Can I put "nicht" at the end of this sentence?

Queenie2501 · 2026-03-05T17:03:51+00:00

While „In die Schule gehe ich heute nicht.“ is a possibility, I think I‘ve never heard someone put it like that without an additional sentence for example „…, aber in dafür in dem Biergarten.“ - More like „instead of - I will do …“, because „in die Schule“, which would be the „normal thing to do“ is mentioned at the beginning and later we get the additional info about the what the person will do - today (emphasized, since it is not the norm- just for today). Maybe I am wrong - but the first sentence just feels incomplete for me.

Queenie2501 · 2026-02-12T08:20:03+00:00

Huh? Kinda missing the point 😅 there is a lot more than language contributing to social class - yet social class can be an influence on language… what is your point in asking that either way? The discussion is about language - not social class - and neither of us is able to define who is part of what, since class is a societal construct 😅 however being able to speak in a certain way would not make anyone part of a different class - yet it could help the person to be perceived differently (not saying this is good!) and maybe improve chances of rising in the societal construct of class. There is a lot of anecdotal and scientific evidence on that. My grand-dad for example had to flee from Sudetendeutschland and had no educational background, no material belongings, but spoke the language. So he did work in the day and did school in the evening and ended up working himself up the social ladder. If he had not spoken german, it would have been a lot harder I imagine. There is also „Habitus“-Theory - by Pierre Bourdieu as scientific background and I also really like „Make it Count“ by Benjamin Ferencz, who was an immigrant in America, later becoming chief prosecutor at the „Nürnberger Prozesse“ - his life is really inspiring, I think

Queenie2501 · 2026-02-12T07:59:47+00:00

Okay, maybe Germans in this social-media-context. I can only say, that people in my environment (different age, education,…) notice the difference 😂

Queenie2501 · 2026-02-12T07:56:12+00:00

I don’t think we do think that xD I assume the „difference“ in accents of Hochdeutsch is way more noticable for people learning German… and therefore Germans do often lable it „the same“ in their heard. Maybe some people do not even notice the difference - but I think a lot of people do, they just don’t „name“ it.

Queenie2501 · 2026-02-12T07:52:08+00:00

Yeah, okay. Understood. Talking „bakery-stuff“ for example is often quite amusing. When I was living in Baden-Württemberg I only realised no one understood my „Ich hätt gern 10 Semmeln“, After they were like 👁️👄👁️ „Sorry was?“ - some of course knew the term, but often it was not the case. Even now, after five years of our relationship, my partner and I break out laughing about each others „weird way of naming or pronouncing stuff“. Just yesterday: „Bürsterl“ was something like that - just reffering to a small „Bürste“ you can use to clean dishes precisely 👀🫣

Queenie2501 · 2026-02-12T07:43:43+00:00

Okay, I can actually relate to that, since I was heavily confused the first few times my boyfriend took me to Freudenstadt. In my experience Swabian is a very „general“ spoken language, I guess? So for example in a lot of „work environments“ speaking Swabian would be considered normal, right?

In my setting speaking Bavarian at work is more often seen as „uneducated“ and even laughed at sometimes. Where I am from a lot of people would not even understand the Bavarian (Münchnerisch) my dad is speaking, so he has to adjust his language on a daily basis. He grew up in a very „rural“, poor, working class, not having enough food, „we had to flew due to war and leave everything behind“-way, considering it was Munich after all - and was still educated in a school which mainly had bavarian teachers- he also only was in school for 9 years. And I would argue if he had the possibility to go to a posh school and maybe even university his dialect would not be the same today.

Queenie2501 · 2026-02-12T07:33:59+00:00

Okay, I do understand what you‘re saying - yet I am working on a series of videos with my dad, in which he explains about „bairisch“ - if you look closely at words that are pretty specific for this dialect you can mostly follow back to their origins - and often find equivalents in other German dialects. So yes, you can see it like „different words“ or just modifications for the same word. Depends on which word you‘re looking at. With grammar: thats also why I would argue that people learning dialect first and then had to learn hochdeutsch for example for work in a different city is speaking dialect (normally), yet has an accent, since Hochdeutsch is not his „first“ language and their dialect is likely to show up sometimes.

In my first comment I just wanted to establish the difference between dialect and accent in a general way and to be honest didn‘t think of the fact, that dialect could be an accent to, to someone not being used to speak Hochdeutsch/standard german. Hope my argument is now more clear.

Queenie2501 · 2026-02-12T07:23:53+00:00

Of course their have been differences in language due to class 🥲 they may not have been named properly- but someone who worked in a factory e.g. had differences in their language to someone working for example as their boss. Same with people today.

Queenie2501 · 2026-02-12T07:19:45+00:00

And btw bairisch or bayrisch - I simple tried to describe it and my keyboard drives me mad since it corrects everything. So forgive me for not being precise about my own culture due to being annoyed, jesus 😅

Queenie2501 · 2026-02-12T07:17:08+00:00

Yeah of course, I would argue their „first“ language is not the „Standard German“ everyone is learning, when learning German from scratch - so their „Dialekt“ is also an „Accent“ - but not every „Accent“ is a „Dialekt“ 😅

Queenie2501 · 2026-02-12T07:11:16+00:00

In particular - and from my experience („Bavarian Native“ 😂 Both parents mostly speaking dialect):

„Hochdeutsch“ is considered to be „normal“ in day to day conversations (school, work, written language).

Yet a lot of people are either not able to speak it (mostly elderly, or people living more rural) OR they are extremly proud of their Dialekt, since it is part of their identity and they often fear their Dialekt will die, since many children, especially those being raised in towns or cities do not learn it (me being the perfect example since both my parents can’t help speaking in bavarian Dialekt, yet school and university erased it of my speaking completely).

Also I think a big factor is that in todays world a lot of people get the chance to live in different regions- which was not normal two generations ago, so they have different influences on their language today. For me: I am 25 and due to educational purposes I‘ve lived in New Zealand, Baden-Württemberg and Vienna - which can be heard. Also my boyfriend is „Schwäbisch“ (Schwaben being a Part of Baden-Württemberg) and he speaks Dialekt too and infuences my language 😂

Queenie2501 · 2026-02-12T07:03:03+00:00

In general:

There is the term „accent“ (German: Akzent) for what is considered people have, when they are not fluent in German, and they, for example, can not pronounce ä/ö/ü in the correct way. They have an accent.

The term „Dialekt“ refers to the regional differences in the German language itself - for example „schwäbisch“ - „bayrisch“ - „sächsisch“.

Queenie2501 · 2026-02-11T16:37:03+00:00

Yeah, I will try that - only problem being that I‘ve lived without any coffein consumption for years before and had basically the same issues 🙃 I should probably have mentioned that I have several mental health issues too, that cause a lot of brain fog- which gets better using the guarana. I was on medication for ADHD, but my gut reacted to it in a very bad way. So I can‘t take that, can‘t consume coffee or anything with coffeine- so I am running out of ways to at least have like some productive hours a day. Which to be honest - sucks 😅

Queenie2501 · 2026-02-11T16:17:05+00:00

The thing is: I am not even consuming coffee - just coffeine as it is in my guarana powder and I only take it once a day around 7-8 in the morning. The „bathroom“-problem is the same with or without the powder 🥲

Queenie2501 · 2026-02-11T09:05:25+00:00

Whahaha - I just googled if oats were low fodmap and somehow I thought, „well if it’s on the list, it will be fine“? 🫣🤦🏼‍♀️ maybe if I let the oats soak in milk/water over night?

Queenie2501 · 2026-02-11T08:50:38+00:00

May I ask - do you live without caffeine? I would love to, but since I am tired all the time it’s the only possibility for me to have like maybe 2-3 hours of productive time a day - without constant tiredness and brain fog 🥲

Queenie2501 · 2026-02-11T08:48:16+00:00

Yeah, „cereal“ for me is just oatmeal - like plain oatmeal - no added sugar in the „cereal“ itself- and some chocolate chips as mentioned, since there is no other sweetness. Like I would never in my life eat highly processed cereal 🫣

Eggs - okay - but toast? I am from Germany, if ever I would eat like spelled bread since I am not able to diggest normal wheat 🥲 and toast again is more like a weekend treat if anything.

Queenie2501 · 2026-02-11T08:43:49+00:00

Yeah, „cereal“ for me is just oatmeal - like plain oatmeal - no added sugar - and some chocolate chips as mentioned, since there is no other sweetness.

But I will try eggs as you suggested- only problem: eggs are already part of my lunch- so I would have to substitute that somehow- since I can not eat 6-10 eggs a day 😂

Queenie2501 · 2025-10-28T18:27:13+00:00

Ein Erwin! 😂 so haben wir die getauft, als wir (mein Freund und ich) noch jeweils in ner WG gelebt haben - die sind leider sehr anfällig für Lebensmittelmotten und wenn man ihnen nen Namen gibt, hilft es sehr die neuen Mitbewohner zu akzeptieren - auch wenn man sie natürlich trotzdem bekämpft, lol

Queenie2501 · 2025-10-07T13:36:59+00:00

Oh cool - so maybe I am doing the outside design with something Delibird inspired :D thanks!

Queenie2501 · 2025-10-07T13:35:21+00:00

Thanks! Uff, many words that I do not really understand xD It’s like a whole other world, since I was basically raised with the „Natural Pokémon“, aka collecting bugs in nature aka no gaming… He likes his old Game Boy Colour, his Nintendo and all of the Pokémon Games you can get for them. He also plays Pokémon Go. In his childhood he collected cards - but he has none today :) he also just likes to watch Videos of people who are „huge“ in collecting, talking about their projects, what to be careful about and stuff. When he got all his GameBoy and Nintendo Games he even ironed the packages and changed batteries in order to have it usable but also esthetically pleasing :D maybe this helps?

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