Equinox ◑ 16:57, 1 June 2016 (UTC) Yes, both "how are you called?" and "how do they call you?" sound awkward to me, unless you're being interrogated about how people get in touch with you. Wiki Tiki 89 16:52, 1 June 2016 (UTC) "How are you called?" seems to merit an answer like "by telephone"! I consider "what are you called?" to be okay, though. But you can ask both "How do they call you?" and "What do they call you?", especially when "they" refers to a specific person or group of people. Aɴɢʀ ( talk) 16:27, 1 June 2016 (UTC) I think "What are you called?" is equally strange.
Or are there nuances here? - Caligari Ɔɐ ƀïиϠ Ⴕ 16:18, 1 June 2016 (UTC) "How are you called?" sounds like foreigners' English to me, but I may be mistaken. Aɴɢʀ ( talk) 13:49, 1 June 2016 (UTC) "wie" is also used to indicate measurements as in "Wie spät ist es?"/"Wie viel Uhr ist es?" = "What time is it?", "Wie viel ist sechs mal zwei?" = "What's six multplied by two?" - Caligari Ɔɐ ƀïиϠ Ⴕ 16:02, 1 June 2016 (UTC) Chuck Entz If I'm not mistaken one can say both in English "How are you called?" and "What are you called?". There are probably counterexamples, though. It also occurs to me that you can say "Wie ist X" whenever it's synonymous with "Wie lautet X": "Wie lautet dein Name?"/"Wie ist dein Name?" (alongside the more usual "Wie heißt du") and "Wie lautet deine Nummer?"/"Wie ist deine Nummer?". Chuck Entz ( talk) 13:37, 1 June 2016 (UTC) Maybe. Maybe this is transferred from that in similar semantic environments. Aɴɢʀ ( talk) 12:19, 1 June 2016 (UTC) Normally, German uses the very common (most Romance and Slavic languages, several Germanic languages) European formulation: "how are you called/named?".
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Should we somehow work this meaning in? Like how English "What's your name/number?" would be German "Wie ist dein(e) Name/Nummer?" Wyverald ( talk) 11:19, 1 June 2016 (UTC) Sure, especially if you can figure how to specify when it's appropriate to use wie this way, since normally "What is X?" in German uses was. 67 vir(a)emia "miscellaneous" character menu.60 over: article structure is irregular.51 meaning of 'cam' in bridge cam gauge.47 eastside, westside, northside, southside.32 Polish pronunciation of ia sound (IPA).20 Are taboo collocations therefore idiomatic?.15 what does eminant boot agreement mean.9 bonafide: alternative form of bona fide?.6 English pronunciation of Maine (French province).