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"Schätze" or "Schatz". How to adress a female?
As you know the article of "Schatz" is "der".
My problem is this sentence: "Du bist mein Schatz".
I reckon that if I'd like to address a male,
Du bist mein Schatz
is ok ...
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Eines or Einer in this context
Which form of ein words is correct in the following context?
W201 war ...... der Besten von Mercedes.
einer?
eines?
I think here eines is the correct form because the singular form of Besten (Das ...
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Der oder die HTTP-Request?
Heißt es der oder die HTTP-Request? Ich denke, es muss der Request heißen, kann es aber nicht begründen. Mein Kollege meint, es ist die Request, da es ja auch die Anfrage heißt und bei englischen ...
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How did the German case system end up as it is?
How did the irregular German case system develop, specifically that the same article such as "der" occurs in different places in terms of gender and case, and there is no strict overarching ...
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What is the rationale behind the movement trying to eliminate gendered articles for names? [closed]
I recently heard a conversation among Austrians arguing that the use of definite articles before proper names (der Thomas, die Julia), a practice particular to Austria, should be eliminated in the ...
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Is the word "Unterlagen" masculine or feminine?
I am studying german online via youtube, and in a lecture video about basic sentences, there were 2 sentences that baffled me based on my novice german grammar knowledge.
Das sind Unterlagen.
These ...
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Warum heißt es "das" Kalman-Filter?
In der Fachliteratur über Kalman-Filter wird stets von das Kalman-Filter gesprochen, warum?
Müsste es nicht der Kalman-Filter heißen, weil es der Filter heißt?
Edit:
Laut Duden sind beide Varianten ...
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Article of Abbreviations
(native german speaker here).
So I got into a little Argument about the correct article when using abbreviations.
So lets say I play in a gaming-clan called "Infanterie Regiment 42", so its "Das ...
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What definite/indefinite article do Germans use when they don't know/forget the noun they're talking about?
Been wondering this for a while - like you're asking a question or saying something and your mind goes blank after saying "the" or "a". In German I imagine you wouldn't know which article to use ...
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The case for "article + adjective + noun" combination?
The fact that, concerning the same case as well as the same gender, articles and adjectives does not always follow the same pattern (i.e., don't get the same ending) is a bit hard to understand.
I ...
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Is the use of a female noun suffix dependent on the usage of the indefinite article?
Would it be more normal, as a woman, to say 'Ich bin Europäer', rather than 'Ich bin Europäerin'?
Is it that 'Ich bin Europäer' is correct, and if one wished to use 'Europäerin' one would rather use ...
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Namen von Flüssen außerhalb Europas: alle maskulin? [duplicate]
Stimmt die Regel "Namen von Flüssen außerhalb Europas sind maskulin"? Fallen euch Ausnahmen ein? Danke.
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Why is the sentence "Das ist eine Nase" correct?
I'm doing some homework, in which we have pictures and we have to complete the sentences like "Ist das ein Salat?" - "Nein, das ist kein Salat. Das ist ein Bus."
In the example above, both Salat and ...
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Computerscience Branch definite Article ( Gender ) [duplicate]
Which definite Article is correctly used for the word "branch"?
Examples:
"Ich werde die Branch auschecken."
or
"Ich werde den Branch auschecken."
I am a german native speaker, but I can't really ...
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Using "der eine" and "der andere" to refer to sisters
In an example sentence for the adjective "verschieden", I have
Die Geschwister sind sehr verschieden: der eine ist fröhlich, der andere sehr ruhig.
Now, as I understand it, both "der eine" and "...
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