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Was bedeuten die bayerischen oder österreichischen Präpositionen "aufi" und "obi"?

Ich habe zwar einige Jahre in Niederbayern gewohnt, bin bezüglich dieser Präpositionen nie richtig sattelfest geworden. Außerdem wissen die Einheimischen in diesen Fällen sehr wohl, dass sie die Zugereisten hier köstlich verwirren können. Hier ein…
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Is there a two-step German vocabulary test that estimates how many words you know?

In English Is there an online resource where you mark checkboxes with words that you definitely know (at least one meaning) and it estimates how much words do you know? English - http://testyourvocab.com/ Russian - http://www.myvocab.info/ German -…
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Usage differences of “obwohl” and “trotzdem”

I’m confused with obwohl and trotzdem usage practice. I do know their meaning (although and despite of, respectively) but what I don’t understand is when exactly I should use obwohl, when trotzdem and when I can exchange them? The problem is that…
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Warum sagt man "Barkeeper", obwohl es ungebräuchlich im Englischen ist?

Wie man hier lesen kann, ist die Bezeichnung "barkeeper" im British English fast völlig unbenutzt. Anhand meiner eigenen Erfahrung kann ich auch nur sagen, dass "bartender" viel öfter verwendet wird. Ich habe "barkeeper" noch nie im Englischen…
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Is it "als" or "wie" (or both) that is translated, "as"?

I've learned the constructions: besser als, better than and so gut wie, as good as. But when I translated the expression "also known as," to be "auch bekannt wie", a native speaker corrected my translation as "auch bekannt als", What is going…
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Gibt es ein Wort dafür, wenn jemand nichts riechen kann?

Gibt es ein Wort, das die Fragezeichen ersetzen kann? sehen blind hören taub fühlen taub sprechen stumm riechen ???
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Donald schreit: "Die Palme des Sieges ist unser", Warum "unser"?

In Carl Barks’ Geschichte Das harte Naturgesetz (Ehapa, Barks Library 30, 1997) springt Donald Duck in die Luft und jubelt (bevor ein Nachbar ihn im nächsten Bild leider mit einem Blumenkohl auf den Kopf schlägt): Gloria! Viktoria! die Schlacht…
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crazy animal cookies

I am looking for the equivalent of "that (or you) drives (or makes) me crazy". I learned it with wahnsinnig, but was recently given a more colorful, if somewhat suspicious alternate version: Du gehst mir tierisch auf den Keks. Apparently the…
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What is the most natural way to ask what something is if it has plural number?

Imagine we have a bunch of identical pens on a table. How do I ask what they are? I want to say: Was sind das? And I would want to answer: Das sind Federn. Is this the most natural way to do both sides of this dialog? I almost want to put die…
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Which relative pronoun to use when referring to an entire sentence?

I want to say: He weighs 100 kilograms, which is too much. But I am confused as to which relative pronoun to use, and why. The problem is that I don’t think the pronoun (der, die, das) is actually describing Kilo. Er wiegt 100 Kilo, die zu viel…
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How to read in German these mathematical symbols (f′,f″,f‴,∘,ã ,â,...)?

How to read the mathematical notation of the small list below, say in a blackboard-talk. Notice that I'm not asking for the meaning, but the name of the symbol attached to "the letter" is what matters: Example. The symbol a' (a prime) reads a…
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Do German irreals (counterfactuals) backshift?

This is a question about what is sometimes called "backshifting" in English grammar. I am sorry this is very long. You can skip the section on "Backshifting" if you know what that means, and you can skip the "Background" in any event. German…
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Use of ss or ß in a surname

In the German surname Voss, can ss be used interchangeably with ß? In Berlin there is a street spelled Voßstraße, which I understand to translate to Voss Street. But I am not sure if someone with this name can use the spellings interchangeably.
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"anders" vs "unterschiedlich" vs "verschieden"

What exactly is the difference between these three? They all seem to mean 'different' although in different ways, and I can't quite work out what the difference is. My understanding at the moment is that 'anders' refers to an object that is…
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Wieso wirft man jemanden »hochkant« raus?

Wenn jemand irgendwo gehen muss und das »grob, unnachsichtig« zu spüren bekommt, so fliegt sie hochkant, er wird hochkant hinausgeworfen. Aber wieso »hochkant« oder auch »achtkantig«? Menschen haben ja nicht so richtig Kanten wie z. B. Bücher (die…
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