Tag Archives: German language
German Sayings Translated Literally (pt1) Posted by Constanze on May 12, 2016
Guten Tag, everyone! Today I want to teach you a bunch of German sayings and expressions. You can buy postcards in Germany that are literal English translations of popular German idioms. Perhaps you’ve seen or bought one of these already, but in case you haven’t, one of these postcards reads: ‘ONLY THE HARD COME IN…
Getting Dressed In German: 5 Verbs Posted by Constanze on May 4, 2016
Guten Tag!! I hope you’re all well and enjoying some sunshine, wherever you are! Today I want to bring you part 2 of my clothes-themed posts (the first is here). I wanted to write about a couple of words & phrases surrounding clothing because, although a straight-forward subject, there are a few bits & pieces…
German Nationalparks – Part 9: Jasmund Posted by Sten on Apr 30, 2016
In previous months, we have already explored a large part of the geschützte Schönheit (protected beauty) of German nature. We went to the windige Küsten (windy shores) of the Wattenmeer, the eindrucksvolle Felsen (impressive rocks) of the Sächsische Schweiz, the Jahrhunderte alten Wälder (centuries old forests) of the Bayerischer Wald, the Erzminen (ore mines) in the Harz, the Tiger (tigers) roaming around in the Eifel, the Tausend Seen (thousand lakes) of Müritz, the hohe Gebirge (high mountain…
4 German Words For ‘Clothes’ Posted by Constanze on Apr 29, 2016
Guten Tag! Today I want to start talking about some of the vocabulary surrounding clothes. Though we have all probably learnt the names for trousers (die Hose), jacket (die Jacke) and shoes (die Schuhe) in German class at school, I am aware that there are a few words and expressions in this category that can…
How To Say Yes And No In German Posted by Constanze on Apr 22, 2016
There are a million ways to say yes and no in German. Whether you’re accepting a party invite or sending a door-to-door salesman on his way, here are some German phrases that’ll set you up and give your ‘yesses and nos’ a lot more power! Ways to say nein – no Das interessiert mich nicht…
The German Mullet and Other Hairstyles Posted by Constanze on Apr 18, 2016
In my quest to bring you the best German words out there I recently found a great one related to Haare – hair. Someone once said to me that the best kind of business to have is either a coffee shop or a hairdresser’s, because no matter how times change, people will always want coffee…
German Nationalparks – Part 8: Die Wattenmeer-Nationalparks Posted by Sten on Apr 11, 2016
Again, I am sorry to disappoint you by not being able to post my weekly post, because I had exams. This should be the last time this happens for quite some time, though! Before my exams, I wrote part 7, on the Sächsische Schweiz. In the weeks before that, we went to the Bayerischer Wald, Harz, Eifel, Müritz, Berchtesgaden, and the Schwarzwald…