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I have the exact same question. Can anybody answer why it cannot be interpreted as "not the color orange"?
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Kein means “not an object.” Descriptors like the color orange are negated with nicht.
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I view it as:
- deutlich is the type of clear that is like "speaking or writing clearly, understandable, articulate, legible".
- eindeutig is the type of clear that is like "unambiguous, explicit, definite, clear-cut"
I understood but, in the limit, the difference is quite subtle (for me, of course). Thank you!
You cant say deutig. There is only deutlich, and this has a lot of different meanings ( http://www.dict.cc/?s=deutlich)
So if you wanted to talk about the color you would use nicht? I put "That is clearly not Orange" and got it incorrect.
Yeah, because keine is used for things you can have in your hand, tangible stuff and nicht is used for characteristics or non-tangible things.
Also the fact that Orange is capitalized tips you off to it being a noun (unless of course you were doing one of the listening questions).
I clearly realized "eindeutig" was realted to "undoubtedly" even before going for the tool-tip. Does "deut" in German have anything to do with "doubt" in English?
the word-stem (rootword) of "deut..." comes from "deuten" which means:
to construe (interpret),
to interpret,
to point,
to portend,
to read (interpret),
to explain.
whereas "doubt" = comes from German Zweifel / zweifeln / zweifelhaft sein.
No relation of the two.
No apparent relation of the two; a little etymology might clarify:
"Deuten" comes from Old High German "duiden" which is speculated to come from a Proto-Germanic root with possible origin words meaning "people" and "good". http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Proto-Germanic/%C3%BEiudijan%C4%85
Whereas "doubt" in English comes from Latin "dubius/dubitare" (via French), with a meaning approximating "in two minds" coming from "duo" (similar to the German inclusion of "zwei-" as backtoschool has given). http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=doubt
How about: "This is certainly not an orange"? Would this also be one of the possible translations?
Yes in an exclamation like this:
„Eindeutig!", verkuendete Lucas, „das ist keine Orange!"
"Clearly!" , pronounced Lucas, "that's not an orange!"
Context is the key!
Well, not really, but you can say:
"Offensichtlich ist das keine Orange." clearly, that is not an orange
"Natuerlich ist das keine Orange."
etc. but not with "eindeutig"
As an answer to someone who had his doubts if it was an orange (because he/she couldn't see clearly), but you knew it better because you had the chance to have a closer look before.
"Wie ich es vorhergesehen habe, das ist keine Orange."
{Word order changes} You predicted that it is not an orange.
"Eindeutig! Das ist keine Orange."
Exclamation: You really know that it is not an orange.
"Er/sie machte eindeutig klar, das das keine Orange ist."
Different meaning: He/she stated clearly that this is not an orange.
One of the correct answers is "This is clearly not an orange." Would we still use "das" for "this?" What about "Diese?"
Because 'eindeutig' is an adverb, not an adjective. It does not qualify "Orange'. 'keine' is the 'adjective'
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Das ist mein Problem. Ich war davon ausgegangen, dass orange eine Frucht ist, kam aber mit dem Adverb nicht klar. Ist es aber eine Farbe, dann würde es Sinn machen.
I think german to english translation is really diffrent,I ask native english speaker about grammar,mostly use "not"
Could one also say"Das ist doch keine Orange"? Wouldn't thank mean the same thing?
Is there a difference in meaning if one were to use "Das ist doch keine Orange" versus "Das ist eindeutig keine Orange"?
If the word was masculine (instead of orange) , it'd be "keiner" right? Unless its in the dative case, I think.
No sorry, you're not right. First of all i want to tell you that the one would be "kein". For example Apfel (=apple): "Das ist eindeutig kein Apfel." You use keiner if you want to say "nobody". For example "Keiner isst den Apfel" which means "Nobody eats the apple". I hope o could help you.
Because the German sentence refers to the fruit orange, What is missing is the article., so "That is clearly not an orange!" is the right answer.
Well I would have expected, that DUO would have given you the hint: "You missed a word"
The spelling confuses me. "Sprech deutlich" =speak clearly. ".....eindeutig keine Orange" = clearly not an orange. Why the difference in spelling at the end of the word?
I wrote: " this is definetly not an orange" and it was incorrect. Aren't clearly and definetly synonyms?
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I was told the answer was 'That is clearly no orange' which is a strange way of speaking but I have heard things spoken like that in English. It's a bit of a dated way of speaking though so why are we being pointed towards Ye Olde English?
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Ich habe es zwar so geschrieben, aber wenn "clarely" ein Adverb ist, was beschreibt es? Oder gehört zu dem THAT ein Adverb?
