For those of you who don’t know the difference between the three German languages: Germany, Austria and Switzerland, just listen to Arnold from Austria, very similar to Germany, however …

Jun 15, 2011 · I've enrolled at the institute of language to learn German (my family is mostly German, but I've grown up in Australia). I lived in Germany for about 2 years when I was a kid …

Jun 29, 2017 · In Germany we are not that picky about tenses. Both sentences mean nearly the same although the first one would somehow be connected to a specific point in time. For …

FWIW, when I've been in Germany, I hear "Danke schön" used far more often than "Vielen Dank", but have heard "Vielen Dank" used occasionally. To my (admittedly non-native) ears, "Vielen …

Dec 12, 2017 · Note also that for this use of "das" the German might in principle refer to an unidentifiable smudge in the background, in which case the "that" is totally right ;) In general …

Jun 22, 2018 · Yeah, and bonus feature: German teachers in Germany are - of course - very good in German, but not so in teaching! This is because teaching German (as native speaker + …

Apr 29, 2017 · On a previous visit to Germany, I’m sure I’ve heard (although I may well be very wrong) native Germans using an abbreviation of Entschuldigung. The abbreviation I think I …

Sep 9, 2018 · There are a few words that due to history no longer is used. Germany is missing a good word for manager/leader because the word there is: Führer is taken. The word …

Apr 21, 2020 · In the past, this was "Sirs:" but we now recognize that the person who sees the letter may be of either gender. The equivalent in German, of course, is "Damen und Herren:". …

Dec 4, 2019 · In Germany groups of thousands are separated by . and in exchange we have a decimal comma like 36.000,56 € as a result of: (36000 + 56 / 100) €. Just to mention it: If there …