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[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 117 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Die Amis schlafen...

1 Meter = 10 Decimeter = 100 Zentimeter

1 Kilometer = 1.000 Meter

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

1 Liter Wasser = 1 Kilogramm
1000 Liter = 1 Kubikmeter

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

I forgot that your heathens use "." Instead of "," in numbers. I was very confused

[–] superkret@feddit.org 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's called a decimal point. No wonder you don't understand.

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[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 7 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Swiss system is best system: apostrophes for thousands, either dot or comma for decimals. Completely unambiguous for anyone even if you're seeing it for the first time: 12'345.67

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[–] Kage@discuss.tchncs.de 93 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Guten Morgen aus Deutschland, nimm ein Brötchen

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[–] friendlymessage@feddit.org 66 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] coffeeismydrug@lemm.ee 6 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

ich nehme gern eine mit mohn danke sehr

[–] superkret@feddit.org 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Die Mohntagsknuspersonne oder den Mehrkorngoldmohnd?

(sorry this joke is probably impossible to understand for non-Germans)

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[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 9 points 17 hours ago
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[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 76 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 64 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I've, legit, learned a decent amount of German just by having Google translate up on my second monitor browsing lemmy late at night.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I was gonna make a Midnight Oil joke, then remembered they're all 'Strayan.

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[–] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 54 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] epicstove@lemmy.ca 47 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

(You do not in fact, go to bed.)

In a couple years you'll be able to read German fluently... Without knowing how to speak it.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Ironically, it's one of the few languages that English speakers have an easier time advancing their lingual fluency through literacy, in my experience. (former ESL teacher, international hospitality liaison, etc.)

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[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 12 points 17 hours ago

I started learning German from my dad's Jr. Highschool book from the 1960s but had no one around who spoke German. My pronunciation was... interesting (even trying to mimic what the guide was telling me in the front of the book). When I finally tried to speak to people, it was also funny to learn that several things were quite out-of-date (Feder vs Kuli I think was one).

[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 46 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

Nein. Das ist zeit für Deutsch lernen. Dann du kannst Scheißposts in zwei Sprachen machen

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Hmm, let me try.

No. This is not for German learning. Then you can't shit post in the Spray Machine.

How close did I get?

[–] amoistgrandpa@lemm.ee 16 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (4 children)

Pretty close, but you skipped some nouns and you have too many "not"s in your sentence. The correct translation is "no, that is the time for learning German. Then you can shitpost in two languages". Zeit is the word for time, and Sprachen means languages.

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you!

Zeit threw me off and had no idea what Sprachen machen meant.

[–] vrojak@feddit.org 10 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Machen -> make

The translation by amoistgrandpa is "Then you can shitpost in two languages", which is good English, a more literal translation would be "then you can make shitposts in two languages"

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[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 39 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Same but I'm from Australia. Ich_iel is pretty much German Duolingo to me at this point.

[–] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 7 points 4 hours ago

Another one making the mistake of learning German by ich_iel-memes.

[–] froh42@lemmy.world 26 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 16 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

It's really bedtime when it turns Indian.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 16 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I was gonna say Gujarati, but then learned it's a subset of Western Hindi. TIL! 😅

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[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago

Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum der BRD.

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 11 points 8 hours ago

I'm in europe, but I've actually been learning german these past few months so i see German posts as free practice

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago

yup that is also my signal for "you have exhausted all the English lemmy content from now on it is all Deutschland"

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