German sentences for spotting trees

Welcome to my next blog post based on our season 6 ‘Ask Angelika’ shows with practical or useful sentences you might hear or use yourself in certain scenarios. Today we’re covering German sentences you might need or hear while spotting trees in Germany. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a … Read more

40 German adjectives ending in -los you need to know

Continuing my posts about German adjectives, today’s post is about those that end in -los. If you want to check again, the last two adjective posts were 30 German adjectives ending in -reich you need to know and 20 German adjectives ending in -arm you need to know This time I found so many, I … Read more

The art of small talk in German

Germans in general consider superficial, polite small talk with strangers to be inefficient or insincere. But small talk is also an essential social skill that can open doors to new relationships, professional opportunities, and personal connections. Whether at a networking event, a casual gathering, or an unexpected encounter, mastering the art of small talk in … Read more

A dose of German happiness for September 2026

Welcome to another month of the German Action for Happiness Calendars. As before, you can if you wish also print out a PDF version. And if you want or need to, you can see it here in English, where you also find further foreign languages. Use the following sentences as a German reading and translation exercise and then act on … Read more

German sentences for spotting wildflowers

Welcome to my next blog post based on our season 6 ‘Ask Angelika’ shows with practical or useful sentences you might hear or use yourself in certain scenarios. Today we’re covering German sentences you might need or hear while spotting wildflowers in Germany. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a … Read more

20 German adjectives ending in -arm you need to know

If you are a regular reader of my blog you know that I often post about German compound nouns. Today’s post, however, is about German compound adjectives. Instead of putting two or more German nouns together we’re adding an adjective. Last week I wrote about the adjective ‘reich’ – rich: 30 German adjectives ending in … Read more

30 German adjectives ending in -reich you need to know

If you are a regular reader of my blog you know that I often post about German compound nouns. Today’s post, however, is about German compound adjectives. Instead of putting two or more German nouns together we’re adding an adjective. We’re starting with the adjective ‘reich’ – rich. It means that, no matter what the … Read more

5 types of negative self-talk German learners should avoid

Learning German can be exciting and rewarding, but let’s be honest: it can also be frustrating sometimes! You forget vocabulary you were sure you knew, get your der, die and das mixed up, or stare blankly at a German sentence wondering how on earth you’re supposed to understand it. And that’s when negative self-talk can … Read more

A dose of German happiness for August 2026

Welcome to another month of the German Action for Happiness Calendars. As before, you can if you wish also print out a PDF version. And if you want or need to, you can see it here in English, where you also find further foreign languages. Use the following sentences as a German reading and translation exercise and then act on … Read more

German sentences for Crazy Golf

Welcome to my next blog post based on our season 6 ‘Ask Angelika’ shows with practical or useful sentences you might hear or use yourself in certain scenarios. Today we’re covering sentences you might hear or need when playing crazy golf with Germans. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a … Read more

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