2011年5月25日 · Using a typewriter, " is the correct form to denote the quotation mark in German. For text written by hand and letterpress printing in Germany we use „“ Currently these …

2018年6月24日 · English and many other languages do quotation marks like this: “quotation” German language does it like this (always in hand-writing): „quotation“ What are the (historical) …

2011年5月25日 · Each language has its own ideas of how to punctuate, e.g. space before question marks in French. How is German punctuation different from English?

I'd like to know which double quotes should be used when writing German in Switzerland. A Wikipedia article explains that the French « ... » quotation marks (Guillemets) are more often …

2018年2月8日 · Please help me, what is the right punctuation for this dialog (direct speech) in German? "I am John," he said. "Who are you?" "Ich bin John", sagte er. "Wer bist du?" I know …

2023年10月18日 · So I've been looking at some German quotes and came across one by Nietzsche that goes like this: Der sicherste Weg, einen jungen Menschen zu korrumpieren, ist, …

2023年8月19日 · There is no difference in English and German when handling punctuation and quotes. It depends on the context of the statement. Punctuation marks that belong to what is …

2015年9月17日 · In German, I understand, Konjunctiv I used for indirect speech does not backshift. It is also said that English counterfactuals (usually) do not backshift, as follows.

2022年1月23日 · This question seems to assume there are hard language borders that align with state borders - they don't. It also seems to assume everyone in Switzerland talks the same …

Q&A for speakers of German wanting to discuss the finer points of the language and translation