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- Check "es-gibt-gibt-es" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "es-gibt-gibt-es" 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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How idiomatic does this sound out of curiosity:
” Auf englische gibt es diese Wort aber es hat nicht genau die Bedeutung wie auf Deutsch”
Obviously interested in “es gibt” but any feedback around the rest of the sentence would also be useful… : )
Corrected:
– Auf Englisch gibt es dieses Wort, aber es hat nicht genau (die gleiche/selbe) Bedeutung wie auf Deutsch.
“nicht genau” alone works, but I think addig “die gleiche” is better.
“es gibt” is perfectly fine.
danke dir!
A German teacher I once had told me to never use es gibt to refer to people. Is that true? If so, does it just sound impolite or is it just a matter of using a different word?
Is saying something like “Es gibt jemand an der Tür.” wrong? And what could/should be said instead?
Hmm… here comes everyone’s favorite answer:
It depends.
In your example, it does sound weird. You wouldn’t use “es gibt” for people in a sense of people being at an actual location.
But you do use it in the context of general existence.
– Es gibt viele Menschen, die keinen Sport machen.
Hope that helps.
That does help! Thanks!
surprised there is no article for this. Was curious about borderline cases.
Do you think you could think about “es gibt” as working like “es wird angeboten” – like cases where “something was offered” “something” being like a course, an exhibition , a tour, opportunities.
Depends on the exact context and phrasing but it can work.
Actually, it’s kind of common in the context of event organizing where people say what will “be there”
– Es wird ein Riesenrad geben und ein Karusell. Und es wird auch ein echtes Einhorn geben.
I don’t like this way of talking because it feels like dodging resposibility. Like I prefer people saying “Wir machen XYZ”, but yeah, I hear this “es wird XYZ geben” quite a lot, from spiri influencers who hold retreats for instance.
yeah i remember you doing an article on that trend…
Just wanted to check how these sound:
Es gibt viele Jobs da
in dem Buch gibt es 6 Kapitel
Oh, these sound perfectly idiomatic to me.
I take it for granted now what is meant by “es gibt.” I still find the use of the verb “geben” in this instance odd as an english speaker. One thing that helps is translating “es gibt” as “it is given.” For example “Es gibt einen Brunnen im Garten” could translate as “It is given, there is a well in the garden.”
Am I incorrect thinking of it this way?
If it helps you then it’s a good way to think about it, but it’s not how it feels to a native speaker.
It’s more like the English expression:
– What gives?
I think I’m using this wrongly. Instead of “es gibt ein Hund im Garten”, my translator says “da ist ein Hund im Garten”. Should we not use “es Gibt” for explaining the location of something?
In this context, “es gibt” is a general description of the “amneties” of the garden. Like…
– There’s a well in the garden where you can get water, and there’s a dog in the garden where you can get pizza.
“da ist” is more a specific situation… either you’re warning someone, or you’re using the garden with the dog as a waypoint or something.
Does that help?
singular: es gibt there is
plural: gibt es there are
What is the logic of gibt es being plural rather than asking a question? i.e. is there?
How is the best way to ask is there?
Oh, that’s a misunderstanding. The commas I used and the way I order it are confusing!
“es gibt” is “there is, there are”.
“gibt es” can be also “there is, there are”, just in a different sentence structure.
– Es gibt hier Kartoffeln.
– Hier gibt es Kartoffeln.
And “gibt es” can be the questions “is there, are there?”
Hope that helps.