Deutsch lernen mit Liedern – Learn German with songs Posted by anja on Feb 8, 2012 in Culture, Language, Music
Songs are a great way to learn a language. By listening to native speakers, you get a feel for the sound of the language. By listening to the same text repeatedly, you get a feel for the structure of the language, for its word order; and you’ll be remembering phrases, words, and articles. Just listen to Perfekte Welle by Juli twice, and you’ll know forever that it’s “die Welle” and “der Tag”. You’ll learn even more if you sing along. Plus, it’s fun anyway! Anything that enters your brain through as many sensory channels as possible has a bigger chance of staying there. So, listening to the song while reading the lyrics while singing along is as much fun as it is intense language practice.
To get started (or to further your studies of German songs), let me point you to two popular German songs with great lyrics!
The first song is by the German rock-pop-band Juli. The band was formed in 2001, and reached international fame in 2004 when they published their first single “Perfekte Welle” and album “Es ist Juli”. That was at a time when other German language bands – like Wir sind Helden or Silbermond – were being very successful, too. A compilation of German language pop songs was named after their song: “Perfekte Welle – Musik von hier”.
Juli: Perfekte Welle (2004)
-> the song on youtube, and on mtv.de
| Mit jeder Welle kam ein Traum, Träume gehen vorüber, dein Brett ist verstaubt, deine Zweifel schäumen über, hast dein Leben lang gewartet, hast gehofft, dass es sie gibt, hast den Glauben fast verloren, hast dich nicht vom Fleck bewegt. Jetzt kommt sie langsam auf dich zu, Das ist die perfekte Welle, Das ist die perfekte Welle, Deine Hände sind schon taub, Jetzt kommt sie langsam auf dich zu, Das ist die perfekte Welle, Stellst dich in Sturm und schreist, Das ist die perfekte Welle Das ist die perfekte Welle, Das ist die perfekte Welle, Das ist die perfekte Welle, Das ist die perfekte Welle, |
With every wave came a dream, dreams go by, your board is dusty, your doubts are frothing over, you’ve been waiting all your life, been hoping it exists, almost lost the faith, haven’t moved from the spot. Now it(the wave)’s approaching you slowly, That’s the perfect wave, That’s the perfect wave, Your hands are already numb, Now it’s approaching you slowly, That’s the perfect wave, You place yourself in the storm and shout, That’s the perfect wave That’s the perfect wave, That’s the perfect wave, That’s the perfect wave, That’s the perfect wave, |
The second song is by the German punk-rock-pop-band Die Ärzte from Berlin. The band was founded in 1982, and can without doubt be called a German cultural phenomenon. Most of their concerts for this year are already sold out. The songs by Die Ärzte range from absurd and silly to serious and political. Almost all of them are fun, and many exhibit a masterful use of language. One of the more political songs is “Schrei nach Liebe” (1993), which opposed the sprouting Neo-Nacism in reunified Germany.
Die Ärzte: Schrei nach Liebe (1993)
-> video on the band’s website, on youtube
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Du bist wirklich saudumm, darum gehts dir gut Hass ist deine Attitüde, ständig kocht dein Blut Alles muss man dir erklären, weil du wirklich gar nichts weißt Höchstwahrscheinlich nicht einmal, was Attitüde heißt Deine Gewalt ist nur ein stummer Schrei nach Liebe Warum hast du Angst vorm Streicheln? Was soll all der Terz? Deine Gewalt … Weil du Probleme hast, die keinen interessieren Deine Gewalt … Du hast nie gelernt dich artizukulieren |
You are really dumb, that’s why you’re doing well Hate’s your attitude, your blood’s boiling constantly Everything has to be explained to you, because you just don’t know anything Most likely not even what attitude* means * in German, Attitüde is a very uncommon word Your violence is just a silent cry for love Why are you afraid of caressing? What’s all the fuss about? Your violence … Because noone is interested in your problems, Your violence … You never learned to articalute* yourself |
What is your favorite German song?
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Comments:
Ena:
I like a lot “Ich lieb’ dich ueberhaupt nicht mehr” of Udo Lindenberg and Nena’s “Liebe ist”. Sometimes I listen to Tokio Hotel’s German songs as well.
Sophie:
My favorite german songs are by TOKIO HOTEL 🙂
They have so many great songs like:
-Durch den Monsun
-Ich bin nicht ich
-1000 Meere
– An deiner Seite
-Für immer jetzt
-Übers ende der Welt
-Lass uns laufen
-Heilig
and the list goes on
iliana ortiz:
DEAR @germanlanguage whenever you speak about german music, simply point out tokio hotel and everybody will be very happy!! =D seriously even i was dissapointed that you didnt point them out…. 3 out of 3 comments are about tokio hotel hehehe aliens are everywhere….
anja:
Thank you, dear iliana, Ena and Sophie, for your feedback! I guess there’s nothing that will stop me from writing another post about German songs and bands! 😀 😉
– anja
Tânia Mello:
This is THE song to learn Deutsch, for it is sung more slowly and the words are simply BEAUUUUUTIFUL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H16zgOpfUSU
OR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H16zgOpfUSU&feature=related
It’s Symphonie, by Sibermond, WITH the lyrics…