On road signs you can often see the inscription “Anlieger frei”. The dictionary will tell you that we are talking about the owner of the plot. But why not Eigentümer or Besitzer? Let’s look at the owners.
synonyms
What do we earn: Lohn or Gehalt, Einkommen or Einkünfte
At first glance, there is no difference – a salary is a salary – the main thing is that it is there. However, what you receive often says something about who you are. Let’s find out what the difference is: Lohn or Gehalt, or maybe Vergütung or Honorar? At the same time, we will sort out the eternal question: Einkommen or Einkünfte.
From horror to anxiety: fürchten, Angst haben, erschrecken, bangen, entsetzen
In a series of words associated with fear, the question evokes, rather, not its direct meaning – an expression of fear, but rather a secondary one – an expression of concern and apprehension. Let’s go from the maximum expression of fear to the minimum.
Reach an agreement: vereinbaren vs verabreden, ausmachen etc.
Today we’ll talk about agreements, these will be verbs vereinbaren vs verabreben, ausmachen (abmachen), absprechen vs einigen sich, übereinkommen and nouns Vereinbarung, Verabredung, Abmachung.
Fahrstuhl or Aufzug or Lift
The German dictionary consists of 33 volumes and about 320 thousand words. It took more than a hundred years to compile it, and another 60 years to process it. And this is not surprising, because they have several words for many things. Take for example “lift”: Fahrstuhl or Aufzug or Lift or Paternoster.
Blume vs Blüte
In German, the difference between Blume vs Blüte is somewhat more complicated than the difference between tulip flowers and apple blossoms.
What is the difference besides the presence and absence of an umlaut?
Difference between enden and beenden, abschließen, aufhören
We’ve already dealt with the beginning, now the end in turn. We will look for the difference between enden and beenden, aufhören, abschließen.
Difference between beginnen and anfagen and starten
beginnen and anfangen are considered to be almost complete synonyms. But there is also a slight difference. To these two, let’s add the very limited use of starten.
Use: difference between benutzen and verwenden, nutzen, gebrauchen, anwenden
The difference between benutzen and verwenden is even smaller than between benutzen and nutzen, and when gebrauchen is added here, and nützen is suddenly remembered, it will seem difficult to keep in mind all the small differences. Let’s try to go from the inner form.
Difference between schlimm and schlecht
There is little difference between schlimm and schlecht. I can’t even count the number of times I’ve been corrected from schlimm to schlecht. The words are very similar. To this pair we add the words böse, arg, übel.