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German Sayings Translated Literally (pt3) Posted by Constanze on May 25, 2016
Guten Tag, everybody! This is the third and final post in my mini-series on German idioms! In the first post, I helped you translate those German postcards that feature German sayings translated literally into English (something only German speakers can truly appreciate – hence I wanted to help you enjoy them). The second post focused…
German Sayings Translated Literally pt2 Posted by Constanze on May 16, 2016
Guten Tag, everyone! Recently I wrote a post about the postcards you can buy in Germany which feature German idioms translated literally into English. These are somewhat of an in-joke to speakers of both languages, so I wanted to share the love and explain what they all meant! You can read that post by clicking…
German Sayings Translated Literally (pt1) Posted by Constanze on May 12, 2016
Guten Tag, everyone! Today I want to teach you a bunch of German sayings and expressions. You can buy postcards in Germany that are literal English translations of popular German idioms. Perhaps you’ve seen or bought one of these already, but in case you haven’t, one of these postcards reads: ‘ONLY THE HARD COME IN…
Getting Dressed In German: 5 Verbs Posted by Constanze on May 4, 2016
Guten Tag!! I hope you’re all well and enjoying some sunshine, wherever you are! Today I want to bring you part 2 of my clothes-themed posts (the first is here). I wanted to write about a couple of words & phrases surrounding clothing because, although a straight-forward subject, there are a few bits & pieces…
4 German Words For ‘Clothes’ Posted by Constanze on Apr 29, 2016
Guten Tag! Today I want to start talking about some of the vocabulary surrounding clothes. Though we have all probably learnt the names for trousers (die Hose), jacket (die Jacke) and shoes (die Schuhe) in German class at school, I am aware that there are a few words and expressions in this category that can…
How To Say Yes And No In German Posted by Constanze on Apr 22, 2016
There are a million ways to say yes and no in German. Whether you’re accepting a party invite or sending a door-to-door salesman on his way, here are some German phrases that’ll set you up and give your ‘yesses and nos’ a lot more power! Ways to say nein – no Das interessiert mich nicht…
The German Mullet and Other Hairstyles Posted by Constanze on Apr 18, 2016
In my quest to bring you the best German words out there I recently found a great one related to Haare – hair. Someone once said to me that the best kind of business to have is either a coffee shop or a hairdresser’s, because no matter how times change, people will always want coffee…