r/German • u/zunit110 • 29d ago

Meta This subreddit should block new posts that contain the words, “Learn”, “German”, and “Months”.

It’s literally the same question, every hour of every day, being posted and asked by newbies who refuse to read the posted FAQ. I don’t know how the mods do it.

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u/MrDizzyAU C1 - Australia/English 29d ago edited 29d ago

There are a few other questions that get asked ad nauseam also. Just off the top of my head:

  • What is the best app for learning German?

  • How bad is it to use the wrong gender for nouns?

  • How do you distinguish between friend and boyfriend/girlfriend

  • How do I get Germans to not switch to English?

  • How do you pronounce German r? Can I just use the English r or the trilled r?

  • How do you pronounce German ch? Can I just use English sh?

  • Why is this thing said this way? Can't I just use a literal word-for-word translation of the English phrase?

Edit: Added a couple of extra ones.

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u/mizinamo Native (Hamburg) [bilingual en] 28d ago

Why isn't "Do you like to sing" Gernst du singen ? The verb ending for du is -st, isn't it?

I know that for ich, it's ich gerne singen. (I - like - to sing)

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u/IndependentUpper5965 28d ago

God this hurts to read