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The German passive has a distinction English lacks entirely. 🇩🇪 Start with an ordinary sentence. 𝘋𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘯 𝘬𝘢𝘶𝘧𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘴 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰. Drop the doer, add 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯, participle at the end. 𝘋𝘢𝘴 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘶𝘧𝘵. Now name the doer, and German makes you choose. 𝘃𝗼𝗻 for a person. 𝘋𝘢𝘴 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘮 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘶𝘧𝘵. 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 for a cause. 𝘋𝘢𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘪𝘯 𝘍𝘦𝘶𝘦𝘳 𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵ö𝘳𝘵. English says by for both. German separates somebody doing it from something causing it. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 🇩🇪

German has a ladder for saying not at all, and the steps are not interchangeable. 🇩🇪 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 ➖ plain negation. 𝗴𝗮𝗿 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 ➖ not at all. The one you will use most. 𝘋𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘧ä𝘭𝘭𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘵. ü𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗽𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 ➖ absolutely not. Then two that are about time, not strength. 𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 ➖ not yet. Door open. 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗵𝗿 ➖ not any more. Door shut. That pair matters more than the rest combined. Once you swap them, you reverse your meaning. 𝘐𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘩 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘵. I have not started. 𝘐𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘳. I have stopped. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 🇩🇪

The 𝘴 plural is rare in German, and where it turns up tells you a word's history. 🇩🇪 Most German plurals change the word. Umlauts, endings, both. The 𝘴 just sits there, the way English does it. That is the clue. 𝘥𝘢𝘴 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰 ➖ 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭 ➖ 𝘏𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘴 𝘚𝘰𝘧𝘢 ➖ 𝘚𝘰𝘧𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘧 ➖ 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘧𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺 ➖ 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘴 Almost every one is a word German did not build itself. It also catches anything German has no pattern for. Abbreviations, surnames, words ending in an awkward vowel. So the 𝘴 plural is German's shrug. No native pattern fits, so it borrows the foreign ending. Which means you can often tell whether a noun was imported just by making it plural. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 🇩🇪

Applying for a job in Germany 🇩🇪 Sixteen words for the process. Anschreiben ➖ cover letter Arbeitszeugnis ➖ job reference Ausbildung ➖ vocational training befristet ➖ fixed-term Berufserfahrung ➖ work experience Bewerbung ➖ application Einstellung ➖ hiring Gehaltsvorstellung ➖ salary expectation Kündigung ➖ notice, dismissal Lebenslauf ➖ CV Praktikum ➖ internship Probezeit ➖ probation period Stellenanzeige ➖ job advert unbefristet ➖ permanent Vorstellungsgespräch ➖ job interview Weiterbildung ➖ further training 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 🇩🇪

Bitte?

German efficiency

Did you know? Germany has roundabouts that were never built. Just a circle painted on the tarmac, and the cars go round.

𝗙𝘂𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: On 5 April 2016, SPIEGEL published an issue titled "Die Queen." Six years and five months later, the Queen died.

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𝗭𝗲𝗶𝘁 vs 𝗠𝗮𝗹 🇩🇪

Connecting German sentences 🇩🇪 Top eight: verb stays second. Bottom eight: verb goes last. allerdings ➖ admittedly außerdem ➖ besides dennoch ➖ nonetheless deshalb ➖ therefore folglich ➖ consequently jedoch ➖ however somit ➖ thus trotzdem ➖ even so - damit ➖ so that falls ➖ in case obwohl ➖ although sobald ➖ as soon as sodass ➖ with the result that sofern ➖ provided that während ➖ while zumal ➖ especially since 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 🇩🇪

Fuchsteufelswild hits different

English has one word for sorry. German makes you build a sentence. 𝗘𝘀 𝘁𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗱. Four words. 𝗘𝘀 ➖ it 𝘁𝘂𝘁 ➖ does 𝗺𝗶𝗿 ➖ to me 𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗱 ➖ sorrow It is sorrowful to me. Let's move attention to why it is 𝗺𝗶𝗿, not I (ich). You are not the one doing something. The sorrow is happening to you. German does this with most feelings. 𝘔𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘵. Cold is to me. 𝘋𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘩𝘭𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘳. You are missing to me. English wore sorry down to one syllable. You can drop it without meaning it, which most people actually do. But German never compressed it. Four words. A whole clause. You have to build it every single time. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 🇩🇪

Ordnung muss sein!

Learners study vocabulary, but Germans mostly reply with these. 🇩🇪 𝗔𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗼 ➖ ah, I see 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘂 ➖ exactly 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘁 ➖ true, that's right 𝗡𝗮 𝗷𝗮 ➖ well, I suppose 𝗧𝗷𝗮 ➖ what can you do 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗿 ➖ got it, fine 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗻 ➖ it's fine, leave it 𝗔𝗰𝗵 𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗺 ➖ oh come on 𝗡𝗮 𝘂𝗻𝗱 ➖ so what 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵 ➖ nonsense None of them are in a textbook, but you'll encounter them in every conversation. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 🇩🇪