Questions tagged [comparison]
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Translating "just like any other" with "wie ... auch", confused about "auch"
I've seen the phrase "X is just like any other Y" translated as X ist (genau/genauso) wie jede(r/s) andere Y auch. But I'm confused by the role auch is playing the translation. It seems to ...
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Is the negation of „net“ present in all of Germany?
I just wondered after a talk with a someone from Austria from the usage of „net“ (he didn’t know this) like here:
Ich kenne das nicht.
Ich kenne das net.
Is this a phenomenon of whole Germany?
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Vergleiche: Verb ans Ende oder in die Mitte?
Man betrachte folgende Vergleichssätze, in denen die Verben am Ende stehen:
Das trifft auf jeden zu, der es mindestens so gut wie du kann.
Das sind diejenigen, die es besser als du können.
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Komma bei „so früh wie nach … möglich“?
In http://www.lifesteyl.de/inhalt/die-besten-filme steht:
Und vielleicht reicht es ja schon, wenn man als junger Mensch die Episode IV so früh wie nach Altersbeschränkung eben möglich im Kino ...
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Difference between "Urteilen" and "Beurteilen"
What would be the difference between Urteilen and Beurteilen?
The translations both seem to be similar and I am aware that the be-prefix adds a sense of the verb inflicted on something.
However I ...
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Sütterlin Help?
Can anyone figure out the hand written words? This is a paper label from an old German made hat.
The handwritten words are after "Qualität / Quality" and "Farbe / Color". The company that made this ...
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What is the difference between notwendig and erforderlich?
In the song Vor Gericht by Alligatoah is this lyric:
"Gewalt ist zum Zerstören nicht erforderlich" (Violence is not necessary to cause destruction"
My two questions about this sentence relate to the ...
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What's the right order for the verb and a comparison in a subordinate clause?
I'm trying to translate this sentence into German:
If all the other players were like him, the team would have solved all its problems.
The possible alternatives I can think of are:
Wenn all die ...
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Komma vor einem mit “als” eingeführten Nebensatz
Kommt ein Komma vor "als" in
Wenn auch in der Praxis eher pragmatischere Methoden und Formalismen eingesetzt werden(,) als sie hier eingeführt werden, so soll doch deutlich werden, dass die Ansätze ...
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Description of sounds in German
Different materials make different noises when being hit, depending on their make up, density, material, size, etc.
I’m interested in comparing the description of sounds between English and German. In ...
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Could I use "zu … von" to ask the difference between two objects?
I was watching a German YouTuber asking the difference of normal pork and a special raw minced pork, and he said something too fast that was hard for me to grasp, but it sounds like:
Was ist der ...
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"dreimal so groß wie" vs. "dreimal größer als"
Beim Lesen des Romans "Die Arbeit der Nacht", vom Thomas Glavinic, bin ich auf den folgenden Satz gestoßen:
"Staunend bemerkte er, dass Frau Benders Wohnung fast dreimal so groß gewesen war wie die ...
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Einstellung oder Einrichtung?
Ich möchte wissen, was der Unterschied zwischen Einrichtung und Einstellung ist. Der Zusammenhang, um den es mir geht, ist „Setting“.
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difference between eindringen and dringen
What is the difference between:
dringen with the following meanings: ('get through , penetrate, or go public')
eindringen share also some meanings with the verb Dringen 'get throw, penetrate, go ...
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"The higher ... the lower"
How do I translate the following question:
The higher he climbed up the mountain the lower he could see the village.
I made up this example just to ask you how to make such a construction like ...
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