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

Exploring the German verb LEGEN and its variations

The German verb legen mean to lay/ put/ place. It gets conjugated as follows: The perfect tense goes with ‘haben’ and the past participle is ‘gelegt’, and in the imperfect tense it’s ‘ich legte’. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no … Read more

Learn German and spread happiness in February 2025

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

Learn German and spread happiness in January 2025

Welcome to another month – and year – 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. This month’s theme: Happier January – Glücklicher Januar … 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

24 German nouns ending in FREUDE

When you check a dictionary to see what the German noun ‘Freude’ means, you’ll get several translations, like joy, delight, pleasure, happiness, enjoyment, … and more. But did you know that added to another noun, we can have 24 different types of ‘Freude’? Let’s have a look at them. As they all end in ‘Freude’, … 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

Improve your German in October 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 act … Read more

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