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Philip Newton (LJ OpenID) (
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2006-01-31 05:59 am (UTC)
in 1999
When giving years, you have two options:
im Jahr
(
e
) (with or without the archaic
Dativ-e
; both variants are probably equally common)
1999
or
in 1999
.
Bastian Sick, in his column on German grammar and style
Der Zwiebelfisch
calls the latter "ein lästiger Anglizismus"
. You may wish to avoid "in" in such situations, therefore, and simply say e.h. "Ich bin 1974 geboren".
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in 1999
Bastian Sick, in his column on German grammar and style Der Zwiebelfisch calls the latter "ein lästiger Anglizismus". You may wish to avoid "in" in such situations, therefore, and simply say e.h. "Ich bin 1974 geboren".