Reading and Writing

German • 31 Jan 2024

24 German Essay Phrases

We need to talk about your German essays. Essay writing is a skill that you can learn in any language.…

German • 23 Jan 2024

The alphabet is the first step to any language, and beginner German learners are in luck. Fortunately, there aren’t many…

German • 14 Dec 2023

The written German language has a unique feature: All nouns are capitalized. This tradition, stemming from Old High German and…

German • 12 Sep 2023

Halloween isn’t very popular in old Deutschland. But that doesn’t mean ghosts, ghouls, gremlins, urban legends and grisly tales are…

German • 2 Aug 2023

If you’re learning German, you’ve surely seen a lot of grammar rules, vocabulary words and sentence structures. But have you…

German • 25 Jul 2023

If you’re learning German, you may have seen this fancy letter: ß. This is called the eszett, and it’s primarily…

German • 30 May 2023

The letters Ä, Ö and Ü look so similar to A, O and U… But, tempting as it might be,…

German • 30 May 2023

Just like in your native language, you’ll need proper German punctuation to write anything from emails to essays without driving…

German • 24 Apr 2023

Being good at reading in German is a crucial skill to have. It enables you to read highway (excuse me,…

German • 31 Oct 2018

If your fingers’ muscle memory is trained in English or another language, getting used to typing German letters is always…