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- Why do “Meer” and “See” have swapped meanings from their Dutch . . .
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 that? Meer in Dutch
- Is a body of water die See, das Meer or der Ozean?
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 difference in meaning? If so, is it merely oceanographic, or do laypeople know the difference?
- grammar - Welcher Satz ist richtig? Wie lange fahren Sie ans Meer . . .
Wie lange fahren Sie ans Meer? How long are you driving to the sea? – Here, fahren means the actual travel, and we want to know how long it will take to drive there Für wie lange fahren Sie ans Meer? For how long are you going to the sea? – In this case, fahren means "going away" or rather "being away", so we are wondering how long the person will be gone for
- Why Bee in Beethoven is pronounced as Bay in English?
The question how something is pronounced in English and why is off topic here You might possibly get an answer to that on English SE As a note: while the ee in Meer sounds a little different but not at all close to i: in German, the ee in See and Beethoven sound exactly the same
- pluperfect - German Language Stack Exchange
I have the sentence Nachdem sie auf Lanzarote angekommen waren, mieteten sie ein Auto und fuhren ans Meer and I was left slightly confused I would have thought that the pl past conjugation of
- meaning - The difference between auf and an when talking about a . . .
Die Touristen gehen an den Strand Die Touristen gehen auf den Strand Is the general meanning the same in both of the questions? If not, what is the difference between them ?
- Does die See have a plural? - German Language Stack Exchange
Everyone knows der See is "lake" and die See is "ocean", but can you say die Seen for "oceans" or does it only mean "lakes"? Duden and en Wiktionary say die
- Are Guinea pigs related to the sea? - German Language Stack Exchange
Das Meerschweinchen - gt; 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 Guinea Pig's to be called
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