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Animals in German Posted by Larissa on Apr 27, 2016
Hello and welcome to another post! I’m going to be giving you vocabulary for animals in this post. What I find interesting is that it’s not just the animals that have a German name, but also the noises they make are in the German language! For example in English a dog would say “woof”, but…
German Nationalparks – Part 4: Eifel Posted by Sten on Feb 26, 2016
This is part 3 of the series here on the German Blog, the German Nationalparks, a series on the 16 National Parks of Germany. Last week, I discussed the Land der Tausend Seen, Park Müritz, and before that park Berchtesgaden, and the mysterious Schwarzwald. Today, we will travel to the westernmost Nationpark: in die Eifel! Der Nationalpark Eifel The National Park Eifel is the first one in Bundesland (federal…
German Nationalparks – Part 3: Müritz Posted by Sten on Feb 18, 2016
This is part 2 of the new series here on the German Blog, the German Nationalparks, a series on the 16 National Parks of Germany. Last week, I discussed the southernmost park Berchtesgaden, and the mysterious Schwarzwald before. Today, we will go into the north: to Lake Müritz in the Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern! Der Nationalpark Müritz The last ice age created hundreds of lakes and…
German Nationalparks – Part 1: Schwarzwald Posted by Sten on Feb 4, 2016
Hi everybody! This is a new series on the 16 national parks of Germany. Each park has its own characteristics and peculiarities that make it so special. In the posts in the coming weeks, I will explore these characteristics and peculiarities with you. In a last post, I will provide a little summary, give some…
Hitler Is Back In Germany Posted by Constanze on Jan 26, 2016
For decades, it has been considered taboo to talk about Hitler and the Nazis in Germany. Now, two things have happened that suggest this taboo is beginning to break. 1. MEIN KAMPF BACK ON SALE On January 8th, a new edition of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf went on sale in Germany for the first time…
TOP 10 GERMAN POSTS OF 2015 Posted by Constanze on Dec 16, 2015
It’s nearly the end of the year, and we’ve had a brilliant 2015 at Transparent Language, with the blogs hitting the 1 million views mark in August for the first time ever! So thank you all very much for your continued support and interest in our work here at Transparent Language. Without further ado, here…
Zeit für eine Geschichte – Teil 5: Das Gespräch Posted by Transparent Language on Nov 14, 2015
This is Teil 5 (part 5) of the story of Max, a German student. Be sure to read part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4 first! Last week, Max caught the bus for his appointment at the eye doctor’s. In the bus, he liked to do some people watching. He was very curious about an…