Can you imagine a world without colors?
It’d be pretty drab, don’t you think?
So could the process of learning the colors in German—but it doesn’t have to be.
Not only are colors a basic descriptive tool but this is …
Wanna learn how to swear in German?
Here’s a secret: Most people do.
Okay, okay. Phrases with swears in them are not sound options when learning or traveling around Germany, but you may need them in your back pocket …
Close your eyes for a second.
Think back to when you first started learning German.
Maybe it was in a classroom, or maybe you were learning at home with the first disc of a language program.
Regardless of where you …
If Latin is the language of enlightenment, and French the language of love, what does that make German?
Well, to start with, the language of swine enthusiasts.
Pigs are significant in German culture, and common sayings are littered with mentions …
You may have noticed that the German language often gets a bad rap.
Especially among English speakers.
People often say it sounds “guttural” or “rough,” or that German speakers are “always shouting.”
That perception is doubtless due in no small …
English spelling is notoriously difficult.
Helpfully, we have various rules to help us out—remember “I before E except after C”?
German has plenty of spelling rules as well, but as it’s not your native language, it can still be quite …
“I only understand train station.”
Excuse me?
Sounds odd, right? But, if you literally translate “I only understand train station” to its German counterpart, ich verstehe nur Bahnhof, you actually get a really common expression.
If you’re ever …
