sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agoLearning German has many benefits for young people – and it’s not as hard as its reputation suggeststheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down12
arrow-up1115arrow-down1external-linkLearning German has many benefits for young people – and it’s not as hard as its reputation suggeststheconversation.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·2 months agoCounterpoint: Three genders.
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoMany languages do, German is not special
minus-squarezero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoAnd four cases.
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-22 months agoUkrainian has six, Croatian has seven, Hungarian has 727266278384982*10^100
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoOnly on paper. In practice, the genitive is virtually extinct, much to the despair of a few grossly overrated zealots.
minus-squareda_cow (she/her)@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoDer Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod.
minus-squareB0rax@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoGenitiv ins Wasser weil es Dativ ist.
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoEr wird tatsächlich oft durch den Dativ ersetzt, besonders umgangssprachlich, aber “fast ausgestorben” ist maßlos übertrieben.
Counterpoint: Three genders.
Many languages do, German is not special
And four cases.
Ukrainian has six, Croatian has seven, Hungarian has 727266278384982*10^100
Only on paper. In practice, the genitive is virtually extinct, much to the despair of a few grossly overrated zealots.
Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod.
Genitiv ins Wasser weil es Dativ ist.
Er wird tatsächlich oft durch den Dativ ersetzt, besonders umgangssprachlich, aber “fast ausgestorben” ist maßlos übertrieben.