After arriving in Germany, I quickly realized something.
Young Germans never used the greetings I’d learned in class.
The only person who said Guten Abend to me was a man in an ice cream shop who looked old enough to …
Learn German with Songs: 10 Classic Songs You Oughta Know
Tired of memorizing conjugation tables?
Take a break.
Watch a movie, or listen to music – as long as it’s German, you’re still learning!
And while you’re at it, why not get to know some German classics?
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10 Common German Vocabulary Words With Surprising Meanings
English has many words that are exactly the same in German.
For example: warm, blond, finger, etc.
And there are German words that sound like English and are, in fact, cognates.
For example: Bett (bed), Fisch (fish), leicht…
Learn German with Movies: 10 Great Movies for Learning Real German
Struggling to understand your friend from Basel?
Not sure why that Viennese man told you to “greet God”?
Recognizing regional dialects and slang are key to understanding the German language. With somewhere between 50 and 250 dialects, you better start …
4 Quick Tips for Learning German Word Order
What’s the hardest part of learning German?
For English speakers, it just might be German word order.
The German word order, when you translate it literally into English, comes out looking like some kind of bizarre, Shakespearian knot that needs …
Learn German Through Music: 8 Modern Classics to Get Started
What’s the best way to learn German?
Flashcards?
Traditional German classes?
Thankfully there are less conventional and more fun ways to learn German – like learning German through songs and music.
