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Gelegenheit, Angelegenheit and gelegen

German for decades, to distinguish between the two nouns die Gelegenheit and die Angelegenheit. In...

Entweder... oder... and weder... noch...

reject more than one possibility or eliminate two different parties, weder... noch... is the German equivalent of...

Distinguishing dann from denn

Old High German and Middle High German, these two currently distinct words were just one word, thus...

Three Ways to Say "Because"

There is a big difference in the way these words affect the sentence structure, however....

Der, die, or das? Part 2: Feminine Nouns

that this is not a 100% reliable way to learn the genders of nouns, due...

The German Perspective on the Brexit

subscribing. For Yabla subscribers, it's a great way to view this excerpt of her speech...

Getting German Citizenship

Deutschland - Einbürgerungstest  Play Caption   Here you see two common words for the constitution: die Verfassung and...

Avoiding Animal Names Confusion

vice versa, of course) is a good way to be sure you are getting the...

Some German Business Idioms

Die Trennung  Play Caption Here you'll find two idiomatic usages. The noun der Laden usually refers to...

Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!

let's instead take a quick peek at two new videos that Yabla is releasing in...

wurden vs. würden | konnten vs. könnten

clear sense of the difference between the two. The words wurden and konnten are the Präteritum / Indikativ (preterite / realis) moods of the verbs werden and können,...

Top German Idioms Roundup

Kandidatinnen  Play Caption   Much in the same way that (as shown in the well-known scene...

Common German Mistakes: Wie or Als?

function word to indicate an inequality between two things:   Ich sage immer, eher mehr Selbstvertrauen als...

Dating in German

April zweitausendneunundzwanzig... On the thirteenth of April, two thousand twenty-nine... Caption 48, Unser Universum - Asteroiden...

How bitte and bitten differ from “please” and “to please”

you” and “here you go” all the way back to simple “please.” On the other...

When Same Is Not the Same

Singer-songwriter Cassandra Steen talks about making mistakes: two separate ones, but of the same kind....

Summer Living in Germany

dinnertime comes around, Grillen (barbecuing) is the way to go. Since the laws are more...

All You Need Is Liebe

müssten die denn abends zurücklegen, Dear God, which way would they have to travel in the...

Fun with Idioms

phrasen.com, German proverbs   Learning Tip A great way to improve your listening skills is watching...
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