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What is "man" doing in this sentence?
In Bertolt Brecht's, Der gute Mensch von Sezuan, Wang is looking for lodgings for the gods, when he says,
Das ist dumm. Der Herr Fo ist gerade nicht zu Hause, und seine Dienerschaft wagt nichts ohne ...
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Viel(es???) Glück [duplicate]
I just don't understand the concept here. We have the noun, das Glück. It should be in akusativ form when its used with "viel". And neutral akusativ form for viel is vieles... How come we ...
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What does "Gesehen PM40 Mittwoch" mean? [closed]
I changed my iPhone language to German (Österreicher) recently because I want to learn as fast as possible and surround myself with the language. I noticed that in the Instagram DMs, under a person's ...
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Making sense of the construct “Ich bin der Auffassung”
I understand that “Ich bin der Auffassung” means something like “I believe” or “I think”.
However, I do not understand how this makes sense grammatically, because when you literally translate it, it ...
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What does "dafür" in this sentence refer to?
Could anyone tell me what does dafür in this sentence refer to? It's a bit confusing.
Wenn du kleine Lampe benutzt, sorgst du nachts bei Toilettengängen dafür, dass du nicht das Deckenlicht ...
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Can the word “umher” be separated?
Recently, I was reading “Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen”, and I came across this sentence: “Ein tiefes Brummen hatte die Stille um sie her zerbrochen.” I’ve never seen “um etwas her” before, ...
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"Es gibt jetzt 5 Städte, in deren Nachbarschaft Rot Kolonisten stehen hat." Why the word "hat" was used here?
This fragment comes from a German board game manual (page 2, the "Architekt" action example on the right):
"Es gibt jetzt 5 Städte, in deren Nachbarschaft Rot Kolonisten stehen hat."
Why the ...
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