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I’ve prepared a short German vocabulary list to help with today’s post:
Category Archives: Language
Mastering English
I’ve talked before here on the blog about my struggles learning German, since that’s the language I’m trying to master at the moment.
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All “am See”
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In German, all nouns have a grammatical gender and there’s no predicting which gender a noun will be: der Tisch, “the table” is masculine, die Tür, “the door” is feminine, das Auge, “the eye” is neuter. It’s a matter of … Continue reading
Kaffee Culture
So here in Germany they have a bit of coffee-house culture. There are many places here in Tübingen alone where you can go and have a Milchkaffee, the standard coffee drink in Germany. A Milchkaffee is made from drip coffee … Continue reading
Getting Spezi-fic
So there’s a soda here in Germany that’s a mix of cola and orange soda, which was first brought to market under the brand-name Spezi. Since then,
Mixing it up
So that Mineralwasser I talked about yesterday turns out to be an important “mixer” in all kinds of drinks here.
A bit of the bubbly
This whole week on Two to TÜ we going to talk about the ins and outs of getting a drink in Germany. And no, it’s not going to be just about beer…
A hole in the head
To take the “postcard shot” photo of the medieval buildings along the Neckar River Tübingen, you stand on the Neckarbrücke (“Neckar Bridge”). During the Stocherkahnrennen, the boats race down the river in front of those buildings until they reach the … Continue reading
Are you ready?
When Chris and I need to go somewhere together, he’ll usually ask me “Are you ready?”
The Crime of the Decades
Several of the Krimi shows that we’ve been watching lately have been around almost as long as Tatort. However, unlike Tatort, most of the actors and characters in each episode of these shows are the same — and have been … Continue reading