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When you teach yourself German, your experience is unique from everyone else’s.

Sometimes, you stray from the basics and learn strange (and fascinating) things.

I learned how to say “the ghost” and “the ice cave” in German before I …

Ever find yourself totally baffled in the middle of a German conversation?

Struggling to make sense of seemingly irrelevant comments?

Like, things are going great until your friend says something bizarre about a dancing bear, or dumpling broth. What gives?…

Let’s be honest: learning insults is one of our secret first priorities when starting a new language.

And it’s no surprise why. As offensive as they’re meant to be, insults can be awfully funny when translated literally. Sometimes you …

Learning German is the cat’s meow, isn’t it?

You really opened a can of worms the day you decided to start learning German! And at times, you’ve probably felt like you’re on some sort of wild goose chase with all …

German is a beautiful language, and don’t let anybody tell you any different.

You just have to hear it spoken by the right people.

Even Martian or gobbledegook spoken by a beautiful person would sound charming to the ear.…