I need to know the correct spelling/conjugation of "I Alone" in German... looking online and using an English-German dictionary, I've found two different answers:

1. Ich Alleine

2. Ich Allein

I'm not sure if I need that second 'e' in 'Alleine'.

Thanks.

 

According to http://ets.freetranslation.com it should be

Ich Allein

 

Thanks Shovelhead... I get both versions depending on which translator I use. But, both of them come back as "I alone" if you do German to English so maybe it doesn't really matter. Then again, this is going to be a tattoo on my body so it does matter.

 

Alpineram will be on shortly (I hope for your sake)

You don't want to misspell a tattoo, especially when translation depends on it.


phox

 

Yup, miss-speaking German can get you in trouble,.....just ask John F. Kennedy.

 

Isn't German a romance language? if it is, the difference is probably a masculine/feminine variation.

 

^^^I thought French was?

 

I thought that was French? Oh dang... that will probably start a debate. Sorry....

Reminds me of the song from Live....

I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
Fear is not the end of this!


Britt

 

You beat me to the punch...

Britt

 

French is, so is Spanish, and Latin, Im not sure about German tho.

 

That's what I was thinking when I looked at it.

4 years of German in High School, and can't speak a word of it.

Ich Allien = I alone - and that's just fine, Hoowaa!

Ich Alleine = I alone - and feeling vulnerable, sob.




phox

 

How about Veit Namise....? I thought that was the language of "LOVE"?

Britt

 

Romance languages aren't about love... spent two years in high school learning french and it never helped me get laid...

Romance languages have a masculine and feminine version of of words. each mean something different. or atleast can...

 

I still say Veit Namise is the language of "LOVE"

Britt

 

Ill take your word on that....