Comments on: Bundes… Words http://www.transparent.com/german/bundes-words/ Language and Culture of the German-Speaking World Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:48:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JD http://www.transparent.com/german/bundes-words/comment-page-1/#comment-1916 JD Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:43:34 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/german/?p=66#comment-1916 Bundesliga! Bundesliga!

]]> By: Barbara http://www.transparent.com/german/bundes-words/comment-page-1/#comment-714 Barbara Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:26:07 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/german/?p=66#comment-714 keep hearing the phrase Bundesleague in various world cup programmes.What does the Bundes mean in this respect is it like Premier league here? keep hearing the phrase Bundesleague in various world cup programmes.What does the Bundes mean in this respect is it like Premier league here?

]]> By: Frank http://www.transparent.com/german/bundes-words/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Frank Sat, 09 May 2009 07:54:05 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/german/?p=66#comment-139 Sarah, as Yohann said, you couldn't use the masculine form on Ms Merkel (just as you wouldn't call Mr Clooney an actress - most job titles in German have two forms, the feminine almost always formed by -in). Btw, the President wasn't as such a Polish refugee fleeing from the Germans in his childhood. It was a bit more complicated. Sarah,

as Yohann said, you couldn’t use the masculine form on Ms Merkel (just as you wouldn’t call Mr Clooney an actress – most job titles in German have two forms, the feminine almost always formed by -in).

Btw, the President wasn’t as such a Polish refugee fleeing from the Germans in his childhood. It was a bit more complicated.

]]> By: Yohann http://www.transparent.com/german/bundes-words/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Yohann Tue, 05 May 2009 19:53:14 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/german/?p=66#comment-138 Sarah, it's the feminine form Sarah,

it’s the feminine form

]]> By: JD Stone http://www.transparent.com/german/bundes-words/comment-page-1/#comment-137 JD Stone Tue, 05 May 2009 19:10:24 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/german/?p=66#comment-137 Yohann, thanks for the definite article on those nouns! But please, do us a huge favor and get them to add der/die/das to the word of the day when it's a noun. On the "German Byki" Twitter feed @germanlanguage. Thanks!! :-) Yohann, thanks for the definite article on those nouns!

But please, do us a huge favor and get them to add der/die/das to the word of the day when it’s a noun. On the “German Byki” Twitter feed @germanlanguage.

Thanks!! :-)

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