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| German Money... | 5/14/2009 |
Q: I appreciate your help as we are eager to undertand this issue better. We have received information ...
A: It equals to 4,375.00 (Euros, which would equal $5,000.00 Als Tausendertrennzeichen wird in diesen ...
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| German grammar | 4/28/2009 |
Q: I wrote a short e-mail to a German client. I wonder if there are many mistakes: Ihr PDF-Wandler ...
A: Ihr PDF-Wandler hat mit der Abbildung einen Streich gespielt. Die Texte erscheinen in meinem CAT ...
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| groß ausgehen und und dann nochmals klein zusammen kuscheln | 3/31/2009 |
Q: Greetings Kurt, Please see http://lenormand-cafe.de/2009/03/der-letzte-tag-und-die-letzte-nacht/ ...
A: - "gross ausgehen" means spend a lot of money for amusements (dinner, drinks, bars) - klein ...
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| help my aim mein Ziel | 3/30/2009 |
Q: can you translate the song mein ziel to english?
A: Kann es noch nicht greifen, I can't grasp it yet, noch ist nicht alles klar. not yet everything is ...
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| “Selbes Modell” | 3/24/2009 |
Q: I recently watched an episode of "Alisa – Folge deinem Herzen". In one scene, there was great ...
A: It means the same model. (dasselbe Modell) - colloquial or old, see beneath: selb… ...
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| Vati an Alisa: Was machst du mit deinem selbsterschliffenen Geld? | 3/20/2009 |
Q: Greetings Kurt, In "Alisa – Folge deinem Herzen", the heroine has a talent for cutting glass on a ...
A: I think it is a "Wortspiel" (a pun?): You can say "selbst erarbeitetes Geld" "money that you earn ...
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| dazu lernen | 3/17/2009 |
Q: Please see ...
A: lẹr|nen ‹sw. V.; hat› [mhd. lernen, ahd. lernēn, lernōn]: 1. a) sich Wissen, ...
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| Knacki, Gassi | 3/13/2009 |
Q: I believe that the first of these means “someone who has served a prison sentence” and the second ...
A: Knạ|cki, der; -s, -s [zu gaunerspr. knacken = jmdn. verhaften, unschädlich machen; vgl. ...
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| Talking about Euros in German | 3/7/2009 |
Q: I need to know how to properly read aloud money amounts in German - Thanks! For example, I am ...
A: Eu|ro der; -[s], -s (aber: 30 -) ‹Kunstw.; vgl. euro...›: Währungseinheit der Europäischen ...
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| Außen rum = ? | 3/3/2009 |
Q: In a German programme I watched recently, some boys were discussing racing their buggies. The ...
A: It may mean that you drive along the outside board (margin) of a circuit. The contrary would be to ...
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| auf sich Schuld tragen | 2/24/2009 |
Q: Greetings Kurt, Do you have an idiom like “wenn er auch noch Schuld auf sich traegt“? Perhaps „auf ...
A: What I could imagine in this context would be "Wenn er auch noch mehr Schuld auf sich lädt, ..." ...
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| “über drei Ecken” = indirectly? | 2/16/2009 |
Q: In a recent programme, someone was told the good news that he was to be made a partner of his firm. ...
A: It is good colloquial German (Umgangssprache). I don't know why "three corners". It is an image but ...
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| Ballade auf den Dichter François Villon | 2/6/2009 |
Q: This is truly an all-time favourite, Biermann’s “Ballade auf den Dichter François Villon”. The words ...
A: Die dicke Margot scheint vielleicht [auch] eine Figur aus der Lyrik von François Villon zu sein? ...
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| Spuk | 2/4/2009 |
Q: Greetings Kurt, In Wege zum Glück, Tom is discussing the massive change in the behaviour of ...
A: “In zwei oder drei Tagen ist der ganze Spuk ist vorbei.” Spuk, der; -[e]s, -e ‹Pl. selten› [aus dem ...
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| befremdet registriert | 2/2/2009 |
Q: Greetings Kurt, I understand virtually all of this except for the last two words: "befremdet ...
A: Here is the Duden entrance of the verb "befremden": be|frẹm|den ‹sw. V.; hat›: fremd, ...
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| Konrad gibt alles ... doch er kommt einfach nicht zu Wort | 1/29/2009 |
Q: I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for all the excellent help you've given me to date. ...
A: It's difficult to say. You would have to know the television series. In my opinion it wants to say, ...
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| Pronunciation | 1/28/2009 |
Q: Please, what is the correct pronunciation of the Swiss placename “Davos”? Where is the stress, and ...
A: Pronounciation Davos Stress in the "a", short "a" long "o"; "v" as in English water (in Swiss German ...
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| Two slang words | 1/24/2009 |
Q: Just so that I can remember the words better, I'm trying to devise a sentence using both “Zoff” and ...
A: Zọff der; -s ‹aus jidd. (mieser) zoff „(böses) Ende“, dies aus hebr. sôf „Ende, Schluss“›: ...
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| bewusst | 1/20/2009 |
Q: Greetings Kurt, What is the meaning of "bewusst" here, please? Please see ...
A: ... deliberately ... 1. a) absichtlich, gewollt, willentlich: eine -e Lüge; die -e (überzeugte) ...
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| veranstalten | 1/17/2009 |
Q: Greetings, Is this verb separable or not, please? I.e. do you say "Ich veranstalte" or "Ich stalte ...
A: You can say only "ich veranstalte". The verb is composed of "ver" and "anstalte" and as far as I now ...
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| Hearing | 11/29/2008 |
Q: I live in the southern United States where I work as a music teacher. I am visiting Berlin for new ...
A: I would suggest different type of readings to widen your range of vacabulary. You have to analyse ...
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| would like to learn German | 10/27/2008 |
Q: my fiance is German and he is really busy to were he is not really able to teach me German. We live ...
A: If you have an internet connection you might sign up here, in order to find somebody who wants to ...
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| German | 9/11/2008 |
Q: I started to learn German language online thru audio files. What should I keep in mind to learn it ...
A: Try do do some interchange with a German native speaker, you teach him your mother tongue and he is ...
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| furstein, feuerstein, von stein? | 7/17/2008 |
Q: I was wondering if you could help me with the translation of furstein or feuerstein, or maybe even ...
A: "Feuerstein" means "stone for making fire" "piedra para hacer fuego" a second possible translation ...
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| Help | 5/8/2008 |
Q: what is the of this german language in English: Denken uber micah gerade getzt.
A: It's not correct German and it makes no sense. Literal translation "To think over me just now." ...
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| meaning of a sentence | 2/14/2008 |
Q: Can you please mail me the word to word meaning of "hat eine Merkmalsroutine, aber keine Regel" in ...
A: Does have a program of characteristics, but no (program) with a rule. 3. (EDV) meist kleineres ...
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| a song by Wolf Biermann | 1/12/2008 |
Q: Here’s a quote from a song by Wolf Biermann about a guy called Flori Havemann who ran away from the ...
A: many many thanks - so in Wie die wohl rüber sind? is Biermann simply wondering, "Are they really ...
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| pronunciation | 10/21/2007 |
Q: how do you pronounce the verb reden in German? ANSWER: [ə] wird nicht gesprochen: • nach den ...
A: It's like the English e in met or bed. e met, bed ...
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| pronunciation | 10/17/2007 |
Q: how do you pronounce the verb reden in German?
A: [ə] wird nicht gesprochen: • nach den Plosiven [t] und [d], nach Frikativen (außer nach <r, rr, ...
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| how does "deutschland" translate into "germany?" | 10/4/2007 |
Q: italy - italia france - france hungary - hungary spain - espana each country's english translation ...
A: Here is an explanation of the term "Deutsch" Der Begriff „Deutsch“ Hauptartikel: Deutsch ...
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| could you check this please? | 8/17/2007 |
Q: i just really need to know if my speech makes sense, flows well and if there are any big mistakes. i ...
A: Guten Morgen Frau Hack und liebe Mitschülerinnen Heute spreche ich über meine Tagesroutine, Schule ...
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| Hoch soll er leben, dreimal hoch. | 8/13/2007 |
Q: Greetings, Please, what is the exact meaning of “hoch” here? Does it refer to quality of life or ...
A: Hoch, das; -s, -s: 1. Hochruf: auf den Jubilar wurde ein dreifaches H. ausgebracht. source: ...
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| learning 2 languages | 7/3/2007 |
Q: My name is Hamid and I would like to know more about learning 2 languages at the same time. In fact ...
A: There is no problem learning German and French at the same time because there is no risk of ...
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| linguistic question | 3/20/2007 |
Q: I am doing a piece of research on English and German syntax, and would like to check translations of ...
A: 1) Maria dachte, dass Hans Willhelm gesehen hätte. 2) Maria dachte, dass Hans wen gesehen hätte? 3) ...
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| Online monoglot dictionary | 1/9/2007 |
Q: Greetings, Can you recommend a good, free, online "deutsch-deutsches Wörterbuch" please? (And also a ...
A: German monoglot dictionary http://xipolis.net/ http://wortschatz.uni-leipzig.de/index_js.html ...
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| holderbusch, etc | 10/3/2006 |
Q: I am getting onflicting info on what is HOLDER/HOLDERBUSCH. Lilac or elder? FLIEDER seems to be ...
A: http://www.kraeuter.ch/_texte/holunder.htm However, only the berries of the Black Elder (Sambuccus ...
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| Short Translation :-) | 8/4/2006 |
Q: Would you please translate: "Below you will find a Picture that was taken on December 27, 2006 at ...
A: "A continuación les muestro una foto tomada el 27 de Diciembre de 2005 a las 19:48, en la BahÃa de ...
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| hypologisch | 5/6/2006 |
Q: What does "hypologisch" mean? It's an Erdmann's term.
A: hy|po|lo|gisch <Adj.> (Philos., Psych.): unterhalb des Logischen liegend: -es Denken (das ...
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| Rotwelschenreich | 5/2/2006 |
Q: Please can you explain the term Rotwelschenreich - the context is the German translation of "Notre ...
A: It seems that the French original says "le royaume des argots" or "royaume des argotiers": Puis ...
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| Wo wir hinkommen, heißt es ‚Mein Name ist Hase ...‘ | 4/26/2006 |
Q: Greetings, Many thanks for the recent help. Could you please give me some guidance about an article ...
A: 1)von allen guten Geistern verlassen sein Idiom to have taken leave of one's senses [old-fashioned] ...
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| Fönwelle | 4/7/2006 |
Q: Greetings, and many thanks for the recent help. Here's the context: Die „Fönwelle“: Dieter Thomas ...
A: Yes Fön or Föhn means as well here in this context hairdryer. 2. elektrisches Gerät zum Trocknen ...
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| Question... | 2/20/2006 |
Q: How come articles in German and in Spanish (as well as other romance languages) have a designated ...
A: The, the English grammatical article Main article: The The word the functions primarily as the ...
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| ENQUIRY | 8/28/2005 |
Q: I AM FROM INDIA.I WANT TO LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE.I HAVE TWO OPTIONS .FRENCH AND GERMAN.CAN U TELL ...
A: It depends in which field and where you would like to work afterwards? Do you have already an idea ...
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| language | 4/4/2005 |
Q: i was wondering if you could give me an opinion on this question? what are the advantages of ...
A: I suppose your mother tongue is English? For English native speakers is not so necessary to study ...
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| etymology of name | 1/23/2005 |
Q: can you tell me please what is the meaning, or etymology, of the name "Willibald" thank you
A: Name: Willibald Geschlecht: männlich Herkunft: althochdeutsch Bedeutung: "wilIo" ...
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| What does this say? | 12/9/2004 |
Q: I have a plate that says " Srhaff und erirb Bahl Steuern und ftirb" Could you tell me what it says? ...
A: "Schaffe und erwirb zahl Steuern und stirb." The words don't seem to be spelled correctly (with the ...
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| How to say in German... | 8/25/2004 |
Q: How to say in German: "Please send me your shipment data in Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet format: ...
A: "Bitte senden Sie mir Ihre Lieferspezifikationen im Format Microsoft Excel Arbeitsblatt ...
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| Learning german | 7/17/2004 |
Q: Would you say that german would be a hard language to learn?
A: I think that, for an English speaker, it is a language that is essentially easy to learn, because of ...
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| Sonderweg | 5/28/2004 |
Q: Do you know what Sonderweg is?
A: This account of the modern historiography of the German Second Empire concentrates in particular on ...
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| german web sites | 1/4/2004 |
Q: I have started learning german. i would like to know about web sites where i can practice my german ...
A: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/English_German_Language_Interchange/ Hello Israel Is you mother ...
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