Imagine you’re eating a meal in Germany, either in a restaurant or at somebody’s house, and you’re being asked: “Schmeckt’s?” (Or possibly ‘Schmeckt es dir/ Ihnen?’) because the host/ waiter wants to know if the meal tastes alright. What do you answer? A quick and easy answer could be “Ja, gut.” Or you could say … Read more
Learn some German Christmas vocabulary and practise your German reading skills with this text. Then try the quiz to see how much you understood. Weihnachten in Deutschland Am 1. Dezember beginnt die Adventszeit. Die Kinder bekommen einen Adventskalender und öffnen vom 1. bis zum 24. Dezember jeden Tag ein Türchen. Vielleicht sehen sie ein schönes … Read more
Does your German learning take a back burner during Advent because you’re too busy with other things? Why not learn some German while doing all those tasks? You want to make an Advent calendar? Check out these German sites for ideas: Adventskalender selber machen – mehr als 60 Anleitungen Adventskalender basteln Adventskalender You want to … Read more
If you had asked that question when I was a little girl, the answer might have been a NO. Growing up I only knew of ‘Haferflocken’ (oats) and then Müsli and Conflakes. The word ‘Cerealien’ for cereal wasn’t even used because the only cereal was Conflakes. Thinks have changed over the years as the following … Read more
We all love idioms, don’t we? I found 10 German food-related ones for you which I turned into a video. I hope you like them. I even have one more for you: And that is because I want to put my ‘Senf dazu’ ☺ Here are all those idioms from the video again with … Read more
Today’s post is another guest post, this time by Sean Patrick Hopwood of Day Translations, Inc.. Thank you, Sean, and over to you: Cars, classical music, beer and sausages – these are just some of the things Germany is famous for. The country’s current population is 82.67 million and only 5% of the residents do not speak … Read more
Come to the forest for some Waldeinsamkeit and Waldbaden A while ago we went for a walk to Belvedere Woods, a lovely area near Devizes, where we live. I took some pictures which I posted on Facebook, to which a friend (Ulrike Rettich of Games for Language) commented with the word ‘Waldbaden’. It reminded me … Read more
Imagine you’re in Germany on holiday or for work and you’ve enjoyed some lovely cups of German coffee but now you fancy a cup of tea. So off you go to the supermarket ….. and find a whole shelf with different types of teas. Which one should you buy? There are so many to choose … Read more
EDIT a day after Germany got kicked out of the 2018 Word Cup: YES, the title is still correct. Read on to find out why! I’m not really interested in football, although I do watch some international games, especially if Germany plays England. One of my online students told me about his experience watching such … Read more
If I ask people what they know about driving in Germany, the first thing that comes to their heads is driving on motorways without a speed limit. (Read more about driving on an Autobahn here) But what about driving in towns or villages? There are a few things different to driving in the UK (and … Read more
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