Bernhard-Victor Christoph-Carl von Bülow would have celebrated his 90th birthday today. He was born on the 12th November 1923 in Brandenburg an der Havel in Germany and died on the 22nd August 2011. Under the name Loriot he was a famous German comedian, well known for his cartoons and sketches. If you’d like to check him out search … Read more
The Germans call ‘carnival’ Karneval, Fastnacht, Fasching or even ‘die fünfte Jahreszeit’ (the 5th season). It ends the day before Ash Wednesday with many processions and parties going on during the week up to that Tuesday. But why am I writing about this today? As you can imagine, those processions take a long time to … Read more
Google Translate has been around for a long time now and over the years has improved immensely. For the internet surfer/ buyer this is extremely useful. You can now check out any website for information and/ or to buy something from foreign sites, even if you don’t understand the languages. Google Translate makes it possible … Read more
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. Yesterday I told you about German Kindle books for learners, Today I had planned to tell you about another way of using your Kindle, but this time the blog post … Read more
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. This is not a free resource but if you have a Kindle you might be interested in this book. It’s an interactive adventure book in German with some English help. … Read more
EDIT 2025: Sadly, it seems the website has gone. I get a lot of email newsletters every day, most get a quick scan and then deleted, but every so often there is a gem in one of them. One of those I spotted a few days ago: phraseum Phraseum doesn’t teach you a language. Instead … Read more
EDIT 2019: Although the points made in this blog are still relevant, Duolingo keeps on changing the way you work your way along the tree. So some of the images might not be accurate anymore. For example, this is something new Duolingo informed me about in 2019: And in 2022 they changed the path Original … Read more
A while ago I heard about this free Android app from DeutschAkademie. I’ve been trying it out for some time now and I’m impressed! It’s a perfect chance to practise your grammar. Whatever grammar you have learnt in your German lesson, there is bound to be an exercise for you to practice. EDIT 2016, there … Read more
EDIT 2016: Sadly, the idea was more difficult to keep going than they thought and Emmas Enkel has been sold to a large supermarket chain. I still like the idea, so will leave my post. The Germans call a corner shop ‘Tante-Emma-Laden’ as children used to address the shop assistants as auntie, like Auntie Emma. … Read more
My friend Suzan St Maur challenged me yesterday to write a blog post with 26 sentences in the order of the alphabet. I like the odd challenge here and there, so here is my post, a conversation between a husband and his wife in 26 sentences from A to Z: “Angelika teaches German.” “But why should I learn German?” … Read more
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