![Porsche - another famous German car manufacturer. Its headquarters are located near Stuttgart (South-West of Germany). Porsche has merged with Volkswagen by the way.
Founded in 1931, Porsche has been making many men’s dreams come true for almost 80 years. The luxerious and fast cars have already won several prizes.
The name is often pronounced incorrectly in English “porsh”, ignoring the “e” at the end. Since German doesn’t have a silent “e” at the end of words, the correct pronunciation is “Porsh-uh” [pɔrʃə]](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l755koQjNk1qzz5rto1_400.jpg)
Porsche - another famous German car manufacturer. Its headquarters are located near Stuttgart (South-West of Germany). Porsche has merged with Volkswagen by the way.
Founded in 1931, Porsche has been making many men’s dreams come true for almost 80 years. The luxerious and fast cars have already won several prizes.
The name is often pronounced incorrectly in English “porsh”, ignoring the “e” at the end. Since German doesn’t have a silent “e” at the end of words, the correct pronunciation is “Porsh-uh” [pɔrʃə]
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On Saturday, a mass panic broke out during the world-famous Techno festival “Love Parade” which took place in Duisburg, Germany. 19 people died, many hundreds were injured - some of them badly.
My deepest sympathy to the families and friends who’ve lost their loved ones. Let’s now be silent for a moment in memory of the victims. :( Rest in peace.
(pic via spiegel.de) click here to read the full article.
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Quarter Final!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a great game. 4:1! … although, I think this second goal should have counted for England well… maybe it was only half a goal… so let’s say 4:1,5, which is still pretty amazing. I’m super excited! And so is my country - going crazy right now as if it had already been the finale ;) Germany - you’re gonna make it… right?
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German soccer cheers
Many of you asked me, what popular German soccer chants or cheers were. Thank you all for being so interested :)
However, I’m not an expert to be honest ;) So if any of you would like to contribute something, please leave a note in the Disqus comment section on germanheit.com :)
“Go Germany!” or “Go Deutschland!” is certainly something you can shout. You don’t necessarily have to translate it.
Or “Los Deutschland!” which would be the best translation for “Go Germany”.
“…. vor, noch ein Tor” would be another one. You just have to put in the name of a player e.g. “Klose”. “Klose vor, noch ein Tor”.
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Germany won against Ghana yesterday. It wasn’t a great game in my opinion, but the goal (scored by Mesut Özil) was pretty cool. Click on the pic to watch it! Looking forward to the game Germany vs. England on Sunday!
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Ok, here’s one of Volkswagen’s cars that I need to go into more detail with - simply because they’re so cool and retro (and I’m a sucker for retro stuff *gg*).
The VW Bus (der Bus (-se) = bus (-ses)) is the embodiment of THE 60s/70s hippie vehicle. Lovingly painted with peace signs, flowers and decorated with lights and spiritual and esoterical symbols, it was a loyal vehicle.
And those of you who are into ABC’s “Lost” know, there’s cute, light blue VW bus driving around in a couple of seasons ;) CLICK
(pic via onegirlcreative.com)
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Germany’s national soccer team (= die Nationalmannschaft) lost today’s game against Serbia 0:1. It was an exciting but weird game with a V-E-R-Y fussy referee, who showed the yellow card all the time and sometimes for no real reason. The popular striker Miroslav Klose eventually got a red card and had to leave the field. Germany’s team fought with only 10 instead of 11 players and had lots of good chances but just couldn’t do it. Congratulations Serbia!
Germany plays next on Wednesday. Keep your fingers crossed :)
die gelbe Karte = yellow card
die rote Karte = red card
(pic via spiegel.de)
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Aachen. A city in the North-West near the French border.
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4:0 - that’s the result of the game Germany - Australia which took place yesterday. I felt sorry for the Australian team. But Germany played so well and smart and was rewarded for it.
Goal one: Podolski
Goal two: Klose
Goal three: Müller
Goal four: Cacau
Click on the picture to experience all four goals in a row :)
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Anonymous asked: Hello, whats up? well i hope your having a good day! im currently a student at UCLA, (studying german) and i just had a question about turks in germany. Are turks integrated well in germany? i have heard that germany's second language is turkish, is that true? how do you view turks in your country? How do you view all immigrants. I am studying german, and i currently speak turkish, french and swedish. thanks have a good day. xoxo.
That’s a very interesting question! Yeah, Turkish is also called “Germany’s second language”. You can hear it on every corner. Some even mix both languages by adding some German expressions to their Turkish - I hear that a lot when I’m e.g. on a subway.
There are currently close to 4 million people living in Germany that are either Turks or are of Turkish decent. Most of them live in cities that have big industries. There are even neighbourhoods which are almost 100% Turkish (e.g. Kreuzberg in Berlin which is also called Little Istanbul). As for the integration I think it always depends on how much the individuals themselves want to be integrated. I’ve only made good experiences so far - I work part-time at a tutoring institute and help students of all kinds of ethnicities with their homework, especially with German and English. In my opinion, the biggest problem is still the relatively poor language skills of some of the parents and especially the mothers.
I love the Turkish shops and grocery stores that are in my neighbourhood (my neighbourhood is multicultural) You cannot get better vegetables and fruits - seriously!
If you want to know more details, take a look at this wikipedia article and keep up your interest in languages :)
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