and now, a short commercial break :

[TexasFriedCriminal]

http://www2.hs-harz.de/~u14976/neosophia/

my site is back up
it's basically about me, my writings and all that stuff that 99% of everybody else doesn't give a damn about.

It'll be avaiable under the real url again soon.

just sign my guestbook, I'm feeling so unimportant

 

[Tranquillian]

I signed the guestbook
Have a nice day man!

 

[Elohim_Martin]

German is a strange language...

 

[Malaclypse]

find ich überhaupt nicht.

 

[rahvin]

Originally posted by VultureCulture
find ich überhaupt nicht.

... "i don't find myself overhead" ??...

rahvin. (beginner)

 

[Malaclypse]

i don't think [so] at all.
but translated literally it was excellent!

 

[TexasFriedCriminal]

espc. knowing that haupt=head was impressive.

 

[Malaclypse]

indeed. which online-dictionary did you use, rahvin?

 

[rahvin]

@texasfriedcriminal; @vultureculture: you're flattering a newbie to the german language. tsk tsk...
you know, i'm supposed to start learning that language sooner or later since it's part of my studies. unfortunately i've had just the tiniest hint of what it's all about. apparently, i picked up 'haupt' from somewhere (possibly some gothic, sex-talking, s&m funny german band ), but as you can see the actual idiom escapes me completely.
what's the relation between 'überhaupt' and thinking, btw? i still don't get it.

rahvin. (muttersprache)

 

[Malaclypse]

find' is abbreviated ->(finden), means to believe, to think.
"überhaupt nicht" means something like "totally not" , "not at all"

so i don't think this at all, ich finde das überhaupt nicht.

 

[rahvin]

@vultureculture: thanks for enlightenment.
doesn't seem a bad language after all.


rahvin. (facts and figures finally adding up)

 

[TexasFriedCriminal]

überhaupt is an expression that reinforces a statement, adding weight to it.

ie: das glaube ich nicht (I don't believe that) vs. das glaube ich überhaupt nicht (I don't believe that at all).

or: was machst du hier (what are you doing here) vs. was machst du überhaupt hier ( basically the same, but with an edge of unpleasent surprise to find that person here)

than there is "überhaupt und ausserdem" which could be translated as something like "above and beyond all that"

and finally, it can be used to simple express the same meaning as "at all" in english.

 

[TexasFriedCriminal]

vc : I don't think so at all.

uhm, that was more simple than my reply, am I thinking to far off the track ?

 

[Malaclypse]

no. i am simple