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Thread: Learning German language (254 Replies, 144,674 Views) by Hein Blöd
Permit me to elaborate a bit...
So far, so good. The difference is that, while this order is truly the default in English main clauses (in particular, the Verb - Object clause is virtually cast...
Thread: Speaking German - a place to practice and exchange (347 Replies, 128,798 Views) by Hein Blöd
Hochdeutsch. Nein, wirklich.
Als der Beruf meinen Eltern endlich eine längere Bleibe ermöglichte, war es für mich viel zu spät, noch einen lokalen Dialekt sprechen zu lernen. Die Eltern hatten...
Thread: Speaking German - a place to practice and exchange (347 Replies, 128,798 Views) by Hein Blöd
Hallo alle! Ist dieser Thread noch aktiv?
Ich bin aus Deutschland und recht neu hier im Forum. Es ist schön, zu sehen, wie viele es doch gibt, die mit unserer Muttersprache vertraut werden möchten...
Thread: gute nacht by schubert (2 Replies, 7,118 Views) by Hein Blöd
As many of you may know, this is the first of a series of twenty-four Lieder which, together, form Franz Schubert's cycle Winterreise, considered by many to be the greatest Lieder cycle ever...
Thread: Flugzuege Im Bauch (6 Replies, 13,074 Views) by Hein Blöd
Greetings! This thread sure is a bit in the past, but the following might be helpful all the same:
In my humble opinion you've almost grasped it, but not quite. See, like English, German has...
Thread: Learning German language (254 Replies, 144,674 Views) by Hein Blöd
Oh, I forgot to supply an actual translation...
Thanks! This expresses the vigorous rejection, yes.
Just curious: do you hold that this also transmits the needed (strong)
feeling of...
Thread: Learning German language (254 Replies, 144,674 Views) by Hein Blöd
Is anybody able to provide a generic guideline for how to properly translate the German word family sicher/Sicherheit etc.? There are at least four English candidates, and I suppose that, most of the...
Thread: Learning German language (254 Replies, 144,674 Views) by Hein Blöd
The reason is that the german word, Mädchen, is a diminutive, and all diminutives are of neutral gender,
regardless where they stem from: Männchen, Weiblein, Häuschen, Prinzesschen, das Ländle (=...
Thread: Learning German language (254 Replies, 144,674 Views) by Hein Blöd
Even more so in this example. About like, the other way round, blutig (harmless, meaning just verbatim) vs. bl**dy (both "strong" and rather vulgar AFAIK).
Thread: Learning German language (254 Replies, 144,674 Views) by Hein Blöd
Ich bin kein Experte für formale deutsche Grammatik, aber "gefühlsmäßig" wäre meine Erklärung etwa so:
im Deutschen gibt es 1) die Konditionalformen (Konstruktionen mit Hilfsverben, wie englisch...
Thread: Learning German language (254 Replies, 144,674 Views) by Hein Blöd
This actually is a strong expression of resentment in view of something exceedingly brazen. To grasp the true meaning, expand the literal translation "where does anything like this exist??" to, say,...
Thread: Learning German language (254 Replies, 144,674 Views) by Hein Blöd
A word of caution, here: while, in the english world, for instance a girl may shout "I hate you" to her boyfriend after something as serious as him pranking her, "ich hasse dich" is strong language...
Thread: Udo Jürgens - Aber Bitte Mit Sahne (13 Replies, 14,333 Views) by Hein Blöd
ARGH! Now I've done it. Doom has struck! Ear Worm Emergency! Help! :help_fun:
Mondegreen victim, to boot: a popular japanese dish (especially on any kind of festivals) is takoyaki: diced octopus,...
Thread: Udo Jürgens - Aber Bitte Mit Sahne (13 Replies, 14,333 Views) by Hein Blöd
Just managed to finally watch this video (it's GEMA blocked in Germany, of course :mad2:).
Great! And it fits so well!
For comparison, here Udo performs live.
Thread: Udo Jürgens - Aber Bitte Mit Sahne (13 Replies, 14,333 Views) by Hein Blöd
Thanks for your friendly reception :) I found your page after searching the Web for a
translation of this song and getting more and more frustrated at what came up before.
So permit me to try my...
Thread: Udo Jürgens - Aber Bitte Mit Sahne (13 Replies, 14,333 Views) by Hein Blöd
New member, first post, so here goes:
Let me describe some of the associations a native German experiences when listening to this song. It's a most caustic satire against gluttony, of course (the...