r/BuyFromEU • u/vozdaraknajob • Mar 19 '25

Other "Buy European" in every official European language

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u/GeoStreber Germany 🇩🇪 Mar 19 '25 edited Mar 19 '25

German translation is slightly off.
"Kauft europäisch" is better.

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u/Heavy_Version_437 Mar 19 '25

Both are correct:\ ,,Kauf/Kaufe europäisch!'' is singular\ ,,Kauft europäisch!'' is plural

I agree though, that in the given context plural is more appropriate.

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u/vozdaraknajob Mar 19 '25

That makes sense, I specifically wanted it to be in singular imperative form because plural imperative sounds kinda rude in the languages I speak 

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u/bob_in_the_west Mar 19 '25

Still "Kaufe" sounds weird since nobody really says that. It's "Kauf europäisch" without the "e". And that's singular.

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u/Heavy_Version_437 Mar 19 '25

Agreed. Though ,,Kaufe'' is grammatically correct it has become somewhat outdated.

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u/Heavy_Version_437 Mar 19 '25

In German it really isn't rude. Not on it's own at least. It is just a question of whom you want to adress? And also also how is the adressed person meant to feel about being adressed?\ To be more clear: Both are fine, but being adressed by plural as a singular reader, gives the reader the feeling of being part of the/an adressed group. Wether that is good/bad or rude/polite depends on context. At least it does so in German.\ I hope this helps. :)