on a side note ...when stein is mentioned are they the actual clay stoneware vessel or the standard Bavarian 1L glass? I think a Masskrug can be a 1L stein if it is made of clay else its just a Masskrug or Mass if made of glass.
PS : Im not a fan of 1L servings even in Munich at the fests. Too much, gets too warm and too heavy.
"oconn":3pdvw54p wrote: on a side note ...when stein is mentioned are they the actual clay stoneware vessel or the standard Bavarian 1L glass?[/quote:3pdvw54p]
stein = stone (eg earthenware/stoneware ) Krug = crock or containing vessel
Steinkrug = lit:"the stone vessel"
Maß or Mass = weight / measure
Masskrug =lit:" measure crock" but always taken now to mean the 1L glass vessel (-so despised amoung the ICB members apparently <!-- s:shock: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_eek.gif" alt=":shock:" title="Shocked" /><!-- s:shock: --> )
can be masculine or feminine
"eine Mass" (f) or "ein Mass"(m)
(depending on which part of Germany or Austria you come from )
plurals dont change - eine mass = one ,zwei mass = two ,[i:3pdvw54p]not zwei massen[/i:3pdvw54p]
&quot;oconn&quot;:3pdvw54p wrote: PS : Im not a fan of 1L servings even in Munich at the fests. Too much, gets too warm and too heavy.[/quote:3pdvw54p]
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I spoke to some friends from Munich about this and they maintain that a stein is a clay vessel and a mass is a 1L vessel usually glass as seen at Oktoberfest. If it is a Stein then it can be .5 or 1L but must be clay.
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&quot;oconn&quot;:1jechfsf wrote: And you know the germans for being particular <!-- s:shock: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_eek.gif" alt=":shock:" title="Shocked" /><!-- s:shock: -->[/quote:1jechfsf]
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