What's the meaning of "Deine Mudda"?
In Germany, I hear a lot of jokes containing "Deine Mudda", but I don't understand them. What does this mean and what kind of jokes are containing them?
View Article"rucki zucki" - what is the meaning?
I hope I got that right : rucki zucki.I have a CD where a man said :Das ging rucki zucki.Later he tells how crazy is at his new job.What exactly does it mean?Quick google search just gave this song....
View ArticleBismarck/Caprivi cigars
I'm not quite sure to what extent this is a language question vs a history/culture question, but here goes...Can anyone explain what's going on in this discussion of cigars/politics? The humour eludes...
View ArticleWhy "Viel" and not "Vieles"
Why it'sIch habe viel Geld.and notIch habe vieles Geld.Knowing that: Das Geld (neutral)
View ArticleTranslating sentences with multiple prepositional objects/Oblig. adverbial...
Wahlweise kann man eine Wohnung natürlich nach der Erkundigung nach Gepflogenheiten auf Socken betreten oder um Pantoffeln oder Socken für Gäste bittenI'm trying to translate the above sentence. I...
View ArticleFrage über eine Übersetzung von Celan: die/der/das Wache(n)?
Ich habe in der von Pierre Joris übersetzten Sammlung von Paul-Celan-Gedichten „Breathturn Into Timestead“ die folgende Zeile gelesen (Atemwende, S.12):Dein vom Wachen stößiger Traum.die als Folgendes...
View ArticleClarification of a piece of German text
I have come across the following sentence:der Geldautomat: Eine Maschine, die einem Geld von seinem Konto auszahlt.I could not derive the meaning of this sentence. Shouldn't it have been written as one...
View ArticleWhat is the meaning of "Gift und Dolch" (in Mozart's Opera Die Entführung aus...
Osmin, one of the characters in this Opera said this phrase multiple times.Gift und DolchFor example in hereOSMINGift und Dolch! was ist das? wer kann ins Haus steigen?Another example in here:OSMINGift...
View ArticleWhat is the meaning of "vor den Teufel" in this sentence "Mag ich vor den...
I'm recently trying to understand the lyrics of the Opera "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" by Mozart.In Act 1, Osmin's Aria "Solche hergelaufne Laffen" (one example text and English translation can be...
View ArticleWas ist der Unterschied zwischen "... , so dass" und "so, dass"?
Die folgende Seite thematisiert den Unterschied zwischen "so that" und "such that" im Englischen. Am Ende wird behauptet, dass der Unterschied im Englischen mit zwei Formulierungen im Deutschen...
View ArticleWhat's the difference between "ertragen", "erdulden" and "aushalten"? [closed]
What's the difference between ertragen and erdulden and aushalten and I would like to know what's the most used word in real life.
View ArticleWhat does the phrase "auf die Nase setzen" mean in "Könnt' ich mir doch noch...
This sentence is found in Mozart's Opera "Die Entführung aus dem Serail".Sample text link you can find this sentence at the first line.Könnt' ich mir doch noch so einen Schurken auf die Nase setzen,...
View ArticleWie habe ich das nur gemacht?
So the question is in the title.Because my German is still very basic, and I only know that "nur" means "only", I was wondering if in this phrasing it acts something like a modal particle?I guess it...
View ArticleWhy is "keiner" masculine in this sentence? "Keiner sagt dir, was du tun sollst"
Why is "keiner" masculine in this sentence?"Keiner sagt dir, was du tun sollst"Is "keiner" used instead of a specific name?
View ArticleWhat does "eben" mean in "ich arbeite immer noch für die Agentur aber eben...
In this sentence, does eben mean "als" or "as" in english?Because I have never seen these meanings for "eben"
View Article"Auskopplungen" in musical context
I'm translating a short Wikipedia article about a music band from German to English.I've done most of it with help from Google Translate and my virtually non-existent knowledge of German language,...
View Articleadj come before noun but we dont have any endung [duplicate]
Wir haben uns gegenseitig Nachhilfe gegeben.(Menschen B1.1 Buch)why we cannot write (gegenseitige Nachhilfe ) the article of Nachhilfe is Die and in this sentence we must write in akk form so adj come...
View ArticleCan "Zusammenstellung" mean "summary"?
As far as I understand, "Zusammenstellung" means a compilation, a grouping of something. That is what I gather from Duden, Wictionary, etc.But in Linguee, it is also sometimes translated by "summary"....
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De Wette: Translation of »Sie bedurften des Wachens für sich selbst, des...
The quotation is from Wilhelm Martin Lebrecht De Wette's Kurze Erklärung der Evangeliums Matthäi, p. 224, commentary on Matthew 26:41.V. 41. Sie bedurften des Wachens für sich selbst, des leiblichen...
View ArticleWhy is " arbeiten " at the beginning of the sentence? "Arbeiten muss ich...
Is it possible that it has another grammatical role besides being a verb?For example, be an adjective, etc
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