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'die Gewerkschaft' vs. 'die Union'
- What is the difference between:
- währen, halten and dauern?
- die Gewerkschaft and die Union?
- die Watte and die Baumwolle?
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die Darbietung and die Präsentation?
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Can someone explain the meaning of der Einschlag?
LG Jason
October 5, 2017
4 Comments
- Was ist der Unterschied zwischen ;-)
- it's the situation you're using it: währen: old fashioned way of dauern; anhalten: most time for an activity or mentality, dauern: you can always use it
- Gewerkschaft is a union of labourers and employees, union is mostly used for political or non-person constructs
- Watte is any smooth material mostly from cellulose or polyester, Baumwolle is cotton
- Darbietung is an artistic show, Präsentation is equal to presentation in English
- impact in the sense that something crashes on s.th. else: a comet can einschlagen but also an idea can "einschlagen wie ein Komet" meaning that an unexpected idea occurse with an overwhelming effect
two.dots
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3: To draw a sloppy English analogy, Ge-werk-schaft = work-ship. So die Gewerkschaft describes a labour union, whereas die Union, just some union, in a broader sense.