lessons held on the server don’t have a consistent schedule, because we allow lesson hosts to choose their own times and days. Lessons are held in the Lessons voice channel along with the #lessons text channel. Everyone is welcome to listen to the lessons even if they don’t wish to participate.

You can subscribe to a specific group to get pings whenever a session is announced. The current lesson groups are:

Reading: Read and translate German texts together.
AdvancedReading: Like Reading but aimed at B2+ speakers.
Grammar: Lesson about a specific grammar topic.
Activities: Speaking practice, learning games, or things that don’t fit in the other categories.

Subscribe by typing >sub Reading (for example) in #botchannel.

Lesson Hosting
Lesson hosting is a voluntary role and we welcome any members who are interested to host their own sessions. If you’re interested in running a session, feel free to DM one of the moderators to discuss the process.

Even if you feel inexperienced or have no idea what to run a session about, we’re always happy to provide guidance and teach people how they can hold learning sessions.

cosmic pebble Oct 22, 2020, 7:04 AM

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rapid onyx Oct 22, 2020, 7:22 AM

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tender trellis Oct 22, 2020, 8:17 AM

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conj zweifeln

lean flickerBOT Oct 22, 2020, 8:17 AM

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https://www.verbformen.de/konjugation/zweifeln.htm

Konjugation zweifeln | Alle Zeitformen, Beispiele, Regeln, Übersetz...

Konjugation Verb zweifeln: im Präsens, Präteritum, Konjunktiv, Perfekt, ... viele Beispiele, Grammatik, Regeln erklärt, Übersetzung, Übungen, Bedeutung und kostenlose Downloads.

tender trellis Oct 22, 2020, 8:39 AM

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lk de en betragen

lean flickerBOT Oct 22, 2020, 8:39 AM

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Translations for en betragen:

**:small_blue_diamond:** zweidimensionale En-face-Aufnahmen

two-dimensional en-face en face images

**:small_blue_diamond:** Europäische Norm <EN>

EN standard <EN>

**:small_blue_diamond:** Exanewton <EN>

exanewton <EN>

**:small_blue_diamond:** alle Richter zusammen

en banc

**:small_blue_diamond:** als Ganzes

en bloc

tender trellis Oct 22, 2020, 8:39 AM

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lk en de betragen

lean flickerBOT Oct 22, 2020, 8:39 AM

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Translations for de betragen:

**:small_blue_diamond:** betragen

account for

**:small_blue_diamond:** Betragen

behaving

**:small_blue_diamond:** Betragen

behavior [Am.]

**:small_blue_diamond:** Betragen

behaviour [Br.]

**:small_blue_diamond:** Betragen

comportment

digital cipher Oct 22, 2020, 9:32 AM

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faq also

lean flickerBOT Oct 22, 2020, 9:32 AM

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FAQ not found. I found the following similar entry: so und also.

digital cipher Oct 22, 2020, 9:32 AM

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faq so und also

lean flickerBOT Oct 22, 2020, 9:32 AM

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so und also

The German “also”
This word means “so, therefore”. It is used in the beginning of a sentence to show that what you’re about to say follows from what you said before:
(1) Er war müde, also ging er schlafen. (He was tired, so he went to sleep.)

You can put it in the middle of a sentence too, then it shows that you’re going back a topic or are reminding of it:
(2) Ich habe also mit ihm geredet… (and so/as I said, I spoke to him…)

A very similar use is also to start a sentence with a dragged out aaalso (=aaanyway).

⚠ You cannot use so in these sentences!

The German “so”
So has a few uses. Most of them correspond pretty directly to English “like this/that”. Perhaps the most normal use of it is to answer a “how” (wie) question:
(3) Wie geht das? — So! (How does one do that? — Like this!)

You can of course also use it this way if no one asked you a question:
(4) Er lief so herum. (He walked around like that. [could indicate e.g. walking style or clothing, depends on context])

Together with an indefinite noun it indicates that you care about the properties of that noun, and not the noun itself:
(5) Ich will so ein Haus. (I want a house like that [but not necessarily this particular one].)

Note that here, the proper question is not wie but was für ein:
(6) Was für ein Spiel willst du spielen? — So eins. (What kind of game do you want to play? — One like that)

Another very common way to use it is for emphasizing a size or amount. Just like in English, you may drag out the so for a bit to emphasize it even more:
(7) Das ist so schön! (This is so beautiful!)

The English “also”
English “also/too” straigtforwardly translates to German auch. There is no relation to German so/also here:
(8) Ich habe ihn auch gesehen. (I also saw him. / I saw him too.)

rustic linden Oct 22, 2020, 11:31 AM

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rustic linden Oct 22, 2020, 11:31 AM

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tender trellis Oct 22, 2020, 12:05 PM

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cefr A

obtuse mist Oct 22, 2020, 12:39 PM

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info @obtuse mist

lean flickerBOT Oct 22, 2020, 12:39 PM

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Information about BlueBottletop#0407

Name

@obtuse mist

ID

405596521887956993

Joined

31/01/2019 00:06 (1 year, 8 months and 3 weeks ago)

Account created

24/01/2018 05:35 (2 years, 8 months and 4 weeks ago)

tender trellis Oct 22, 2020, 1:28 PM

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tender trellis Oct 22, 2020, 2:02 PM

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lk en de mutmaßen

lean flickerBOT Oct 22, 2020, 2:02 PM

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Translations for de mutmaßen:

**:small_blue_diamond:** mutmaßen

assume

**:small_blue_diamond:** mutmaßen

conjecture

**:small_blue_diamond:** mutmaßen

make a conjecture

**:small_blue_diamond:** mutmaßen

speculate

**:small_blue_diamond:** mutmaßen

suppose

tender trellis Oct 22, 2020, 2:13 PM

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lk en de herumalbern

lean flickerBOT Oct 22, 2020, 2:13 PM

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Translations for de herumalbern:

**:small_blue_diamond:** herumalbern *[ugs.]*

act the goat [coll.]

**:small_blue_diamond:** herumalbern *[ugs.]*

clown around

**:small_blue_diamond:** herumalbern *[ugs.]*

cut up [coll.] [Am.]

**:small_blue_diamond:** herumalbern *[ugs.]*

fool about

**:small_blue_diamond:** herumalbern *[ugs.]*

fool around

fiery spruce Oct 22, 2020, 5:23 PM

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faq cefr

lean flickerBOT Oct 22, 2020, 5:23 PM

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CEFR levels

If you see something like A1, B2 or C1, these represent the proficiency of a speaker in a language they're not native in, and are called CEFR levels. They are valid for any language, not only German!
Roughly speaking, A levels are beginners and C levels are experts. Remember that CEFR level are self-assessed and indicative!
You can see more specific names and descriptions on the Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages

🗨 How do I know what level I am?
If the table on Wikipedia is too generic for you, you can try using this one here:
https://rm.coe.int/168045bb52
Just check each column one at a time: if you can do all it describes, move to the next column. Your level is the highest where you can do the most things.

Alternatively, you can use this questionnaire to estimate your level more accurately:
https://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/sites/laits.utexas.edu.fi/files/Self Assessment Checklist European.pdf

low nova Oct 22, 2020, 5:41 PM

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faq lessons

lean flickerBOT Oct 22, 2020, 5:41 PM

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lessons

Lessons
The lessons held on the server don’t have a consistent schedule, because we allow lesson hosts to choose their own times and days. Lessons are held in the Lessons voice channel along with the #lessons text channel. Everyone is welcome to listen to the lessons even if they don’t wish to participate.

You can subscribe to a specific group to get pings whenever a session is announced. The current lesson groups are:

Reading: Read and translate German texts together.
AdvancedReading: Like Reading but aimed at B2+ speakers.
Grammar: Lesson about a specific grammar topic.
Activities: Speaking practice, learning games, or things that don’t fit in the other categories.

Subscribe by typing >sub Reading (for example) in #botchannel.

Lesson Hosting
Lesson hosting is a voluntary role and we welcome any members who are interested to host their own sessions. If you’re interested in running a session, feel free to DM one of the moderators to discuss the process.

Even if you feel inexperienced or have no idea what to run a session about, we’re always happy to provide guidance and teach people how they can hold learning sessions.

obsidian kindle Oct 22, 2020, 6:41 PM

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faq lessons

lean flickerBOT Oct 22, 2020, 6:41 PM

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lessons

Lessons
The lessons held on the server don’t have a consistent schedule, because we allow lesson hosts to choose their own times and days. Lessons are held in the Lessons voice channel along with the #lessons text channel. Everyone is welcome to listen to the lessons even if they don’t wish to participate.

You can subscribe to a specific group to get pings whenever a session is announced. The current lesson groups are:

Reading: Read and translate German texts together.
AdvancedReading: Like Reading but aimed at B2+ speakers.
Grammar: Lesson about a specific grammar topic.
Activities: Speaking practice, learning games, or things that don’t fit in the other categories.

Subscribe by typing >sub Reading (for example) in #botchannel.

Lesson Hosting
Lesson hosting is a voluntary role and we welcome any members who are interested to host their own sessions. If you’re interested in running a session, feel free to DM one of the moderators to discuss the process.

Even if you feel inexperienced or have no idea what to run a session about, we’re always happy to provide guidance and teach people how they can hold learning sessions.

tender trellis Oct 22, 2020, 7:26 PM

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viral acorn Oct 22, 2020, 8:36 PM

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tender trellis Oct 22, 2020, 9:50 PM

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thorn veldt Oct 22, 2020, 11:07 PM

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getrole native

lean flickerBOT Oct 22, 2020, 11:07 PM

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:x: You cannot assign yourself the Native Speaker role. You must ask a moderator.

thorn veldt Oct 22, 2020, 11:12 PM

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@lime plume pikamegasweat

lime plume Oct 22, 2020, 11:14 PM

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@thorn veldt kannst du mir was kleines auf Deutsch schreiben, danach kann ich dir gerne die Rolle geben.

thorn veldt Oct 22, 2020, 11:14 PM

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jo was soll ich schreiben

lime plume Oct 22, 2020, 11:15 PM

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einfach was kleines thinkingpepe

thorn veldt Oct 22, 2020, 11:15 PM

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okay, hab grad mega hunger und hab noch nichts gegessen haha

lime plume Oct 22, 2020, 11:15 PM

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Das funktioniert 😂

thorn veldt Oct 22, 2020, 11:16 PM

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perfekt blobjustright

lime plume Oct 22, 2020, 11:16 PM

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hab sie dir gegeben ^^

thorn veldt Oct 22, 2020, 11:16 PM

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jo danke dir

lime compass Oct 22, 2020, 11:55 PM

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faq cerf

lean flickerBOT Oct 22, 2020, 11:55 PM

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FAQ not found. Try >explain all.