[thechat] german stuff

[Kai Pahl]

> Bob, do you know the German words
> 
> <spelling type="phonetic">
> "dutzen" and "zeetzen"
> </spelling>
> 
> In the context of "Wir sind Freunde; wir 'dutzen' uns." or "Er ist mein
> Chef. Ich muss ihn 'zeetzen'." ("We're friends, we can use 'du'". or "He's
> my boss. I must use 'Sie' when speaking to him.")
> 
> I know "dutzen" is "dozen", so that's definitely not the way it's spelled,
> but I can't even figure out if they're real words or something colloquial.

i'm not bob, but it's "duzen" and "siezen", while dozen is "dutzend". they
are some sort of "real" words as they are mentioned in the official
"rulebook" for german language, the "duden". but they are marked in the book
as "colloquial".

bye
kai

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. Kai Pahl, Hamburg, Germany