Idiom Glossary of terms

A Redewendung is a fixed expression whose meaning cannot be literally deduced from the words that compose it.

Detailed Explanation

Redewendungen are phrases or expressions proper to a language that have a figurative and not literal meaning. Their use is very common in everyday speech and they often reflect cultural and historical aspects of the German language.

These idiomatic expressions can be difficult for non-native speakers to understand, as their meaning cannot be deduced simply by translating the individual words that compose them.

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