So …. have you been out looking for Pokémons? Is it interfering with your life? Especially with your German learning? Do you find it’s more important to catch these little creatures than to practise your German? Shame on you ☺ Don’t you know that you can combine the two? If you are interested in Pokémon Go, … Read more
After having covered low German (see bottom of this post for those three) let’s look at middle German dialects. As before, there are too many variations to mention them all, so I have chosen three, starting with Pfälzisch, or Palantine German, as it’s called in English. According to Wikipedia “Palatine German or Pfälzisch is a West … Read more
In this third part of my German dialect series we look at one of the Eastern states in Germany. You may have thought that low German was only spoken in the northwest of Germany, but Niederdeutsch is spoken across the North from the West to to East, with lots of variations in between. So … Read more
EDIT: Sadly, this book is out of print now, but maybe you’ll find a second hand copy somewhere. When I started teaching German many years ago and I needed a good grammar explanation I always turned to Hyde Flippo’s pages, because I liked the way he explained things. I bought one of his first books … Read more
Last month I started telling you about the Hamburger and East Frisian dialects, this month it is another low German dialect, the Grafschafter Platt. This post is possibly more of interest to myself than you, because I spent most of my childhood in Schüttorf, which belongs to the Grafschaft Bentheim and where they speak the … Read more
Edit: dates for 2026 – Muttertag 10/05, Vatertag 14/05. Muttertag Since moving to the UK there have been a few occasions where I bought a Mother’s Day card for my mum, but then didn’t send it because I couldn’t find it. Why? In the UK Mother’s Day, or Mothering Sunday, as it’s officially known, is … Read more
Do you know that feeling? You’ve been learning German for a while. Your vocab is pretty good and when you do any listening exercises you understand (almost) everything. Then you go to Germany and very excitedly you try and eavesdrop on conversations ……… and then … you cannot … understand … a word, because the … Read more
Have you ever driven on Germany’s motorways? Are you planning a first holiday in Germany and want to drive? Are you maybe a bit worried about driving on the motorway, the Autobahn? The people from insurance4carhire have made a lovely infographic with everything you need and maybe want to know before setting off. And now you can go … Read more
You’ve been learning German for a few years and you feel ready to watch the news in German. Where do you start? If you feel your German isn’t good enough to watch the news as they are shown on German TV, then try the news for Children. ZDF has daily news programmes lasting 10 minutes and … Read more
As a German learner you most likely have written a German text on your computer and find writing the extra characters ä, ö, ü and ß a bit of a hassle. You either need to use a virtual German keyboard, find the symbols on a word document and copy and paste or use number combinations for … Read more
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