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Eight German verbs to help you catch things

Today, we’re looking at the German verb ‘fangen‘ (to catch).  It’s irregular and gets conjugated as follows: The perfect tense goes with ‘haben’ and the past participle is ‘gefangen’, and in the imperfect tense it’s ‘ich fing’. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything ... Read more

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Bin there, said that! Hamburg’s bins have something to say

While on holidays in Germany last month we spent a few days in Hamburg. There something caught my eyes (apart from the wonderful sights we explored): the bins! No, not the rubbish that people put in them, nor the stickers or graffiti that was on some of them. It was the different sayings I found ... Read more

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Learn German and spread happiness in October 2025

Welcome to another month of the German Action for Happiness Calendars. As before, you can if you wish also print out a PDF version. And if you want or need to, you can see it here in English, where you also find further foreign languages. Use the following sentences as a German reading and translation exercise and then ... Read more

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Practical German for taxi rides

Welcome to my next blog post based on our ‘Ask Angelika’ shows with practical or useful sentences you might hear or use yourself in certain scenarios. Today we will cover sentences you might hear or need to say in a taxi. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence ... Read more

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How the prefix ‘ver’ can change the meaning of German verbs

If you are a regular reader of my blog you will have read posts about verbs and how different prefixes change the meaning of the original verb. You might have read Today’s post is a little different as I have a list of verbs that change their meanings by adding the prefix ‘ver’. All those ... Read more

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10 terrible reasons not to learn German with Angelika’s courses

It’s the start of a new school year and you are wondering whether you should buy some of my online courses to improve your German. Well, here are 10 methodologically questionable reasons to ignore my courses 😉 If I have just described you, then you know why you absolutely shouldn’t buy any of these German ... Read more

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Learn German and spread happiness in September 2025

Welcome to another month of the German Action for Happiness Calendars. As before, you can if you wish also print out a PDF version. And if you want or need to, you can see it here in English, where you also find further foreign languages. Use the following sentences as a German reading and translation exercise and then ... Read more

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Practical German for bus stations

Welcome to my next blog post based on our ‘Ask Angelika’ shows with practical or useful sentences you might hear or use yourself in certain scenarios. Today we will cover sentences you might hear or need to say at a bus station. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few ... Read more

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Exploring the German verb STELLEN and its variations

The German verb stellen means to lay/ put/ place, just like the verb legen which I covered in this post. It gets conjugated as follows: The perfect tense goes with ‘haben’ and the past participle is ‘gestellt’, and in the imperfect tense it’s ‘ich stellte’. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll ... Read more

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If British places were pronounced in German

If you are a frequent reader of my blog posts you might remember my German pronunciation posts How to pronounce the vowels in German, How to pronounce German words with ‘ei’ and ‘ie’ or Test your German pronunciation with some dinosaurs Today I came across a video I made a while ago, which was fun ... Read more

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