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Hobby

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Ein Hobby macht man in seiner freien Zeit besonders gerne.

A hobby is something you particularly enjoy doing in your free time.

Das ist also anders als bei einem Beruf.

So this is different from a profession.

Das Wort dafür kommt aus der Englischen Sprache.

The word for it comes from the English language.

Brief-Marken, Sammel-Bilder, Finger-Hüte oder andere Dinge.

Postage stamps, collectible cards, thimbles, or other things.

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Hobby

an activity done regularly in one's free time for pleasure plural: Hobbys a hobby (activity) A1/ˈhɔbi/

freien← frei

free, not occupied by work or duties declined form of 'frei' after 'in seiner' (dative) free; unenslaved; unimprisoned; free; unrestricted; more negative also: unrestrained; licentious; unblocked; free for passage A1/fʁaɪ̯/

besonders

especially, particularly especially, particularly; very, especially; exceptionally, separately A1[bəˈzɔndɐs]

gerne← gern

gladly, with pleasure alternative form of 'gern' willingly; gladly; with pleasure; usually expressed verbally in English, with like, enjoy etc.; much; a lot; easily; often A1/ɡɛrn/

anders

different, differently different, differently; else; otherwise A2/ˈandɐs/

Beruf

profession, occupation, job plural: Berufe occupation, profession, trade, job, career; vocation A1/bəˈʁuːf/

Wort

word plural: Wörter (for individual words) or Worte (connected speech) word as an isolated unit; utterance, word with context; speech, speaking, (figuratively) floor A1/vɔrt/

dafür

for that, for it pronominal adverb: da + für for that, for it; instead, at least, as a compensation A2/daˈfyːʁ/

Englischen← englisch

English (relating to the language) declined form after 'aus der' (dative feminine) English; rare; angelic, angelical B2/ˈɛŋ.lɪʃ/

Sprache

language plural: Sprachen language (body of words, and set of methods of combining them); speech (style of speaking); speech (faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words;… A1/ˈʃpʁaːxə/

Brief-Marken← die Briefmarke

postage stamps plural form; singular: Briefmarke postage stamp A2[ˈbʀiːfˌmaʁkə]

Sammel-Bilder← das Sammelbild

collectible pictures, trading cards plural form; singular: Sammelbild

Finger-Hüte← der Fingerhut

thimbles (literally 'finger hats') plural form; singular: Fingerhut

andere← ander

other declined form of 'ander-' See anderer.; second C2/ˈʔandər/

Dinge← das Ding

things, objects plural form; singular: Ding thing; thing; girl; boy (young person); Thing (historic Germanic council) A2/dɪŋ/

Grammar in this text

Word order in main clauses: verb in second position

Ein Hobby macht man in seiner freien Zeit besonders gerne.

In a declarative main clause, the finite verb (macht) is in the second position, even if the subject (man) comes after it.

Prepositional phrase with dative: 'in seiner freien Zeit'

Ein Hobby macht man in seiner freien Zeit besonders gerne.

The preposition 'in' is a two-way preposition; here it takes the dative case (seiner freien Zeit) because it indicates a location in time, not a direction.

Pronominal adverb: 'dafür'

Das Wort dafür kommt aus der Englischen Sprache.

The pronominal adverb 'dafür' combines 'da' + 'für' and refers back to a previously mentioned noun or idea, meaning 'for that'.

Compound nouns with hyphen

Brief-Marken, Sammel-Bilder, Finger-Hüte

German often forms compound nouns by combining words; the hyphen is used here for clarity, especially with foreign or unusual combinations.

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