What are some contractions in German, such as "I'm" and "It's" in English?

Question

What are some contractions in German, such as "I'm" and "It's" in English?

Answer 1

Tons, Here's just a few:

Im = in dem

Ins = in das

zum = zu dem

zur = zu der

Answer 2

'ein' is often reduced to '-n'. For example, you can say "Hast du'n Auto?" instead of "Hast du ein Auto?". "du'n" is pronounced as if it was one single word (rhyming with 'tun' [to do]).

The same goes for eine (=> 'ne) and einen (=> 'nen).

In colloquial German there are some more contractions, like 'anner' instead of 'an der', 'inner' for 'in der', 'auf'n' for 'auf den', 'auf'm' for 'auf dem' and so on.

The modal particle 'einmal' is contracted to 'mal' (or even 'ma') in colloquial German: "Ich war schon mal in den USA" instead of "...schon einmal...".

If a verb form ends on -e, the last letter is often not articulated. You can say "Ich hab/geh/steh" etc. instead of "Ich habe/gehe/stehe".

Example of a typical colloquial sentence:

"Ich geh ma_eben innen Supermarkt, wa?" [I'm going to the supermarket.]

A possible answer would be

"Samma (=contraction of sag mal), has' du'n paar anner Klatsche?" [I don't think that is a good idea.]

Answer 3

There is no 'I'm' in German, you can't shorten 'Ich bin.'

'It's' would depend on whether the word order has changed, but if 'ist' comes before 'es', you can shorten it to 'ist's'.

Answer 4

ok

Answer 5

Im Wald hat's Bäume.

Wer's glaubt wird seelig.

Wo geht's lang?

Answer 6

there aren't that many.

one is: "Wie geht's Dir?"

Answer 7

i dont get this question :(