Questions tagged [phrase]
Ausdrücke – Questions about meanings and usages of phrases
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How do i say this sentence [closed]
Which is the most correct? Could someone help me out.
"Hallo, ich bin ein Software-Ingenieur aus den USA und lerne gerade Deutsch. Wenn es irgendetwas gibt, was ich tun kann, oder irgendeine ...
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Prepositional Phrases as Arguments
Could the arguments of German verbs be in the form of prepositional phrases? In other words, can prepositional phrases serve as arguments of the verbs, or do they always play adverbial roles and are ...
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Compounds made of adjective + noun vs. noun phrase made of adj. + noun
Does exist any rule in German where to form a compound, which is made of an adjective (as first element) + a noun, instead of a noun phrase consisting of adj. + noun. E.g. Wissenschaftszeitschrift vs. ...
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Is 'jeden Tag' at the end of a sentence wrong?
I was asked to translate 'The doctor cooks a pizza every day' into German and answered
Die Ärztin kocht eine Pizza jeden Tag
It was wrong and the right answer was
Die Ärztin kocht jeden Tag eine ...
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To learn more from someone
I've been trying to formulate this idea in the most natural-sounding way possible.
A professor has accepted to teach me more about a topic I'm passionate about and that she's personally familiar with ...
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Why längst nicht mehr?
What is the difference between
nicht mehr
or
lange nicht mehr
and
längst nicht mehr?
From DWDS:
Ich habe längst nicht mehr so viel Einfluss wie früher, Mama.
Sie haben das längst nicht mehr ...
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Ursprung und Bedeutung von „Auge, @<username>“ in Social-Media-Postings
In Social-Media-Postings findet man gelegentlich die Formulierung Auge, @<username>. Ich vermute, sie wird gebraucht, um jemand auf etwas hinzuweisen, im Sinne von:
Das betrifft dich, @<...
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Is this sentence grammatically correct and makes sense?
Ich freue mich auf ins Kino gehen.
I wrote the sentence above myself from an example in Duolingo and it was like this:
Ich freue mich auf Amerika
But when I translated it from English the sentence I ...
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Unterschied ungeändert und unverändert [closed]
Mich wundert es, ob der englische Ausdruck
to give someone a surprise
auch ungeändert/unverändert im Deutschen gebraucht werden kann. Also:
jemandem eine Überrasschung geben/bereiten
Kenne nämlich ...
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How does one express the ordering of thoughts?
This is a dialog that occurs in Asimov's, I, Robot:
“To Vincent Silver? — He hasn’t mentioned anything about it to me.” “I asked him to speak to no one. Apparently, he hasn’t.” “And what did he tell ...
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What does the phrase "auf die Nase setzen" mean in "Könnt' ich mir doch noch so einen Schurken auf die Nase setzen, wie den Pedrillo" in an Opera
This sentence is found in Mozart's Opera "Die Entführung aus dem Serail".
Sample text link you can find this sentence at the first line.
Könnt' ich mir doch noch so einen Schurken auf die ...
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What is the meaning of "Gift und Dolch" (in Mozart's Opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Osmin, one of the characters in this Opera said this phrase multiple times.
Gift und Dolch
For example in here
OSMIN
Gift und Dolch! was ist das? wer kann ins Haus steigen?
Another example in here:
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What is the meaning of "vor den Teufel" in this sentence "Mag ich vor den Teufel nicht" in an Opera?
I'm recently trying to understand the lyrics of the Opera "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" by Mozart.
In Act 1, Osmin's Aria "Solche hergelaufne Laffen" (one example text and ...
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Tongue in cheek
When you are playfully teasing someone you describe your sentence as tongue-in-cheek.
What is the German equivalent of this?
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How to check correctness of german free writings
Is there a site where my daughter could check correctness of her german writings, e.g. Aufsätze, Argumentation, Erörterungen? She could have some errors in expressions (im Ausdruck).
