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Used mostly as an indeclinable adjective or particle to express that something is a copy or was created by copying. Mainly common in the phrase 'Copy and Paste'.
Er hat den Text nicht selbst geschrieben, das ist eine reine Copy-and-Paste-Arbeit.
He didn't write the text himself; it's pure copy-and-paste work.
'Copy' is an English loanword that is used in German as an indeclinable adjective or particle. It does not take adjective endings, even when it comes before a noun.
Das ist keine kreative Lösung, sondern nur eine Copy-Version des Originals.
That's not a creative solution, but just a copy version of the original.
This word belongs to colloquial language and to jargon in the field of computers and the internet. It is rarely used in formal or non-technical texts.
Schick mir den Link, dann muss ich das nicht alles per Copy and Paste übernehmen.
Send me the link, then I won't have to transfer all of that by copy and paste.
'Copy' most often appears in the fixed expression 'Copy and Paste', which describes copying and pasting digital content. Sometimes the adjective 'Copy-and-Paste-' is formed from it.
Bitte vermeide reine Copy-and-Paste-Antworten in deiner Hausarbeit.
Please avoid purely copy-and-paste answers in your term paper.
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'kopieren' and 'Copy' are both connected to creating or taking over a copy. 'kopieren' is the normal German verb: you copy a text, a file, or a document. 'Copy' is not a normal German verb, but appears mainly in the fixed expression 'Copy and Paste'. Learners may confuse the words because English 'copy' works like 'kopieren'. In German, however, you normally say 'kopieren'; 'Copy' is used only in certain expressions from the computer field.
Mit Copy and Paste übernimmst du den Text schnell in das Formular.
With Copy and Paste, you can quickly transfer the text into the form.
Die Fahrerin hat die Adresse zur Vorbereitung in die Nachricht kopiert.
The driver copied the address into the message to prepare.