Jul 5, 2011 14:50
12 yrs ago
German term
Woos is des?
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German to English
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Linguistics
Dialect
Found this in a journalists column talking about the genetive and dative case. I assume this is Bavarian dialect or a stereotype maybe?
"Die Bayern, haben's net so mit dem Wes-Fall (Woos is des?) sie lieben den Dativ."
"Die Bayern, haben's net so mit dem Wes-Fall (Woos is des?) sie lieben den Dativ."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +11 | what's that? |
Kim Metzger
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| 4 +1 | They are known to avoid the genitive ("The what? Never 'erd of it!")" |
British Diana
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Proposed translations
+11
1 min
Kim Metzger
Mexico
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
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123
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what's that?
I lived in Bavaria for 7 years.
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Note added at 5 mins (2011-07-05 14:56:09 GMT)
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Woos is des für a Kaff? - Was ist das für eine Ortschaft?
http://www.klaus-karl-kraus.de/3_woerterbuch.php?id=3&bs=w
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Note added at 5 mins (2011-07-05 14:56:09 GMT)
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Woos is des für a Kaff? - Was ist das für eine Ortschaft?
http://www.klaus-karl-kraus.de/3_woerterbuch.php?id=3&bs=w
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Coqueiro
: jo!
12 mins
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| agree |
Iris Schlagheck-Weber
12 mins
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| agree |
Mateusz Batelt
12 mins
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| agree |
Sabine Akabayov, PhD
18 mins
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| agree |
Susanne Schiewe
: :-)
31 mins
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| agree |
Andreas Hild
33 mins
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| agree |
Rebecca Garber
42 mins
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| agree |
Nicola Wood
1 hr
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| agree |
Steve Poynter
1 hr
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| agree |
Horst Huber (X)
: So many Bavarians ...
2 hrs
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| agree |
Christian Schneider
: so is des
2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!"
+1
1 hr
British Diana
Germany
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Works in: German to English, English to German, English, and 1 more.
They are known to avoid the genitive ("The what? Never 'erd of it!")"
oder so
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Lancashireman
: And what's that when it's at home? http://tinyurl.com/5sv8cpp
1 hr
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Great, Andrew!
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