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montmorency
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23 August 2013 at 2:19am | IP Logged

Hello,

I need some help probably from native speakers, or very experienced German speakers.

This may sound a bit daft, but please bear with me, and try to go with the spirit of
the thing and keep it "locker".

I'm trying to write a song (kind of a pastiche) of a pop song, and I need a few rhyming
words.

the main one has to rhyme (maybe loosely) with "irgendwer" (mainly the "wer", which is
pronounced long in the song I'm pastiching).

It's in honour of a guy whom a bunch of us all like and admire, so it's positive words
I'm looking for (can be humourous or a bit slangy though).

He is someone who is funny (in the good sense), good with languages and music, and very
positive.

So I guess I'm looking for adjectives, or maybe a short phrase.

If it's a word, then it could probably 1, 2, or 3 syllables....we'd probably be able to
"bend" the rhythm to make it fit ... so long as it's a good rhyme, we can work with
it...I hope. You give me the rhyme, and I'll do the rhythm. :-)

I'd prefer not to give too much background if you don't mind. Hopefully you already
have enough to go on.

One more question:

When we are talking about adjectival endings, we usually talk in English about them
"agreeing" with the noun (gender, number, case).

Is there a good word in German that also expresses that concept?

Or to put it another way, if I write a sentence in German, and then check it over, I
will check that all the adjectival endings are correct for the way they are being used.
How do I best express what I am doing there in German?

Many thanks!

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Cabaire
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23 August 2013 at 10:37am | IP Logged

In formal language it is called "Kongruenz", but instead of "Kongruenz", "kongruenz" and "kongruieren" you could also say, that "die Adjektive in Kasus, Numerus, Genus und Bestimmtheit mit dem Substantiv übereinstimmen"
You may use a "Reimlexikon". There you find conventional rimes like "irgendwer" / "schwer", and more sophisticated like "irgendwer" / "Ingwer". But it lists also many eye rhymes and strange outlandish words.
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daegga
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23 August 2013 at 8:15pm | IP Logged

montmorency wrote:

the main one has to rhyme (maybe loosely) with "irgendwer" (mainly the "wer", which is
pronounced long in the song I'm pastiching).

In the same spirit, you can use Herr and pronounce the <e> long. Now take any adjective you like and put it in front of it. There's your rhyme.
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montmorency
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23 August 2013 at 11:01pm | IP Logged

Cabaire wrote:

In formal language it is called "
Kongruenz", but instead of
"Kongruenz", "kongruenz" and "kongruieren" you could also say, that "die Adjektive in
Kasus, Numerus, Genus und Bestimmtheit mit dem Substantiv übereinstimmen"
You may use a "Reimlexikon". There you find
conventional rimes like "irgendwer" / "schwer", and more sophisticated like "irgendwer" /
"Ingwer". But it lists also many eye
rhymes and strange outlandish words.

Brilliant! Thanks Cabaire.
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montmorency
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23 August 2013 at 11:03pm | IP Logged

daegga wrote:

montmorency wrote:

the main one has to rhyme (maybe loosely) with "irgendwer" (mainly the "wer", which is
pronounced long in the song I'm pastiching).

In the same spirit, you can use Herr and pronounce the <e> long. Now take any adjective
you like and put it in front of it. There's your rhyme.

Good idea.
Thanks Daegga!
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Cabaire
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24 August 2013 at 11:07am | IP Logged

If you pronounce the "e" in "Herr" (mister) long, you have the word "Heer" (army), which might have desastrous effects for your poem.
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montmorency
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25 August 2013 at 8:46pm | IP Logged

Cabaire wrote:

If you pronounce the "e" in "Herr" (mister) long, you have the word
"Heer" (army), which might have desastrous effects for your poem.

Thanks for the warning. Given the light-hearted way in which this is going to be
presented, perhaps it would not be too disastrous, but it is as well to be conscious of
this possibility.

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BlaBla
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26 August 2013 at 12:21am | IP Logged

How about 'mehr' (more) ? Fits every-weeeer :)

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