notdürftig

(adjective)

Meanings

1.
makeshift, provisional(ly)
(Done out of the need in an emergency. Not meant to hold for long.)

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The meaning of - "die Not"

We’ll look at the family of die Not and find lots of necessary words - literally :).

Vocab:

die Not, notwendig, nötig, benötigen, der Notfall


The meaning of "dürfen"

A thorough look at the German modal verb "dürfen". We'll learn where it comes from, how it gots the meanings it has today and what related words there are.

Vocab:

duerfen, der Bedarf, bedürftig, das Bedürfnis


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2 months ago

Is there a reason i think of a dog taking a shit when I read this word? Is there a similar sounding word to this one for that?

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2 months ago
Reply to  Emanuel

Thanks….actually I’m not sure i ever saw that particular cartoon. I think i did read the word Notdurft before tho somewhere….



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