📌 The German language - questions, grammar, etc.

I'd say, nowadays we do it the same: zwei d's. if that is taken from English, I don't know. If you don't like it you could still say: zwei d, I guess.
we also use the expression "das schreibt man mit doppeltem d"
I am not shure if there is a word in German with two d's?????

(zum Beispiel:)
Die Worte "hattest" und "Gatter" werden mit doppel-t geschrieben.

Seit wann wirst du denn zum "Grammar-Nazi", Kai?
:D

Ich glaub, das soll wohl heißen: "Ich wollt mit dir reden, doch du bist tanzen gegangen".

Ich hasse diese Checker-Sprache - mein Sohn fangt auch schon damit an. Das Neueste ist, dass man da einfach ein Wort auslässt.

Old geezer. :D
Just like me.
Language is changing so fast. We've had some radio play about a stupid family with two children. I used to listen to it while hanging up clothes. One of those kids had such a weird way to talk and I was convinced nobody talks that way. I rode my bike to work and while passing two kids I heard one of them exactly talking like that one kid on the radio.

Oh, good to know. I hadn't thought of local variations.

"Du bist tanzen (gegangen)" = "You went out to go dancing". It's very colloquial.

Analog zu "Mama ist einkaufen". Ist schon sehr umgangssprachlich, aber gibt es.

1A means something like top, premium, ideal or exclusive. It always depends on the context.

I got it! Thanks

Can also be a simple way to itemize (for example a list of criterions)
instead of
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
2
2.1
2.2
3
3.1
3.3
3.4 [and so on ...]
we often do in German: 1 divided into 1a, 1b, 1c; 2 divided into 2a, 2b; 3 divided into 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d [and so on ...]
Here aswell "1a" MAY be the "best" or "most important"

And yes, in quality we count that way. For example is a rather bad location for a shop "eine 3b-Lage" nor in the center nor in a sub-center, but in the outskirts in the middle of a minor street.

? is that the beginning of a poem?

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" A Number 1" would be the closest and most idiomatic translation (American English, maybe). Assuming it's an adjective and not an address or an outline subheading.

Sich kaputtsaufen describes someone who is in very bad shape because of longterm alcohol abuse. These guys love being drunk and refuse the concept of "alcohol is bad for you". It seems like to them it's just a decision - either be sober or be drunk, nothing good or bad about it. And you are probably right - it makes no sense, because they're drunk and they don't know what they are talking about ;o)

> Auf der Seid'n in der Midd'

Lit. "on the page in the middle", meaning the centerfold. (Compare this song to J. Geils Band "Centerfold".)

> Es fehlt das Puder nur

Lit. "all that's missing is powder", meaning he's like a model ready for his photoshoot except he isn't powdered like they do for a professional shoot.

> Da haut's mich von den Socken

"I'm knocked off my feet", "my mind's blown", "what a shock".

Hi, I´d use "gefallen" to express how I like the city aesthetically or casually, just liking the vibe of something (z.B: "Mir gefällt der See./ Mir gefallen die Gebäude."), "gern haben" and "mögen" if you like something/someone casually (z.B: "Jenny, ich hab dich gern./ Ich mag die Aussicht.") and lastly "lieben" if you love something.

Hi, native German here!
This is a good question! Frankly, I've never thought about it before. After a "quick" search on the Internet, I found these explanations that seem to be the most understandable and useful ones:

• oder: This is most frequently used in German language (especially colloquial). It simply connects two or more choices. Best translated: "or".1

• beziehungsweise: This can have slightly different meanings. Firstly, it can simply be used synonymously to "oder". Here it just means "or" or "or also" (="oder auch").2
On the other hand, it is commonly used to quickly specify something that has just been said or also to give another more specific choice: Here it means something like "alternatively", "to be more specific" or "respectively".3

• respektive: [Attention: "Respektiv" can also be an adjective, but here I'm talking about the conjunction.]
This is actually used synonymously to the second version of "beziehungsweise" mentioned above. But it mostly only appears in printed German, you'll rarely hear it in spoken language. Best translated literally: "respectively".4
On rare occasions, it is also a synonym to "oder", but again only in printed German.5

I hope that helped?
Kind regards, Simon

• 1. Welche Farbe magst du: Blau oder Rot? (What colour do you like: blue or red?)
• 2. Ich esse Eiscreme beziehungsweise trinke ein Glas Milch. (I eat ice cream or also drink a glass of milk.)
• 3. Wir gehen spazieren, beziehungsweise shoppen. (We go for a walk, to be more specific shopping.)
• 4. Leider muss das Konzert verschoben respektive abgesagt werden. (Unfortunately, the concert has to be postponed, cancelled respectively.)
• 5. Unsere Theatergruppe sucht nach einer neuen Schauspielerin respektive einem neuen Schauspieler. (Our theatre group is searching for a new actress or a new actor.)

Just my thoughts: "gegangen" sounds to me like it's a slow movement. And in German, we say "Der Mond geht auf / geht unter", so that might be the reason for the use of "gegangen"

Hi there!
Reading that song line for the first time I thought to myself "What a weird expression", but then thinking about it, it could make sense: The construction "kommen" + participle II just describes how someone/thing is approaching – e.g. "Kommt ein Vogel geflogen" (literal translation: "A bird is coming by flying", proper translation: "A bird is flying [to me]"). On a forum for foreign languages I've seen some more examples.

Now to the song:
In my personal opinion, the line "Der Mond kommt still gegangen" expresses that the moon rises in a silent and smooth manner, so your translation suggestion "The moon is rising quietly" gets the meaning accurately enough for me.

>""Der Mond kommt still gegangen mit seinem goldenen Schein"
"gegangen" ist meant as "walking".

Celestial bodies are often personalized in poetry (and religion) and this is a legacy from antiquity,
where the ancient Egyptians already perceived stars as gods.
The moon is imagined here as a person who "walks across the sky".

"The moon comes quietly walking with his golden shine"

When "über" is supposed to mean "about", it's always with the accusative because it's about the direct object of the phrase ("Ich würde gerne über deinen Vater sprechen" - "I'd like to talk about your dad").

Thank you :D

Yes, these are two different verbs
weißen: to paint sth. white; wissen: to know
they just look the same in this one case: du weißt - you (singular) paint sth. white / you know
weißen - wissen:
ich weiße - ich weiß
du weißt - du weißt
er/sie/es weißt - er/sie/es weiß
wir weißen - wir wissen
ihr weißt - ihr wisst
sie weißen - sie wissen

Hi there!

The first link claims "weißen" to mean both "to know" and "to whiten", but that's wrong! "Weißen" ONLY means "to whiten", thus you have to keep the "-e" at the end when saying "ich weiße" ("I whiten").

The verb "wissen" ("to know") is irregular, so you have to learn by heart how to conjugate it correctly.

When people leave the "-e" at the end of some verbs in first person singular present tense where it's actually supposed to be, then this is just colloquial or it's in order to fit the rhythm/melody of a poem/song. It's often also flagged with an apostrophe:
"I leave now."
⇒ "Ich gehe jetzt." (normal version)
⇒ "Ich geh jetzt." (colloquial version)
⇒ "Ich geh' jetzt." (version with apostrophe)

If omitting the "-e" caused confusion, you should either keep the "-e" or write the verb with the apostrophe:

"Ich weiße." or: "Ich weiß'." ⇒ "I whiten."

"Ich weiß." ⇒ "I know."

I hope this helped?
Kind regards, Simon