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Zeit für eine Geschichte – Teil 3: Die Morgendämmerung Posted by Sten on Oct 31, 2015
This is Teil 3 (part 3) of the story of Max, a German student. Be sure to read part 1 and part 2 first! Last week, Max got a call from his Brieffreund Oliver by surprise. After a short conversation, Max rushed to get a shower to then leave for his appointment with the eye…
Zeit für eine Geschichte – Teil 2: Der Anruf Posted by Sten on Oct 23, 2015
This is Teil zwei (part two) of the story of Max, a German student. To read part 1, go here. Last week, Max just could not get out of his bed, even though his alarm rang and he knew he had a very important appointment that day. Then suddenly he received a phone call, which got him out of his…
Zeit für eine Geschichte – Teil 1: Der Wecker Posted by Sten on Oct 16, 2015
To see all posts of this series, click here. To download the eBook Zeit für eine Geschichte, click here. This post is the beginning of a weekly post of a story of Max, a German student. I will write a little Kapitel every week on Fridays preferably, and you can decide how the story should continue… Let…
Deutsche Wiedervereinigung – 25 Jahre Posted by Sten on Oct 8, 2015
On October 3, also known as the Tag der Deutschen Einheit (Day of German unity), the Germans celebrate the unity of the former Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR) (German Democratic Republic – East Germany) and the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (BRD) (Federal German Republic – West Germany). This unity as one state was a fact on October 3, 1990, just 328 days after the Berliner Mauerfall (fall of…
Wetten, dass…? The forgotten Game Show of German TV Posted by Sten on Sep 8, 2015
Top, die Wette gilt! With this sentence Thomas Gottschalk would start the various Wetten (bets) in the TV show Wetten, dass…? (Wanna bet?). It ran for 34 years in the German-speaking world, from 1981 to 2014, and was known as “größte Fernsehshow Europas” (largest TV show of Europe). Thomas Gottschalk, of course, was not the only host of the show…
Movies in German! Posted by Sten on May 26, 2015
When I grew up, I got used to movies in cinemas and TV dubbed in German. Every character in a show or movie has their own voice. I never disliked it, as I grew up not knowing English, and having movies in German is then quite convenient. The other option, as in for example the…
The Freud’scher Versprecher Posted by Sten on Mar 30, 2015
Do you know situations in which you say something else than you meant to say? But what you said is actually what you think about it? This phenomenon is called the Freud’scher Versprecher, named after the father of the Psychoanalyse Sigmund Freud. He himself called the Versprecher a kind of Fehlleistung (parapraxis – “wrong performance”). Upps! Freud’scher Versprecher of the speaker of ex-Minister…