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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "anleitung" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "anleitung" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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so Anleitung can mean instructions right – but does it work for directions e.g
I asked her how to get there and she told me to go left, then right at the right again at the kiosk. It was easy to find as she gave me good directions.
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Hmm, to me an “Anleitung” is basically a description of “how to do it”. And technically, “getting some place” can also be a thing you want to know how to do.
I still find it weird in that context though, because it sounds like a “user manual” for “getting to Alexanderplatz” for instance, and it doesn’t even involve anything other than just a few turns. To me, that’s a “(Weg)Beschreibung” but I am not sure I would notice if a native speaker said Anleitung.
Still, I would recommend not thinking of them as translations.
Cool. I’ll memorise Wegbeschreibung for future.
Someone told me where to go, then when I was back there later she was like “haben sie es gefunden” or something like that. And i was like “ja, da sie mir gute Anlieitung gegeben haben”
Not sure how bad that sounds. Probably should have used “gaben” also…
Ah, it’s a bit weird to my ears. Maybe also Anleitung has an undertone of using your hands or brains. Either “Anweisung” which sounds authoritarian a bit or Beschreibung. But that’s not to say that no native speaker would use “Anleitung”. It’s just my personal impression.
cool, ok, then I’ll know Wegbeschriebung for next time! : )