Learn German vocabulary by topic: Obst & Gemüse – fruit & veg

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. Let’s learn some German vocabulary based on a topic. And this month’s topic is one of the fruit and veg boxes I receive every two weeks.You’ll get the vocab plus … Read more

Learn German vocabulary by topic: eine Dachreparatur – a roof repair

This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. Let’s learn some German vocabulary based on a topic. And this month’s topic is a roof repair.You’ll get the vocab plus three different ways to practise/ remember the words: with … Read more

Learn German vocabulary by topic: Betten machen – making the bed

This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. Let’s learn some German vocabulary based on a topic. And this month’s topic is making the bed.You’ll get the vocab plus three different ways to practise/ remember the words: with … Read more

HABEN & SEIN in different tenses, part 2

The two German verbs HABEN and SEIN are – just like ‘to have’ and ‘to be’ in English – irregular verbs. But they are also very important in all the other tenses, not just the present tense. A while ago I reminded you how to comjugate them in the present, perfect, imperfect, pluperfect tenses as … Read more

HABEN & SEIN in different tenses

The two German verbs HABEN and SEIN are – just like ‘to have’ and ‘to be’ in English – irregular verbs. But they are also very important in all the other tenses, not just the present tense. So, as a reminder, here they are conjugated in the present, perfect, imperfect, pluperfect tenses as well as … Read more

The Good, the (not) Bad, and the Ugly German words – Part 3

In part 1 and part 2 we looked at some of those lovely German words which are identical or almost identical to English words. Now, in part 3 we will look at those words which look identical but have a different meaning – our ‘false friends’. False friends alphabet: die Art type bald  soon der Chef … Read more

The Good, the (not) Bad, and the Ugly German words – Part 2

In part 1 we looked at some of those German words which are identical to English words. Now let’s look at those that are almost identical but still instantly recognisable. Here is my ‘not bad’ alphabet: der Alkohol alcohol die Bluse blouse der Charakter  character das Debüt debut der Elefant elephant der Fisch fish das Glas glass … Read more

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