November 2009
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10 ways to say "to talk" in #German
1.) sprechen
2.) reden
3.) quatschen
4.) labern
5.) ratschen
6.) sich unterhalten
7.) quasseln
8.) plaudern
9.) schwatzen
10.) tratschen
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How to pronounce the following German cities -...
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10 ways to say "to work" in #German
1.) arbeiten
2.) ackern
3.) schuften
4.) malochen
5.) Lebensunterhalt verdienen (in the sense of (to) make a living)
6.) Brötchen verdienen (in the sense of (to) make a living)
7.) schaffen
8.) schinden
9.) tätig sein
10.) werkeln
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Some German loan words Part 2
Part 1
Here are some more German loan words :)
1.) der Kindergarten
2.) der Kitsch
3.) die Wanderlust
4.) das Waldsterben
5.) die Angst
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Who wants to come to the blackboard...
… and name a German “Bundesland” (Federal Land/State) - example “Bavaria”?
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“Ist das Leben nicht hundert Mal zu kurz, sich in ihm - zu langweilen?
(Is life...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
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How to pronounce some German cities - Part 1 :)
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Some German loan words Part 1
The English langauge has borrowed a couple of words that originate from German. In German, these are actually used, too.
Here are a couple of important loan words which you’ll probably recognize:
1.) der Doppelgänger
2.) der Poltergeist
3.) der Übermensch
4.) der Zeitgeist
5.) der Rucksack
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Who would like to come to the blackboard....
and tell me what you would like me to post more on GermanHeit - any suggestions, wishes, complaints?
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Zungenbrecher
I’ve already introduced you to some German tongue twisters - but here are some more to have fun with! :D
egyptianreggae:
some german tonguetwisters. i mainly posted this for bearsimjealousof because he likes to speak in german.
Acht alte Ameisen assen am Abend Ananas. Eight old ants ate pineapple in the evening.
Allergischer Algerier, algerischer Allergiker. Allergic Algerian, Algerian...
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10 ways to say "to kiss" in German
1.) küssen
2.) knutschen
3.) busseln
4.) busserln
5.) abküssen
6.) abschmatzen
7.) abbusseln
8.) schnäbeln
9.) Bussi geben
10.) Kuss geben
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Survival phrases 6
Hatschi! I hope most of you haven’t caught a cold yet… I’m about to - I can already feel it :S
Here are some survival phrases / vocabulary for you:
Ich habe eine Erkältung. / Ich bin erkältet. = I have a cold.
Ich habe Schnupfen. = I have a runny / stuffed nose.
Ich habe Husten. = I have a cough.
Ich habe Halsschmerzen. = I have a sore throat.
der Hustensaft = cough syrup
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Ich habe eine Frage an meine deutschen Freunde
I suppose some of you are having a similar problem, so maybe this helps!
“wenn” is used in the sense of both “when(ever)” (a) and “if” (b) as well as for expressing something that happens in the future (c).
a) Wenn es regnet, bleibe ich zu Hause.
b) Wenn ich im Lotto gewinne, werde ich reich sein.
c) Wenn wir morgen aufwachen, wird die Sonne scheinen.
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Who wants to come to the blackboard...
… and name a city that is in the area of the former GDR/DDR (German Democratic Republik / Deutsche Demokratische Republik)?
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Numbers from 0-10
Numbers from 11-20
Ok, the...
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10 ways to say "to sleep" in German
1.) schlafen
2.) pennen
3.) schlummern
4.) knacken
5.) ratzen
6.) ein Nickerchen machen
7.) sich auf’s Ohr legen
8.) ruhen
9.) die Augen schonen
10.) zu Bett gehen
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“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
– Albert Einstein
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