Sehnsucht nach Doener Kebab Posted by komo on Mar 24, 2010
Move over Big Mac, the Döner Kebab is here to stay. For those of you who have never kosteten (tasted) a Döner Kebab, it is the be-all and end-all of street food—a salty, savory wrap-like meal made up of Fladenbrot (flatbread) gefüllt (filled) with juicy lamb, Kopfsalat (lettuce), Kohl (cabbage), Zwiebeln (onions), Gurken (cucumbers) and Tomaten…
German Numbers 1-100 Posted by komo on Mar 24, 2010
For language learners new to German, a simple table of numbers can be quite useful! We’ve created that very thing for you right here. If you are looking to learn German, check out our website at Transparent.com for free resources like German Word of the Day and our German Facebook community, or take it to…
Marathon Posted by jan on Mar 22, 2010
From 2008 to 2009 I used to live in France. During that time I had a break from work and time to do some other things. So I set myself the goal to run a marathon, my first one by the way. For me as a smoker it was pretty hard but after months of…
Spreewald Posted by holger on Mar 20, 2010
The Spreewald is located between the counties of Spree-Neiße, Dahme-Spreewald and Oberspreewald-Lausitz. It is separated into the bigger Oberspreewald and the Northern, smaller Unterspreewald. Between both partial countryside’s areas the river Spree unites the parts in a small area in the city of Lübben, which is also the biggest town in the Spreewald. The Southern…
Same same but (sounds) different – Part 2 Posted by jan on Mar 19, 2010
Hi everybody. Here´s the second part of words that are the same in both languages. Today we go on with the letters F to P. But don´t forget: The pronunciation is different in most cases!
The German school system Posted by jan on Mar 18, 2010
The German school system.
Urlaub Posted by holger on Mar 15, 2010
One of every German worker’s favorite free time activities is traveling. Wherever you go in the world you will have a good chance of finding German tourists. From my own experience, it has always been a lot of fun looking for the next vacation destination. The prices were very affordable and I remember that flying…