Say It in German: Machine Learning
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das maschinelles Lernen – machine learning
Machine learning is a field in Computer Science that gets computers to act without giving them explicit instructions.
It’s a … Read more
Holy – Isaiah 6:3
heilig – holy
IPA: [ˈhaɪ̯lɪç], [ˈhaɪ̯lɪk]
Etymology: Middle High German heilec, Old High German heilag, either from a Germanic noun with the meaning “charm; favourable sign, luck” or … Read more
Say It in German: Batch Processing
die Stapelverarbeitung (pl. -en) / die Batchverarbeitung – batch processing
Stapel means “batch” (more on that later).
Any guesses for what Verarbeitung means…?
If you guessed “processing”, then you’d be … Read more
Merciful – Psalms 116:5
barmherzig – merciful, compassionate
IPA: [baʁmˈhɛʁʦɪç], [baʁmˈhɛʁʦɪk]
Etymology: Middle High German barmherze(c), Old High German barmherzi, with the influence of: irbarmen (erbarmen – compassion/pity) from the older armherzi… Read more
Say It in German: Command Line
IPA: [kɔˈmando|ˈtsaɪ̯lə]
die Kommandozeile (pl. -n) – the command line / the command line interface
It’s another transparent word, made up of Kommando (“command”) and Zeile (“line”).
I’ve decided that … Read more
Peace – Isaiah 26:3
der Frieden – peace
IPA: [ˈfʀiːdn̩]
Etymology: From Old High German fridu, from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“peace, reconciliation”)[1]
Zustand der Eintracht, der Harmonie; (christliche Religion) Geborgenheit … Read more
Say It in German: Undefined
undefiniert – undefined
I use JavaScript and see quite a fair bit of code written in the language at work.
JavaScript functions, by default, return the value undefined.
What … Read more
Wisdom – Proverbs 16:16
die Weisheit – wisdom
IPA: [ˈvaɪ̯shaɪ̯t]
Etymology: From Middle High German wīsheit, from Old High German wīsheit.[1]
auf Erfahrungen und umfassendem Wissen beruhende tiefe Einsicht … Read more
Say It in German: File Extension
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IPA: [daˈtaɪ̯|ɛɐ̯vaɪ̯təʀʊŋ]
die Dateierweiterung (pl. Dateierweiterungen) / die Dateiendung (pl. Dateiendungen) – the file extension
die Dateinamenserweiterung (pl. Dateinamenserweiterungen) – the filename … Read more
Joy – Psalms 30:5
der Jubel – joy, jubilation, rejoicing
IPA: [ˈjuːbl̩]
Etymology: From Middle High German jūbel, formed by the verb jūbilieren[1]
Offenbarung großer Freude durch entsprechendes Verhalten in … Read more