Archive for the year 2011
German Music: Laith Al-Deen Posted by Sandra Rösner on Apr 11, 2011
This time it is getting musikalisch (musically). I would like to introduce you to one of my favorite German Musiker (musicians): Laith Al-Deen who is one of the few Künstler (artists) who also sings in German. You should know that most German singers bevorzugen (prefer) or, at least, dazu neigen (tend) to sing in English…
Writing a letter in German: Formal Letters Posted by Sandra Rösner on Apr 5, 2011
Someone of you asked to explain how to write a letter in German. So, I provide a step-by-step instruction for formal letters and an example letter in this post. I guess you will find a lot of varying explanations and examples when you surf the web or look it up in books but I do…
Schwyzerdütsch – Schweizerdeutsch – Swiss German Posted by Sandra Rösner on Apr 1, 2011
In connection with my previous post about Low German I would like to continue with another dialect of German: Schwyzerdütsch or Schweizerdeutsch (Swiss German). Once more I copied and pasted some passages of a Wikipedia site. Below you can find one and the same text in Swiss German, High German, and English. In case, that…
Plattdüütsch – Plattdeutsch – Low German Posted by Sandra Rösner on Mar 28, 2011
Some of you seem to be very interested in German dialects. That’s why I introduce you to Plattdüütsch or Plattdeutsch (Low German) in this post. I neither come from a Low German speaking region of Germany nor do I speak Low German, but I am able to understand it when it isn’t spoken too harsh…
Internet terms – in German Posted by jan on Mar 27, 2011
Hi everybody! When Sandra Rösner asked for some new ideas and needs in her blog post „Think Tank“ a couple of days ago, some of you wanted to learn about „internet terms in German“. When I first read about this, I thought that this would be hard to answer. Because nearly everything that has to…
Nuclear power – the counterculture is growing again Posted by jan on Mar 13, 2011
Since a couple of months, in Stuttgart a demonstration against nuclear power has been planned for 12th March 2011. Due to the actual events in Japan the demonstration became even more important by coincodence. A chain of people was build from the nuclear power plant in Neckarwestheim to Stuttgart. 60.000 people were engaged and the…
Karneval – Carnival Posted by Sandra Rösner on Mar 7, 2011
DEUTSCH – GERMAN Sicherlich kennen viele von euch den Karneval in Rio mit den Sambatänzerinnen und den Karneval in Venedig mit den Maskenkostümen. Auch in Deutschland feiern wir jedes Jahr Karneval. Wir nennen die Zeit des Karnevals auch „die fünfte Jahreszeit“. Obwohl die Karnevalfeiern erst am Donnerstag vor Aschermittwoch anfangen, leiten viele die Karnevalssaison bereits…