Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
This satirical commercial for the made-up company TOYtschland takes a critical look at Germany's arms exports to nations embroiled in conflicts outside of the EU.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
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.”
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
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...
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
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]
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Pepe wants to make peace with his aunt Yara, so he shows up at her shop with a bouquet of flowers. Unfortunately, it seems they don’t agree on anything — including whether it’s better to live in the city or in the countryside.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
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…
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
German singer Sonia Liebing, who specializes in the “Schlager” genre, became popular thanks to the “Schlagernacht des Jahres” (Schlager Night of the Year) tour – and is now the shooting star of the scene. Here, she performs her song "Tu nicht so" (Don't Pretend) on an outdoor stage in Berlin.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
The weekly political satire show “extra 3” takes a look at what it really means to be an environmentalist. Do certain habits really make a difference, or do they just make someone feel better?
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Jan from Munich presents us with another fantastical story inspired by the adventures of Baron von Münchhausen — the “Baron of Lies.” Here, the hero rescues himself and his horse from a swamp.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
After her apartment burns down under unexplained circumstances, a workaholic moves in with an old acquaintance from her school days. It’s clear that the two of them don’t really share a strong bond.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Upon returning from her excursion, Inge goes to eat at Max and Tarek's restaurant. Everyone wants to know whether she had a good time on the trip. Perhaps she met someone interesting?
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