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Odd German Animal Names, Part III

series, we went through a lot of odd German animal names, looking at how the names may—or may...

Odd German Animal Names, Part II

explore the wild and woolly world of odd German animal names!   Die Schildkröte steckt noch vollständig im Ölschiefer...

Odd German Animal Names, Part I

lesson today with the rest of the odd animal names that end with -tier: das Stinktier, das...

Insects in German, Part I

kinds of bug names in German. Most insect names in German are feminine with the definite article die in...

All About the Preposition zeit, Part II

life" that may also appear a bit odd to the non-native German speaker:    Da sammelte es sich die Taler...

Auf einen zukommen

The above is a common German phrase that appears a bit odd in English, in that it seems to...

The Proof is in the Pudding

The German language does not have an equivalent to the rather odd phrase above, which originated in the proverb...

Some German Slang Expressions

burning oven" in English sounds a bit odd, to say the least, and possibly even...

Top German Idioms Roundup

me? If any of these phrases seem odd to you, now is the time catch...

All About Feet, Part II

lesson, we took a look at the German phrases zu Fuß, Kopf bis Fuß, ohne...

All the Pretty Horses

great American writers, Cormac McCarthy, and its German title is translated precisely as All die...

ansonsten, sonst, and umsonst

The adverbs ansonsten and sonst in German are most often found in contexts where...

Von Kopf bis Fuß , Part I

of the idioms using der Kopf in German are identical — or nearly so — to similar...

"Pulling Balance"

phrase Bilanz ziehen, which sounds a bit odd if you were to translate it literally...

Possessive Gender Benders: His and Her vs. Its

say "his black hat," etc. The main German singular possessive pronouns are ihr and sein, usually...

The Message or the News?

The German noun die Nachricht is often translated into "message"...

Get Out of My Peel!

exciting finale of the Pfefferkörner episode has a German idiom that could come across a bit...

Bear Trainers on Their Legs

If the headline above sounds pretty odd, it's because it's a literal word-for-word translation...

Grad or gerade?

In colloquial German, it is common to hear the word grad,...