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- Check "staub" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "staub" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
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wow an article on Staub!
Ok so my question is about the plural.
In english dust is plural. For a single bit of dust you’d say “a bit of dust” or something like that.
I guess you could say “dusts” if you were talking about different kinds of dust or something but I think this i really uncommon.
So i see German also has a plural but i have the impression that the singular is, like english, not refering to a single fleck of dust. Am i correct and if so how do i say “bit of dust” please?
Now the absolute insider question…. did you think of ://aboutblank when you read “Staub”? I did, I’ve just seen too many posters over the years.
“a bit of dust” is “ein bisschen Staub”. The singular is a mass noun in German, like “Wasser”.
But are you sure dust is plural?
Would you say “The dust are on the shelf”?
Or do you mean “mass noun”?
As for “die Stäube” … I think that is just as uncommon as the plural would be in English. I can see it in material science or alchemy where you have different types of dust, but you don’t EVER hear it for “Hausstaub”.
Absolutely I did yeah. I never went to Staub but i heard reports from people i’ve chatted to about the Berlin club scene. I like the concept that the djs aren’t on the poster , the idea of faceless djs etc. i also think its a good name for a techno party. I’ve been to About Blank a couple of times like 9, 8 or so years ago or so… was ok but lets just say that place is not my thing….