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Laut einer Umfrage - Usage of 'einer' vs 'eine'
I came across this sentence YouTube at 3:28s
Laut einer aktuellen Umfrage des Statistischen Bundesamtes sind besonders Alleinerziehende von Armut bedroht.
Please clarify why 'einer' is being used in ...
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Why is it ��der” Person in this sentence?
“Du gibst der Person an der Kasse das Geld für die Karte.”
In this sentence, Person is feminine, singular, accusative, and yet the definite article is der rather than die. Why is that? Thanks!
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Grammatical Structure of "ins"
Lass uns ins sonnige Griechenland fahren!
What excactly is "ins" here? In + das ? We have Griechenland as feminine.
Danke!
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Why does this sentence start with the dative article "Dem"?
Reading the book "Kielings kleine Waldschule" the paragraph starts with this sentence
"Dem Interesse an der Natur einerseits, das ich zum Beispiel bei meinen Facebook-Followern ...
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jmdn. ärgern in a sentence
I've recently seen the sentence with the verb ärgern while learning relative clauses with wer and was. The sentence is as follows:
Manche kommen spät zur Arbeit, was der Chef sehr ärgert.
As you ...
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"Er ist Geschäftsführer des Unternehmens" oder "Er ist der Geschäftsführer des Unternehmens" - what is correct?
I know, that there is a rule, that occupations are without articles. So, we are writing: "Er ist Arzt".
I have found couple of example on internet, like:
"Er ist der Geschäftsführer des ...
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"ob mit oder ohne Null"
Should we add an article and, if so, in which case:
Für Demonstrationszwecke ist es in diesem Beispiel irrelevant, dass wir die natürlichen Zahlen – ob mit oder ohne [die/der] Null – als zu ...
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Why is "den" used in "am Montag, den 10. August''?
This question also has an answer here (in German):
Am Samstag, dem/den
It's more logical to me to be "am Montag, dem 10. August" since without specifying Monday, I would say "am 10. August" ...
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Declension of appositions
The Wikipedia article for Tora in German goes like this:
Die Tora [...] ist der erste Teil des Tanach, der hebräischen Bibel.
It seemed to me that the highlighted article is part of an explanatory ...
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When to use das/die/der and when ein/eine?
I'm just starting with German and got a bit lost when one should use der/die/das and when ein/eine. I suppose it should be something like "a" or "the" in English depending if we're talking about ...
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Accusative vs. nominative case ambiguity?
First, let me say that I'm new to German.
I see that the article of a feminine noun isn't inflected when the case is changed from nominative to accusative, i.e. in both cases the definite article is ...
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