Using several examples, Sabine and Jan explain the weak verb "erklären" ("to explain") in the following verb tenses: present, simple past, present perfect, and conditional. The present perfect form of the verb is conjugated with the auxiliary verb "haben" ("to have") and in German often used similarly to the simple past, or preterite tense.

What's your favorite piece of clothing? And what's your favorite color? In this video, Eylin teaches us the German words for colors and clothing. Enjoy!

Selma and her father are in the middle of loading a moving truck when Nico comes around the corner, surprising her. When he asks why she canceled their date, she explains that her parents don’t want her meeting up with “strangers.”

RheinMainTv reporter Maike Dickhaus takes us to 360 Jump, Hesse’s first trampoline arena. Located in the town of Dietzenbach, the facility offers 240 square meters of bouncy bliss — fun for young and old alike!

Yara is sick of the noise and dirt in the city, and flirts with the idea of moving to the country. She and her nephew Pepe look at apartments together online. But Pepe has come to ask her for a favor...

Since 2011, an effort has been underway to reconstruct Frankfurt’s Old Town according to architectural models from the 16th to the 19th centuries. However, the new construction is about more than just attracting tourists: The changes are also delighting residents of the city, who are eager to sign up for tours.

What happened to the famous sausage stand where Schenk and Ballauf, the Cologne commissioners from the long-running German TV police procedural "Tatort" ("Crime Scene"), met to discuss cases? Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

Jacob recites two poems by Mascha Kaléko: “Interview mit mir selbst” and “Im Exil.” The German-Jewish poet had to flee to America in 1938, and her works were banned in Germany after the Nazis labeled them “harmful and undesirable.”

The Yabla player is easy to use and offers several helpful tools. In this video, you’ll learn how to skip to certain parts of the video that you’d like to rewatch, slow down the speed, and play subtitles on a loop in order to improve your comprehension.

At the restaurant, Nico toasts to friendship with Inge, Tarek, and Max — but there’s someone else he can’t get out of his head…

Dolphins sleep with one eye open? Crows are as intelligent as 8-year-old kids? Leopards freely roam the streets of Mumbai? In this video, Eylin tells us ten intriguing facts from the animal world.

Tarek wants to learn more about Jacques. He also tries to figure out why Inge is so hesitant about the possibility of a new partnership.

In this video, Eylin introduces us to the words for the days of the week, the months of the year, and the four seasons. Enjoy!

Here, Eylin teaches us how to count from one to one thousand in German. She also explains the four basic arithmetic operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Sebastian wants to organize a photo shoot – one that depicts German idioms literally – in the shared apartment using his roommates as models. While his ideas are clever, his friends don’t seem too enthusiastic…