spendius wrote:Walter-
What meanings might this have-
Ich bin der welt. Does it mean I am the life or I am the way or I'm off my flipping rocker.
If it's just one sentence, it would be "Ich bin die Welt" = "I am the world" - meaning the same in English as in German.
If it's the title of the Mahler piece, it's "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen" and means "I have become lost."
die Welt, f - dativ 'der Welt'