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German fashion designer: Harald Glööckler Posted by Sandra Rösner on Aug 28, 2012
Some years ago when I was zapping through the TV channels, I suddenly cracked up with laughter. A strange looking man whom I had never seen before was presenting some fashion on one of those teleshopping shows. This man was Harald Glööckler, a German fashion designer from Baden-Württemberg. He got my attention because of his flamboyant style of dress, and…
German humor: English for runaways – Englisch für Fortgeschrittene Posted by Sandra Rösner on Aug 20, 2012
English is a world language and it is the first foreign language Germans learn in school. Thus, most Germans can speak and understand English to a certain degree. Some Germans even make fun of the English language by spoofing it. The spoof is that they translate German compound words or phrases word by word. This…
Reading in German: Kameras und Fotografie – Cameras and photography Posted by Sandra Rösner on Jul 10, 2012
Fotografie gehört sicherlich weltweit zu den beliebtesten Freizeitbeschäftigungen. Auch ich habe diese Kunst schon seit Langem für mich entdeckt. Um mit dem Fotografieren anzufangen braucht man nicht unbedingt die teuerste Kamera, denn man kann auch gute Bilder mit einfachen Kameras machen. Es gibt verschiedene Arten von Kameras, zum Beispiel Kompaktkameras und Spiegelreflexkameras. Wenn man mit…
German False Friends Posted by Sandra Rösner on May 11, 2012
Being a native speaker of English learning German you might sooner or later come across German words you seem to be familiar with. Sometimes these words contain the meanings you might give them, but sometime these words can be totally misleading. Those misleading words are called False Friends! False friends in language are words spelled…
Bundespräsident Wulff – Federal President Wulff Posted by jan on Feb 20, 2012
As some of you already might have heard through the media, German Bundespräsident Christian Wulff has resigned some days ago. This is the result of a discussion in Germany that lasted for weeks! Christian Wulff was accused of several faux pas, especially by the Presse (press). It all began with a false statment that he…
Getting from A to B in Germany: part 1 of 2 Posted by anja on Jan 14, 2012
What comes to your mind first when you think of Germany? Lederhosen, Bratwurst, Bier, und – Autos? (leather trousers, bratwurst, beer, and – cars?) I bet that most likely you’ve been thinking “cars”. Or “Autobahn” (controlled-access highway). And while I’m not going to get into the leather pants, bratwursts, and beer thing this time, I…
German tenses in use: Präsens Posted by Sandra Rösner on Dec 12, 2011
The German language has six tenses: Präsens, Präteritum, Perfekt, Plusquamperfekt, Futur I, and Futur II. Unlike English, there aren’t any special continuous forms in German. For starters, let’s have a closer look to the Präsens, which is basically equivalent to the English tenses Simple Present and Present Progressive. You can use the Präsens under four…