Which German nouns do not change in the plural?

I wrote a blog post about German plural nouns (Which German nouns take an e or umlaut & e in the plural?) a few months ago. If you read it, you’ll recognize the first few paragraphs of the general introduction to German plural nouns. In that case you’ll have my permission to scroll half way … Read more

Comparative Grammar of German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish and Frisian – a review

A few months ago I received a lovely email from Robertson B. Kunz with the request to review his book called ‘Comparative Grammar of German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish and Frisian’. My initial thought was “Why would I want to advertise a book that teaches German grammar when I teach German grammar myself?” My second thought … Read more

Improve your German in December 2024

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 … Read more

Daraufhin oder darauf hin?

Today’s post is a follow-up to indem oder in dem? and sowie oder so wie? Both covered words which Germans sometime struggle to spell correctly, as one or two words. This time we’re loooking at daraufhin and darauf hin, again words where even Germans aren’t always sure whether to spell them as one or two … Read more

Improve your German in November 2024

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 … Read more

How to use the present tense and a time phrase to talk about the future in German

Let’s talk about the future!I have written about the future tense before. In my post How to use ‘ich will’ and ‘ich werde’ when talking about the future in German and also in my post How to say New Year’s resolutions in German Today I show you another easy way to talk about the future … Read more

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