German-question

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Ich hatte einen Freund aus Hamburg dass geholft mir Deutsch zu lernen. Ich schriebe diesen Text nur aus den Gedachtnis. Ist es richtig?

Pretty good & almost correct.

„Ich hatte einen Freund aus Hamburg, der mir geholfen hat Deutsch zu lernen. Ich habe diesen Text nur aus dem (oder „meinem“) Gedächtnis (oder „aus der/meiner Erinnerung“) heraus geschrieben.“

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Challenge for Germans.

Please try to translate this Pinzgauerisch-German dialect sentence into Standard German:

Some context, so it won’t be that hard ...

A father talking with his older daughter:

„Kust ma heit tschnochts bittsche as Buzzaö kinzn, I muas no huseg wos hoön foon.“

I have already given one hint on this thread: Buzzaö (baby, infant)

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Here a comparison of the words „wählen“ (to vote) and „Welle“ (the wave*).

In Standard German, they are pronounced completely differently.

In Bavarian/Austrian, it is literally pronounced identically: wöön

There’s also a 3rd word, which is also pronounced „wöön“: wollen (to want something)

* to wave is „winken“

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BTW:

Who are the 7 people who voted "native German speaker" ?

I only count 4:

* myself
* Old Europe
* POTUS Johnson
* Sozialliberal

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BTW:

Who are the 7 people who voted "native German speaker" ?

I only count 4:

* myself
* Old Europe
* POTUS Johnson
* Sozialliberal

My guess would be Omega21, urutzizu, Astatine and parochial boy? I don't know about the latter, since he's Swiss. Probably some more from Germany.

Omega is a Bosnian immigrant from what I know and parochial boy is from French Switzerland.

No clue about the others.

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how is the word 'Macht' generally used?

You mean like in force/power ?

„May the force be with you.“ („Möge die Macht mit dir sein.“ - from Star Wars)

Or:

„The king had a lot of power.“ („Der König hatte viel (or große) Macht.“)

...

Then there is the verb „make“ (which is also a form of macht, but written with a small „m“):

„The baker makes the Faschingskrapfen in a unique way, namely ...“ („Der Bäcker macht die Faschingskrapfen in ganz spezieller Weise, nämlich ...“)

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This is pretty cool and sums everything up:

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what are the funniest cases of false friends in German and English?

I'd be disappointed if it wasn't that Austrian village whose name is spelled the same way as an English profanity.

Yeah, Fu**ing.

Anyway, there are lots of villages here with a profane/strange name, not just Fu**ing:



Also, Austrian states and cities for English speakers:

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My favorite Austrian towns, translated to English are:

* chicken scream
* nig*gers
* semen village
* vagina village
* puke ditch
* ass river
* washpoint
* Saint blowjob
* Turkey
* goodbye
* f**kbarn
* hell
* pig village
* overly awesome
* smirking
* Black India
* meat-eating
* scum
* Maria misery

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Äußere Einöde is also a cool name for a town: Outer wasteland.

Or Kleinzicken: little bytch.

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lol:

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Which areas of the German-speaking world are reputed to have the most colorful way of speaking?

That is in the ears of the beholder ...

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is there a stereotypical "comedian dialect" in German?

No, comedians also use their regional dialects.

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what is German comedy like in general? Loads of wordplay?

One of my favourite German comedians are those with a so-called "migrant background".

For example Faisal Kawusi (of Afghan origin + with a certain body mass).

Faisal dances Schwanensee:

Faisal as cheerleader:

Faisal as Instagram-model:

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From a German quiz show:



What is the correct answer ?