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What is the difference between benutzen and verwenden ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between benutzen and verwenden ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
Both words mean "to use",..., but when should I use one or the other? Any examples would be much appreciated
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Basically they're interchangeable but "benutzen" sounds more casual than "verwenden". "Verwenden" sounds and is a bit more formal and thus is mostly used in formal situations.
Examples would be:
Verwenden:
- At a cooking show on TV: "Und nun verwende ich das bereits vorbereitete Blech."
(= And now I am using the already prepared baking sheet.")
- Benutzen:
- "Ich benutze immer das Shampoo von Nivea."
(= I always use the shampoo from Nivea)
In conclusion: In order to sound more natural use "benutzen". That's also what most people will use most of the time. "Verwenden" only sounds natural and not forced or "foreign" when your in a formal situation (meeting, job interview etc).
Hope that helps:)
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