Use of the dative on inscriptions
On the Bundestag building, the inscription reads "dem deutschen Volke", the German people. It is in the dative case. Why is the nominative case "das deutsches Volk" not used?
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On the Bundestag building, the inscription reads "dem deutschen Volke", the German people. It is in the dative case. Why is the nominative case "das deutsches Volk" not used?
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Why the downvotes? It's a valid question.
– Robert
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Nominativ would be das deutsche Volk
– Stef
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On the Bundestag building, the inscription reads "dem deutschen Volke", the German people. It is in the dative case. Why is the nominative case "das deutsches Volk" not used?
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On the Bundestag building, the inscription reads "dem deutschen Volke", the German people. It is in the dative case. Why is the nominative case "das deutsches Volk" not used?
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Why the downvotes? It's a valid question.
– Robert
8 hours ago
Nominativ would be das deutsche Volk
– Stef
2 hours ago
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Why the downvotes? It's a valid question.
– Robert
8 hours ago
Nominativ would be das deutsche Volk
– Stef
2 hours ago
Why the downvotes? It's a valid question.
– Robert
8 hours ago
Why the downvotes? It's a valid question.
– Robert
8 hours ago
Nominativ would be das deutsche Volk
– Stef
2 hours ago
Nominativ would be das deutsche Volk
– Stef
2 hours ago
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It's an ellipsis of
„Dieses Parlament ist dem deutschen Volk gewidmet“ (This parliament is dedicated to the German people).
See here for a detailed article about this inscription (unfortunately in German only).
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This is what's called a dativus finalis
It tends to denotes purpose and thus means "this is for [the benefit of] the German people".
Latin knew the same notion, an example would be "tibi laetitiae", meaning something along the lines of "for your enjoyment".
A simple nominative wouldn't transport this meaning (rather, it wouldn't transport much meaning on a building).
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It's an ellipsis of
„Dieses Parlament ist dem deutschen Volk gewidmet“ (This parliament is dedicated to the German people).
See here for a detailed article about this inscription (unfortunately in German only).
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It's an ellipsis of
„Dieses Parlament ist dem deutschen Volk gewidmet“ (This parliament is dedicated to the German people).
See here for a detailed article about this inscription (unfortunately in German only).
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It's an ellipsis of
„Dieses Parlament ist dem deutschen Volk gewidmet“ (This parliament is dedicated to the German people).
See here for a detailed article about this inscription (unfortunately in German only).
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It's an ellipsis of
„Dieses Parlament ist dem deutschen Volk gewidmet“ (This parliament is dedicated to the German people).
See here for a detailed article about this inscription (unfortunately in German only).
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This is what's called a dativus finalis
It tends to denotes purpose and thus means "this is for [the benefit of] the German people".
Latin knew the same notion, an example would be "tibi laetitiae", meaning something along the lines of "for your enjoyment".
A simple nominative wouldn't transport this meaning (rather, it wouldn't transport much meaning on a building).
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This is what's called a dativus finalis
It tends to denotes purpose and thus means "this is for [the benefit of] the German people".
Latin knew the same notion, an example would be "tibi laetitiae", meaning something along the lines of "for your enjoyment".
A simple nominative wouldn't transport this meaning (rather, it wouldn't transport much meaning on a building).
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This is what's called a dativus finalis
It tends to denotes purpose and thus means "this is for [the benefit of] the German people".
Latin knew the same notion, an example would be "tibi laetitiae", meaning something along the lines of "for your enjoyment".
A simple nominative wouldn't transport this meaning (rather, it wouldn't transport much meaning on a building).
answered 1 hour ago
tofrotofro
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This is what's called a dativus finalis
It tends to denotes purpose and thus means "this is for [the benefit of] the German people".
Latin knew the same notion, an example would be "tibi laetitiae", meaning something along the lines of "for your enjoyment".
A simple nominative wouldn't transport this meaning (rather, it wouldn't transport much meaning on a building).
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Why the downvotes? It's a valid question.
– Robert
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Nominativ would be das deutsche Volk
– Stef
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