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		<title>Frohe Stunde</title>
		<link>http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2011/10/31/frohe-stunde/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss-A.</dc:creator>
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Yesterday, I was walking in the October sun miraculously blessing Hamburg with its autumn presence this year, when I noticed the board from the picture outside one of the coffee/cocktail bars.
I am a real fan of the German language and find it annoying how it seems to “swallow” all kinds of unnecessary English rubbish so [...]]]></description>
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<p>Yesterday, I was walking in the October sun miraculously blessing Hamburg with its autumn presence this year, when I noticed the board from the picture outside one of the coffee/cocktail bars.</p>
<p>I am a real fan of the German language and find it <a href="http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2010/02/08/those-stupid-germanized-anglicisms/">annoying how it seems to “swallow” all kinds of unnecessary English rubbish</a> so I was pleased to see the nice, local expression <strong><span style="color: #993366;">Frohe Stunde</span></strong>, instead of the much more common in Germany <em><strong><span style="color: #993366;">happy hour</span></strong></em>. One could say, I felt quite <strong><span style="color: #993366;"><a href="http://en.bab.la/dictionary/german-english/froh">froh</a><em><a href="http://en.bab.la/dictionary/german-english/froh"> </a></em></span></strong>indeed, without even having one of the “happy cocktails”.</p>
<p>Speaking of the cocktails, however, they kind of spoilt the first impression I got from looking at the board.  What’s the point of making the effort of finding a suitable German equivalent for happy hour when we leave everything else (here: cocktail names) in English? This creates a clash of some sort.<br />
Nevertheless, this little local bar made my day linguistically and I’m glad they translated at least one part of their menu.</p>
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		<title>Mal mal wieder!</title>
		<link>http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2011/09/14/mal-mal-wieder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss-A.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deutschlisch]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[german spelling]]></category>
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Hello again, we’re back to German spelling.
Spelling of the word “mal” may be tricky in German.
That’s why I decided to list a couple of rules with examples:
1.	The noun Mal (das Mal) is capitalized (as any German noun):
Zum ersten Mal nach 15 Jahren reiste deshalb ein türkischer Ministerpräsident nach Kairo.
Wir machen diese Veranstaltung schon seit 10 [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hello again, we’re back to <a href="http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2011/08/08/time-expressions-in-german/">German spelling</a>.</p>
<p>Spelling of the word “<strong>mal</strong>” may be tricky in German.</p>
<p>That’s why I decided to list a couple of rules with examples:<br />
1.	The noun <strong>Mal </strong>(<a href="http://en.bab.la/dictionary/german-english/mal"><strong>das Mal</strong></a>) is capitalized (as any German noun):</p>
<p><em>Zum ersten <strong>Mal </strong>nach 15 Jahren reiste deshalb ein türkischer Ministerpräsident nach Kairo.<br />
Wir machen diese Veranstaltung schon seit 10 Jahren, und von <strong>Mal </strong>zu <strong>Mal </strong>werden es mehr Menschen, die daran teilnehmen.<br />
</em><br />
2.	When <strong>mal </strong>is a short form for <strong>einmal </strong>it is NOT capitalized:</p>
<p><em>Wenn Petra de Buhr, Roswitha Kohnen und Anne Thißen heute noch <strong>mal </strong>einen Lebenslauf schreiben müssten, würde der sich an vielen Stellen sehr ähneln.<br />
Hier können Sie auch noch <strong>mal </strong>die Datenschutzbestimmungen von Shopgate nachlesen.</em></p>
<p>3.	Also when counting <strong>mal </strong>is NOT capitalized:</p>
<p><em>drei <strong>mal </strong>sechs, fünf <strong>mal </strong>zehn</em></p>
<p>4.	<strong>mal </strong>with Numbers is usually written together and NOT capitalized (unless both words are stressed), the same rule applies to <strong>wievielmal</strong>:</p>
<p><em>Ich habe ihm schon <strong>hundertmal </strong>gesagt, dass er nicht am eigenen Sechzehner mit seinen scheiß Dribblings anfangen soll.<br />
Kurs 5 findet <strong>zehnmal </strong>montags von 8.30 bis 9.30 Uhr statt.<br />
Aber hört sich Pfleidelsheim nicht <strong>tausendmal </strong>lustiger an?<br />
Ich weiß nicht, <strong>wievielmal </strong>ich schon am Meer gewesen bin…</em></p>
<p>Wir sehen uns <strong>mal </strong>wieder! Tschüss!</p>
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		<title>Zusammen oder getrennt?</title>
		<link>http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2011/08/29/zusammen-oder-getrennt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss-A.</dc:creator>
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This is a valid question not only at the end of a meal in a restaurant that we shared with others…
This question also applies to German spelling. Do you know how to write verb combinations like kommen hören, sitzen bleiben or kennen lernen?
The German spelling reform that was supposed to give definite answers to that [...]]]></description>
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<p>This is a valid question not only at the end of a meal in a restaurant that we shared with others…</p>
<p>This question also applies to<a href="http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2011/08/01/correct-german-spelling/"> German spelling</a>. Do you know how to write verb combinations like <em>kommen hören, sitzen bleiben or kennen lernen</em>?<br />
The German spelling reform that was supposed to give definite answers to that was followed by yet another reform that made things ambiguous again.</p>
<p>The general rules is:<strong> Two verbs are usually written separately</strong></p>
<p>Exceptions:<br />
<em>kennenlernen &#038; kennen lernen</em> are both correct</p>
<p>when the second of the verbs is lassen or bleiben and the meaning of the phrase is figurative they can be written together or separately<br />
e.g. <em>im Regen stehenlassen or stehen lassen</em></p>
<p><strong>Conclusion: writing separately you’re always on the safe side.</strong></p>
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		<title>German relative pronouns – was or das?</title>
		<link>http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2011/08/22/german-relative-pronouns-%e2%80%93-was-or-das/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss-A.</dc:creator>
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When to use was and when das as relative pronouns?
1.	das relates to a single, definite and neuter noun as in the following examples:
Die Botschaft, die der Papst mitbringt, ist viel mehr Wert als das Geld, das wir hier ausgeben.
Wir hatten eine Auseinandersetzung über das Erbe, das meine Generation hinterlässt.
Das Abkommen, das den Steuerstreit zwischen Deutschland [...]]]></description>
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<p>When to use <strong>was </strong>and when <strong>das </strong>as relative pronouns?</p>
<p>1.	<strong>das </strong>relates to a single, definite and neuter noun as in the following examples:</p>
<p><em>Die Botschaft, die der Papst mitbringt, ist viel mehr Wert als <strong>das Geld</strong>, das wir hier ausgeben.<br />
Wir hatten eine Auseinandersetzung über <strong>das Erbe</strong>, das meine Generation hinterlässt.<br />
<strong>Das Abkommen</strong>, das den Steuerstreit zwischen Deutschland und der Schweiz beenden soll, dürfte am 1. Januar 2013 in Kraft treten.</em></p>
<p>2.	If we refer to a superlative form, we use <strong>was</strong>:<br />
<em><br />
Es ist <strong>das Beste</strong>, was man mit seinem Hund machen kann.<br />
Und doch ist es bei Weitem nicht <strong>das Schlimmste</strong>, was uns droht, meinen NASA-Wissenschaftler.<br />
So eine Fahrt mit dem Rad in der Früh ist <strong>das Schönste</strong>, was es gibt.</em></p>
<p>3.	If we refer to something indefinite, we also use <strong>was</strong>:</p>
<p><em>Wer <strong>etwas </strong>findet, was ihm gefällt, schlägt dem Anbieter einfach einen Tausch vor.<br />
Bislang ist noch jedem Beschäftigten <strong>etwas </strong>eingefallen, was er dringend verbessert haben möchte.<br />
Den deutschen Verbrauchern fehlt leider <strong>etwas</strong>, was der tschechische Autor Milan Kundera als unerträglich beschrieb: Eine gewisse Leichtigkeit des Seins.</em></p>
<p>4.	Also when the word to which we relate is missing altogether, we use <strong>was</strong>:<br />
<em><br />
Es zählt nicht nur, was am Haken hängt.</em></p>
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		<title>Time expressions in German – the key with correct answers</title>
		<link>http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2011/08/15/time-expressions-in-german-%e2%80%93-the-key-with-correct-answers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss-A.</dc:creator>
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Remember our last week’s sentences with time expressions? Below you’ll find the correct sentences with short explanations.
1. Eines Nachts macht sie sich tatsächlich auf den Weg.
Nachts here is the genitive form of the noun die Nacht, nowadays only used in this time expression (in other instances the grammatically correct form is einer Nacht).
2. Ohne dass [...]]]></description>
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<p>Remember our last week’s <a href="http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2011/08/08/time-expressions-in-german/">sentences with time expressions</a>? Below you’ll find the correct sentences with short explanations.</p>
<p>1. Eines Nachts macht sie sich tatsächlich auf den Weg.</p>
<p><em><strong>Nachts</strong> here is the genitive form of the noun <strong>die Nacht</strong>, nowadays only used in this time expression (in other instances the grammatically correct form is <strong>einer Nacht</strong>).</em></p>
<p>2. Ohne dass er etwas Böses getan hätte, wurde er eines Morgens verhaftet.</p>
<p><em>Also here <strong>Morgens </strong>is the genitive form of the noun <strong>der Morgen</strong> and as any other noun in German needs to be capitalized.</em></p>
<p>3. Schon am Mittwochnachmittag bringt ein Tief aus Frankreich wieder Gewitter und Regen in den Westen und Süden Deutschlands.</p>
<p><em>Compounds of day of the week and time of the day are always written together: <strong>Samstagabend, Sonntagmorgen, Montagvormittag</strong> etc.</em></p>
<p>4. Ein Einbrecher ist am Samstag früh in Neu-Ulm der Polizei in die Arme gelaufen.</p>
<p><em><strong>früh </strong>is an adverb and therefore written separately and in small letters.</em></p>
<p>5. Seit Jahren engagiert er sich für den Aufbau einer Schule in Kenia und organisiert dafür morgen Nachmittag ein Benefiz-Fußballspiel.</p>
<p><em><strong>morgen </strong>can be an adverb too and it is in the sentence above. That’s why it’s not capitalized.</em></p>
<p>6. Junge Forscher und Entdecker treffen sich jeweils freitags um 10 Uhr in der Nationalpark-Informationsstelle Hintersee.</p>
<p><em>The –s you add at the end of a weekday (<strong>Freitag + -s = freitags</strong>) transforms it into a non-capitalized adverb.</em></p>
<p>I hope you got it right!<br />
Stay tuned next week for relative pronouns: das or was?</p>
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		<title>Time expressions in German</title>
		<link>http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2011/08/08/time-expressions-in-german/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss-A.</dc:creator>
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Some time expressions in German are really misleading and I have to admit that I keep forgetting the correct spelling and the rules behind it. I collected a couple of sample sentences with typical time phrases including both the correct and the wrong spelling versions:
1. Eines Nachts/ Eines nachts macht sie sich tatsächlich auf den [...]]]></description>
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<p>Some time expressions in German are really misleading and I have to admit that I keep forgetting the correct spelling and the rules behind it. I collected a couple of sample sentences with typical time phrases including both the correct and the wrong spelling versions:</p>
<p>1. Eines Nachts/ Eines nachts macht sie sich tatsächlich auf den Weg.</p>
<p>2. Ohne dass er etwas Böses getan hätte, wurde er <em>eines Morgens / eines morgens</em> verhaftet.</p>
<p>3. Schon <em>am Mittwochnachmittag / am Mittwoch Nachmittag</em> bringt ein Tief aus Frankreich wieder Gewitter und Regen in den Westen und Süden Deutschlands.</p>
<p>4. Ein Einbrecher ist <em>am Samstag früh / am Samstag Früh</em> in Neu-Ulm der Polizei in die Arme gelaufen.</p>
<p>5. Seit Jahren engagiert er sich für den Aufbau einer Schule in Kenia und organisiert dafür <em>morgen Nachmittag / Morgen Nachmittag</em> ein Benefiz-Fußballspiel.</p>
<p>6. Junge Forscher und Entdecker treffen sich jeweils <em>freitags / Freitags</em> um 10 Uhr in der Nationalpark-Informationsstelle Hintersee.</p>
<p>Have a look and decide which spelling is correct! I will post the correct sentences in my next article and include some additional explanations, so stay tuned.</p>
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		<title>Correct German Spelling</title>
		<link>http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2011/08/01/correct-german-spelling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss-A.</dc:creator>
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Following up on our last week’s topic – spelling – I continue with words that are difficult not only for learners of German but also Germans themselves.
genau so / genauso
When the so in genau so is stressed and further described (e.g. by the phrase introduced by wie) it’s written separately:
Alles läuft genau so, wie es [...]]]></description>
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<p>Following up on our <a href="http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2011/07/25/german-compound-words-%E2%80%93-correct-spelling/">last week’s topic – spelling</a> – I continue with words that are difficult not only for learners of German but also Germans themselves.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://en.bab.la/dictionary/german-english/genau-so">genau so</a> / <a href="http://en.bab.la/dictionary/german-english/genauso">genauso</a></strong></p>
<p>When the <strong>so </strong>in <strong>genau so</strong> is stressed and further described (e.g. by the phrase introduced by <strong>wie</strong>) it’s written separately:</p>
<p><em>Alles läuft genau so, wie es die Modelle vorhergesagt haben.<br />
Freitag und Samstag wurde gefeiert, genau so, wie es sich für diese Jahreszeit eigentlich gehört.</em></p>
<p>When the <strong>so </strong>is unstressed it’s written together with <strong>genau (genauso)</strong> but separated from the following adjective:</p>
<p><em>Lanzarote war noch genauso schön und faszinierend, wie früher.<br />
Der Wagen ist konzipiert für Kunden, denen die Fahreigenschaften genauso wichtig sind wie die Optik.</em></p>
<p><strong>ebenso</strong></p>
<p><strong>ebenso </strong>is always written together but separated from the following adjective:<br />
<em><br />
Junge Frauen sind ebenso selbstbewusst wie junge Männer.<br />
Die Suche nach dem Parkplatz ist oftmals ebenso lästig wie das Kramen nach Kleingeld für das Parkticket und der Gang zum Kassenautomaten.</em></p>
<p><strong>umso</strong></p>
<p><strong>umso </strong>is always written together:<br />
<em><br />
Die Versicherung wird umso teurer, je älter das Haus ist.<br />
Ein Renditeanstieg sei umso wahrscheinlicher, je länger sich die Politik in Washington als &#8220;dysfunktional&#8221; erweise.</em></p>
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		<title>Your vs You&#8217;re, It&#8217;s vs Its etc.</title>
		<link>http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2011/05/09/your-vs-youre-its-vs-its-etc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 14:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss-A.</dc:creator>
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Inspired by a comment by The Honourable Husband (thank you!) under one of my January posts on mistakes often made by German natives and by a mistake I noticed on a blog of an English native, an English teacher too boot!, (I’d rather not link to it, why promote mistakes?) today, I decided to write [...]]]></description>
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<p>Inspired by a comment by <a href="http://deutschlanduberelvis.com/" target="_blank">The Honourable Husband</a> (thank you!) under one of my January <a href="http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2011/01/24/wie-als-als-wie-wie%E2%80%A6/" target="_blank">posts on mistakes often made by German natives</a> and by a mistake I noticed on a blog of an English native, an English teacher too boot!, (I’d rather not link to it, why promote mistakes?) today, I decided to write about the difference between Your and  You&#8217;re and It&#8217;s and Its (that was what the mistake was about, original quote: <em>‘The original post is still out there on the Internet, cached in various places I have no control of, If your interested in reading the original.’</em>, even my MS Word spell-check underlines it!).<br />
However, after seeing how many results there are in google for these queries already (your you&#8217;re: about 1,220,000,000 results; its it&#8217;s: about 1,790,000,000 results), I decided not to write anything else.<br />
Let the numbers speak for themselves.<br />
And just a short quote from one of the <a href="http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/your.html" target="_blank">result websites</a>: <em>“You&#8217;re” is always a contraction of “you are.” If you&#8217;ve written “you&#8217;re,” try substituting “you are.” If it doesn&#8217;t work, the word you want is “your .”</em><br />
I think it says it all.<br />
Thank you for your attention.</p>
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		<title>Weißt du, wie viel Sternlein stehen?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss-A.</dc:creator>
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It’s a tricky issue with the spelling of how much/how many in German.
But there are certain rules that should be remembered and followed:
1. according to the reformed spelling we always write wie viel and wie viele separately
Wie viel Zeit hast du noch? How much time do you still have?
Wie viel Geld brauchst du? How much [...]]]></description>
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<p>It’s a tricky issue with the spelling of how much/how many in German.</p>
<p>But there are certain rules that should be remembered and followed:</p>
<p>1. according to the <strong>reformed spelling</strong> we always write <span style="color: #ff0000;">wie viel</span> and <span style="color: #ff0000;">wie viele</span> <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">separately</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">Wie viel</span> Zeit hast du noch? <em>How much time do you still have?</em><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">Wie viel </span>Geld brauchst du? <em>How much money do you need?</em><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">Wie viele</span> Kinder hat sie? <em>How many children does she have?</em></p>
<p><strong>Note</strong>: you can also use <span style="color: #ff0000;">wie viel </span>when a plural noun follows (it’s rare but correct), see also the title of this post</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">Wie viel(e)</span> Tische brauchen wir noch? <em>How many tables do we still need?</em></p>
<p>2. if we’re asking for an ordinal number (13<sup>th</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup>, 5<sup>th</sup>, 23<sup>rd</sup> etc.) we use the word <span style="color: #339966;">wievielte</span>(r, s,n…) and it is written <span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong>together</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #339966;">Wievielte</span> ist heute? <em>What is the date today? </em><br />
zum <span style="color: #339966;">wievielten </span>Mal?  <em>how many times?</em><br />
Gespeichert sind auf dem Chip lediglich Informationen darüber, ob das Medium aus mehreren Teilen besteht und der <span style="color: #339966;">wievielte </span>Teil es dann ist. <em>The only information stored on chip the information on whether the media consists of several individual pieces and which particular part it is.</em></p>
<p><strong>Note</strong>: the colloquial form <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">wievielste </span>is considered wrong in the written language!</p>
<p>Some exceptional instances:</p>
<p>ich weiß nicht, <span style="color: #ff6600;">wievielmal </span>(<em>also:</em> <span style="color: #ff6600;">wie viel Mal</span> or <span style="color: #ff6600;">wie viele Male</span>) ich schon am Meer gewesen bin <em>I don’t know how many times I’ve already been at th seaside</em><br />
<span style="color: #ff6600;">zu wievielt </span>(<em>also:</em> <span style="color: #ff6600;">zu wie vielen</span>) wart ihr? <em>How many of you were there?</em></p>
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		<title>Looking for Janus words</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss-A.</dc:creator>
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Have you heard of Janus words before? They are also called auto-antonyms, contranyms, antagonyms, enantiodromes, and self-antonyms and refer to words that have opposite meanings.
So, a Janus word is a word is a word with two meanings, one of which is the complete opposite of the other. Janus was a Roman god with a double [...]]]></description>
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<p>Have you heard of Janus words before? They are also called auto-antonyms, contranyms, antagonyms, enantiodromes, and self-antonyms and refer to words that have opposite meanings.</p>
<p>So, a Janus word is a word is a word with two meanings, one of which is the complete opposite of the other. Janus was a Roman god with a double face.</p>
<p><strong>English </strong>examples of Janus words include:</p>
<p><strong>to sanction</strong> can mean both <em>to allow</em> and <em>to prohibit</em><br />
<a href="http://grammar.about.com/od/il/g/Januswordterm.htm" target="_blank"><strong>left </strong>as a <span style="color: #ff0000;">verb </span>in the past tense means <em>to have gone</em>; as an <span style="color: #ff6600;">adjective</span>, it means <em>remaining</em></a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-antonym" target="_blank"><strong>to overlook</strong> can mean <em>to inspect</em> or <em>to fail to notice</em></a></p>
<p>Thinking of <strong>German </strong>examples, we have:</p>
<p><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antagonym" target="_blank"><strong>einstellen </strong></a>can mean <em>starten </em>(einen Mitarbeiter <a href="http://en.bab.la/dictionary/german-english/einstellen" target="_blank">einstellen</a>) or <em>beenden</em> (den Betrieb <a href="http://en.bab.la/dictionary/german-english/einstellen" target="_blank">einstellen</a>)<br />
<a href="http://en.bab.la/dictionary/german-english/aufheben" target="_blank"><strong>aufheben </strong></a>can mean <em>aufbewahren </em>and <em>abschaffen</em><br />
<a href="http://en.bab.la/dictionary/german-english/unmessbar" target="_blank"><strong>unmessbar </strong></a>can mean <em>ungeheuer klein</em> or <em>ungeheuer groß</em></p>
<p>Can YOU think of any other examples?</p>
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