Topic: German
https://www.duolingo.com/RyanOver9000

"Danke, Spiegel."

    January 3, 2013

    14 Comments

    https://www.duolingo.com/RyanOver9000

      What in God's name was this supposed to mean?

      January 3, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/TheTimeDog

        Don't you thank your mirror?

        January 4, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/loganrobinson

          Every morning

          January 5, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/dieta

            see also: http://duolingo.com/#/comment/101607

            January 3, 2013
            https://www.duolingo.com/arortiz73

              Also, "Danke, Spiegel!"

              January 17, 2013
              https://www.duolingo.com/ComboViera

                -Spiegel, spiegel, wer ist der schön am meisten? -Du bist der schön am meisten -Danke, Spiegel

                February 12, 2013
                https://www.duolingo.com/Germandy

                  Not to be a smartass, but to complete your advanced education in telling fairy tales:
                  "Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand, wer ist die Schönste im ganzen Land?" :)
                  (ein Spieglein = a little mirror)

                  March 12, 2013
                  https://www.duolingo.com/jmooring

                    What, you guys never read Snow White?

                    February 4, 2013
                    https://www.duolingo.com/Germandy

                      Never noticed the queen ever thanked the mirror for the compliments... =P

                      March 12, 2013
                      https://www.duolingo.com/Karmagato

                        Just a reflective way to thank yourself!

                        January 16, 2013
                        https://www.duolingo.com/duoderSie

                          It could also be a letter to the magazine "Der Spiegel"

                          March 28, 2013
                          https://www.duolingo.com/arortiz73

                            I feel that this is a very obscure sentence that could have been made by: a moron, a robot, a comedian, a narcissist, a zombie, an etc.

                            January 17, 2013
                            https://www.duolingo.com/EishaGee

                              so would you say "danken, Spiegel" for "thanks, mirrors"?

                              May 7, 2013
                              https://www.duolingo.com/duoderSie

                                Good question. Danke remains the same because it's "Ich danke= I thank ...". You're right that Spiegel is both singular and plural, but danken takes a dative raticle as shown by the very formal "ich danke Ihnen" (Ihnen is dative for Sie) And so the Dative Plural of Speigel has an n at the end like almost all nouns do. Therefore it would be Danke, Spiegeln

                                May 7, 2013

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