Godwin's Law

[seventwo]

And of course, my social life would put you to shame.

you made a friend?

[DAL767-400ER]

Actually, it would be "Das Furher".

Actually, that's wrong as well . Correct spelling would be 'Der Fuhrer'.

[herpa2003]

you made a friend?

Shhhhhh.....Don't make him pull out another "law" that says you can't criticize his social life.

[Star Alliance]

Actually, that's wrong as well . Correct spelling would be 'Der Fuhrer'.

Oh geez I thought Das was the masculine 'the'?
Cheers,
A.M.

[DAL767-400ER]

Oh geez I thought Das was the masculine 'the'?
Cheers,
A.M.

'Das' is feminine, 'Der' is masculine.

[AC_A340-500]

Actually, that's wrong as well . Correct spelling would be 'Der Fuhrer'.

Well almost. More correct (assuming there are varying degrees of correctness) would be "Der Fuehrer", if you have an English keyboard. If you have a German keyboard you'd spell it "Der Führer". "Umlauts" deserve their share of attention, you know.

'Das' is feminine, 'Der' is masculine

Not true either. 'Das' is neuter, and not feminine. (Even though you would say "Das Mädchen". Go figure.)

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[Star Alliance]

Geez, that's confusing! I think I'll stick to english.
Cheers,
A.M.

[DAL767-400ER]

Well almost. More correct (assuming there are varying degrees of correctness) would be "Der Fuehrer", if you have an English keyboard. If you have a German keyboard you'd spell it "Der Führer". "Umlauts" deserve their share of attention, you know.

Perhaps, but I have yet to read any English site/book where the umlaut is being used, always just 'Fuhrer'.

Not true either. 'Das' is neuter, and not feminine. (Even though you would say "Das Mädchen". Go figure.)

Or 'Das Weibsstück' ahem. But anyway, that's the advantage of the genderless 'the', or on the contrary, our typical German love of making everything as complicated as possible .

Btw, since we all used a term relating to the Nazis, I guess we have all lost now .

[AC_A340-500]

Perhaps, but I have yet to read any English site/book where the umlaut is being used, always just 'Fuhrer'.

Yes, I suppose that's true. Just like Nürnberg becomes Nuremberg and München becomes Munich. Interesting that the English spelling of "Der Führer" would change the spelling of "Führer" (which makes sense, given the Umlaut), but retain the article "Der".

Good thing I haven't written any German history books in English lately

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[Irfan]

Language Thread? This topic needs to be locked up...

[DAL767-400ER]

Language Thread? This topic needs to be locked up...

And for what reason? Because it went off-topic? Then 75% of all threads would have to be locked.