questions-2

[terse junco]

correct way is: Wenn ich Fußball spiele, habe ich Knöchelschmerzen. Brauche ich ein Pflaster?

[rare silo]

Is it correct to say : "Ich möchte üben Deutsh mit dir" ?

[steel patrol]

This isn't exactly a question about vocabulary/grammar, but I'm just wondering about something I do a lot, so that I know how to think of it or log it in my activities journal:

If I'm listening to podcasts, paying attention to what's being said but don't look up any words I don't know / couldn't hear properly or follow the transcript (so I'm missing out on learning new vocab/expressions that I would have been able to learn otherwise), is that considered active or passive listening?

P.S. It's not that I'm too lazy to look things up, it's to do with the environment I'm in and not having the ability to at that time.

Gosh that came out very strangely worded...

[viral jolt]

by definition that's titled passive learning, no? Kinder machen genau so

[steel patrol]

I'm not sure 😄 I think I've heard people say that "passive" listening is more like when you just have something on in the background but aren't really paying attention to what's being said. Hence the question 🙂

[viral jolt]

ich möchte mit dir Deutsch üben

[viral jolt]

oo, ja then it's not passive listening but passive learning yes 🤔

[rare silo]

But why? that's so confusing to me lol

[viral jolt]

faq modalverb

[stoic mauve]

FAQ not found. Try >explain all.

[steel patrol]

Hmm, interesting. Ok, I'll go with that term then. Thanks:)

[viral jolt]

ah the faq doesn't work sadly. you can look up modalverbs on Google. möchten is a modal verb, and when another verb exists in a sentence (üben in our case), it's placed at the very end.

[rare silo]

oow okaay, I haven't got to modal verbs yet that's why I think it was confusing to me lol. but thanks a lot 😄

[reef moss]

DeepL gibt in der Regel bessere Antworten, solange man einen ganzen Satz schreibt (bzw. den Kontext angibt)

[golden cradle]

please don’t crosspost unless it’s urgent. And if you do, please link the original post, so we don’t answer the posts in parallel, doubling our work

[coral cape]

danke schoen @terse junco @delicate tiger

[golden cradle]

@rare silo cool nickname ^^
xanthines i have known and loved

[rare silo]

Haha, thanks!

[plain umbra]

Sorry, I just want to correct that. Please don't crosspost at all. There's no situation urgent enough to require posting in multiple channels at once.

[charred harbor]

Except for praising me. Obviously that's okay to crosspost.

[long whale]

What do you mean? To my knowledge - and DWDS concurs - there was exactly 1 giant called Argus. :D

[earnest arch]

You just chose the hardest thing to translate and gave no context x) it's not always "weißt du"

[plush pelican]

There were multiple characters in Greek Mythology with the name "Argus", not just the dude with the hundred eyes, but also, for example, Odysseus' dog, which is where my name is from. Depending on how you translate it into English, Odysseus' dog can be spelled either as "Argos" or "Argus". In my copy of Edith Hamilton's Mythology, it was spelled "Argus." In my post for r/WriteStreakGerman, they had a word of the day as "Argusauge", but I wanted to say, "Turns out, there are multiple Arguses in Greek Mythology" and then explain my Argus' story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argus#Greek_mythology

[long whale]

Mm... since putting proper names in plural always sounds awkward (except for the members of a family: die Müllers), I'd rather say sth like "In der gr. Mythologie gibt es diverse/viele verschiedene Figuren mit dem Namen Argus/die A. heißen"

[golden cradle]

obviously. That’s like rule #1

richtig: Argusse, sonst würde das s weich. Englisch hat sowas auch: mod → ~~moding ~~modding

[golden cradle]

What else can it mean?

(btw even if there are multiple meanings, i find it surprising that DeepL lists 10 variations of the naive literal translation and 0 times this actually (most?) common one)

(i feel like it could also mean for example, but my feeling for French isn’t worth much anymore^^)

[golden cradle]

yup. @plush pelican you would only use Argusse if a more or less subtle humorous effect (tongue in cheek) is in your favor

[earnest arch]

Could be "so" "deshalb" "daher" even if you ask me I can hardly translate it. I would need a sentence.

[golden cradle]

(side note: afaict, you could replace those with "you know" and the translation would still work well)

[uneven sparrow]

difference between verhereitet und hereitet, bitte

[balmy fable]

hey i have a question

https://www.eurotopics.net/de/148423/bild

does this mean the number of copies sold each day? im really confused cos other sources have told me 7 million

I cant find any vaguely consistent figure

so i wonder if im interpreting it wrong

[sand bronze]

Guys, If I were to transform this sentence: "Hans sagte, dass die Mauer sein Leben war." into perfectum, would'nt it be: "Hans sagte, dass die Mauer sein Leben gewesen"?

[timid vector]

you're missing the helping verb

[uneven sparrow]

if I want to say: Every week I get better, which is good.

Can I say:
Jede Woche werde ich mich verbessern, welche gut ist.

[fervent kernel]

"Ich werde jede Woche besser, was gut ist."

[maiden badge]

Fiona hat letzte Woche geheiratet. Sie ist sehr glücklich.
Can I use froh instead of glücklich in this case?

[latent arch]

yes you can

[nova sparrow]

I don't get your question 🤔

[timid vector]

Stückzahl der von einer Zeitung oder Zeitschrift gedruckten Exemplare abzüglich der Makulatur.

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auflage_(Publikation)

[balmy fable]

In the picture underneath, where it says auflage, does that mean specifically how many sold by day

[timid vector]

es gibt gedruckte, verkaufte, verbreitete usw

[nova sparrow]

so it seems to be a discussion what exact Auflage means:
and obviously you can't tell by only the word Auflage 🤷‍♂️

[balmy fable]

Ok

Thanks

I'm a bit frustrated cos all the data I'm finding has completely different numbers but they don't specify how they got them

Oh well

[nova sparrow]

And I think now you know, why 😄

[maiden badge]

Bitte korrigierten korrigieren Sie dieser diese Sätze:

1. Ich bin müde, weil ich nicht genug geschlafen habe.
2. Ich hoffe, dass wir immer gut gehen. es uns immer gut geht.
3. Ich bin froh, wenn er mich anruft.
   Tausend Dank ✨

[timid vector]

korrigieren* diese*

1. ☑️
2. dass es uns immer gut geht
3. ☑️

[maiden badge]

Danke schön

[uneven sparrow]

I don^t get the was 😦

[fervent kernel]

The "was" relates to the fact that you are getting better/improving, so referring to the meta level.

[uneven sparrow]

"Meta" ok, I'm not yet sure if I understand. I'll try to read more 🙂

[glacial scroll]

@uneven sparrow

Kan you help. me for. Thas@glacial scroll

@uneven sparrow

[fervent kernel]

https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/darübergeben why does not darübergeben exist?

https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Weckerl why does not Weckerl exist?

[rare jetty]

It's (austrian) dialect

[rare jetty]

I can't think of a sentence where you could use "darübergeben" so I don't think it's a word

[fervent kernel]

if one cant think of a sentence using a particular word, that should not mean that word does not exits, should it?

[rare jetty]

I googled it as well, there is no entry in the Duden

You could say "Kannst du das da rüber geben?"

[rare jetty]

You're right there tho

[lethal shale]

Weiß jemand, was hier passt?

[delicate tiger]

ein Synonym für "Gebäude" ||Bauten||

[lethal shale]

Vielen Dank, solche Synonym kannte ich nicht 😅

[delicate tiger]

das andere ist ein geteiltes Verb "fand s..." ||stattfinden||

[fervent kernel]

does "Glüh" have the same meaning in "Glühwein" and "Glühbirne"?

the meaning of sort of "radiant"

[lyric saddle]

more or less

[nova sparrow]

glühen can be translated as glowing (referring to the wire in Glühbirne and the high temperature of the drink Glühwein)

[pseudo badger]

halo, wie sagt man "anyway" auf deutsch? zb wenn jemand nicht weiss, was er sagen soll? als ein ausdruck?

"aaaanyway, what are you up to"

👀

[lyric saddle]

you yould say "was auch immer" like "whatever"

although its not very common in german to begin your sentence like this

[fervent kernel]

und, naja, ja, jo, ...

[lyric saddle]

würd ich persöhnlich jetzt nicht benutzen aber ok

[fervent kernel]

There are many ways

[lyric saddle]

but none of them have the same exact meaning

[pseudo badger]

[lyric saddle]

yes

[pseudo badger]

ill take a look, thank you !

[fervent kernel]

I think a long, drawn-out 'und' will serve approximately the same function as your topic-changing "anyway"

Bonus points if it sounds more like "und-ähhh"

[lyric saddle]

stimmt oha

[pseudo badger]

🙌

[lyric saddle]

what he said

[pseudo badger]

that does sound quite natural

[lyric saddle]

it serves the same purpose, but there is still no direct translation

[lyric saddle]

thats what i was trying to say

[jovial sluice]

anything wrong here ?

Der kuchenchef estellt die Spiece….
Der koch filetieret den fisch
Der kellner serviert den wein
Der Kuchenchef kauft die lebensmitiel ein
Der kellner nehmt die bestelle
Der kellner ausstellt die rechnung
Der kellner berat die gaste
Der manager richet die spesen
Der kellner bedient die gaste

[opal sand]

does the sentence "Was sind Sie von Beruf?" has a direct translation to english?

oh

Im used to it being translated to "from"

thats why i was confused

well ye i guess ur right

ye... this is difficult for me. Im learning german through english and my main language is portuguese, so sometimes i get stuck in the middle of those 3...

but thanks anyway

:)) thanks inka

cheers

[worthy igloo]

was bedeutet "boah" hier? wie würde es ins Englische übersetzt?

[tranquil flower]

Surprise interjection (?)

[glass hawk]

https://www.dict.cc/?s=boah Vielleicht so?

[worthy igloo]

ich mag "oh wow" als Übersetzung, danke!

[uneven sparrow]

Sorry I'm not following why u tagged me, was it a misunderstanding? xD

[long whale]

There are a great many spelling mistakes. Also, nouns are capitalized in German (it's part of our orthography). The dots on the Umlaut aren't decorative, they mean it's a different letter. If you can't type them, please insert an extra "e": Küche/Kueche. "ausstellen" is a separable verb.

[narrow pier]

Hello, please correct me, grammatically also

Ich schlage den neuen Schüler

Ich schlage die neue Schülerin

[rare jetty]

Both are correct

[narrow pier]

thank you so much

[rare silo]

Can we say "er wäschst nicht den Mantel" ? Rather than saying "er wäschst den Mantel nicht"

[rare jetty]

you mean er wäscht right?

washing

[rare silo]

No, I'm talking about the position of "nicht"

[viral jolt]

was hast du gegen mich und die andere Schülerin

[narrow pier]

😂😂😂😂

Nix

Das war die erste Satz, der zu mir kam

[viral jolt]

du hättest die Schüler auch lieben können

[narrow pier]

Ja ich versuche

[viral jolt]

nächstes Mal nur wholesome Beispiele erfinden

[narrow pier]

Und Schülerinnen

[narrow pier]

Sorry, mache ich beim nächsten mal 😅

[viral jolt]

der Pluralform von Schüler/Schülerin ist tatsächlich die Schüler, also deswegen. falls du das nicht wusstest

[narrow pier]

Ah danke

Aber Leo sagt das nicht

Leo.dict

[timid vector]

in german the "general masculine" is used which means that Plurals of multiple people of different genders just take the masculine plural

or some people prefer the more inclusive "Gendernsternchen" where you put a * or something similar between the masculine and feminine plural i.e Schüler*innen

but Schülerinnen specifically means a group of female students

[narrow pier]

That makes so much things for me easier

[narrow pier]

I thought, feminin plural is always standard and important to use, but actually the masculine plural is tge standard, danke

[long whale]

https://learnoutlive.com/german-negation-nicht/ "Er wäscht nicht den Mantel, sondern die Jacke" makes sense, but not without the contrast. ;)

[rare silo]

Thaanks, now it makes sense. Loved the article!

[rare silo]

So i think the 2nd sentence is also correct

[long whale]

"Er wäscht den Mantel nicht" - ? Yes, that's the correct version.

[brittle wedge]

What would be a good online German teacher?

[narrow pier]

Hello, I have a question about ( Adjektivdeklination ) for no preciding words, like the adjective comes alone

this is the table, but my question is, these ( viel, etwas, viele, einig, wenig ) count as adjectives, but because they are counting something, they can come before an adjective, my question is, what kategorie does ( einzig ) belong to

like does einzig count as ( Nullartikel )?

[long whale]

To my knowledge, einzig- is simply an adjective and declined as such.

[narrow pier]

now I am trying to think of sentence, einzig can not be used alone without ( der wörter ) or ( mein, dein )

can a sentence be created with just einzig infront of an adjective

for example, I say ( Ich mag viele gelbe Käse ) , lets say this one is grammaticaly correct which I think it is, but can einzig be used as ( viele there) ? if yes, will the adjective be declined like ( Nullartikel )

but when I think about it, it simply does not work, I can not find any examples,
thank you susana

[fast musk]

Hello guys, so i’m sure a lot of us have seen those memes where a german person says something along the lines of “I must apologize in advance as I have not yet acquired an immaculate proficiency in the english language. I implore you to pardon my insufficiencies. I particularly struggle with colloquials, and my vocabulary unceasingly encompasses an inadequate amount of words.” So you get it lol, they speak super good english while saying their english isn’t good. I want to be able to say this but in german, so saying my german is super bad while speaking flawless german. How would you guys say that? Here’s my attempt at saying that. “Ich muss mich entschuldigen, da mein Herrschaft der Deutschen Sprache immer noch unzureichend ist. Ich bemühe mich unaufhörlich weiter, die Grammatik zu beherrschen, und einen umfassenderen Wortschatz anzueignen, damit ich mich tadellos und vollständig artikulieren kann.

[viral jolt]

artikulieren must be the most wannabe profilic Anglismus word I've ever heard xD

[fast musk]

I did my best :(

[viral jolt]

@robust ravine you can surely help here

[fast musk]

I thought it was a normal word in german lol

What should one use instead?

Ausdrücken?

[fervent kernel]

ausdrücken maybe

artikulieren is very formal. 😄

[fast musk]

HAH, beat u to it

Thank you though xD

[fervent kernel]

np xDD

[robust ravine]

I don't know, I don't speak any german

[viral jolt]

na I'm sure it's fine to say as well, it's just funny because even in English you'd throw it in a casual convo only if you're trying to be extra 😂

[fast musk]

You got a point there lol

[viral jolt]

lass mich einige übertriebe Texte von dir finden warte

[fervent kernel]

same in german tho

[robust ravine]

I believe aneignen is reflexiv but natives find it okay so cool then

[fast musk]

Other than the word artikulieren, how was my paragraph? Does it fill the purpose i wanted?

[fervent kernel]

Ich muss mich entschuldigen, da meine Mächtigkeit gegenüber der Deutschen Sprache immer noch unzureichend ist. Ich bemühe mich unaufhörlich weiter, Grammatik zu beherrschen und mir einen umfassenderen Wortschatz anzueignen, damit ich mich tadellos und vollständig audrücken kann

[fervent kernel]

this you could say, but I advise against it.

[fast musk]

Perfect!

[fervent kernel]

As still most NS would recognize it obv

xD

[fast musk]

XD, what kind of reaction would i get if i said that?

[fervent kernel]

sth like "und wie viele Faustteile haste gelesen?" but most will find it funny igs hahaha

just be aware that this is still not perfect, like a native would say.

[fast musk]

I think it fills the role that i wanted, no normal english speaker would say the super fancy paragraph that i posted above lol

I‘m gonna save it, i think it is funny haha

[robust ravine]

Ich würde dadurch Abbitte leisten, dass meine Redegewandtheit der deutschen Sprache immer noch unzureichend ist. Ich gebe mir große Mühe, der Grammatik Herr zu werden, zudem mir einen unfangreicheren Sprachschatz anzueignen, damit ich mich tadellos und vollständig artikulieren kann.

Maybe made it worse😭

[fast musk]

Omg, i think i‘ll save that too 😂

Tis one makes me laugh

[robust ravine]

wait a Grammar mistake

yup done

[fast musk]

I‘m definitely gonna say that to someone

It‘s hilarious

[robust ravine]

Say that you just completed A1 and ask for a Rückmeldung

[fervent kernel]

use @robust ravine text hahaha. luvit

[fast musk]

I‘m gonna go join some random german server rn and say that i‘m armerican, learning the geman language and then post that

[fervent kernel]

youre gonna make an impression fs lol

[fast musk]

I‘ll tell you all how it goes

Update, they didn‘t care for it and think im weird, ah well lol

[robust ravine]

[fast musk]

Maybe i just didn‘t present it right :L

Although i didn‘t ask for the feedback, maybe that‘s what it is

[charred fog]

is that not the aim?

[heady drum]

tbf articulate as a verb is a pretty ridiculous English word too. There are cases where a normal English word derived from Latin is equivalent to a ridiculously formal German word, but this is not one of them

It does feel very anglophone, or romance language Native, to try and use those kinds of words in german, though

Hell, when learning Spanish you run into these cases where a very fancy English word is a very common Spanish word

Like sympathetic, the cognate to that is nice in Spanish

Simpático

[timid vector]

I wouldn't agree that articulate is really a formal or stilted word

I use it often in music contexts and there's not really another good word for "to deliberately and accurately express something"

[charred harbor]

In informal contexts I don’t think I’d use it, for what it’s worth

As a verb, I mean

As an adjective yes

[undone verge]

I couldn't articulate what I wanted to say <- me, everyday in germany

[charred fog]

the point is to sound over the top formal and fancy

the more uncommon and high register the better

[undone verge]

as an american I don't think there is even a way for me to sound fancy if I wanted to

wrong accent

[narrow pier]

hello, what does strongly and weakly conujugated mean? I heard it from people here, does it mean, when there is no article preceding the adjective, it will be strongly conjugated, like this picture here

[steel patrol]

Are "Ignoranz" and "Unwissenheit" interchangeable?

[earnest arch]

They're also called regular/irregular verbs. Stark = stamm verändert sich stark/sehr. Schwach = stamm verändert sich wenig.

[fervent scroll]

no no this is Adjektivdeklinierung

bestimmter Artikel und unbestimmter Artikel, one is called strong, one is called weak and I have no idea which one is which

[earnest arch]

Oh we're not talking about conjugations

[fervent scroll]

der große Tisch -> schwach
großer Tisch -> stark
ein großer Tisch -> gemischt

dem großen Tisch -> schwach
großem Tisch -> stark
einem großen Tisch -> gemischt

probably

[narrow pier]

I thought if there were no articles it was called ( stark )

If there was , it would be ( schwach)

[narrow pier]

What do you mean

[narrow pier]

But that is what Adjektivdeklination is about

[fervent kernel]

how do i learn german here

[narrow pier]

#getting-started

[earnest arch]

it's called declension

[narrow pier]

I thought they would have the same meaning

[earnest arch]

You only conjugate verbs. But a lot of people use the wrong terms

[fervent kernel]

Mann muss einen Deutsch Kurs nehmen. Ohne ein Kurs, die Sprache ist ganz und gar nicht einfach

errors?

[stiff cairn]

Yeah: Man, Deutschkurs, einen Kurs.

[nova sparrow]

Ohne **einen **Kurs **ist **die Sprache ganz und gar nicht einfach

[stiff cairn]

Is the word order wrong if you put ist where they put it (I understand it as a supplement)? In English it'd be "Without it, the language is...".

[nova sparrow]

Yes, the word order would be wrong, if you put it like you did @stiff cairn

[charred fog]

it's also wrong to put a comma there

[fervent kernel]

ohne is dativ?

[long whale]

No, ohne requires Akkusativ.

[fervent kernel]

so in that case

ohne mit akkusativ maskuline

-en

ja?

also vorstellen is to introduce?

[long whale]

"sich [jemandem (Dativ)] vorstellen" = to introduce oneself to someone

[charred harbor]

Vorstellen has a few meanings depending on context, like many verbs in German

[fervent kernel]

also ich moechte Ihnen mein Thema vorstellen

richtig?

[fervent kernel]

ins ordnung

[long whale]

Try to get into the habit of learning verbs with their construction. Trust me, it'll come in extremely handy very, very soon. ;)

[fervent kernel]

oh konjugation?

i am pretty familiar with quite a lot of them but now in A2, its all jumbled up cuz you learn so many new things each day

especially the trennbare ones

those are hardd

[charred harbor]

"Ich stelle mich vor" means "I introduce myself" but "ich stelle mir vor" means "I imagine"

[fervent kernel]

so depending on how its used

[long whale]

Well - that's not what I meant, no. By "construction" I mean whether a verb requires a preposition, for example, or whether it's reflexive.

[charred harbor]

Yeah
If you had both the accusative and dative in one sentence (like Susana said) then it'd refer to introducing something/someone to someone

[fervent kernel]

ahh yes ill try building on that

but main problem

is that

i am bad at sentence structure

i know what to say how to say

but not how to form the sentences

gramatically correctly

[long whale]

Yes, well, that's normal. That's why you start with short sentences, and then gradually work your way towards more complex ones. ;)

[fervent kernel]

an example?

[fervent kernel]

i have improved with shorter ones since have gotten used to using simples sentences in everyday life

but yea

long sentences for the win lmao

ill work on itt

[charred harbor]

"Ich werde ihn dir vorstellen"

[long whale]

Ich stelle meiner Großmutter meinen Freund vor = I'm introducing my (male) friend to my grandmother vs. Ich stelle mir ein Pferd vor = I'm imagining a horse

[fervent kernel]

ahh

got it got it

thankyou both of youu

lastly

can i get some help with a review

i made a simple ppt for class

[charred harbor]

Und das Pferd ist auch meine Großmu-
Sure

[fervent kernel]

lmao wh

okie okie ill send it overr

i will be elaborating in person as i present alongside the ppt so

have yet to write a script

[long whale]

Mm... I'm not going to download anything from here. Please post it in #writing - or choose a different way for us to go over it. :)

[fervent kernel]

let me tryy

wait

[charred harbor]

I've already opened it
Would you like some grammar corrections?

[fervent kernel]

yes please'

[charred harbor]

Die deutsche Sprache ist die Sprache von Deutschland, und wird auch in anderen Ländern gesprochen. Diese Sprache ist die zweithäufigsten gesprochene Sprache in der Welt

Die deutsche Sprache ist die Sprache von Deutschland, die auch in anderen Ländern gesprochen wird. Es ist auch die am zweithäufigsten gesprochene Sprache der Welt.
Deutschland ist eine Land in Zentral Europa.
Deutschland ist ein Land in Mitteleuropa.
Was sind die Vorteile und Nachteile vom deutschlernen?
Was sind die Vor- und Nachteile des Deutschlernens?
Die sprache ist...
Die Sprache ist...
Mann muss einen Deutsch Kurs nehmen
Man muss einen Deutschkurs machen/besuchen/belegen.

[fervent kernel]

got got ittt

lrmmr makr changes

Vielen dankkkk

[charred harbor]

I'd rather say "Deutsch ist die Sprache von Deutschland" actually

[fervent kernel]

thats fine as well

pretty concise

[charred harbor]

Np 👍

[fervent kernel]

btw

i had a question

can you explain zweithaeufigsten

i wrote like zweisten meistens and i got corrected

but i didnt understand the haeufigsten

[long whale]

Es ist auch die am zweithäufigsten gesprochene Sprache der Welt. -> The sentence is now correct, grammar-wise, but... ehh... in the world? Are you sure? :D

[fervent kernel]

i searched on goo..

WAIT

[charred harbor]

Oh I wouldn't say it's true at all 😂

[long whale]

most frequently

[fervent kernel]

let me SEARCH AGAIN

[charred harbor]

Spanish and Mandarin would be the top two I think

Followed by English

[fervent kernel]

I think i lost my head

doing this at

3 am

[long whale]

Perhaps you meant "in Europe"?

[fervent kernel]

that could be it

maybe my eyes betrayed me

[charred harbor]

I believe that also wouldn't quite be true
I'm pretty sure German is the language with the most native speakers in Europe, but English is the most spoken language overall

[fervent kernel]

homg

then

[long whale]

Nope. Just checked - 1st is Russian.

[charred harbor]

Really? Huh

I stand corrected

[fervent kernel]

maybe its the language with the most native speakers in europe

[long whale]

Within the EU, it's probably the one with the most native speakers.

[fervent kernel]

then we'll just go

[charred harbor]

I know German encompasses Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein but maybe there’d still be more native Russians 🤔 Russia is definitely massive, so xD

[fervent kernel]

Es ist auch die ersthaeufigsten gesprochene Sprache als..

[charred harbor]

Als?

[fervent kernel]

aaaaaa

wait

[long whale]

No, no, erst

[fervent kernel]

then just most frequently

es ist auch die haufigsten gesprochene Sprache innereuropaeisch

[long whale]

Just check the sentence as corrected by violet. ;)

[viral jolt]

here's something to mess with your head: only 17% of the world speaks english. that's 1.35 billion people, and the world has a total of 7.8 billion inhabitants c:

[long whale]

Because there are now quite a few mistakes in there again.

[fervent kernel]

mann

ich bin muede

[long whale]

innereuropäisch -> in Europa

[fervent kernel]

koennen wir sagen, es ist auch die haufigsten gesprochene Sprache in Europa

[viral jolt]

kann man innerhalb Europa sagen 🤔

[long whale]

Go check the sentence as corrected by violet, please!

[long whale]

There's the Genitiv marker missing. Otherwise, yes.

[fervent kernel]

i jsut got an idea

can we just

[long whale]

There seems to be sth wrong with those numbers, though... 🤔

[fervent kernel]

2018

homg-

updated 2022

[charred harbor]

Honestly, I’ve looked this up before and no source I found agreed with the other sources

[fervent kernel]

i am

deceased

[long whale]

I believe you. The thing is, there's an obvious logical error in #questions-2 message

[tranquil flower]

Ruhe in Frieden 🙏

[fervent kernel]

rest in peace?

[long whale]

Germany alone has about 83+ million inhabitants. So, fine, let's say we've got 3 to 4+ million immigrants - and we haven't counted all the native Austrian and Swiss speakers yet - how do you arrive at 76.5 million 1st language speakers? @charred harbor

[fervent kernel]

lmfao

[charred harbor]

The German from the new ones is getting so crap that we have to call their language Denglisch now

[fervent kernel]

denglisch

ist neue

damn

imagine you learn german

go to germany

and suddenly they throw german + english words at you

and now you are lost

[charred harbor]

“Das here ist German bro lmao”

[fervent kernel]

homg AAAA

thats baddd

[charred harbor]

You’ll be making “Die.. denglische..? Sprache ist… oh Gott hilf mir” presentations before you know it

[fervent kernel]

nuuu

🇺🇸 Why would Germans want to learn Polnisch?
Warum würden die Deutschen die Polnische sprache lernen wollen?

gut translate?

[nimble viper]

Conjugated verb second, and check which words should be capitalised and which not

[long whale]

die Deutsche = 1 German woman

Also - and this is quite tricky - we'd rather use "sollten" instead of "würden" in this sentence.

[fervent kernel]

susana

is this

better?

es ist auch in Mitteleuropa weit verbreitet

as in widely used?

[long whale]

What does "es" refer to? Otherwise, yes.

[fervent kernel]

the german language

[nimble viper]

This is because such Germans already want to learn Polish right? They are not hypothesising their desire to learn it. So instead you are asking after the integrity of the assertion (that Germans want to learn Polish)

[fervent kernel]

deutsch

[long whale]

Well, it depends onhow you phrased the previous sentence: die deutsche Sprache vs. das Deutsche

[fervent kernel]

Die deutsche Sprache ist die Sprache von Deutschland, die auch in anderen Ländern gesprochen wird. Es ist auch in Mitteleuropa weit verbreitet

[nimble viper]

We do have the phrasing "Why should Germans want to learn Polish?" in english, so I assume that the difference between should/would is more important in german in this context? @long whale

As in english they are quasi synonyms here

[long whale]

Ehh - I'm not sure about your reasoning. I think it's because a modal verb is being used to make a guess. I might be wrong, though.

[nimble viper]

I don't think they are guessing here, they have rather heard that some germans want to learn Polish and are wondering why

[long whale]

Ye-e-e-s... Why should they...? = Warum sollen sie...? vs. Why would they...? = Warum sollten sie...?

[fervent kernel]

when we use weil in a sentence

the verb after thatgoes at the end

and the konjugated verb is added after the infinitiv one

[nimble viper]

I think that Why should they...? = Warum sollten sie...? Immediately

Considering how it used in english

[long whale]

Or after the past participle - yes.

[fervent kernel]

yee

[nimble viper]

"Why should Germans want to learn Polish?" = "Why would Germans want to learn Polish?" = "Warum sollten die Deutschen Polnisch lernen wollen? I mean

[fervent kernel]

When i was writing this sentence i mean
"Germans don't need and don't want to learn Polish"

[nimble viper]

Do you agree Susana?

[long whale]

Hmm...

Isn't it rather like... Why should I? (note of righteous indignation) vs. Why would I? (note of genuine wonderment) - ?

[fervent kernel]

I will come back later and see what you have discovered, because I verschwende meine lernen Zeit

[nimble viper]

For that I would say: Wie könnten die Deutschen möglicherweise die polnische Sprache lernen wollen??! If you seriously believe that no Germans want to learn Polish (Edit: do not listen to me ❌ im wrong)

[long whale]

Although the "want to" does kind of confuse the issue, doesn't it? 🤔

[long whale]

That... I'm afraid that doesn't work.

[nimble viper]

Odd, rip. Why?

[long whale]

Grammar's fine. It's the meaning which has me scratching my head.

Wie ist es nur möglich, daß Deutsche Polnisch lernen wollen? (How come/Why on earth would Germans want to learn Polish?)

[nimble viper]

Maybe vorstellbar instead of möglicherweise?

[nimble viper]

This is the intended meaning yeah

[charred harbor]

Daß is outdated now 😆 Haha

[long whale]

That would make it a genuine question: Ist es vorstellbar, dass Deutsche Polnisch lernen wollen? (Is there a possibility Germans would want to learn Polish?)

[nimble viper]

Ah confusing

[nimble viper]

nur is a modal particle here?

[long whale]

Yup. Emphasizing incredulity.

[charred harbor]

Und die Antwort ist 🙅‍♂️

[nimble viper]

Aha that makes things clearer for me

Thanks

I think I see how the emphasis is expressed differently in German - namely usually without stacking more hypothetical modal verbs

Here is yet another case thereof

aiight im out hopefully you have understood something likewise @fervent kernel

[long whale]

To make it non-ambiguous, I'd go for a statement, Warum Deutsche Polnisch weder brauchen noch lernen wollen: [list of reasons]

[fervent kernel]

mein Thema is die deutsch Sprache und seine Vor- und Nachteile

makes sense

[charred harbor]

deutsche

Deutsch is an adjective so it needs to decline

[fervent kernel]

also

heute moechte ich mein Thema euch vorstellen?

aber

[fervent scroll]

was meinst du mit Nachteilen, Deutsch ist perfekt

[fervent kernel]

das klingt

[fervent kernel]

lmao

[fervent scroll]

heute möchte ich euch mein Thema vorstellen

[long whale]

Gender of "Sprache"?

[fervent kernel]

die?

[long whale]

Precisely...

[charred harbor]

The adjective declension was the main thing that jumped out to me
I guess there’s the point to make that “ihre” would fit better than “seine” (because ihr = feminine = die Sprache)

But with “seine” it just sounds like it’s referring to “Deutsch” to me

[fervent kernel]

makes sense

[long whale]

"better" is not the word I'd have chosen. "sein-" simply doesn't work with a feminine noun.

[fervent kernel]

sie/es/er?

i am

i dont get it

[long whale]

#questions-2 message

[nimble viper]

seine means "My topic is the German language and its (my topic's) dis/advantages." (unfinished sentence; you haven't clarified the dis/advantages of your topic). Hence why you need ihre

[fervent kernel]

thats what i meant though

[fervent kernel]

ohh

so if i did state them

then

i coudl use sein

[nimble viper]

You still actually need a second verb and it would be quite random

You see anything you list would state the dis/advantages of your topic, not the german language

[fervent kernel]

sie for ihre

got it

[fervent kernel]

hmm

i feel like i can comprehend it

but its going over my mind

[charred harbor]

Masculine and neuter nouns both use “sein-“ and feminine nouns use “ihr-“, in essence

[fervent kernel]

got it got it

[nimble viper]

With sein - you mean "its" but in German it is particularly vague as to whether you are referencing Thema or rather die deutsche Sprache, so they move to gendered possessive pronouns for most nouns

[fervent kernel]

ohh

thats easier

i think i get it now

[nimble viper]

"Mein Thema ist die deutsche Sprache und seine Vorteile (die Vorteile des Themas) werden hoffentlich groß sein, wenn es um meine zukünftigen Noten geht."

"Mein Thema ist die deutsche Sprache und ihre Vorteile."

[fervent kernel]

eingeleute is few people

and also for familiarity, we can use kennen as verb

ja?

[nimble viper]

Difference between kennen and wissen is hard to explain in english

[fervent kernel]

isnt it like

kennen is to be familiar with

and wissen is to know'

[long whale]

faq wissen und kennen

[stoic mauve]

FAQ not found. I found the following similar entries: Kennen vs. wissen (1), Wissen vs. kennen (2), Wissen and kennen (3)
Select one of the values in the brackets to directly open the suggested FAQ.

[charred harbor]

Even the wisse-st of us kenn-ot explain the difference.

[long whale]

faq Kennen vs. wissen

[stoic mauve]

Wissen and kennen

The verbs wissen and kennen both translate to know. However, in most cases they cannot be used interchangeably.

You should use wissen with information or facts, for example:
(1) Ich weiß, dass er Peter heißt. (I know his name is Peter.)
(2) Ich weiß nicht, wie alt er ist. (I don't know how old he is.)
(3) Ich weiß, wo er wohnt. (I know where he lives.)
(4) Ich weiß es. (I know it.)

🌟Note that wissen almost always requires a subordinate clause which starts with either dass, wie, wann, wo, wer, or warum.

The verb kennen is used to express that you are familiar with a person, place or simply a thing, for example:
(5) Ich kenne Maria. (I know Maria.)
(6) Ich kenne diesen Fluss. (I know that river.)
(7) Ich kenne das Buch. (I know the book.)
(8) Ich kenne ihn. (I know him.)

🌟 Note that kennen almost always refers to a noun or pronoun.

‼ As with every rule, there are certain exceptions, in which you can use either, for example:
(9) Ich weiß/kenne den Weg. (I know the way.)
(10) Ich weiß/kenne deinen Namen (I know your name.)

Although they are often used interchangeably in this context, the general rules explained above still apply to them.
The wissen sentence is purely about knowing the way/name, while the kennen sentence also means that you already went that way a few times or have heard that name somewhere before.

[fervent kernel]

wissen for facts kennen for person plac or thing

wrong reference

[long whale]

"einige" = some, a few, several; "Leute" = people -> einige Leute

[fervent kernel]

lass wir weitermachen

is

let us continue?

[long whale]

No. "us" needs to be in Akkusativ.

[west shadow]

I would probably say "Machen wir weiter"

[fervent kernel]

lass uns weitermachen?

[fervent kernel]

that sounds good as well i suppose

[west shadow]

Lasst uns weitermachen also works

[fervent kernel]

why the t in lass

any explanation?

[west shadow]

in my sentence "lasst" is in the second person plural

lass would be second person singular

since i am assuming you are only talking to one person, lass would work

lasst would be used for group settings (f.e you are explaining something to a class)

[fervent kernel]

its a class setting yes

lmao

dankeee

[west shadow]

Lasst uns weitermachen (You guys) let us continue

👍 Glad to help out

[fervent kernel]

yepp, grateful for the helpp

[fervent kernel]

erdäpfel oder erdapfel?

[fervent scroll]

der Erdapfel - Singular
die Erdäpfel - Plural

[fervent kernel]

[sharp ferry]

Was sind Erdäpfel ?

[fervent scroll]

Kartoffeln

in Österreich

[vapid wind]

Is
Ich möchte den Hund sicher sein.
(I want the dog to be safe)
grammatically correct?

(Perhaps "sein" cannot be with Akkusativ Nomen, so it is wrong. Is this understanding correct?)

[fervent scroll]

ich möchte, dass der Hund in Sicherheit ist
my guess

[vapid wind]

ok, thank you!

[fervent kernel]

Werden "Kenntnisse" und "Fähigkeiten" immer als Plural benutzt? Und was ist der Unterschied?

[nova sparrow]

Kentnisse like: summed up, what you know (knowledge) then it has to be plural
But meine Kenntnis der deutschen Sprache (even knowledege in english) has to be singular because it's only a part of what you know
Same goes with Fähigkeiten

[steel patrol]

Fähigkeiten means "abilities"

[fervent kernel]

Danke schön

[terse locust]

Hallo! I have a question about German studying materials.
up until recently i only used Duolingo and i realize how insufficient it is for German learning. As such i want to pick up a course book in German. I am thinking of Menschen but does anyone here who teaches German have any better suggestions?

(i refer to Menschen because i saw it at my local bookstore, otherwise i have to check Amazon to see if we have it here)
Thank you in advance for your help! 🙏

(just to add, i did check #resources but the doc did not gave German-only studying materials)

[undone verge]

I would not recommend against such a course book, I would just recommend adding a grammar book next to it. The Grammatik Aktiv books (there's a volume for A1-B1 and one for B2-C1) are very good 🙂

[terse locust]

Thank you! I did pick up a grammar book today in the store, been working hard at it 🙂

[night dagger]

I've used Schritte and Aspekte Neu Course books since the beginning and find them instrumental - I've had various tutors and all of the professional tutors have been big fans of them. You don't even really need a tutor though, because if you ever need help/get stuck, you can always come here or ask some other community for clarification.

Those Grammatik Aktiv books are also very very good.

[fervent kernel]

What does “ holen Sie ihn heute noch ab? “Mean

[hollow robin]

gibt es ein unterschied zwischen "der saft is aus" und "der saft ist alle"?

[long whale]

This might help if you'd like to try yourself to find out the meaning of the sentence: https://de.pons.com/übersetzung/deutsch-englisch/abholen Otherwise, try deepl.com ;)

[long whale]

*einen Unterschied; Saft - No, they mean the same. I think people use whichever is more common in their region.

[fervent kernel]

Ofc before I make a question here I have already tried out google translate. I know how to translate it word for word but the sentence all together I’m not really sure what it mean I’m guessing
“Can you pick him up today?”

[long whale]

Close. There is no "can" in the German sentence. However, we usually use Präsens when it's clear we're referring to the future. ;)

[brave harbor]

i believe "alle" in this case is more of a south german thing to say, i live in thuringia now and people went "what the...what? all of the juice??" at me lol

[delicate tiger]

NRW: eher "alle"

[jovial pagoda]

"Ein ohne Beachtung dieser Form geschlossener Vertrag wird seinem ganzen Inhalt nach gültig"

Hi can anyone explain to me the grammar of the seinem ganzen Inhalt nach gueltig? Thanks

[proven sphinx]

It's possible to have a very long noun phrase like that in German, though it's rarely this long, to be fair.

[jovial pagoda]

I think i get like it just basically means that the contract is valid

[proven sphinx]

This is some very formal, legal German.

Not exactly everyday language.

[jovial pagoda]

but the part seinem Inhalt nach gueltig i dont really understand the grammar behind it

yess it's legal german

[proven sphinx]

It's the same as "meiner Meinung nach", which means "according to my opinion".

[jovial pagoda]

oh i get it thanks

[proven sphinx]

It becomes valid according to its entire content.

[jovial pagoda]

yes i understand now tysm

[winged gale]

whats the feminin of kollegen

is it kollegin

[proven sphinx]

Yep. 😄

[nimble viper]

Meine primäre Sorge ist, dass für deine geistige Gesundheit nicht gesorgt wird. - All good with this sentence?

[long whale]

It's fine, grammar-wise.

[nimble viper]

I have an exam tomorrow: odd question, but what's the craziest fixed preposition passive I might be able to use therein? Want to blow the examiners away

Here was my shot at sorgen für

[long whale]

Here's some unwanted advice: a different approach will work a lot better. If you focus on how to "blow the examiners away", you won't be able to focus on arguing coherently, in fairly correct, or at least understandable German. Which is all the examiners want from you to give you top marks. ;)

[nimble viper]

😦

I suppose I can get 100% without doing backflips

Okay, question is void then

[long whale]

Definitely.

[nimble viper]

One question though: Is there an idiom in German for making the waters murky

I am wanting to express that someone deliberately overcomplicates or mystifies an issue so that it is not dealt with

Eg. If you said that "climate change is such a big issue, it's almost unsolvable, so we shouldn't bother dealing with it until much later in the future"

An idiom to describe such speech that is really circumlocution

[long whale]

Have a look at the 3rd example here: https://www.linguee.com/english-german/translation/muddied+the+waters.html, i.e. "Verwirrung stiften" und/oder "den Blick trüben"

[nimble viper]

Something to do with "Weitschweifigkeit"

the "den Blick trüben" seems perfect

Could I write: Sie trüben immer noch den Blick, wenn es um den Klimawandel geht

[long whale]

That's more like a polite/educated way of saying "bores people to tears" ;)

[nimble viper]

Ah 😂 thanks

[long whale]

I'd rather go for sth like "Die unnötig komplizierte Darstellung trübt den Blick auf XY" Because someone actively blurring someone else's view sounds... odd to me.

[nimble viper]

Ah okay

maybe auf den Kern der Sache?

can you say auf das Herz der Sache? wie im Englischen

[long whale]

For XY? Yes.

[long whale]

No.

[nimble viper]

Thanks

[long whale]

Depending on context, "der springende Punkt" is more like the heart of the matter, I'd say. @nimble viper

[nimble viper]

Ty again

[nova sparrow]

Even: .. Blick auf das Wesentliche.

[sinful sluice]

@long whale Hello please can you translate this to me to German "Baccalaureate level (Option: Science of life and earth)"

[long whale]

faq translation

[stoic mauve]

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.

[sinful sluice]

Thanks.

[acoustic breach]

Ich weiß, dass du zu arbeiten hasst

^ist dieser Satz grammatisch richtig? Oder darf ich nur "dass du es hasst, zu arbeiten" sagen?

Oder sind beide falsch lol

[timid vector]

ohne "es" geht nicht

[delicate tiger]

Ich weiß, dass du zu arbeiten hast. (geht, bedeutet aber was anderes)

[acoustic breach]

Danke @delicate tiger 😄

[nimble viper]

Wie soll das ein "Danke" sein, er hat das Verb komplett geändert 😂

[golden cradle]

es war trotzdem eine nützliche Antwort. (Kann ich bei Interesse auch genauer erklären.)

[golden cradle]

Ich weiß, dass du zu arbeiten hasst.
fühlt sich so halb richtig, halb falsch an, lol. Ich denke, es liegt nah an was Richtigem, aber ist falsch.
Im Alltag wäre das überhaupt kein Problem (selbst im Job), aber in Prüfungen wohl ein Fehler.

Was jedenfalls auch geht:
Ich weiß, dass du Arbeiten hasst.
Ich weiß, dass du das Arbeiten hasst.

[acoustic breach]

Er hat eine Reaktion bei meiner Nachricht gegeben. Ich dachte das war schon die Antwort von Directing

[acoustic breach]

Ach so, ok
Geht denn auch der zweite Satz in meiner Frage? Der klingt mir auch ein bisschen komisch aber soll richtig sein aber ...

[golden cradle]

ja
Ich weiß, dass du es hasst, zu arbeiten.
ist einwandfrei. Also im Schriftlichen. Im Mündlichen würde es in der Tat etwas komisch gestelzt klingen.

[acoustic breach]

Also würdest du im Mündlichen sagen, was du vorgeschlagen hast?

[golden cradle]

genau, das erste davon. (Das zweite klingt auch komisch. Dann eher: die Arbeit)

[acoustic breach]

Danke!

[vale fog]

I thought the article of Freundin was die since Freundin means girlfriend, in other sentences, it also shows the word with the article die, but in this sentence die turns to der, why is that?

Er singt der Freundin das Lied vor.

[long whale]

Please don't post the same question in more than one channel. People may not realize it has been answered elsewhere (as it has) -> waste of time and effort.

[vale fog]

Oh okay sorryy

[celest panther]

"Meine Meinung nach diesem Thema ist, dass Freundschaft eine besondere Beziehung ist und man daran arbeiten muss." can i use "arbeiten" as to work on something / make an effort

[long whale]

Yes, but nach diesem Thema -> zu diesem Thema

[celest panther]

Thanks :))

[narrow pier]

hello
is this comparison of meanings true

1. in die Hand - Du musst dein Leben in die Hand nehmen

2 )in der Hand -Plötzlich hatte der Einbrecher die Türklinke in der Hand.

is akk and dativ changing the meaning of ( in the hand )
one means ( in own's control ) or own's hands

the second one means in the hands I guess like literally.

[glass hawk]

Do you know about changeable/two-way prepositions? Generally, the accusative highlights a process or transition, whilst the dative highlights a state or location. In your first sentence, the transition is ‘dein Leben’ being taken into the hand (highlighting the process), whilst in the second, ‘die Türklinke’ is simply in his hand (highlighting the state). Does that make sense?

The literal versus nonliteral is not a key distinction in this regard.

[narrow pier]

thank you so much. I kind of get it, I do not really understand what you mean by transition

[long whale]

It depends on the verb whether Akkusativ or Dativ is required by "in".

[narrow pier]

so I understood it simply like ( dativ is associated with being stable, firm and not moving ) whilst accusative is the opposite

[narrow pier]

that makes total sense now ( take your life into your hand, it is change of state, something is moving, like it is not fixed , thank you )

[narrow pier]

I only did not understand one thing, what do you mean by highlighting? like some word or thing getting the " focus" the "light" on them?

[glass hawk]

Say, the changing of one location to another. It can help to compare accusative vs dative ‘in’ with the distinction of ‘in’ versus ‘into’ in English— ‘into’ deals with the transition from one location to the inside of another. Whereas ‘in’, although in common modern English it often can be used like into, has a static meaning that ‘into’ doesn't have simply highlighting that something is located inside of something else.

[glass hawk]

It's the aspect being portrayed by the preposition combined with a given case. Use of the dative focuses on the location, with how something got to that location being irrelevant to the sentence.

[narrow pier]

but does not the preposition decided solely on the case? could you elaborate more?

[long whale]

#questions message

[narrow pier]

thanks, sorry but what do you mean by being irrelvant?

[glass hawk]

Apologies, ‘Irrelevant’ means that it doesn't matter, isn't important.

[narrow pier]

you explainded it so well danke

[narrow pier]

danke

[narrow pier]

[fervent kernel]

Wenn du Lust hast, kannst du uns beitreten. Could I also say ob du Lust hast?

[fervent scroll]

you could think of ob as whether

it's for yes or no questions when there's no question word

ich weiß nicht, was ich gegessen habe
was habe ich gegessen?

ich weiß nicht, ob ich den Apfel gegessen habe
habe ich den Apfel gegessen?

[earnest arch]

No, here it would sound wrong. But "ich wollte wissen, ob du Lust hast, dich uns anzuschließen." -> yes/no question (also if you mean to join us for a coffee "sich anschließen" is better)

[long whale]

Apart from all of the above comments, if you use "beitreten", you'll have to add what it is the person is supposed to join: ... unserem Server/Klub/Verein beizutreten

[soft glade]

Hallo, Ich kenne diese Fächer in B1. Ich werde zu B2 wechseln, aber glauben Sie, dass ich bestehen kann? Gibt es außer diesen noch etwas, das ich in B1 lernen muss? --> -Unteronende Konjuktion -ındrektefragen -Plusquamperfekt -passiv -"ohne zu" und "um zu" -Demonstrativpronomen -unbestimmte Pronomen -relativsatz -präpositionale Verben

[long whale]

Please don't post the same question in more than 1 channel.

[fervent kernel]

What’s the best place to start learning German from nothing? What should I learn first?

Danke @long whale @earnest arch @fervent scroll

[long whale]

#getting-started ;)

[vital iris]

Is "Blick auf...." used more in titles or can it also be used in day to day conversations like "Blick auf mal den Kerl"

[narrow pier]

all this time in anki when I created flashcards I did this ( german on the front on the card and the answer would be to guess the english and it would be on the back );; but the faq anki says that is not good to do that . is there a reason why? does it help with memorization

[fervent scroll]

where does it say so?

[fervent kernel]

"Ich nehme ein Weckerl mit und das esse ich so gXgXX 14 Uhr." welche Wort kann "gXgXX" sein?

[proven sphinx]

Eine Präposition.

Was denkst du denn, was es sein könnte?

[fervent kernel]

was ist eine Präposition? kannst du bitte ein Beispiel geben?

[proven sphinx]

für, an, ab, wegen, trotz, ohne, mit, aus, in usw.

[fervent kernel]

gogne?

[proven sphinx]

Sie stehen normalerweise vor einem Nomen, Pronomen oder hier vor einem Zahlwort.

[proven sphinx]

Das ist kein deutsches Wort. 😅

Das Wort, das man hier sucht, ist das Gegenteil von "für"...

[fervent kernel]

ich denke, it can be related to the time, because 14 Uhr is a bit late

[proven sphinx]

Dude, come on. You know that word. I'm sure you do.

You probably just don't know it can also be used this way.

[fervent scroll]

das Wort findet man auch in diesem Satz

[fervent kernel]

ach so

aber ich habe "gegen" nicht gewusst

[proven sphinx]

Wirklich?

It usually means "against", but here it means "at around".

[fervent kernel]

nice

[proven sphinx]

It's less precise than "um".

[narrow pier]

Damit die Nachbarn nichts merken, wird das Auto vor der Tür nicht verkauft. Und stattdessen die Miete nicht bezahlt. Und dann wird diesen Leuten fristlos gekündigt. Aber der Wagen steht noch da“, so Dimpker

hello some questions about this text. first question was why did we use wird in the first part but then its German. I mean like it has its own ways to build sentences like other languages do. second question : what does ( sie werden fristlos gekündigt ). deepl says it means they are terminated without notice. I thought it would mean like they resign, ?

[fervent scroll]

wird -> Passiv

[fervent scroll]

also could you copy where it says this? I can't find it and I'm pretty sure it should be the other way around

[proven sphinx]

Is your question why "wird" appears right after the comma? That always happens when your sentence starts with a subordinate clause.

Basically, the entire subordinate clause becomes the "first position", so this still falls under the V2 (verb second) rule, even though it's less obvious.

You could replace the entire subordinate clause with "Darum" and it would still mean more or less the same thing.

Darum wird das Auto vor der Tür nicht verkauft.

And "den Leuten wird fristlos gekündigt" just means they are laid off without notice.

Or more colloquially, they're fired.

[narrow pier]

yes, that was my question. thank you, did not know it had a grammer explanation.

[narrow pier]

its from https://www.dw.com/de/wenn-die-schulden-zum-problem-werden/l-46884868

[fervent scroll]

not this one

the Anki one

[narrow pier]

I thought it had a darker meaning. they died. but no. danke dir.

Does darum mean, for that reason, from your example it is used in cause and effect sentences?

[proven sphinx]

It literally means "for that reason".

[narrow pier]

the anki one was from >faq anki

it was from the faq

[fervent scroll]

yes

I couldn't find it

that's why I'm asking

the faq is very long

[proven sphinx]

There's also "aus diesem Grund", which literally means "for that reason", but it's more formal and used less often.

[long whale]

The reason is that guessing the meaning of the word if you see it in your target language is too easy. If you want to memorize a word/expression, you need to be able to come up with it in your target language.

Passive knowledge (knowing what German words mean when you see/hear them) is always far greater than active knowledge.

[narrow pier]

Damit die Nachbarn nichts merken, wird das Auto vor der Tür nicht verkauft ( does this alone make sense ). it does not right?

[narrow pier]

Ergibt Sinn. Danke

[fervent scroll]

this is true with words like apple = der Apfel, but later the synonyms and the fact that English and German words may not mean 100% could cause a lot of problem
also you see
event | die Veranstaltung
event | das Ereignis
you don't know which word the card 'event' is asking for

[proven sphinx]

It's grammatically correct.

[long whale]

You seem to think I'm not learning a language... 😄

[proven sphinx]

It doesn't make much sense on its own, though...

[fervent scroll]

I just think it's a lot more likely that you'll use the word you learn in the wrong context if you learn it like this

[long whale]

But... that's why it makes sense to either have a gap fill sentence, e.g. Die Geburt eines Kindes ist oft ein freudiges _. on one side of the card, and on the other "Ereignis", or to have a full sentence, or some sort of definition instead of, or in addition to the 1 word translation - as soon as you're past the total beginner's stage, anyway.

[fervent scroll]

ja, das klingt gut

[narrow pier]

I have not got the german feeling using subordinate clause like that at the first part. but yeah.

[narrow pier]

so one side the German sentence on the other side, just put a German word. I do not get what you are saying sorry. I thought I had to put ( English or my native language on one side " front side ) and on the other side ( German sentence )

[long whale]

Example:

1 side

Ich höre Musik über __.

Other side

Kopfhörer

With or without translation: I listen to music on headphones - if "Kopfhörer/headphones" is the word you'd like to learn.

@narrow pier

[buoyant nexus]

if someone says they are tired, and you want to say "yeah same

would you actually say that or would be something like, it is the same for me?

[proven sphinx]

You'd just say "ich auch".

"Ich bin müde"
"Ja, ich auch."

[buoyant nexus]

ok danke

[tranquil flower]

[Das bin] ich auch

[tranquil flower]

Or you can use these beauties! 😬

[whole portal]

idk if "im Arsch" is really capturing it

[delicate tiger]

warum nicht? "Ich bin sowat von im Arsch" hat was von "erschöpft" aber auch was von "müde"

(still not something you should use in tests/exams)

[tranquil flower]

What about just after them!?

[fervent kernel]

Ich habe eine Frage, warum ist also sagt "so" hier?

"DEUTSCHLAND,
Dein Atem kalt
So jung und doch so alt"

Oder ist das nicht also?

[undone verge]

so is its own word

it means something similar to the english used to add emphasis to how old it is

so old

(and so young)

[long whale]

No, it isn't. In this case it's exactly like English" so". ;)

[fervent kernel]

Achso, Danke

[nimble viper]

I have seen a few Germans using “voll” instead of “so” in these contexts where both words are separated. Is that regional?

[long whale]

It's highly colloquial.

(i.e. not to be used in an exam/essay)

[nimble viper]

I mean separated as in a better word such as “uralt” or “steinalt” is not used but rather “voll alt” haha

Okay I will avoid it in general then

[shut briar]

Nichts bereitet einen darauf vor

Does this work for 'nothing prepares you for that'

[olive sluice]

Hey 🙂 Zusammen

Gibt es ein Unterschied zwischen „überspielen “ und „verhehlen“?

[long whale]

Yes. However, unless you're about to write a novel in German, you won't really need to use either actively, I'd say. If you use "verbergen" instead, it will work for both. ;)

[naive coyote]

or in dialect it is regularly used as well.

[olive sluice]

danke dir :)🥰

[fast musk]

Any german word for „cringe“ i know that „cringe“ is regularly used in everyday language there, but is there a german equivalent? I believe zusammenfahren matches it roughly. Instead of „Brodi, du bist echt cringe“ Could one theoretically say „Bruder, du bringst mich total zum Zusammenfahren“ just curious lol, not that i plan to say something like that.

[proven sphinx]

Young German speakers use "cringe" all the time as a loanword, which should tell you that there's no perfect translation for it. The closest thing is "fremdschämen", which means feeling embarrassed for someone else.

[fast musk]

I see, ty for the answer

[buoyant nexus]

i have to fill in the blanks with the words at the top. but the 3rd sentence is confusing

if the first 2 are "do we have german today?" and the second is "yes at 12:30" then why is number three saying "why?"

if anyone can help thanks

[nova sparrow]

The 2 roles are divided wrong imho
What do you think (after the first 2 sentences) could be the question?
Look, what words could possibly fit in... @buoyant nexus

[buoyant nexus]

i think i maybe got it

[left crown]

what did you come up with?

[buoyant nexus]

either Hausaufgaben oder Buch, because those are the only things you can "have"

im just trying to finish it so i can then work through process of elimination and hopefully catch any mistakes

[left crown]

thats correct, now which of them matches with "deine"

[buoyant nexus]

oh yeah good point

das Buch and die Hausaufgaben right?

so Hausaufgaben is correct

[left crown]

👍

[buoyant nexus]

ok danke

[left crown]

I guess the second persons means "Warum fragst du?", like is there a reason you want to know why we got german lesson today, didn't you do your homework?

[buoyant nexus]

ohhh yah the roles must be reversed thats what bernie64 meant

[left crown]

Yep

[buoyant nexus]

on 4 and 5 "das ist mein____" and "wo ist dein____"

could 5 be "problem"

would that make sense

or no

4 = problem, and 5= buch

[left crown]

that would make sense

[buoyant nexus]

ok ill try that for mow

i completed that page. danke

[left crown]

Gerne!

[golden cradle]

are you lying about being CoronixTV?

[left crown]

How did you find out 😬

[golden cradle]

fam you cannot ask a hacker that question. If i just go and reveal my Mittel und Wege, everyone would do it

i respect you for coming clean tho. That took courage

[pure basin]

Is there a difference between gern and gerne?

[delicate tiger]

"gern" is colloquial

[pure basin]

Ok, what about gerne?

[scarlet elk]

alle meiner Freunden is the way to say "all of my friends"?

[undone verge]

alle meiner Freunde

[scarlet elk]

Dankeschön

[long whale]

No. The -e is entirely optional. ;)

[solar haven]

Hallo, Leute.

was ist der Unterschied zwischen "ein bisschen" und "ein wenig"?

sind sie austauschbar?

[long whale]

Yes. The difference is, "bisschen" also works with "kein" and (occasionally) possessives, while "wenig" does not: Bist du müde? - Kein bisschen. (not even a little; not in the least)

@solar haven

[solar haven]

Danke@long whale 😊

[worthy igloo]

ist es natürlich, „gefällt mir voll“ zu sagen?

[fervent kernel]

hallo
"In Ordnung!" means in order or okay ?

[golden cradle]

not specifically colloquial, but also works fine in those contexts (just more work 😉 )

[golden cradle]

depends on the case (which we could infer from context, if you provide it)
nominative: alle meine Freunde @undone verge

@scarlet elk
= the unified TS

the only TS = die einzige TS

Schwift
oops, i think you were aware of that, my bad^^

[undone verge]

ja da haste recht. Ich hatte an die Konstruktion 'eins/eine/einer meiner X(plural)' gedacht aber das geht mit 'alle' natürlich nicht.

[long whale]

"voll" instead of "sehr" is highly colloquial -> it depends on who you are/ who you're talking to. ;)

[golden cradle]

ah und all meine wäre glaube ich höheres Deutsch hier @scarlet elk@undone verge

[golden cradle]

aber das geht mit 'alle' natürlich nicht.
naja, so strikt würde ich das auch nicht ausschließen. V.a. die niedersprachlichere Formulierung „alle von meinen Freunden“ ist glaube ich recht gewöhnlich (aber halt nicht optimal für die Prüfung oder das Berufsleben)

Das „korrekteste“ all meine Freunde klingt gestelzt – im Alltag würde man so nicht reden

[scarlet elk]

ahhh Yes Die einzige xD

ich fühle mich dumm

[scarlet elk]

Vielen Dank @golden cradle !
Ich muss die B2 mündliche Prüfung bestehen. Deswegen stelle ich eine ausführliche Frage

[scarlet elk]

Alle ist dann eine Ausnahme?

[golden cradle]

joar so semi, gell

[worthy igloo]

ich hab‘s einem Freund von mir gesagt, den ich seit zwei Jahren gekannt hab :P

[long whale]

*kenne (ongoing things + seit -> Präsens)

[worthy igloo]

oh right! my bad, thanks!

[pearl moat]

is this correct?
"Wer hat ihr Ticket bezahlt?"
who paid for her ticket?

[fervent kernel]

correct!

[pearl moat]

isn't that question gender neutral

and based on context

how can you tell its towards a woman

[fervent kernel]

"ihr" is in this case the female pronoun to be related to.

[pearl moat]

ah ok

[hearty blaze]

So I want to answer this question: ''Wo ist der Kühlschrank?''

with: ''Der ist in der Garage, aber er soll in der Küche sein.''

What is the correct way to refer to the word ''Kühlschrank''? ''Der'' or ''er'' or either?

What's the natural way to say it?

[timid vector]

Der or er work (but only use one). But "Wo steht der Kühlschrank" would be better

When possible, german tends to be more specific with location defining verbs

stehen, liegen, hängen etc

[hearty blaze]

I see, thank you. I have a few follow up questions then

Can I also say something like ''Er ist in der Garage, aber der soll in der Küche sein.''?

Also it would be the same with all other articles then, I assume?

oh, I just noticed your edit

so, If I decide to use ''der'' then be consistent within the sentence?

''Er ist in der Garage, aber er soll in der Küche sein.''
or
''der ist in der Garage, aber der soll in der Küche sein.''

[timid vector]

yeah it would sound weird to swap back and forth

[hearty blaze]

gotchya, thanks!

[timid vector]

I would just swap ist->steht und sein->stehen but the sentence is fine 🙂

[hearty blaze]

Something like: ''Er steht in der Garage, aber er soll in der Küche stehen.''?

[timid vector]

I'm not positive if soll works with objects though usually that's more for being commanded/obligated to do something

sollte definitely would work though

[plain umbra]

Well to me it sounds a bit excessive to use "der" twice. By which I mean, if I said this sentence, I would probably drop the second one and say "Der steht in der Garage, aber sollte in der Küche stehen."

Tbh even when using "er" there is not really a need to repeat the subject.

But keep in mind I'm not a native speaker so this is just my thoughts about it, feel free to check it with a native speaker.

[long whale]

Various possibilities. "Er steht in der Garage, soll aber in die Küche." (-> faq omittance of movement verbs) is what's I'd probably say. Meaning: It will be necessary to move it to the kitchen, because that's where it ought to be. OR "Er steht in der Garage, [er] sollte aber in der Küche stehen" (pointing out what's wrong with this picture/house). And yes, as pointed out by Basementality, switching between "er" and "der" within a sentence would be odd.

[narrow pier]

Ein Konzert fand in der Stadt statt.
Wann?
Gestern und wir haben es verpasst. Ich bin total enttäuscht

klingt diese Unterhaltung korrekt? Falls nein, korrigiert mich bitte

.
( ein Konzert ist in der Stadt ) ist diese Satz normal oder üblich zu sagen

[fervent kernel]

es hört sich ganz gut an aber man kann auch sagen.
Gestern war ein konzert in der stadt.
ich habe es leider verpasst und bin totall enttäuscht

[narrow pier]

vielen Dank. Ich dachte, dass es besser ist oder schöner ist ( stattfinden ) zu verwenden

[fervent kernel]

kein problem 🙂

[narrow pier]

ist diese Übersetzung von Deepl korrekt

In diesem Fall ist besondere Vorsicht geboten. --> In this case, special care is required.

Die Vorsicht bedeutet auch ( man muss sorgfältig sein ) oder ?

[narrow pier]

.

[long whale]

Yes, the translation is correct. - You know "vorsichtig" and "sorgfältig" are not interchangeable, right?

[narrow pier]

well I was not fully aware of that, because in translation of ( Vorsicht ) it says it means " attension, caustion, carefulness )

so what are their differences ( vorsichtig und sorgfältig )?

vorsichtig means ( besonnen ), I guess that is the difference, which means caring

[long whale]

"Vorsicht/vorsichtig" is when there is danger of some sort involved (the vase might break; the other person might wake up; you might have an accident/hurt yourself or another person. "sorgfältig" = gewissenhaft/conscientious

[narrow pier]

thank you so much. I thought of the other word ( sorgfältig ) that way

I could not also come to this understanding from even comparing the sentences

Danke schön

[vital iris]

Can "Not in a negative way" translate to: Auf eine gute Art und Weise ?

[mint drift]

Ich habe eine frage, wie sagt man “ take your time” auf deutsch?

Ist niemand online?😭

[reef moss]

Nimm (dir) dir ruhig Zeit

[reef moss]

Depends on the context

[delicate tiger]

(das "dir" ist nicht optional)

[eager wing]

Nimm dir ruhig Zeit oder Lass dir zeit

[reef moss]

Ich dachte, dass ich bestimmt Versionen der Phrase ohne »dir« gehört habe: z.B. Nimm deine Zeit

Oder erinnere ich mich nur falsch?

[delicate tiger]

hört sich sehr merkwürdig an

[reef moss]

Jut, dann ist »dir« nicht optional. Danke! 😄

[loud meadow]

i've been studying german articles to figure out what versions of "the" and "a" (along with other words) to use in sentences, and i just cannot pin down exactly which ones are used when

for example: from what i can find, "mich" is sort of like "me" or "myself" as "ich" is to "I," but when do i use "mir?????"

[timid vector]

You're not going to succeed trying to find direct translations

There aren't any since English only has 3 cases while German has 4

you can read about when to/how to use the cases (die 4 Fälle) in german and that should answer when to use mir/mich/ich

[loud meadow]

ah, i see
well, besides the confusion in this specific part of german, i am starting to develop a small grasp of what words sound right and wrong together, like how "a elephant" or "brown big bear" don't sound right in english

[timid vector]

that's great, you need that and background knowledge of grammar together to fully comprehend

[loud meadow]

still not really used to the gendered nouns thing though
i fear that at some point i may make a misconnection and convince myself that one case is used for a certain object, when in reality it isn't

[golden cradle]

(@pearl moat or plural of any genders)

[plain umbra]

one case is used for a certain object, when in reality it isn't
Just to clarify that a bit: cases represent the role that a noun is playing in a sentence. So a specific noun won't be inherently tied to a specific case. It could theoretically be any case in any sentence, and the decision about the case just depends on the grammar rules being applied in that sentence.

But each noun has a specific gender that it uses in every sentence. That's the thing you have to be careful not to learn incorrectly, and always learn the gender of the noun when you learn a new noun.

[loud meadow]

ah
i got the terminology a bit screwed up there when i sent that lol

[spring berry]

How do I know when to use der/die/das/etc when referring to something?

[plain umbra]

When you learn a new noun, you memorise the gender/article along with the noun.

For example, let's say you learn the word for "dog" in German. The word is "Hund", but instead of just "Hund", you learn it as "der Hund".

For "cat" it's "die Katze", for "horse" it's "das Pferd". And so on.

[spring berry]

Oh alright, thanks!

[fervent scroll]

same with plurals

[gray pivot]

How can i use modal verb in German?

[long whale]

Modal verb gets conjugated (= changes according to the subject), the other verb is in plain infinitive: Ich kann schwimmen (I can swim) - Du kannst schwimmen (You can swim)

[empty flume]

Hallo Zusammen!
Is this sentence grammatically correct?:
Ich möchte, dass Sie zurückschicken
diese Hose und Wir werden ihnen neue Hose in Größe 29 Schicken.

[long whale]

Not quite. In a "dass"-clause, the verb gets moved to the end (to right before "und"). "wir" doesn't get capitalized. Please use the indefinite article before "neue Hose". "schicken" doesn't get capitalized, either. Only nouns get capitalized.

[celest bough]

Guys can you recomend me sites where I can watch movies or series in german

[long whale]

Depending on where you are, try ARD Mediathek or ZDF Mediathek. Otherwise, there are lots on youtube, and also on netflix.

[gray pivot]

So if i used modal verb, would i put second verb in the end of the sentence?

[reef moss]

The second, non-conjugated verb will always go to the end of the sentence, regardless of what the first, conjugated verb is

[gray pivot]

Danke sehr

How to understand the meaning of prefix verbs?

Like einkaufen und anziehen…

[long whale]

Here's a site with some general explanations of the way prefixes are used: https://www.dartmouth.edu/~deutsch/Grammatik/Wortbildung/Separables.html However, in the end, I'm afraid it's mainly memorization.

[empty flume]

Danke schön!

[stiff cairn]

Is "wissen" the only verb other than modals that has the same form of the 1st and 3rd persons singular in the present tense?

[timid vector]

in Imperativ I believe so

[fervent scroll]

yeah, it is

I checked some lists, it seems to be the only one that doesn't end in -t in 3rd person singular

(+ modals and werden)

[stiff cairn]

Nice, thanks. It does look like "wissen" is or was a kind of modal anyway.

Well, "werden" does end in "t" (3rd p. sg.), but when pronounced. :)

[timid vector]

it's not that but it is the only one that has an irregular ich form (that matches at least)

[flat ruin]

sorry to interrupt, but did i get anything wrong? https://i.imgur.com/TWhN10L.png

[final marlin]

It's correct. Gut gemacht 👍

[flat ruin]

Danke!

[rough furnace]

Hey, is there anyone who can explain me the difference between An and ***Auf *** ?

[viral jolt]

the difference is hard to explain because of some nuances.

for the general preposition meaning,
an means on, but sideways. das klebt an der Wand (it's sticking on the wall (perpendicular to the wall)

auf mean on, but on top of sth. ich stehe auf dem Zeug. (I'm standing on top of the train)

but the most important answer: it's super context dependent. some verbs demand "an", some "auf'. like ->

ich glaube an dich [an jnd. (Akkusativ) glauben]
ich achte auf die Zeit. [auf etw. (Akkusativ) achten]

in certain other cases they're used too,
ich schreibe eine Email an dich. I'm writing an email to you
ich bin auf Rang 3 in Battlefield. My rank in Battlefield is 3.

so it's best to learn in which case which preposition is used, because there isn't really a clear difference. that also goes with a lot of propositions in German.

[rough furnace]

So for example "Der Computer steht auf dem Schreibtisch" but "Das Bild hängt an der Wand"

Is that correct?

[fervent kernel]

As a rule, multi-syllabic masculine or neuter nouns take an ending of "-s": (des Computers), while one-syllable nouns take an "-es": (des Mannes) — although colloquial speech will sometime add just -s).
I thought genitiv isnt used in colloquial?

[plain umbra]

Whoever told you that genitive is not used colloquially is very incorrect.

[fervent kernel]

Isnt it mostly used in writing and stuff

[plain umbra]

No, you must be confusing it with something else.

Genitive is not colloquial speech itself, but it used when speaking colloquially. I mean, you can't make your whole speech out of 100% slang only. You need some normal grammar in there too.

[fervent kernel]

Danke

[golden cradle]

i doubt this claim. Could you give an example?

[plain umbra]

You're asking for an example of when people use genitive while speaking?

[golden cradle]

yeah, like, i was thinking an example sentence

while speaking colloquially

[plain umbra]

Das Auto meines Freundes ist blau.

[golden cradle]

yeah no one would talk like that in a colloquial context

[plain umbra]

What would someone say when speaking?

[golden cradle]

i mean ofc not literally 0%, but for practical purposes you can round it to 0% i believe

Das Auto von meinem Freund

[plain umbra]

So your claim is that every native German speaker uses dative and no genitive when speaking?

[golden cradle]

yeah

[plain umbra]

Regardless of age group or region?

[golden cradle]

hmm

i’m less sure about region.

ig if i would hear old people still use genitive, it would not feel colloquially to me. But that’s not something i remember happening anyway

[plain umbra]

And what region do you live in?

[golden cradle]

Hesse

Darmstadt now, earlier Bad Homburg, both are near Frankfurt/Main

(i’m trying to put numbers on my claim rn.
and while thinking more about it, i’m becoming less sure.^^)

[plain umbra]

I don't know about Hessen dialects but I know that dialects like in Bavaria and Austria are known for having pretty much no genitive.

[golden cradle]

i guesstimate that in 97% of colloquial occasions where the genitive would have to be used technically, native speakers° now use the dative. 95% confidence interval: 90%–99% (so a rather large interval, b/c unsure)

° (i do remember some foreigners using genitive)

i’m curious now what the actual answer is^^

[plain umbra]

I think you would have to ask German speakers from different regions to get a good idea.

But there are native speakers who use it regularly in their normal everyday colloquial speech.

[golden cradle]

definitely. Or possibly better listen to them covertly

i feel like someone may well have done that, given that that book & column(?) & website Zwiebelfisch / „Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod“ has made this topic well known

[golden cradle]

for sure, but maybe only a statistically insignificant number of oddballs. i myself happen to be an oddball who often uses way too complicated language, but i don’t even use genitive.

maybe that’s a hot take, i’m not sure `
i’m curious what others think

[plain umbra]

Yeah, it's quite an inappropriate recommendation for a learning server, so please avoid discouraging people from learning important grammar concepts.

[golden cradle]

oh, ok sorry

feel free to delete the msg entirely at your discretion

[regal kindle]

I use genitive in colloquial speech and everyone around me does so, too.
(just to give a data point)

[serene quarry]

Ich bin ein Tierlieb, aber ich hasse Mäuse und Ratten, weil sie kleine fiese Tiere sind, die der Menschheit nur schaden.
Gibt es Fehler in diesem Text?

[regal kindle]

Ich bin tierlieb*

Sonst gut

[serene quarry]

Danke

[regal kindle]

zwischen "kleine" und "fiese" sollte noch ein Komma.

[serene quarry]

dankeschön

[arctic salmon]

what's the best word to say someone is vulnerable? Diese person ist verletzlich oder diese person is schutzbedürftig ?

(in the context of someone that for example has a disability)

[long whale]

"verletzlich" is like "emotionally vulnerable", so, probably not the best choice in the context you gave. IMO, "schutzbedürftig" would work better.

[fervent kernel]

I think i am right nah ?

[long whale]

Spelling! ;)

[delicate tiger]

alternativ: "Der Käse ist lecker"

[winged gale]

'ihre' is for 'their' plural
and 'eure' is for 'yours' plural

is that correct

[gusty silo]

don't know if there was previous context but yes, with asterisks

(the exact form of the ending depends on what the thing being possessed is in both cases, and ihr (or rather, in formal writing, Ihr) is also a polite second person form)

[buoyant nexus]

Spricht hier jemand Deutsch? Would that be correct for saying "does anyone here speak any german?"

[charred harbor]

Der Käse schme__c__kt gut

But your French directly means "(The) cheese is good", not "(The) cheese tastes good", so

A literal translation would be "Käse ist gut" or "Der Käse ist gut"

[shell pecan]

Ich bin ein Mann. Es gibt eine Version von mir, die Deutsch spricht.

Wouldn't the correct version of this sentence say "... von mir, der Deutsch spricht."

[long whale]

No. Which word does the relative pronoun refer to? ;)

[buoyant nexus]

Can someone help explain "wen" vs "wer" and when each is used

[long whale]

It depends on the verb: Wer ist das? (Who is that? since "sein/ist" requires Nominative) vs. "Wen siehst du? (Who/m do you see? since "sehen" requires Akkusativ)

[sonic isle]

what’s the difference between Zeit and Stunde? Thanks.

[gusty silo]

time and hour

[sonic isle]

ohh Danke!

[gusty silo]

(and Uhr is watch/clock/o'clock)

[sonic isle]

Danke für additional informazion;)

[gusty silo]

'Zusatzinformation(en)'/'zusätzliche Information(en)' :p

[ripe sorrel]

hallo

there's a sentence which i dont quite understand

"Der Mensch weiß viel mehr, als er versteht"

when i looked up its meaning it means "Man knows much more than he understands"

but i dont really understand how "weiß" means "know"

[lone elk]

what exactly is it that you don't understand about it? "to know something" = "etwas wissen"

so I am not sure how to answer your question tbh

[ripe sorrel]

its how "weiß" which as long as i know means white. is used as the meaning for "know"

[lone elk]

ohh

yeah

well... sorry I know German can be very irritating but
"weiß" can mean the colour "white", but it can also mean "to know something"

[ripe sorrel]

xD its ok

[lone elk]

the word "weiß" has two meanings

[ripe sorrel]

thanks for informing me

[lone elk]

no problem

[ripe sorrel]

im really interested in the philosophy of the german language

do you know any book that explains it?

as long as i know its pretty much related to culture

[lone elk]

not really sorry

I am just a native speaker

[ripe sorrel]

its ok dont be sorry

[vapid wind]

In den Nachrichten wurde berichtet, dass der Nummer 1 Berufswunsch der Jugendlichen Youtuber ist.
In den Nachrichten wurde **es **berichtet, dass der Nummer 1 Berufswunsch der Jugendlichen Youtuber ist.

Geht beides?

[lone elk]

I personally would say "In den Nachrichten wurde berichtet, dass die Nummer 1 der Berufswünsche der Jugendlichen Youtuber ist"

but you can also go for "In den Nachrichten wurde es berichtet, dass die Nummer 1 der Berufswünsche der Jugendlichen Youtuber ist"

[vapid wind]

ok, danke sehr!

Danke auch für die kleine Korrektur in "die Nummer 1 der Berufswünsche"!

[lone elk]

no problem

hope you're having some fun learning German

[vapid wind]

noch eine Frage

I want to say: "One of the XXX was there"
But Im having trouble understanding the grammar.

One of the men = **Einer **der Männer
One of the women = **Eine **der Frauen
One of the Children = Eines der Kinder

What case are the bold parts of the phrases?
I thought it was Nominative, but "Eines" does not exist in Neuter-Nominative form...

[buoyant nexus]

What is the difference between würde gern and möchte.
Could you say " ich möchte nach Deutschland gehen." Or would it be "ich würde gern nach Deutschland gehen"

[lone elk]

you can use them as synonyms

although "würde gerne" does sound a bit more polite I guess
"Ich möchte ein Spiel spielen" = "I want to play something"
"Ich würde gerne ein Spiel spielen" = "I would like to play something"

[timid vector]

eines does exist in neuter nominative! you are using the indefinite pronoun "einer", not the indefinite article "ein"

also it's often shortened to just eins

[vapid wind]

THANK YOU!!
I had googled it multiple times and I had trouble finding the answer, but you nailed it.

I found this site after your advice, and it solved everything!!
https://langster.org/en/blog/7-common-indefinite-pronouns-in-german-with-audio/

[mossy skiff]

quick question why is bitte used so much

?

[vast bluff]

Because it can mean different things depending on the context

[whole portal]

It's funny

I remember a lot of teachers and such always correcting us to say Wie bitte? instead of Was? when we didn't understand something

Ofc that never really did anything

And now for some reason I just find myself going Bitte? whenever I don't understand someone

[grizzled vigil]

I mean they weren’t wrong. I would go 😳 if a stranger would give me the „WAS“ 😂

[whole portal]

Idk I wouldn't have an issue with anyone going was, that's just a natural reaction

[fervent kernel]

what gender do adjectival nouns take?