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| German Words of the Week Week of August 25-31 Montag >  LISTEN (mp3)die Zukunftsmusik pie in the sky, pipe dreams Das ist Zukunftsmusik. That's in the distant future. That's pie in the sky. Dienstag > LISTEN (mp3)schlussfolgern (v., insep.) to conclude, infer, draw a conclusion; to reason die Schlussfolgerung (-en) conclusion, inference; reasoning Künstliche Intelligenz ist die Untersuchung von Berechnungsverfahren, die es ermöglichen, Wahrnehmungen zu machen, zu schlussfolgern und zu handeln. - P.H. Winston Artificial intelligence is the study of the computations that make it possible to perceive, reason, and act. - P.H. Winston Was kann man daraus schlussfolgern? What conclusions can be drawn from that? Mittwoch > LISTEN (mp3)Eins zu null für dich! Touché! (Score one for you!) See > German Idioms Donnerstag > LISTEN (mp3)die Schmalspur narrow gauge; small-time (in compounds) die Kleinbahn/Schmalspurbahn (-en) narrow-gauge railway schmalspurig (adj./adv.) narrow-gauge; overspecialized, narrow-minded Wir wollen diese Diskussion nicht schmalspurig führen. We don't want to conduct this discussion in a narrow-minded way. Freitag > LISTEN (mp3)die Galgenfrist reprieve Saddam hatte noch einmal vierzehn Tage Galgenfrist. Saddam got another two-week reprieve. Die RIAA war gegen die Galgenfrist für Napster. RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) was against the reprieve for Napster. Samstag > LISTEN (mp3)die FKK (die Freikörperkultur) nudism, naturism (“free body culture”) Der Titel einer FKK-Zeitschrift der 20er Jahre wurde zur Losung der ganzen Bewegung: 'Wir sind nackt und nennen uns Du'. The title of a (German) 1920s nudism magazine became the motto for the entire movement: 'We're naked and on a first-name basis.' See > 'MfG' Abbreviations Sonntag > LISTEN (mp3)die PLZ (die Postleitzahl) postal code, ZIP code Die kostenlose Online-PLZ-Suche der Deutschen Post Direkt ist die Auskunft für Postleitzahlen und Straßen in Deutschland. The free online postal code search from the German Post Office Direct is the information service for postal codes and streets in Germany. See > 'MfG' Abbreviations |
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