Tag Archives: weather
The Weather in the Past, Present and Future Tense Posted by Larissa on Oct 29, 2015
Munich is looking beautiful this time of year with the seasons changing to autumn and the trees turning brilliant shades of gelb, orange und rot (yellow, orange and red)! This post is to help you say what the weather was, is and will be like. Grund Vokabular: Basic vocabulary: Die Sonne The sun…
How To Stay Safe During A Hitzewelle Posted by Constanze on Jul 5, 2015
Over the weekend temperatures in Germany hit 40⁰C, and everybody has been, quite rightly, out enjoying the Hitzewelle while it lasts. The reason it is so hot in Europe at the moment is because the hot Saharaluft (air from the Sahara desert) is blowing in our direction, causing heiße Tage – and tropische Nächte! I…
Germany doesn’t have bad weather. It has un-weather. Posted by Constanze on Oct 5, 2014
Guten Tag, meine Lieben! Since die Jahreszeiten are changing and Herbst und Winter are upon us here in the UK, I thought this was the right time to learn some Wetter vocabulary – and yes, the Germans even have an untranslatable word or two when it comes to describing the weather. The first untranslatable word…
Land unter! (Land submerged) Posted by jan on Jun 5, 2013
Hi everyone, yesterday was the first day since weeks that I saw the sun (honestly!). What a strange but totally liberating feeling. Though it is June, the last weeks have been affected by dark grey, cold temperatures and heavy rain. Already in May I wondered if the gulf stream ran dry… Well, it finally seems…
Reading comprehension: Summer weather in Germany Posted by Sandra Rösner on Aug 31, 2011
Man merkt, dass es bald Herbst wird in Deutschland. Während der vergangenen Nächte war es schon sehr kalt. Tagsüber scheint die Sonne zwar immer noch, aber die Temperaturen sinken allmählich merklich. Im Frühjahr dachte ich noch, dass wir dieses Jahr einen bombastisch heißen Sommer kriegen würden, weil es an einige Frühlingstagen schon sehr schwül war…
Hundstage – Dog Days Posted by jan on Aug 30, 2011
Last week we had the so called “Hundstage” (Dog Days) in Germany. Don´t think about the movie from 1975 starring Al Pacino. It´s more abtut the Wetter (weather). I guess the meaning of Hundstage respectively Dog Days is the same in German and English. Well, I simply wanted to say: It was soooo hot! In…
Herbstwetter – Fall weather Posted by Sandra Rösner on Oct 20, 2010
In this post I would like to give you the opportunity to read some German. I wrote a letter to an imaginary friend. The reason for my letter is the current fall weather in Germany. I also provide an English translation of my letter so that everybody has the opportunity to check their reading/understanding skills…