Your shoelaces are untied
How can i say this in german?
Dein Schnürsenkel sind nicht zugebunden?
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Hi Kavinda, it is very simple in German. You just say: "Deine Schnürsenkel sind offen." (Your laces are open.)
Firstly, you're using the familiar form of you/your - dein - and as "laces" are plural, you need the nomnative plural = deine ... with the E
If you don't know the person well enough to use du/dein, you should use the polite form of you/your - Sie / Ihre
Ihre Schnürsenkel sind ungebunden
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that depends on whether it is one shoe or both. Ungebunden implies that it was never tied but if it has opened itself because you tied it too sloppy ...
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In everyday speech you say: Deine (Ihre) Schnürsenkel sind nicht zugebunden.
No, this is false. The answer of gSY55q97 is correct: Deine Schnürsenkel sind offen.
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not that wrong, you could say "dein Schuhbändel (another word for "Schnürsenkel") ist nicht zu"
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Ist es Schuhbänder? I am really confused now. And wouldn't it be deine? (feminine/plural) Edit: I see it would be "shoelace" is untied but isn't Schuhbänder feminine?
Shoelaces, along with bread rolls and mugs, fall into the category of "things German has far too many words for". Wikipedia lists Schnürsenkel, Schnürbänder, Schnürriemen, Schuhriemen, Schuhnestel, Schuhbanderl, Schuhbändel, and Schuhbänder (some of them regionalisms). But as far as I can tell (from Wikipedia, dict.cc, and Google Trends) Schnürsenkel is by far the most common, with Schuhbänder coming in a distant second.
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Thanks pont! That makes a lot of sense.
Who would have thought that Wikipedia would have an entire article on Schnürsenkel?
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Hey everyone, I am making Anki flashcards when I come across useful phrases; so are you all sure you are right because I don't want to learn something that is not correct.
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