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Ich bin ein Berliner" (German pronunciation: [ɪç ˈbɪn ʔaɪn bɛʁˈliːnɐ]; "I am a Berliner") is a speech by United States President John F. Kennedy given on June 26, 1963, in West Berlin It is one of the best-known speeches of the Cold War and among the most famous anti-communist speeches.
For example: Ich bin am Essen. – I am eating; Ich bin das Auto am Reparieren. – I'm fixing the car. However, this form is rarely used in writing and is not used in formal spoken German. A formal alternative for a progressive tense is the construction sein ("to be") + dabei zu + infinitive. For example: - Ich bin dabei ihm zu helfen. - I am ...
Neanderthal (modern German spelling: Neandertal), for German Neandertaler, meaning "of, from, or pertaining to the Neandertal ("Neander Valley")", the site near Düsseldorf where early Homo neanderthalensis fossils were first found. Schadenfreude, "joy from pain" (literally "harm joy"); delight at the misfortune of others
In German both sentences "Ich bin Berliner" or "Ich bin ein Berliner" are correctly understood - the second one is a kind of slang, the first one is the "Hochsprache", official German. Obviously Kennedy was not well advised to use this kind of slang.
"Ich bin ein Auslander" (German for 'I am a foreigner', German spelling Ich bin ein Ausländer) is a single by Pop Will Eat Itself released in 1994 from the album Dos Dedos Mis Amigos. The song peaked at number 28 on the UK Singles Chart in 1994. [1] The song's lyrics refer to English attitudes towards immigration.
A classic but easily avoided mistake made by English-speakers learning German is to use "Ich will" – which actually means I want to. The imperative ( Be quiet! , Open the door! ) is formed by direct conjugation of the verb and varies by number and status of the people addressed, unlike English which always uses an infinitive.
A First World War Canadian electoral campaign poster. Hun (or The Hun) is a term that originally refers to the nomadic Huns of the Migration Period.Beginning in World War I it became an often used pejorative seen on war posters by Western Allied powers and the basis for a criminal characterization of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilization and humanitarian values having ...
John F. Kennedy's words "Ich bin ein Berliner" are standard German for "I am a Berliner", meaning a person from Berlin. Mentioned in Len Deighton 's 1983 novel Berlin Game , an urban legend has it that due to his use of the indefinite article ein , Berliner is translated as "jelly doughnut", and that the population of Berlin was amused by the ...