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Adv Beginner
Germany
Nena was an icon of the 1980s German New Wave, but she is still active today and has lost none of her youthful energy! Check out this classic video from 1984. Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!
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Adv Beginner
Germany High German
German pop star Nena sings about music and nostalgia. Having sung many of Germany's greatest hits, she certainly knows what she's talking about!
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Adv Beginner
Germany High German
This light pop hit from Nena is about being in love and making mistakes. The director in the music video is played by Helmut Burger, a famous German actor.
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Adv Beginner
Germany
German pop legend Nena performs "Nur geträumt," one of her later hits.
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Adv Beginner
Germany High German
Lisa, Leni, and Malin were having trouble memorizing the multiplication tables – and thought that turning the tables into a song would make them much easier to learn! Luckily, Lisa's father works with German pop star Nena, whom they asked to help out.
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Adv Beginner
Germany High German
German New Wave icon Nena (who sang “99 Luftballons” in the 1980s) takes us back to the era with a breathy synth-pop anthem about optimism and a love of life.
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Adv Beginner
Germany High German
Nena performs "Leuchtturm" (Lighthouse), one of her most popular songs from the early 1980s, for an energetic crowd in Dortmund. The lyrics are simple and heartfelt, and the audience knows every word!
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Adv Beginner
Germany High German
The German National Anthem is beautifully sung by the Federal Children's Choir for German Unity Day in the old Bonn Federal Parliament plenary hall.
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Adv Beginner
Austria Austrian
Andreas Gabalier sings the Austrian national anthem at the opening of the Formula 1 race at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. The anthem has been criticized for its lack of fair gender representation.
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Adv Beginner
Switzerland High German
"A white cross on a red background, our symbol of the Confederation: freedom, independence, peace. Open to the world in which we live, let us strive for justice!" These are the opening words of the Swiss Psalm, which was officially declared the national anthem of Switzerland in 1981.
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Adv Beginner
Germany
“Leise rieselt der Schnee” (“Softly falls the snow”) is a popular German carol about winter and the Christ Child’s arrival. The lyrics are from a poem by Eduard Ebel (1839-1905).
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Adv Beginner
Germany
Namika brings us back to the best of early millennium light (think Norah Jones) and enchants us with her new single "Lieblingsmensch."
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Adv Beginner
Germany
German singer Namika sings "Hellwach," a song about staying out all night in the city.
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Adv Beginner
Germany High German
Namika is a Frankfurt-based singer with Moroccan roots. Her song "Alles was zählt" (“All That Counts”) is an attempt to understand the meaning of life through numbers — and to think about what really matters in the end.
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Adv Beginner
Germany
"Ohne dich (schlaf ich heut Nacht nicht ein)" [Without you (I won't fall asleep tonight)] is a love song by German pop-rock band Münchener Freiheit. In the chorus, the singer assures his lover, "Das was ich will, bist du" (What I want is you).
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