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Genitive Plural
There is this sentence:
Allerdings müssen sie zwischen ein und zwei Prozent ihrer Sozialgelder
für die Leistungen der Krankenkasse abgeben.
The deklination mit unbestimmtem Artikel for Genitiv ...
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Why no "s" after Tasche?
We add an "s" after Restaurant in the following sentence to signify the genitive case:
Die Preise des Restaurants ist sehr hoch.
But then why don't we add an "s" after Tasche in ...
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The Blue Danube, by Johann Strauss [closed]
This may be a silly question, I'm just a beginner. I read that the title in German of the work 'On the beautiful Blue Danube' is 'An der schönen, blauen Donau'. I'm not sure what is the article ...
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Can "jede" or "jedes" be independent pronoun?
Which gender of verb should I use for indefinitive pronouns?
If we are talking about women or kids, and I want to say "everyone", how do I say it?
Will "Jedes Kind" become "jedes" and "Jede Frau" ...
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Zu + adjective + noun, gender endings sometimes ignored?
I tried to translate these 2 phrases into German:
too big a desk - zu großer Schreibtisch.
too little time - zu wenig Zeit
So, "Schreibtisch" is masculine so the ending of the adjective before it ...
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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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Why "den Studierenden"
Could someone possibly explain why it is "Den Studierenden" in the following sentence:
Ziel des Studienganges ist es, den Studierenden den Zugang zu linguistischer Forschung internationalen Niveaus ...
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Demonstrative pronoun: does it have to match the subject? [closed]
I'm a little confused about German grammar, the demonstratives to be specific (this, that, these, those). Does the demonstrative pronoun have to match the subject being described?
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Would ...
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Adjective endings in accusative case and in comparison (neu/new)
This page suggests that neu/neuer is new/newer. This page suggests that "ein neuer Wagen" (a new car) is an identification of gender.
Is it true that neuer can stand for both - and thus the only way ...
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