User talk:Kandschwar

Hello! I see you are listed in Category:Wikipedians in Germany. I have made subcategories for each Bundesland in case you would like to add yourself to the appropriate one. See Category:Wikipedians in Germany for a list of the subcategories (they use the English names, the same as their Wikipedia articles). --Angr (tɔk) 16:01, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Angr, thank you for this information.

Hallo Angr, vielen Dank für die Info. Habe dies gleich eingebaut. Mein englisch ist nicht wirklich gut, deshalb antworte ich Dir zusätzlich und etwas ausführlicher auf deutsch ;-) Da ich gesehen habe, dass Du wohl sehr gut deutsch verstehst und sogar in Deutschland lebst. Also nochmals vielen herzlichen Dank. --Kandschwar 16:50, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Owney (dog)

The formatting of von Tanja Neumann is unclear to me. Is von Tanja the first name. See the link to the article. Neumann, von Tanja (2015). "Vom Streuner zum Maskottchen - Owney, der Bahnposthund". Das Archiv: Magazin für Post-und Telekommunikationsgeschichte (in German) (1). Heft: 50-53. ISSN 1611-0838. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:41, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The name is "Tanja Neumann", the word "von" means in english "by"

Given name: Tanja
Family name: Neumann

Kandschwar (talk) 14:58, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There is a von, which I assume goes with the family name? 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:59, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No. The "von" is german and means in englisch "by": For example: "Vom Streuner zum Maskottchen - Owney, der Bahnposthund" by Tanja Neumann. Kandschwar (talk) 15:05, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Pardon my being dense, but the iteration of the author[s name would be

Given name: von Tanja (which is what appears in Das Archiv)
Family name: Neumann. That is what we have, and apparently it is correct. Dunkë. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:11, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No, only "Tanja" is the given name. Kandschwar (talk) 15:15, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So when we use it in the citation it ("von") appears nowhere? 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:28, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

in this connection means "von" in english "written by" / "written of" Tanja Neumann. Kandschwar (talk) 15:33, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

One more example:

Germanwings Crash Investigation Hits Snag in Retrieving Data By DAN BILEFSKY and NICOLA CLARK nytimes.com

By DAN BILEFSKY and NICOLA CLARK

means in german:

von DAN BILEFSKY und NICOLA CLARK

Kandschwar (talk) 15:36, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Duh. Now I understand. Manfred von Richthofen was not being used in that sense. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:43, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it's correct. German is a heavy language. Some words have double meanings. Kandschwar (talk) 15:50, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

English too. And more than two meanings. Homophones are common. Depends on context. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:55, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Right, for more information about the "von" in Manfred von Richthofen, see Nobiliary particle#Germany and Austria (German nobility) and von. Kandschwar (talk) 16:01, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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