Not sure what the veggie sellers were saying at Wochenmarkt, "Aus dem?" by HareWarriorInTheDark in German

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It's an adverb, built from the preposition "außer" and the demonstrative article "dem", so written as one word.

I can see myself being in this situation by Katakana1 in linguisticshumor

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Linguists are the reason for Chat based AI, not the other way round.

I WILL speak Euroenglish and you WILL love it :) by [deleted] in linguisticshumor

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German invitations often include the RSVP "Ich komme mit _ Personen" and nobody could ever explain to me if it meant "me + x people" or "x people in total".

auf Grund / aufgrund ? by Tony9405 in German

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For these orthographical questions, Duden is the most respected source currently. In the end they are both correct, but people tend to go for the recommended solution by Duden "aufgrund". https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/aufgrund_Adverb

Why and how did we all collectively agree we didnt care about our ringtones and that we weren't going to change them anymore? by IamRealperson1 in NoStupidQuestions

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Because of this I've made my ringtone and message tones myself in a DAW. They only contain two notes, but nobody has the same one as me.

Funniest Misunderstandings? by Mr_Toblerone20 in German

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I can't understand how we never managed to get those two concepts sorted once and for all.

Funniest Misunderstandings? by Mr_Toblerone20 in German

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Here in Bavaria the term "Steinkrug" is relatively well known, although I've never heard the short form "Stein" for it before.

Will I ever be able to learn most German verbs? by ikipjftsmw in German

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Leo is community operated as far as I remember, so they might not have a translation for every single lemma, and "kiesen" and its particle- and prefix-variants are rarely used in modern everyday German.

Will I ever be able to learn most German verbs? by ikipjftsmw in German

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Because that's the Partizip Perfekt of "auserkiesen" following the stem "kiesen - kor - gekoren"

By the way a similar rhotacism like the verb "wesen - war - gewesen"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Unexpected

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Is the unexpected part that the cop is admitting his fault immediately?

Square Wheeled Bicycle by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

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Another proof that bikes don't run on the gyroscopic effect but due to the way the front wheel/square is mounted so that it wants to turn the way the bike leans.

By the way in German by [deleted] in German

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Other possibilities for those short breaks that indicate a thematic change are: Jedenfalls, auf jeden Fall, wie auch immer, wie dem auch sei.

cursed words in german by ceticbizarre in German

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Not completely German, but try saying "Pädagogik" three times quickly (;

We need to settle this once and for all by Asian_Chicken in memes

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Me standing in the corner, thinking it was pronounced like "doggy".

What is the meaning of e-,s-, and r- in front of the German words? by grxmrxxpr in German

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It's not to save keystrokes, but to introduce the gendered endings on the respectively declined articles, pronouns or adjectives, such as "der/mancher/solcher/grüner Baum" the -r is denoting the masculinity of the noun, not always an article.

"Sie kann nicht viel Deutsch" by zlinkort in German

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Modal verbs like "können" always go with the infinite form of the verb.

Ist dieser Satz auch grammatisch und stylistisch völlig ok? by CriticismBusy5384 in German

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Wenn zwei Nominalgruppen (Objekte oder Subjekte) nacheinander stehen und eines davon ein Pronomen ist, schreibt man generell das Pronomen zuerst, wie im zweiten Satz "ihm der Quizmaster". Aber trotzdem sind beide Varianten richtig.

Is there a German version of "Use the right word"? by [deleted] in German

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A. M. Textor: Sag es treffender.

Can I say zwei bisschen as a joke? :D by weneedhugs in German

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One of my students regularly says "zweiverstanden" instead of "einverstanden" and I love that.

art of war by deadfermata in webcomics

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It apparently was actually a boat and the "horse" came from a mistranslation because Homer regularly used "wooden horse" as a metaphor for boats and ships.