"Dieser Stuhl ist zu klein."

Translation: This chair is too small.

[EMeierhofer]

The Cambridge German-English dictionary states that "Stuhl" can be translated as "stool". You marked me wrong for writing "stool"

[CliveSimps]

The english "stool" is normally referred to in german as Hocker (m)

[DJJG7]

Said Goldilocks, in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." I'll bet she also said, "Dieser Stuhl ist zu groß."

[Stephen83116]

I mistakenly entered "to" instead of "too" and it marked me wrong. I guess Duolingo is checking my English too...

[NivensMcTwisp]

My keyboard is set for 3 languages and I swipe instead of type, so I have typos constantly. Sometimes it'll account for it, sometimes it won't.

[acqualinda]

My keyboard is set for 5 languages so I just have to reread carefully before clicking Check.

[NivensMcTwisp]

Aren't you fancy? Hehehe.

[Liggliluff]

This is why I've only set it to one language, with a language switching button

[Jaime836972]

So "zu" also means "too" ! OMG what's the rule of thumb here?. Looks like "zu" has many, many functions. I'm getting zu confused.

[Jianissimo]

I put "This chair is too little" and it was rejected. "Small" and "little" are synonymous in English - this should be accepted.

[Cyberchipz]

They've obviously never seen a Kindergarten chair which is both small, little and short. :-) (which is surprising when I actually look at the word)

[atifagh]

The chair is so mall was marked wrong.by why?

[IndyCoo]

Because "Dieser stuhl" means "This chair" and not "The Chair." Duolingo is picky about details!

[Cyberchipz]

Well, I normally type "chair" for Stuhl; but I also know that Stuhl can mean "stool".... can so but Duo says no... they wanted chair. But, I still wasn't sure what kind of stool they're talking about in English, when Stuhl means stool, perhaps it's slang. :-) lol

[out322]

This is nominative, am I right?

[DJJG7]

Sie haben rechts, ja!

[DMR680865]

This chair is too little seems to me to be acceptable, but not to Duo?

[Christophe267005]

Why can't I translate this as 'This chair is too short', when the word 'klein' is translated as 'short' when applied to humans. However, perhaps this meaning of 'short' for the german word 'klein' only applies to animate objects. Can anyone comment on this for me please

[acqualinda]

Leo German dictonary app :

Short (adj., adv.) = kurz

Short (adj.) (of a person) = klein

Klein (of a person) = short

Klein = small

Also "short" is not normally applied to a chair. It would be more usual to refer to a low chair.

[Davlinger]

I feel like I haven't had enough exposure to dies- and it's case forms but is 'dieser' just masculine nominative form?

[DJJG7]

Ja, Sie haben recht!

[Stoyanka10]

Couldn't we say little instead of small?

[jmkfrommn]

In this sentence, is 'zu' acting as an adverb?

[DJJG7]

Yes! Good call!

[Hergerfrustus]

I am struggling with this and these. Why is "these" wrong here?

[DJJG7]

"This chair" = "dieser Stuhl." "These chairs" = "diese Stühle." "These" is only for plural nouns. I hope this helps!

[acqualinda]

This = singular,
eg this chair = dieser Stuhl

These = plural,
eg these chairs = diese Stühle

[CharanDSou]

This chair is so small.
Why on earth this is wrong.