Posts tagged: learn german

German

Add a German-English Dictionary To Your Android Kindle App

After writing a tutorial on how to enable a German-English dictionary on the Kindle app for iPad and iPhone, today I’d like to share with you how to enable the same functionality on your Android Kindle app. On your iPhone or iPad Kindle app, you can just purchase a dictionary from the Kindle store and…

German

10 Tumblr Blogs For German Learners

After giving you a quick list of great Twitter feeds for German learners, let’s have a look today how you can boost your German-Fu while traversing the Tumblrverse. Whether you’d like to discover more German songs, learn new words with shiny photos or just want to feast your eyes on quaint city centers, there’s something for everyone. Note:…

German

How German Detective Series Can Spice Up Your Language Learning Journey

Germans just love their Krimis (crime fiction), whether in paperback format or on the silver screen. One of the most famous German detective series on TV is probably Tatort which has been serving fresh murder mysteries since 1970 and still captivates millions of viewers each Sunday evening. Today, I’d like to talk a bit about how detective…

Culture

9 Things You Should Know About Cologne’s Carnival

Cologne’s Carnival, also known as the Fifth Season, is one of the more strange and colorful events in Germany, attracting tourists from all over the world. From extravagant costumes, biting political satire that doesn’t shy away from even the most controversial topics, to non-stop music, mandatory drunkenness and dancing, the festival is a feast for…

Games

Find German Language Games on Steam

When I first started gaming back in the nineties in Germany, there weren’t too many games around in my native language. While most adventure games were eventually translated into German, the English originals were simply much easier to come by. So I took the challenge and made my way through the first Monkey Island and…

German

Fed Up With German Articles and Gender? Let This Free Tool Fix Your Emails

Many people don’t appreciate the fact that English nouns have no gender until they come upon another language which does. French and Spanish nouns have both masculine and feminine gender, which is bad enough for most learners, but German learners have to put up with yet another one: the neuter. Admittedly, it’s not as bad…

German

5 German Short Stories For Beginners

How To Find German Short Stories Which Are Simple But Not Boring Die Küchenuhr, by Wolfgang Borchert Der zufriedene Fischer – Eine Anekdote zur Senkung der Arbeitsmoral, by Heinrich Böll Der große Wildenberg, by Siegfried Lenz Skorpion, by Christa Reinig Auf der Flucht, by Wolfdietrich Schnurre Even More German Short Stories for Beginners There are…

Games

Of Swords & Dungeons: An Interactive Gamebook For German Learners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lzqghX2oks&rel=0Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: An Interactive Adventure Ebook for German Learners: Genowrin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lzqghX2oks&rel=0) After writing three detective stories for German learners in 2012 and seeing people embrace the format, I wanted to do something different and yet very similar in 2013. So, I decided to create an interactive fantasy ebook for…