Tag Archives: formal letter
How the German Word “Fräulein” Disappeared Posted by Sten on Feb 18, 2021
Language moves and evolves, often along the lines of what a culture still deems acceptable or not. German is not immune to this, of course, and this week marked the 50th anniversary of the disappearance of a belittling word: Fräulein. A “little woman”. It disappeared in legal ways, at least. That doesn’t mean you won’t…
Office German 2: Customer Complaints Posted by Constanze on Aug 28, 2017
A few years ago I worked in an office as a German language assistant. During that time I read and wrote a lot of emails in German and learnt how to write in a more ‘business-friendly’ way. Now I’d like to share some more of that business German with you here (I began this series…
Writing a letter in German: Formal Letters Posted by Sandra Rösner on Apr 5, 2011
Someone of you asked to explain how to write a letter in German. So, I provide a step-by-step instruction for formal letters and an example letter in this post. I guess you will find a lot of varying explanations and examples when you surf the web or look it up in books but I do…