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| koba Heptaglot Senior Member AustriaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5869 days ago 118 posts - 201 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, French | Message 33 of 55 30 November 2010 at 11:06pm | IP Logged | ||
You're welcome. :) Jüngst isn't mentioned there, but according to my dictionary, it's another elevated synonym of vor kurzem/kürzlich. Here is an example I've come across while searching on google: "Er hat jüngst angekündigt, seinen Vorgarten fertig zu machen" Edited by koba on 30 November 2010 at 11:11pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Frieza Triglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 5354 days ago 102 posts - 137 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2, French Studies: German | Message 34 of 55 03 December 2010 at 1:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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Is there any difference between 'das Dessert', 'der Nachtisch' and 'die Nachspeise'?
And what about 'das Gehalt' and 'der Lohn'? I know that these are different but I've seen two different versions. Some say that 'Gehalt' is used for white-collar employees while 'Lohn' is reserved for blue-collar workers. Others claim that 'Gehalt' is monthly pay whereas 'Lohn' is weekly or daily pay. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| noriyuki_nomura Bilingual Octoglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 5341 days ago 304 posts - 465 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Japanese, FrenchC2, GermanC2, ItalianC1, SpanishB2, DutchB1 Studies: TurkishA1, Korean | Message 35 of 55 03 December 2010 at 3:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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And I always mix up between wenigstens, mindestens and zumindest....I would appreciate if anyone could explain that to me :)
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| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5321 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 36 of 55 03 December 2010 at 5:35pm | IP Logged | ||
IMHO, they are all pretty much the same. The only difference that I could think of is that "mindestens" is often used in legalese, user manuals etc. to specify a specific amount, while the other two are usually used figuratively. E.g. "Welche Profiltiefe müssen die Reifen mindestens aufweisen?" (=What's the minimum tire/tyre tread depth?) BTW, you might also encounter the incorrect form "zumindestens", which is a common typo. See also Wiktionary. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lucky Charms Diglot Senior Member Japan lapacifica.net Joined 6950 days ago 752 posts - 1711 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German, Spanish | Message 37 of 55 10 December 2010 at 2:44am | IP Logged | ||
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I'd like to know whether there's a difference between 'Wange' and 'Backe', or if one term
is preferred over the other. Thank you! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 LauraM Pro Member United States Joined 5353 days ago 77 posts - 97 votes Studies: German Personal Language Map | Message 38 of 55 10 December 2010 at 3:22am | IP Logged | ||
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Und was ist mit "Mauer" und "Wand." I am guessing one is for a wall outside and the latter for when referring to a
wall inside?????? Edited by LauraM on 10 December 2010 at 3:22am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ubik Senior Member United States ubykh.wordpress.com/ Joined 5317 days ago 147 posts - 176 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Latin, Arabic (Egyptian), German, Spanish | Message 39 of 55 10 December 2010 at 4:14am | IP Logged | ||
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YaY! One I can actually answer! Yes, die Wand is for an indoor wall and die Mauer is an
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| LauraM Pro Member United States Joined 5353 days ago 77 posts - 97 votes Studies: German Personal Language Map | Message 40 of 55 10 December 2010 at 7:05am | IP Logged | ||
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Yay!!!!! Thanks Ubik!
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