The picture on the TV above is a view across a valley. I took it last week as it was such a lovely far view. The German word fern means far, remote or distant, and sehen is to see, look, view. So, literally ‘fernsehen’ means to see far or into the distant – and that … Read more
The other day I walked past a playground. There were no children and I was very tempted to use the equipment … instead I just took a picture 😎 The verb ‘spielen’ means ‘to play’, so every noun starting with ‘Spiel…’ means it’s something to play with/ in … etc … der Spielplatz – playground das … Read more
To finish off this month and after My top 5 English versions of German hits and My top 5 German cover versions of English hits what better way is there than to write about my top 5 German Disney songs? Here they are, again in reversed order – enjoy! No 5: Die Schöne und das Biest – Sei hier … Read more
The other day we went for a walk and saw some bulrushes, or Rohrkolben, as they are called in German. Although, commonly they are also known as Lampenputzer – lamp cleaners, just like the other picture above. And it just reminded me again how wonderful the German language puts words together and make sense. Just today a student asked me … Read more
Did you know the Germans drink more tea than the British??? Really? That can’t be true … and you’re right. According to Wikipedia, Germany is way behind the UK when it comes to drinking tea. But … The East Frisians (die Ostfriesen) are known for their wonderful tea ceremonies, but I won’t tell you about it … Read more
Today I’m taking you to the fair, die Kirmes, also known as ‘der Jahrmarkt’, but you don’t have to go on any of the rides Can you guess what some of the rides are called in German? Yes, rides like the ‘Vortex’ are called Vortex in German! The same goes for many of the named rides, but … Read more
A new school year started this week, so I thought ‘school’ would be a great topic for our ‘German on Thursday’ post. As most of you know, the Germans love to use compound nouns (words consisting of more than one noun). In English they usually stay as two (or more) words, like ‘school bus’ whereas … Read more
For today’s German on Thursday I found some nice easy articles about dogs and keeping them. Barbara Kiesewetter has written the following: “Hunde sind Allesfresser, mögen aber am liebsten Fleisch. Gefüttert werden sie deshalb meist mit einer Mischung aus Fleisch, Hundeflocken und Gemüse. Man kann das Futter selbst zubereiten oder Fertigfutter für Hunde verwenden. Bevor man … Read more
In today’s ‘Deutsch am Donnerstag’ we’ll look at ‘die Bank’. As you can see ‘die Bank’ can mean the bank or the bench. In plural the word changes, as more than one bench is ‘Bänke’ and more than one bank is ‘Banken’. So, how do you know which ‘Bank’ a text is about? Luckily there … Read more
This week’s ‘Deutsch am Donnerstag – German on Thursday’ is about trees. This short video should be easy enough to watch even for those with only basic German knowledge who won’t understand everything: But here is a more advanced text taken from kidsweb.de about trees and what happens to the leaves in autumn: “Im Herbst … Read more
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