Category | Reading and Writing

24 German Essay Phrases

We need to talk about your German essays. Essay writing is a skill that you can learn in any language.…

The German Alphabet

The alphabet is the first step to any language, and beginner German learners are in luck. Fortunately, there aren’t …

8 German Capitalization Rules

The written German language has a unique feature: All nouns are capitalized. This tradition, stemming from Old High German and …

5 Spooky German Ghost Stories

Halloween isn’t very popular in old Deutschland. But that doesn’t mean ghosts, ghouls, gremlins, urban legends and grisly tales are …

How to Write an Email in German

If you’re learning German, you’ve surely seen a lot of grammar rules, vocabulary words and sentence structures. But have …

The Umlaut in German

The letters Ä, Ö and Ü look so similar to A, O and U… But, tempting as it might be, …

German Punctuation

Just like in your native language, you’ll need proper German punctuation to write anything from emails to essays without driving …