Questions tagged [standard-german]
Standarddeutsch – questions relating EXPLICITLY to the supra-regional German used in written language. Please read the tag wiki before applying this tag.
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Why is Nähe a noun in this sentence?
Can any one tell me
why we have two nouns next to each other?
And why Nähe is a noun in this sentence (see below)?
Also, why is the spelling different for noun and adjective (Nähe vs nahe)?
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Why danach instead of darüber?
I read the below sentence which means "Facebook asks for it to make sure you are over 13 years old" but why danach is used why not darüber?
Facebook fragt danach, um sicherzustellen, dass ...
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fast vs knapp vs gerade mal vs etwa vs ungefähr vs circa vs um die [closed]
Why is the answer to this question richtig?
Question:
Es hat ihm gefallen, Verantwortung für sein 50-köpfiges Team zu haben.
Transcript:
Thomas Hirschbaum: Ja, das kann man so sagen.
Nach dem BWL-...
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Is this sentence correct? "Dass"-clause [duplicate]
Is this sentence correct:
"Persönlich denke ich, dass die geistige Gesundheit wichtiger ist als die körperliche Gesundheit."
Shouldn't the verb, "is" be at the end of dass clause?
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Where can I find native German speakers to practice with for free?
I find it easier to learn German when I practice speaking or conversing. Could someone tell me where I can find native German speakers to practice with for free?
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Usage of festlegen and entscheiden
In this paragraph two verbs have been used with more or less same meaning. The verbs are festlegen and entscheiden, so what's the contextual difference?
Ich lege gemeinsam mit meiner Trainerin fest, ...
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Confirming receipt of document in formal email
How do I express confirmation of a document recieved on email in a professional manner?
In English the phrase 'well recieved' is quite common if I translate this I was thinking something like 'gut ...
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zu+Infinitive construction
Is it possible to place a zu+infinitive construction at the beginning of a sentence? Can all zu+infinitive sentences can be reordered this way, or is there a condition?
Ex:
Es ist wichtig, regelmäßig ...
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Is there a difference between "tief" and "niedrig"?
From what I see, tief means deep while niedrig means low. However, I have seen some websites claim that tief can also be used as low. Is it situational or geographical? Is one more common than the ...
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Why sagen, erklären, erzählen are dative verbs? why Lieben is not a dative verb?
I understand that sagen, erklären, erzählen are dative verbs but what's the logic behind treating them dative. Why lieben is not dative?
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Is "Haben Sie + noun phrase" or "Gibt es + noun phrase" more idiomatic?
I am a beginner in German language, I was trying to make simple sentences for email writing test but when I translate them in translator it gives different answers which are not incorrect but not what ...
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adj come before noun but we dont have any endung [duplicate]
Wir haben uns gegenseitig Nachhilfe gegeben.
(Menschen B1.1 Buch)
why we cannot write (gegenseitige Nachhilfe ) the article of Nachhilfe is Die and in this sentence we must write in akk form so adj ...
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Are there any Kausal and Modal prepositions in German?
I have recently studied "Temporale und Lokale Präpositionen" and learned to write sentences in TeKaMoLo format. So it struck me that whether there are any Kausal and Modal (KaMo) ...
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"er" verwenden, um sich auf "man" beziehen
Kann man „er“ verwenden, um sich auf „man“ zu beziehen, z.B.:
Man kann im Internet mit seinen Freunden sprechen, sogar wenn er wenig Zeit hat.
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separable verb word order of mitkommen
I look to Wortschatz A2 (Klett) and see this sentence how using "mitkommen".
Hallo da bist du ja, wie geht es dir? Gut. Und kommst du nun heute mit ins Kino oder nicht?
Why don't we have ...
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