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Herr – in modern German either the equivalent of Mr. (Mister), to address an adult man, or "master" over something or someone (e.g. Sein eigener Herr sein: to be his own master). Derived from the adjective hehr, meaning "honourable" or "senior", it was historically a nobleman's title, equivalent to "Lord".
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6 Phrases To Help an Adult Child Who Is Struggling 1. "Let me know how I can help you." ... "Adult children have adult problems," Dr. Latimer says. "Most of the time, when a person comes to you ...
9-year-old Elias and his father are going for a walk in Berlin. Suddenly, Elias loses sight of his father. This is the start of an adventurous journey through the capital. But Elias has a problem: He doesn't speak German! Fortunately, many people help him with his search and teach him basic lessons of the German language.
Aal - eel; aalen - to stretch out; aalglatt - slippery; Aas - carrion/rotting carcass; aasen - to be wasteful; Aasgeier - vulture; ab - from; abarbeiten - to work off/slave away
Unlike English, the German language distinguishes adverbs which qualify verbs or adjectives from those which qualify whole sentences. For the latter case, many German adjectives form a special adverb form ending in -erweise, e.g. glücklicherweise "luckily", traurigerweise "sadly" (from Weise = way, manner).
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(Perhaps in English this borrowing is regionally restricted, e.g. to areas with significant German-American roots). Examples: 'give it to me once' or 'sit down once', with parallels to German phrases such as 'Pass mal auf' (i.e. watch out (once)!) where older English would not usually include or translate the 'once' at all.