Why do “Meer” and “See” have swapped meanings from their …
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 …
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 …
Are Guinea pigs related to the sea? - German Language Stack …
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 …
What is the difference between “in” and “im”?
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.
Does die See have a plural? - German Language Stack Exchange
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, …
grammar - Welcher Satz ist richtig? "Wie lange fahren Sie ans …
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 …
pluperfect - German Language Stack Exchange
Jan 16, 2019 · 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 …
word usage - German Language Stack Exchange
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 …
phrase request - How to express the beautifulness for the view of ...
Apr 24, 2018 · Does this express the meaning: Besonders schön war der Anblick beim Sonnenuntergang Hinter dem Meer, als ob es das Paradies war.
Use of zu + infinitve as noun - German Language Stack Exchange
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 …