"hold : contain" – but why "hold : contain"?
"The goalkeeper saves the ball." "Chocolate contains a lot of sugar." The difference isn't logical. Both words have the basic form "halten."
Why is Tollpatsch spelled with two l's?
I've learned that after a short, stressed vowel, the following consonant is spelled double. I've also learned that if several different consonants follow the short, stressed vowel, the consonant isn't spelled double. But what about the word "Tollpatsch"? Why is it spelled with a double L?
Grammar: Is it “had” or “hadten” here?
Hi everyone, I'm currently writing my application, and the grammar should be correct. Should it say "gefunden hatte" or "gefunden waren"? If I paste the text into Duden, will it detect no errors in either version?
How should one spell the word pronounced "ˈʊntsvaː"?
Apparently, the German language is missing an important word that appears in many questions, but is spelled very differently: How should it be written in the future?