ext_47267 ([identity profile] godofstrife.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] mpsanguis 2009-07-08 10:53 am (UTC)

"prinzipiell" would be "on basis of my principles", right? And "prinzipe" would be "my principles"?

This corect, only that "principles" would be spelled "Prinzipien". I can see the problem: there is one word for the adjective and the noun in English and two in German.

principle (adj.) and principle (noun)

prinzipiell (adj./adv) and Prinzip (noun, singular) and Prinzipien (noun, plural)

"Prinzipe" would be the correct plural form if Prinzip were a German word, but it derives from the Latin word principium (beginning) and therefor doesn't follow the principle rules of German grammar.

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