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Topic: a question for the germans
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thijs
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posted 08-16- 07:36 AM
   
is it 'der', 'die' or 'das' Stuka?and why?
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wakeup tailgunner
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posted 08-16- 10:00 AM
It's all a question of Gender.....but I never got close enough to a Stuka to check...  IP: Logged |
Rendsburger
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posted 08-16- 10:17 AM
wt,
LOL"Die Stuka" is a shortform of
"Der Sturzkampfbomber" but donīt ask me why,thatīs funny german. Rendsburger IP: Logged |
thijs
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posted 08-16- 11:24 AM
danke schon! rends.IP: Logged |
Steffen
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posted 08-16- 12:29 PM
Hi,if you look to other german aircrafts, most are feminin.
Die Ju52
Die Messerschmitt
Die Focke Wulf
Die Heinkel He111
etc.
The only maskulin name, as far as i remember is Der Gigant, the huge transporter from Messerschmitt IP: Logged |
jedi
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posted 08-16- 12:33 PM
But it's "das" Flugzeug (airplane), isn't it? So if you give it a name (even just a dumb old number-name) it's a "she" even though the actual thing (airplane) is an "it?"And what about those Russians? Aren't their ships "he" while everyone else's are "she?" And how come when we name a ship "U.S.S. John F Kennedy, who was a "he," the ship is still a "she?" What's up wit dat?
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Psi
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posted 08-16- 12:54 PM
So if this is true Das Boot would be "him boot" and Die Boot would be some snappy little high heal thing, maybe something with a strap  P IP: Logged |
Jerry
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posted 08-16- 01:14 PM
LOL  IP: Logged |
Rendsburger
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posted 08-16- 02:58 PM
PSI,
LOL
and realy NO!
Das =neutral
You call it "The Boot"
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Nat
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posted 08-16- 06:33 PM
what we're saying is, Das anything implies an object, whereas if you name it, more often than not it will become DieDas Fluegzeug because it a plane, and object, but Die Ju52 because your taking one of the maney objects and specifying it with a name. Not a good example, but it shows a little of the reasoning. Das Boot because it's a sub, now you wouldn't say Das U52 because you've specified one of maney.. make any sense now? lol IP: Logged |
Nat
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posted 08-16- 06:35 PM
er... PSI, I guess you know that Das Boot means The Submarine? LOLIP: Logged |
Rendsburger
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posted 08-16- 06:37 PM
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Originally posted by Nat:
Das Boot because it's a sub, now you wouldn't say Das U52 because you've specified one of maney.. make any sense now? lol
Nat, i never found out that such german make any sense! Rendsburger IP: Logged |
Psi
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posted 08-16- 08:53 PM
Lol Nat, no I didn't, I really thought it meant "The Boot" P IP: Logged |
Pachy
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posted 08-17- 02:04 AM
On this side of the Rhine the title had been translated when the movie was in theatres. But somehow "le bateau" does not make a good movie title like "das Boot" does!
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semmern
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posted 08-17- 02:22 AM
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