8 May 2025
How do you say Hope in German?
'Hope' is die Hoffnung; to give up hope = die Hoffnung aufgeben; hopefully = hoffentlich; hopeless = hoffnungslos; 'hope dies last' = Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt.
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8 May 2025
How do you say Point in German?
der Punkt = point, dot or period; at exactly 8 = um Punkt acht; meeting point = Treffpunkt; point of view = Standpunkt; the crux = der springende Punkt.
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8 May 2025
How do you say Defense in German?
'Defense' is die Verteidigung; to defend = verteidigen; self-defense = Selbstverteidigung; defender/defense lawyer = Verteidiger(in); attack = Angriff.
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8 May 2025
How do you say Caution in German?
'Caution' is die Vorsicht; 'Watch out!' = Vorsicht!; careful = vorsichtig; to be taken with a grain of salt = mit Vorsicht zu genießen; better safe than sorry = Vorsicht ist besser als Nachsicht.
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8 May 2025
How do you say Advantage in German?
'Advantage' is der Vorteil; disadvantage = Nachteil; pros and cons = Vor- und Nachteile; to be an advantage = von Vorteil sein; advantageous = vorteilhaft.
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8 May 2025
How do you say Hunger in German?
'Hunger' is der Hunger; I'm hungry = Ich habe Hunger; I'm full = Ich bin satt; famine = Hungersnot; ravenous = Bärenhunger.
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8 May 2025
How do you say Injustice or Wrong in German?
'Injustice/wrong' is das Unrecht (opposite: das Recht); to wrong someone = jemandem Unrecht tun; to be in the wrong = im Unrecht sein; unjust state = Unrechtsstaat.
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8 May 2025
How do you say Hint or Tip in German?
'Hint/tip/notice' is der Hinweis; to point out = hinweisen auf; safety notice = Sicherheitshinweis; police tip-off = Hinweis; a casual tip = Tipp.
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10 March 2025
Der, Die, Das: How to Learn German Articles Effortlessly
After reading this post you’ll have a MUCH better understanding of what’s going on with German articles and their genders and feel much more confident about them. You’ll know why we even have words like “der”, “die”, “das”, when to use which, and what’s up with articles like “dem” and “den”, too! All you need […]
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9 March 2025
What I’ve learned doing keto in Germany in 2025
Let me get three important things out of the way first: This article was not written by AI, all images were taken by me (with my camera), and there are no affiliate links anywhere on this page. All products mentioned are real personal recommendations and non-recommendations. I am a relatively recent convert to the keto […]
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11 January 2025
How to buy a bike ticket on the DB Navigator App
Last Updated: 11th January 2025 I’m going to keep this post really short because it’s so much more niche than my usual writings about learning German and living in Germany, but this has to be done: If you had asked me a few weeks ago how to buy a bike ticket on the DB Navigator […]
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23 October 2024
How to choose the best language school to learn German
So you’ve decided that you’d like to join a live German class (either in person or online), as opposed to self-study with apps, video courses, or books. Great! Now you might be asking yourself, though, how do I choose the best language school to learn German? As someone who started teaching at language schools in […]
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22 October 2024
Should you learn German with ChatGPT? I’ve tested it for you.
I believe that when it comes to learning German (or most other languages for that matter), something interesting will happen in the near future: On the one hand, technology will make the necessity of being able to communicate by yourself in a foreign language a thing of the past. Already lots of people are using […]
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18 October 2024
Learning German with adult ADHD - what you should know
Learning German with adult ADHD might seem daunting: Long words, convoluted grammar, near-endless sentences, combined with a tendency for German classes to be extremely dull, and the fact that it usually takes over a hundred hours before you can even have a semblance of a “real” conversation with an actual German. As a long-time bilingual […]
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11 October 2024
How to ace the German theoretical driving test in English (step 1 - numbers)
Updated: 26. October 2024 Let’s do away with super-long introductions. I really dislike studying for tests, and the German theoretical driving test is QUITE a study challenge. While the test itself only has 30 questions, those are drawn from a set of 1200 different (but somewhat redundant) questions that you should study in order to […]
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What are the 1000 Most Frequently Used Nouns in German (O)
What are the 1000 most frequently used nouns in German? (This article was written 100% by a human. There are no affiliate links on this page.) I’ll start off by saying that any given German person’s 1000 most frequently used nouns are going to be a bit different - obviously. A university physics professor will […]
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Is Preply Good? It seriously depends.
Is Preply Good? - It Seriously Depends. (This article was written 100% by a human. There are no affiliate links on this page. The author of this article is the owner of a business that might be considered to be competing with the reviewed product - see author bio below.) I decided to write this […]
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