Word of the Day – "trennen"

In this episode:

"trennen" is the German word for "to separate". In this article, we'll explore how to use information technology idiomatically and explore its diverse relatives.

Vocab:

trennen, dice Trennung, trennbar, unzertrennlich, zerren, verzehr, Zorn,...

Hello anybody,

and welcome to our German Word of the Day.
This time, nosotros'll take a await at the pregnant of

trennen

And most of not all of yous know this from the infamous German "trennbare Präfixverben"… which sounds incredibly German, the way.
No wonder Rammstein has fabricated a vocal near them…

The English Separable Prefix Verbs on the other hand is more like an Eminem vocal…

Continue reading →

Using "finden" – a quick guide

How-do-you-do everyone,

and welcome to our German language Discussion of The Twenty-four hours.
This one is going to be a piddling dissimilar than usual, though, because I want to try out something new.
Ordinarily, we take a word, talk virtually the origins, see how the meanings came near and do a tour through the related words.
Which is great for building vocabulary and making mental connections.
Today, I want to focus more than on the practical side.
We'll take i of the well-nigh of import verbs and practice how to utilise it in diverse types of sentences.
And by practise I actually mean practice, because we'll do that…

BY Actually SPEAKING :).

No cumbersome typing, no multiple choice. Pure, raw oral give-and-take sala… I mean, spoken German.
Because that'due south what actually matters.
I'1000 not quite sure what format to use for these, simply I figured it's best to observe that out together with you, so this is like the first draft. It works, simply we'll refine it over time.

And so, if you're ready permit's warm up the natural language and jump right in.

Go on reading →

Discussion of the Day – "nutzen" (and "benutzen")

In this episode:

A fun look at the deviation between "nutzen", "benutzen" and "verwenden", which all hateful "to use". And a really useful tip nigh the word "nützlich".

Vocab:

nutzen, benutzen, verwenden, der Gebrauch, nützlich, hilfreich, nützen, abnutzen, ausnutzen,...

Hello everyone,

and welcome to our German Word of The Day, this time with a await at the meaning of

nutzen

Which equally most of you lot probably know means to use . And most of you have probably wondered at some indicate what the difference is to benutzen . Because that besides means to use.
Oh and let's not forget about verwenden , which Also ways to use .
Today, nosotros'll learn what the departure between these 3 and when to use which, and we'll also check out a few other actually useful related words. AND nosotros'll take a look at the origin of nutzen, because when I establish out , I was like floored!
I was like: "Yo, etymology… where does nutzen come from."
And etymology was like: "It's related to THIS German word."
And I was like: "Bruh!"

And so, are yous ready to jump in?
So permit's freaking go!

Proceed reading →

A comedy show – for High german learners

*** EDIT: Sale has ended and the challenge has started. You lot can't join anymore at this time.

I'll let you know when Anja opens it again :) ***


How-do-you-do everyone,

and welcome to a new episode of review of the day, this fourth dimension with a look at

Anja's brand new German course

Many of you lot probably know Anja, just for those who don't: Anja is a YouTuber who has 1 of the biggest German channels out there, with well-nigh a million subscribers and she's part of what I call "The golden generation", together with Easy German (the absolute GOAT), Lingoni (with Pesto and Jenny), GetGermanized and Deutsch Für Euch.

Anja has loads of cool videos on her channel simply she'southward as well created a few online courses, which were okay. I mean… decent courses… doing their job.
Simply they admittedly Stake in comparison to what Anja has created over the last year. If you lot ever need an example for what "stepping up the game" is… it's what Anja did!

Because she made her grade into…

…an entire comedy series!!

Continue reading →

Word of the Twenty-four hour period – "liefern"

Hello everyone,

German Word of the Day time. Hooray.
This time with a await at the pregnant of a verb that happens millions of times every 24-hour interval. With nutrient. And clothes. And books. And electronics. And furniture.
And fitness equipment like my new 40 pound kettlebell.
Man, the face of the driver when he took this piffling package out of the van… he was non happy at all. Hilarious. I gave 50 Cents tip, though, then I'm certain his back is okay.
So, today, we'll take a expect at

liefern

And I'm sure you've figured out, if you didn't know it already – liefern means to deliver and it's what unites us all, no thing the skin color, the gender, the age, the income and who you have the hots for. No matter whether left fly or correct fly, liberal or conservative, mask or no mask, cat person or canis familiaris person – the ane affair we all agree on is Deliveralism – setting u.s.a. complimentary from having to go to the store like a serf.
And if you recall this was just a dumb pun… well… it wasn't.
Because liefern, delivery and liberty are actually related.
*Jeff Bezos has entered the chat

Go along reading →

New Feature – Audio Recorder 2.0

Hello anybody,

and welcome dorsum to your favorite German learning website ever.
And today, we're in for another episode of

I have a new feature

Hooray :).
We've already had quite a few of these episodes in 2021, just that was really but the starting time.
I have a lot more than ideas on how to make YourDailyGerman more useful for you.
And today, I'm really happy to finally bring you… drumroll please…

Audio Recorder ii.0

And then last summer, I added an audio recorder to the site. At that place's this little mic icon on side (or bottom, on mobile) and when you clicked it, an audio recorder would open up, where you lot could record yourself reading the examples and then compare it to how I say them.
Only that was really just a exam run for what I REALLY had in mind…

Keep reading →

Word of the Mean solar day – "dice Arbeit"

In this episode:

A fun look at the pregnant and use of "Arbeit" and its surprising family unit connections that lead all the style from Oliver Twist to Wall-Due east.

Vocab:

die Arbeit, arbeiten, erben, das Erbe, Roboter,...

Hello everyone,

and welcome to our German discussion of the Day.
And today, we'll take a await at one of the about defining words for German culture and society:

der Humour

Nah, kidding. That's the to the lowest degree defining word, of grade.
The word we will talk nearly today is the perfect discussion for January, when all your resolutions of working hard and blah blah are still on. Because today, we'll take a wait at

die Arbeit

And I'1000 pretty sure nigh of you know what it means, but what you probably don't know is the crazy family relations it has.
So are yous set for some insights and some vocabulary?
Then let's go to work.

Continue reading →

The 2022 German Oracle (Y'all won't believe this…)

Hello everyone,

and welcome to 2022, the best year for learning German, considering information technology is At present :)!

Whether you lot're advanced and you lot're just refining your skills, or y'all're a beginner making your first steps, or you're hustling difficult to pass an exam for academy, or you're relearning that one-time rusty German language of yours. Or if yous're only learning it considering you like the language… I wish you lots of fun with it and may you brand lots of progress.

And I as well wish you lot an fifty-fifty more than terrific year outside of the German learning portion. And because it never hurts to have some guidance, we'll just ask the universe to give us some hints in the ballsy, absolutely magical and 87% accurate German oracle :)

Nosotros've done this in the past few years also, and the oracle … erm… well, it totally failed to predict the whole 'rona stuff.
So the probability that information technology gets things right this twelvemonth is INCREDIBLY high. I mean, you can't fail multiple times in a row, right oracle?
"Genau!"

Here's how it works:

Continue reading →