Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Sep 12, 2001 02:47
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German term
Darcy
Tag
Non-PRO
German to English
Other
am Tag/an dem Tag
anyone can tell me the difference? thank you very much.
anyone can tell me the difference? thank you very much.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | am Tag/ an dem Tag |
Maya Jurt
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| 5 +1 | during the day - that day |
martina schneider
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| 5 | On the day |
Poornima Iyengar
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Proposed translations
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am Tag/ an dem Tag
There is no difference. Both are correct. But saying "an dem Tag" is a slight tongue twister. Therefore "am Tag is an abreviation. You use "an DEM Tag, when you want to put the accent on this specific day.
An example: Am Tag als der Regen kam (a song)
Es passierte gerade an dem Tag, als mein Auto in der Garage war...
HTH
Maya
An example: Am Tag als der Regen kam (a song)
Es passierte gerade an dem Tag, als mein Auto in der Garage war...
HTH
Maya
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Poornima Iyengar
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Hindi to English
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On the day
Maya is correct in that both mean the same thing but the difference is more in the grammatical form than anything else.
an (preposition followed by 'dativ' indirect object) dem (der Tag becomes dem in the Dativ form)
an dem Tag = on the day
'an + dem' can be shortened to 'am'
Hope I was clear enough.
HTH
Poornima
an (preposition followed by 'dativ' indirect object) dem (der Tag becomes dem in the Dativ form)
an dem Tag = on the day
'an + dem' can be shortened to 'am'
Hope I was clear enough.
HTH
Poornima
+1
10 mins
martina schneider
Germany
Germany
Germany
Works in: English to German, German to English
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16
during the day - that day
depending on the context:
am Tag = during the day, at daytime: no special day,("zur Tageszeit"), but also "am Tag X" (the day X),
an dem Tag = always a special day is meant (An dem Tag haben wir Großvater besucht)
am Tag = during the day, at daytime: no special day,("zur Tageszeit"), but also "am Tag X" (the day X),
an dem Tag = always a special day is meant (An dem Tag haben wir Großvater besucht)
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Beate Boudro (X)
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