Difficulty: Newbie
Germany High German
This song by PaperClap is about the feeling of freedom and escape that comes with summertime. It also draws inspiration from Mungo Jerry's 1970 hit "In the summertime."
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
In this song, Wincent Weiss expresses his nostalgia for the time before he was famous, and life was simpler and more carefree.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
In this song, the German singer-songwriter Lotte deals with the feeling of being torn between your head and your heart, between reason and emotion: You know that someone is not good for you, but you keep succumbing to their charm.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
"Alle Vögel sind schon da" is one of the best-known German children's songs about spring. The lyrics were written in 1835 by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798-1874) and published in his poems in 1837.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
Hailing from the city of Hamm in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hava is a German rapper of Bosnian-Turkish descent. In "Ja sagen," she sings about the feeling of being truly in love for the first time after a series of meaningless relationships.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany High German
This song tells the story of a deaf girl who plays music at high volume because she can only enjoy it when she feels it in her stomach and the floor trembles. Her neighbors are less enthusiastic.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
With "June," Becks, whose real name is Rebecca Thomalla, has written a rousing summer song that is as energizing as a new romance.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
The ballad "Lieb mich" ("Love me") by AYLIVA is about the longing for love and forgiveness, about vulnerability and the fear of losing someone.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany High German
Alligatoah—real name Lukas Strobel—makes witty rap songs. In "Du bist schön" ("You are beautiful"), he mocks our superficial obsession with beauty, cleverly incorporating cultural references, quotations, and puns into his lyrics.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
This song, released in 1986, was Rio Reiser's first hit as a solo artist after his work with the band Ton Steine Scherben. Born Ralph Möbius, he was always known for his political views, which are also expressed here.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
In this song, LEA expresses the suffering that a long-distance relationship can cause. There is no happy ending here, but rather a sense of resignation and the desire to be alone after all.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
This song is about the breakdown of a relationship that you can't or don't want to let go of, even if the photos are slowly fading and you ask yourself every day when it will finally be easier.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
A new romance and plenty of sun, sand, and sea... But will it last forever or just for one night?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
Silbermond is a German pop rock band from Bautzen, Saxony. Singer Stefanie Kloß wrote the song "In meiner Erinnerung" about her father, who died when she was young. This video shows the band recording the song in France.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
"Schneeflöcken, Weißröckchen" is actually a winter song, but it is also sung throughout Germany during Advent and Christmas. Learn the words here!
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