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5 ways for German learners to read Kafka

So, you’ve been learning German for a while now, you’ve had a go at reading easy articles and books and you want something different! How about reading Kafka? To be more precise, how about reading “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka in German? Here are 5 ways to read ‘Die Verwandlung’:   Download it from Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg lets you read it online on your [...]

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Wir suchen Deutschland – Oldenburg and Hamburg

Last month Peter and Sabine visited the Rhine and the Ruhr, this month they’re off to explore Oldenburg and Hamburg. Oldenburg Lebt wohl, ihr Burgen, und du schöner Rhein! Noch heut woll’n wir in Niederdeutschland sein, Am Himmel zieht ein Wetter auf, drum radeln wir mit schnellem Lauf. In Oldenburg ist unsere nächste Rast. Wir laden uns im Bauernhof zu Gast. Wie fett sind hier [...]

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The seasons in German – Herbst

The 22nd September is the official first day of autumn (or fall for my American readers), so this blog post is about autumn with German words and songs. Let’s start with some Herbst… words: der Herbst – autumn/ fall der Herbstanfang – beginning of autumn der Herbstabend – autumn evening die Herbstaster – wild chrysanthemum das Herbstblatt – autumn leaf die Herbstblätter – autumn leaves die Herbstferien – autumn holidays [...]

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Let’s play some games – in German, of course!

If you are a regular reader of my blog you know that I often write about free online resources. Today’s post is slightly different, although the resources might still be free. The idea for this post came in preparation for my video show Ask Angelika episode 23, because we are having our annual board game evening this month. Board games are such a wonderful way of practising a [...]

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Let’s play some games – in German of course

If you are a regular reader of my blog you know that I often write about free online resources. Today’s post is slightly different, although the resources might still be free. The idea for this post came in preparation for my video show Ask Angelika episode 23, because we are having our annual board game evening this month. Board games are such a wonderful way of practising a [...]

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DeepL Translator – a review

All my students know that I’m a big fan of the online dictionary Linguee.  It’s great for looking up words and even phrases. But if you wanted to see a whole paragraph translated you would need to resort to Google translate, as Linguee often even can’t cope with longer sentences ….. until now! A few days ago I found out that Linguee has gone a step [...]

Wir suchen Deutschland – the Rhine and the Ruhr

Last month Peter and Sabine visited Frankfurt and Trier, this month they’re off to explore the Rhine and the Ruhr. Rhein Das schaffende Völkchen am Rhein versteht es, recht fröhlich zu sein. – Wir singen gern mit und kosten die Reben. Sabinchen, was kann es denn Schöneres geben! – Tief unten der mächtige, rauchende Strom, In weiter Ferne der Kölner Dom! Die Ritterburgen aus alten [...]

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How to use Quora to improve your German

Quora is a great site for German learners. If you’re not familiar with it, let me briefly explain. Quora is a site where anybody can ask and answer questions about (almost) any topic. All questions and answers are organised and checked by the community. You need to register but it is very straight forward. Have a look at my video about Quora or carry on [...]

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German for your holidays

  The following text is a chapter from my book The A to Z of Learning German: 26 ideas to make learning German more exciting and fun! Visit Germany to practise your German! This is an obvious point! Is there any better way to practise what you’ve learned or to learn new words? Of course, not everybody can do that, so how about a pretend visit. [...]

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German writers: Joachim Ringelnatz

The author and painter Joachim Ringelnatz was born on the 7th August 1883 in Wurzen in Saxony. His real name was Hans Bötticher but in 1919 he changed it to Ringelnatz to be used as his pen name for his publications.  People were speculation if Ringelnatz was a wordplay of animal names, like Ringelnatter (grass snake) or because he liked seahorses that wind (= ringeln) but he wouldn’t say. He died [...]

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