Aug 11, 2021 · In German das Meer means the sea – zee in Dutch. Die See means the lake – meer in Dutch. We see that these words are used reciprocal to the Dutch words for sea and lake. Why is …

E.g: Das Mittelmeer Karibisches Meer Die Nordsee Atlantischer Ozean Some belong to two groups, e.g. "die Ostsee"/"Baltisches Meer". Is the difference between the words purely etymological, or is there a …

Jan 28, 2022 · Das Meerschweinchen -> The Guinea pig If we can think of the word as Meer-Schweinchen, Meer means sea and Schweinchen means piglet. Is there any historical reason for …

Mar 30, 2017 · When do you use im and when do you use in? I’m taking introduction to German, and have seen both of them being used as in in English.

Apr 12, 2016 · I want to ask: For how long are you travelling to the Sea? Welcher Satz ist richtig? Wie lange fahren Sie ans Meer? oder Für wie lange fahren Sie ans Meer? I think you need to add für.

Mar 4, 2021 · Meer (as an abstract concept, singular only) like in zur See fahren, in See stechen,... Woge (swell) as a concrete thing and limited to nautical language, can have plural, like in schwere …

Oct 5, 2020 · Vor einigen Tagen bekamen wir einen Lesetext, in dem über Müllstrudel im Meer aufgeklärt wurde. Aber eine hat Wirbel als Ersatzwort vorgeschlagen. Ich will den Unterschied …

In English it is common to reply with "Nice to meet you" when you were introduced to somebody. Likewise you say "Was nice to meet you" on leaving. Are there any similar phrases a German would …

Apr 14, 2017 · das Schwert im Meer versenken +++ {dative} Although these three examples share the same construction and the movement/action of sinking/throwing X into Y is implied, the last one …

Mar 30, 2020 · I’m going through the book “German Short Stories for Beginners”. In the second story I came across the following sentence: Dort Baden zu gehen ist fast wie am Meer. The question is: …