# TWP: is there something wrong with the German verb interface?
**URL:** https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-is-there-something-wrong-with-the-german-verb-interface/1424
**Category:** General
**Created:** [August 15, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-is-there-something-wrong-with-the-german-verb-interface/1424 "2017-08-15T06:32:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@rarog4k](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/rarog4k)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2017, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-is-there-something-wrong-with-the-german-verb-interface/1424/121 "2017-10-09T10:59:56Z")
> [@Someone](#):
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> “Grammatik-Freak” is even less common but a very good option.
Now I have to play it and say, that you should write it together without Dash, as the word entered German language and is used like any other word according to Duden. So it would be “Grammatikfreak”. 😂
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### Author:  [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2017, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-is-there-something-wrong-with-the-german-verb-interface/1424/122 "2017-10-09T11:13:35Z")
> [@rarog4k](#):
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> … that you _should_ write it together without Dash …
Should. But I could still write it with a dash, if I would like to highlight one of the words (like in this case). 😜
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### Author:  [@AndreKR](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/AndreKR)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/twp-is-there-something-wrong-with-the-german-verb-interface/1424/123 "2020-06-03T19:56:19Z")
> [@BorisFromGermany](#):
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> Due to the fact that Franklin has commands that end with the “-e” form because they have NO object (Stöhne, Verzage…) I wanted to keep ALL verbs in that form on the command line.
I just stumbled upon this “explanation” and especially for people whose first language isn’t German I would like to point out that it doesn’t make sense to me either.
So, because Franklin’s commands happen to end in “e” (Stöhne), the translator chose to use a completely different form (Nehme) for the normal commands, just because they also happen to end in “e”?
Imagine in English Franklin’s commands would be “guess” and “hiss”. And the developers would decide that because they end in “s”, also the normal commands should end in “s”, so they would use “Gives” and “Takes” instead of “Give” and “Take”. That wouldn’t make any sense!
Even if you argue that “grammar in adventure games is broken anyway”.
> [@BorisFromGermany](#):
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> So: It’s “Nehme” and not “Nimm” because it is “Stöhne” and not “Stöhn” for Franklin.
This is quite misleading for people with limited understanding of German. Stöhn vs. Stöhne is a stylistic choice (both are correct), but “Nehme” instead of “Nimm” is simply a different form, it’s not a different “style” of imperative.
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