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When to use Spielzeug vs. Spielzeuge, plurals with other -zeug words
DeepL gives Ich gebe meinen Kindern Spielzeug. as a possible translation of "I'm giving toys to my children." This seems odd though since "toys: is plural in English but the translation ...
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"Benutzer" vs. "Nutzer" vs. "Anwender"
What's the difference between these terms?
According to the wikipedia entry for Benutzer clarifies it for me a little bit (but it doesn't address "Nutzer"):
Benutzer sind Personen oder ...
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What should I use instead of "menschenwelt"? [closed]
I am doing a review on Marx's "Ökonomisch-philosophische Manuskripte" and I must write about the Menschenwelt, but I do not think "the man world" is a suitable term for 2017. I need to change it ...
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Anliegen vs. Angelegenheit
What are the semantic differences between Anliegen and Angelegenheit? For example, where can one be used where the other can't?
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Are ‘in die Stadt fahren’ and ‘ins Zentrum fahren’ the same?
Please explain whether in German the phrase in die Stadt fahren is the same as in das Zentrum fahren. My course’s exam today had shown both these places as the same. I had thought Stadt and Zentrum ...
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Weltschmerz versus Sehnsucht?
I am trying to understand what the difference between Sehnsucht and Weltschmerz.
I have been going through a few resources, any my understanding of the words is the following:
Weltschmerz (often ...
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Differences between translations of ‘divorce’
I have translated divorce into German. There are three translations there:
Scheidung f, Ehescheidung f, Trennung f
I am studying the difference between them.
Scheidung = gesetzliche, gerichtliche ...
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prisoner in German, four translations
I have translated prisoner into German in more dictionaries. I have four translations in total:
Häftling (m)
Gefangener (m)
Strafgefangener (m)
Sträfling (m)
Are they all synonyms?
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“Enemy” in German
I have translated enemy into German. There are more translations for that:
Feind m, Erzrivale m, Erzfeind m, Todfeind m
I am studying a difference between them.
From DWDS:
Feind = jmd., dessen (...
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Difference between ‘Passant’ and ‘Fußgänger’
I am studying the difference between Passant and Fußgänger.
I have two hypotheses:
Fußgänger is a person who is walking on foot. Both Passant and Fußgänger can be used to refer to a person walking ...
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Difference between the translations of ‘loneliness’
I have translated loneliness into German. There are three translations for that. What is the difference between these three words?
Einsamkeit f,
Verlassenheit f,
Vereinsamung Nf
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“Eine Flasche Wasser” versus “Eine Wasserflasche”
My German teacher (a native German) taught us that eine Flasche Wasser means that the bottle is either full or still had some liquid in it.
However, eine Wasserflasche means it’s an empty bottle of ...
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Difference between "Lehrbuch" and "Unterrichtsbuch"
In a downloaded set of vocabulary flashcards, I found "Unterrichtsbuch" given as the translation for "textbook". Online English-German dictionaries seem to prefer "Lehrbuch" for this, and in fact "...
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What is the difference between "der Rettich" and "das Radieschen"?
Both Rettich and Radieschen refer to radish.
Rettich
Radieschen
Is there a difference? Is it a regional difference? Or different kind of raddish? Or is it just different names that refer to the ...
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Unterschied zwischen "Körper" und "Leib"
Was ist der Unterschied zwischen den Begriffen Körper und Leib? Ich meine in dieser Bedeutung (nach dem Duden):
Körper
1. a. das, was die Gestalt eines Menschen oder Tieres ausmacht;
äußere ...
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