Silence – 1 Timothy 2:11
die Stille – silence
IPA: [ˈʃtɪlə]
Etymology: Middle High German stille, Old High German stillī[1]
Meaning: Zustand des Ruhigseins[1] – The state of … Read more
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
German Reflexive Pronouns – Reflexivpronomen
After the last two articles on Possessivartikeln (possessive pronouns) and Personalpronomen (personal pronouns), this article will take a look at Reflexivpronomen, or reflexive pronouns.
Reflexive pronouns are … 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
German Personal Pronouns – Personalpronomen
Following the previous article on possessive pronouns, we now move on to personal pronouns.
Personal pronouns are used to talk about ourselves and the people we are talking to. … 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