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What is the difference between Nomen and Substantiv ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Nomen and Substantiv ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Das kommt auf die Situation an. Gewöhnlich sagt man Substantiv, im schulischen Umfeld vielleicht eher Nomen.
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Das kommt auf die Situation an. Gewöhnlich sagt man Substantiv, im schulischen Umfeld vielleicht eher Nomen.
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Technically, there is a slight difference.
"Substantive" are a sub-set of "Nomen".
to put it simply:
Substantive are words that are intrinsically capitalised.
Nomen are all capitalised words, which includes using adjectives, pronouns or verbs as nouns. (eg: the green - das Grün).
(technically it is: all words that can be declined, but the outcome is the same)
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However, the seperation is quite arbitrary, since all grammatical rules (case declination, etc) apply to all of them.
And since neither French nor English (both languages were/are quite influential) differentiate between the two , it becomes more and more common to use them as synonyms.
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tl;dr: Since the differentiation of the terms has NO practical effect/use, most people simply use these terms as synonym.
edit: I'd say both are used pretty much equally.
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