"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.

Some rhetorical devices are used in English and German alike, one of these being the climax.

KLUBBB3 is a Schlager trio with members from Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands.

How many ways are there to play the card game Memory? According to comedian Martina Hill's character in Knallerfrauen, the number is practically infinite. Enjoy!

In this humorous video, you can see a mother's solution to her children constantly bickering about who has more. Little do they know, it will remain part of their lives well past childhood...

If a plate full of steaming pork knuckle sounds delicious to you, then let Cettina show you how to make it in proper Southern German style! Guten Appetit beim Deutschlernen!

Federico shows us his recipe for vegetable gratin. The advantage of this recipe is that you can change the ingredients to suit your own preferences.

Christian rock band Koenige & Priester plays their song "Poiema," which means "a work" in Greek, a word that was used by Saint Paul in the Bible in Ephesians 2:10.

Listen to this love song by German singer Kai-Uwe Kolkhorst. Rock with an electronic twist.

Diane and Franca introduce the most important forms of the verb "to be": present tense, present perfect, simple past, the conditional and future tense.

In this video the verb "say" is conjugated in five different tenses.

In this video the verb "to have" is introduced in different tenses using the full array of personal pronouns.

Diane and Franca take us through the basics of the verb machen, which in this video has been translated as "to do." Depending on the context, machen could also mean "to make." Try it out both ways and viel Spaß beim Lernen!

The verb "become" is presented in different tenses.

In this video Diane and Franca show us how the verb "can" ("to be able to") is used with different personal pronouns. By following their dialogue, you also will be able to understand how to use this important German verb in a whole range of tenses.