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Apfelkompott – German Apple Sauce Posted by Constanze on Sep 25, 2017
It’s that time of year when the apples are falling from the trees and people begin adding spices to everything. If you’re a fan of Herbst (Autumn) and autumnal foods, then I hope you’ll like this post about traditional German apple sauce – otherwise known as Apfelkompott or Apfelmus. This is the easiest thing in…
Oktoberfest Beer Posted by Larissa on Sep 19, 2017
On Saturday Oktoberfest – the world’s biggest Volksfest (carnival), began! This means Munich is filled with people wearing Lederhosen and Dirndl (traditional Bavarian clothing) who may have had one too many beers. I’m not really a beer lover, the only time I drink beer is actually at Oktoberfest, where I order a Radler (beer and…
German Quiz: Words and Sentences Posted by Larissa on Sep 5, 2017
Hello and welcome to another quiz. This time the topics are pick up lines, asparagus season, heatwaves and Spring! Feel free to share your answers or your score at the bottom in the comment section. If you want to prepare before you take the Quiz you can find the topics here, here, here and here…
The German Schrebergarten Posted by Constanze on Aug 23, 2017
Guten Tag! Today I’d like to talk about a little piece of German culture that you may not know about yet. This post is all about die Schrebergärten. You may recognise the word Gärten as the plural of der Garten (garden), and you’d be right in thinking we’re talking about a kind of garden. So…
Swiss National Sports: Schwingen Posted by Sten on Aug 22, 2017
All countries have some sport that has some tradition, or that is extremely popular. The United States, for example, has American football, baseball and basketball. Brazil and Germany have football/soccer, the British have rugby and cricket, the Canadians ice hockey… But what about the Swiss? There are actually three national sports. And I have never…
5000 New German Words Added To Dictionary Posted by Constanze on Aug 9, 2017
You may have seen articles floating around the past couple of days about how 5,000 new German words have been added to Duden. But what is Duden? And what are the words? Duden is a dictionary of the German language. It was first published by Konrad Duden (hence the name) in 1880, and has just released its…
Untranslatable German: Das Backpfeifengesicht Posted by Constanze on Jul 26, 2017
Guten Tag and welcome to another ‘untranslatable words’ post, where I bring you the quirkiest words the German language has to offer. Today’s word is a popular one that was requested by a reader: das Backpfeifengesicht. What is the meaning of das Backpfeifengesicht? A Backpfeifengesicht is the word for a face you don’t like…