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German word for 'feeling no particular way' without negative connotation?
I'm trying to hunt down a word I can't seem to find anywhere. In English the feeling would be put 'feeling no particular way,' or simply existing with emphasis. Emptiness isn't the right meaning, as ...
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Bedeutung von "fair"
Ich habe das Wort "fair" in mein Wörterbuch hinzugefügt, nachdem ich aus Reverso geschlussfolgert hatte, das es dem englischen "fair" entspricht (es wurde 10k+ Male als die ...
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How to say "sth fell out of my pocket" & "I dropped sth" [closed]
Could you please tell me if both these sentences express that "The phone fell out of my pocket":
Das Handy fiel mir aus der Tasche.
Das Handy fiel aus meiner Tasche heraus.
And if both ...
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Why do we say "Gehen Sie an der Ampel links'' and not "Gehen Sie an die Ampel link"?
I found this in the "Richtungen: nach dem Weg fragen" course.
"An" is two case prepositions right and here we are using orientation so the question is "wohin" and not &...
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Ton vs Klang vs Geräusch for sounds electronic and electrical devices make?
Especially for unseen mechanism. Examples:
a ventilator on the wall stops working and doesn't make any sound anymore
a hard drive inside the laptop is failing and making screeching noise
In both ...
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Vielen Dank allen oder euch allen?
From what I understood Vielen Dank is the somewhat more formal version of thank you. I've seen Vielen Dank euch allen a couple of times before, but I don't understand what the euch is adding, instead ...
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Englische Wendung "food for thought" hat auf Deutsch verschiedene Möglichkeiten. Können alle synonym verwendet werden? Gibt es leichte Unterschiede?
Im Englischen haben wir den Ausdruck "food for thought" verwendet, um ernsthaft über etwas nachzudenken.
Ich habe die englische Wendung "food for thought" im Wörterbuch dict.cc ...
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Unterschied zwischen Haus & Heim
was ist der Unterschied zwischen Haus & Heim? z.b. es ist ebenso wie House & Home am Englisch?
Im translate schreibt es:
ENG zu DEU:
I'am at home --> Ich bin zu Hause
Aber Sie kennen, ...
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bei vs in Firma
Sentence is:
I am an intern in your company.
I wrote:
Ich bin eine Praktikantin bei ihrer Firma.
Translator shows:
Ich bin einen Praktikantin in Ihrer Firma.
I learnt that while using company, ...
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How to tell the difference between groß = tall or big
I recently started learning German through Duolingo and Busuu.
I came across the word groß a few times now but I'm not sure how to tell the difference between:
The man is tall vs The man is big (heavy ...
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verwalten vs steuern
English: I have scheduled my timing because I need to manage time.
German: Ich habe meine Zeiteinteilung geplant, weil ich die Zeit verwalten muss.
I am not sure whether my sentence is correct or not....
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sleep in = ausschlafen?
Can "ausschlafen" mean "to sleep in" (i.e. to sleep until later in the morning than you usually do)?
Word Reference and DeepL translator say so, but I don't see that meaning in ...
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Correct usage of the words "selbstständig" and "eigenständig"
I was wondering if somebody could help me understand the difference and correct usage of the words "selbstständig" and "eigenständig". Looking in the dictionary, it seems they ...
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What is the difference between "großzügig" and "freigebig"?
I want to use the words in the following sentence "Saskia likes to give gifts to others. She is very _________". Google translate shows "großzügig" and "freigebig" as ...
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