This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. Deutsch am Donnerstag is going to be different this year. Two years ago I wrote a Kindle book for German speakers about the lovely county that I live in “Wiltshire von … Read more
Don’t you just love snow in winter? Well, maybe not when you have to drive to work… I certainly only like it when on holidays! But I do like German snow words. der Schnee – snow der Schneemann – snow man der Schneebesen – whisk (obviously nothing to do with real snow, but think what … Read more
The Germans like to collect words of the year. There is the most used word of the year “Wort des Jahres”, the worst word “Unwort des Jahres” and since 2008 there is also the youth word of the year, “Jugendwort des Jahres”. Youngsters can submit their favourite word of the year and from mid year until the … Read more
Last Saturday I went shopping in Swindon, or to be more precise, I tried to do some shopping until I saw a shop sign: “du” “A German word – how exciting!” And that was it, I was hunting for German words! I found: Schuh (shoe) klein (small, little) in Calvin Klein two words in Austin Reed: aus … Read more
You may be a bit surprised to find a picture of a tap (or as you Americans say, faucet) amongst the pictures of cockerels or roosters. That’s because the translation for cockerel is ‘der Hahn’ and the translation for tap is ‘der Wasserhahn’ but most time we just say ‘Hahn’ because it is obvious we’re … Read more
A lot of people like owls – ‘Eulen’ in German – and like to collect ornaments etc… So here is a little offering of German things with Eulen: ‘Eine Nachteule’ is a night owl, somebody who goes to bed very late, just like in English ‘Eine Schneeeule’ is a snowy owl, but watch out … Read more
These cups and saucers belonged to my grandmother. As a child I was always fascinated by them as they were so tiny – just right for using with dolls. Nowadays you could say they are Espresso cups as that’s the size they are. But I only know them as Sammeltassen -ornamental cups and saucers. … Read more
I love my Kindle! I love the convenience of carrying lots of books around with me in one small gadget. But I do miss one thing: bookmarks – Lesezeichen! These are just some of the bookmarks I have, some were freebies, some I bought and others were presents.Why am I telling you this? To tell … Read more
Isn’t this a wonderful picture of a head? It can be found in Calne, Wiltshire, UK. It looks like somebody has lost his head – jemand hat seinen Kopf verloren. Other idioms are: seinen Kopf durchsetzen – to get one’s own way den Kopf einziehen – to duck one’s head den Kopf hängen lassen … Read more
I took this picture of a beehive the other day and it reminded me of some idioms and phrases we use with the word ‘Biene’ fleißige Biene – busy bee so fleißig wie eine Biene – as busy as a bee flotte Biene – cutie, ‘nice-looking bird’ or ‘hot chick’ 🙂 Ich wurde von einer Biene … Read more
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