Finding the perfect name for your son can be a big task. If you're looking for a unique and meaningful name, German baby boy names may be the way to go. With their strong and powerful meanings, these boy names often have a special significance for those of German descent. From traditio...
If warm means heated, schwül (with umlauts in u) means suffocating, which is much hotter and more intense in all its meanings, which in this context means “much more faggot”. There are those who place in warm the origin of the slang Schwul (without umlauts), a derogatory expression...
Before discussing verb forms in the German language, you'll have to know a bit about 'subjects'.This lesson only discusses subject pronouns; pronouns as a whole will be discussed in detail in later lessons. The subject of a sentence is usually a noun that names a person or thing that ...
The occupation names of makers of earthenware derive mainly from the (regionally different) names of the products: terms for potter derived from Hafen(Swiss, Austrian and South German for pot): Hafner, Haffner, Häfner, Häffner, Häfele, Hefner, Heffner, Hefele; terms for potter derived...
Meanings of German band names 2raumwohnung= 2 room apartment Böhse Onkelz= this is the correct but idiosyncratic spelling of the name of the German band (the correct plural would be "Onkel" without the z or an s, and "böse" for the correct German word for 'evil') "evil uncles...
The final set of items consisted of 870 items that were included in the age-of-acquisition rating and familiarity rating studies. Rating Study 2: age of acquisition Participants, materials, and procedure A group of 60 participants (35 female, 25 male) participants took part in the age-of-...
A lot of sports equipment names in German are very direct and descriptive. For example,Handschuheliterally translates to “hand shoes” (gloves). After all, German is known for having unique compound words (sometimes with quirky meanings). ...
•MostGermannounsdenotingmalepeople andanimalsareinfactmasculine,and thosedenotingfemalesaremostlyfeminine. •BUTthereareexceptions-dasMädchen, dasFräulein,dasWeib! 1.9Typischdeutsch(2)! •AndunlikeEnglishnouns,namesofinanimate objectsmaybemasculine,feminineorneuter ...
Enrolment in theWehrmachtwas a decisive factor during categorisationand the applications of young male adults were treated with more scrutiny thanthose of the elderly.42In contrast to what the interviewees recalled, there is archival evidence thatenrolment came to be seen as a normal phenomenon ...
Gott-names - In the era of Pietism (17th/18th century) it was popular to create German male names withGott(God) plus a pious adjective.Gotthard("God" and "hard"),Gotthold(God and "fair/sweet"),Gottlieb(God and "love"),Gottschalk("God's servant"),Gottwald(God and "rule"),Gottwin(...