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Does "Geht los!" mean the same as "Los geht's"? And is "Geht's los!" a wrong use of "'s", i.e. "es"? Why so?
I understand that Los geht's! means "It's on!" "Here we go!" (https://qr.ae/pGcQL4).
Does Geht los! mean the same as Los geht's!?
Is it incorrect to say Geht's los!? (i.e. 's is ...
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How to tell the difference between groß = tall or big
I recently started learning German through Duolingo and Busuu.
I came across the word groß a few times now but I'm not sure how to tell the difference between:
The man is tall vs The man is big (heavy ...
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What different ways are to say fractions in German?
When dealing with fractions in German we normally say "drei-viertel" or "3/4". Another example would be "sieben-zwanzigstel = 7/20". But is there another way of saying it?...
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Why do some words, when spoken informally, have the ending -chen?
I've often heard some of my German friends use the ending "-chen" when talking, in an informal manner. For example, "Hallöchen", "Kärtchen", "Liebchen", etc ... Formally one would say "Hallo/Guten Tag"...
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What is the difference between "härten", "verhärten", and "abhärten"?
I am looking for the difference between these three verbs. All dictionaries I’ve looked at suggest “harden”, and the boundaries between them are hard to distinguish. From what I gather:
Somebody “...
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The difference between "auswirken auf" , "einwirken auf", and "wirken auf"
I'm trying to figure out the subtle differences between "auswirken auf" , "einwirken auf", and "wirken auf". Dictionaries tend to all point in the same direction, and that is "impact/have an impact on/...
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What does "etwas ordnen aus" mean?
The verb "ordnen" means to organize or to arrange but how does the addition of the preposition "aus" change the meaning? z.B. Er ordnet Wörtern aus Symbolen des Alphabets A Wörter über dem Alphabet B ...
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What's the difference between "weit" and "fern"?
Both of them translate as "far", but what are the differences in meaning and usage?
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Was ist der Unterschied zwischen "mitten" und "in der Mitte"?
Was ist der Unterschied, wenn ich sage...
Mitten der Brücke finden Sie...
oder
In der Mitte der Brücke finden Sie...
Ganz egal?
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Was ist der Unterschied zwischen "angebrannt" und "verbrannt"?
Gibt es eigentlich einen Unterschied zwischen angebrannt und verbrannt oder sind sie praktisch identisch?
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Wo liegt der Unterschied zwischen "nun" und "jetzt"?
Diese Frage wurde auch hier (auf Englisch) beantwortet:
What is the difference between "nun" and "jetzt"?
Ich übersetzte die beiden als "now", aber ich vermute, dass es ...
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