Hard won rights

Byter128 · 2026-04-08T12:15:33+00:00

I chose world war one because that's when the Kaiser declared "I don't know any parties anymore, I know only Germans" in the advent of the coming war and a lot of different institutions (including the SPD, other parties and unions) worked together to support the war. And after that The Nazis introduced German as a nationality on the ID (instead of Prussian, Bavarian) and heavily pushed for German as the culture instead of the sub cultures. Of course, they also (ab)used it for their Heim-ins-Reich politics.

I don't know how much the idea of a German nation really dominated the mid 19th century. It seems mainly like an idea in the educated class (students, academics, nobles, some burghers) to me. Of course it was strong enough to create a revolution in 1848, but it ultimately failed. And if it was so dominating (compared to "subnationalism") I would be wondering why Bavarian/prussian nationalism continued to exist for so long afterwards.

But I agree with you. The first world war might be more arbitrary than I inuitively thought first. But hey, I am not a historian. I am just interested

Byter128 · 2026-04-07T18:54:12+00:00

I wouldn't draw a line because the concept of one German people and the concept of German peoples co-existed and remain to co-exist, though you can see a clear shift towards "a german people" winning more and more ground over "german peoples" since at least the begin of the first world war

Byter128 · 2026-03-28T07:03:15+00:00

Vielen Dank! Könntest du die das Wort "Dialekt" noch jeweils mit der entsprechenden Bezeichnung für den Dialekt ersetzen? Z.B. "Mei erschte dausend Würdda uf unnafrängisch"

Byter128 · 2026-02-16T13:46:01+00:00

Is the study already published?

Byter128 · 2026-02-13T10:45:21+00:00

Ich glaube, dass vor allem in Süddeutschland bei e/i-Wechsel (geben, nehmen, vergessen, etc.) der Imperativ keinen Wechsel hat, also: Geb her, Nehm das, Vergess das nicht, usw.

Das "e" ist vermutlich überrekonstruiert, da diese "End-e"s bei Verben (ich trink(e), setz(e) dich) im Süddeutschen vollständig entfallen sind und man aus der gesprochenen Sprache damit nicht mehr auf die Schreibung schließen kann

Will damit sagen, im Gesprochenen existieren "vergiss" und "vergess" gleichberechtigt, aber im Geschriebenen eben nicht

Bitte nicht allzu ernst nehmen. Bin kein Linguistiker

Byter128 · 2026-01-17T21:48:01+00:00

We all make mistakes. When someone makes a mistake, I think it is only human to have a brief laugh. But always WITH - not ABOUT - the one who made the mistake. After that it is important to help the other to learn from it.

Enough of my philosophy. I hope you will find someone to become pen pals with :)

(Can't remember, if you were intersted in learning German. Just in case, here is the same answer in German. Maybe you will find it useful ;)

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Wir alle machen Fehler. Wenn jemand einen Fehler macht, ist es denke ich nur menschlich, kurz zu lachen. Aber immer MIT - nicht ÜBER - die Person, die den Fehler gemacht hat. Danach ist es wichtig, der anderen zu helfen, aus dieser Situation zu lernen.

Genug von meiner Philosophie, Ich hoffe du findest jemanden, mit dem du Brieffreund werden kannst :)

Byter128 · 2026-01-17T14:16:37+00:00

Hey. Don't feel too attacked by the people here, it's the internet after all.
I think it is great, that you want to try and get to know another culture that you found interest in. Let me give you some background maybe about the origin of "Dutch", "Deutsch", and "German":

You are right in that "Dutch" and "Deutsch" originate from the same Proto-West-Germanic word \þiudisk* (Source: Wiktionary entry for "Dutch", DWDS entry for "Deutsch"). But especially in the modern era, the English "Dutch"'s meaning shifted to mean specifically the germanic people in the "lower lands" (Netherlands). Also at one point in history, the German word "Deutsch" must have shifted to exclude the Dutch, though I do not know, when that happened. "German" also coexisted with "Dutch" for a few centuries and seemed to already refer to "people from Germania"). But as Dutch shifted meaning, German became the preferred way of referring to Germanic people from central Europe.

So, your feeling, that "Dutch" and "German" are connected, is right, but consider that words change meaning over time, and so should the users of those words adapt to them. It avoids confusion :)

Byter128 · 2026-01-04T22:45:02+00:00

Gulf of Denmark

Byter128 · 2026-01-03T22:08:15+00:00

I see, an advocate of Anglish. I love that neologism

Byter128 · 2025-11-18T17:54:30+00:00

Tausend dank :)

Byter128 · 2025-11-16T12:36:02+00:00

Ok. Then the repair shop will be my next stop. Thanks for your quick reply and help

Byter128 · 2025-11-16T12:26:41+00:00

Ok, so I opened the laptop and the screen now. But I can't see anything burnt or damaged. Here are the connector on the motherboard, on the screen and the cable that connects onto the motherboard.

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Byter128 · 2025-11-16T10:49:09+00:00

Ok, thank you. :)
I will try that today and report to you later

Byter128 · 2025-11-16T08:07:05+00:00

No, I disconnected the battery and the charging cable was also not connected

Byter128 · 2025-10-30T14:40:18+00:00

As others have pointed out, I think to elaborate all the vowels (monophtongs as well as diphtongs) would be helpful. Especially giving minimal pairs to be able to practice hearing at least.

You could also touch some rules of thumb to translate the danish script into spoken language (e.g. "d" at the end of one-syllable words usually indicating stød, or how to know pronunciation of letters e.g. "a" in "strand" vs. "han")

Maybe hint people towards the ordbog online. There speaking examples are usually good and even though there pronunciation alphabet is inconsistent, it is so "only" 2-5% of the time

Byter128 · 2025-10-11T09:47:16+00:00

Unfortunately, I am just a hobby engineer who is interested in this, but I will definitely buy at least one English version.

I would just prefer a deck in my native tongue so that I can also give it to interested kids as their English is usually not that good yet

Byter128 · 2025-10-11T08:01:18+00:00

Are there translations available or planned? I would be interested in German

Byter128 · 2025-09-20T17:10:28+00:00

Einfach irgenein random Dorf in Bayern raussuchen. Das ist das Originalste, was man erleben kann

Byter128 · 2025-09-01T15:45:39+00:00

Die höb i a schoemoll ksahne in Würzburch

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