How did medieval castles in Germany defend themselves? And why were they built the way they were? This video takes us through a castle like those we often see in films.

In the last video, Eva explained how regular adjectives are compared in German. In this video, she explains irregular adjectives, which either require an umlaut or change completely.

What parameters are relevant to German auto insurance premiums? This short, informative video explains some of the factors.
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Did you know that the traffic lights in East Berlin had a different figure? Not only have they now been adopted in West Berlin, but a new three dimensional "Ampelmännchen" has now been created for the anniversary of Germany's unification.

In English, shorter adjectives are compared by adding certain endings ("green," "greener," "greenest"), while longer adjectives require the words "more" and "most" ("helpful," "more helpful," "most helpful"). In German, the rules are quite different and the endings are always used. Moreover, the same forms are used as both adjectives and adverbs. Here, Yabla's own Eva explains some of these concepts with examples.

Yabla's own Cettina takes us through additional questions regarding the law, voting, and the court system in Germany.

Eva shows us a few common German figures of speech that will surely impress your fellow students, as well as any Germans you speak with!

Take a drive with supermodel Franziska Knuppe through the Berlin Fashion Week!

Cettina takes us through the fifth installment of questions related to the German citizenship test.

Nora Gomringer is a poet and writer who recently won the prestigious Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis. In this video, she reads a poem by the German author and painter Hans Bötticher, who was better known by his pen name Joachim Ringelnatz.

Plural nouns are tricky in German, but Eva clarifies the different types of endings and gives us some good examples.

Cettina helps us with seventeen more of the questions found on the German citizenship test.

Football may have brought them together, but the members of this sports club have other talents too! In this video, they sing "Wir lassen uns das Singen nicht verbieten," a hit from schlager singer Tina York.

Milena Glimbovski speaks about the process of starting Original Unverpackt, a supermarket in Berlin's Kreuzberg neighborhood that sells food only in bulk or in recyclable containers.

Barbara helps her students understand that there are many ways to say the articles "the" and "a" in German, and you have to know when to use which one.