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Sonnenuntergang

German translation: sunset


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German term or phrase:Sonnenuntergang
German translation:sunset
Entered by: gurmeet
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14:41 Aug 31, 2008
German to German translations [Non-PRO]
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German term or phrase: Sonnenuntergang
Is it correct to say : Die Sonne ist untergangen or is it Die Sonne ist untergegangan .And if it is Sonne ist untergangen ,then is it because unter cannot be treated as a seperable prefix?
gurmeet
Local time: 07:46
sunset
Explanation:
"Die Sonne is untergegangen" is correct.
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Harvey Utech
United States
Local time: 22:16
Grading comment
Thanka a lot.This isreally helpful.
gurmeet
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Summary of answers provided
5 +10sunset
Harvey Utech


Discussion entries: 2





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +10
sunset


Explanation:
"Die Sonne is untergegangen" is correct.

Harvey Utech
United States
Local time: 22:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thanka a lot.This isreally helpful.
gurmeet

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dr. Johanna Schmitt: Yes, "Die Sonne ist untergegangen".
1 hr
agree  Thomas Bollmann
1 hr
agree  Ingeborg Gowans
1 hr
agree  Daniel Šebesta
1 hr
agree  Jo Bennett
2 hrs
agree  NO-EN-DE
3 hrs
agree  Armorel Young: some verbs with "unter" are separable and some are not - untergehen is separable (die Sonne geht unter) and so the past participle is untergegangen
3 hrs
agree  DDM
4 hrs
agree  babli: agree
14 hrs
agree  Mrudula Tambe: I voted for pro because this is a beauty of language to say the sun has gone under and hence any foreign language learner will be benefited by such query.
2 days8 mins
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PRO / non-PRO		PRO (2): Lingua.Franca, Mrudula Tambe
Non-PRO (3): Ted Wozniak, Nicole Schnell, iNekic


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Changes made by editors
Aug 31, 2008 - Changes made by iNekic:
LevelPRO => Non-PRO
Aug 31, 2008 - Changes made by Kim Metzger:
Language pairGerman to English => German


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