Spring has finally sprung! It’s time to shed a few layers of clothing and enjoy the spring sun…

The Story of Soup-Kaspar is an old children’s story from the 19th century which appeared together with a number of other moral stories in a book, written by German psychiatrist Heinrich Hoffmann, called Struwwelpeter.

Fine gets a call from Christiane. Good news! Christiane chose her as her new roommate and Fine gets to move into her first-choice apartment.

German singer/songwriter Jan Wittmer sings his meaningful song “Leben für den Lebenslauf” [Life for the Resume]. It contains a little bit of truth for everyone.

It is winter. And in winter you have to put on a couple of more things than in the summer to protect yourself from the cold.

Christiane goes on holiday and gives us the opportunity to “help” her pack.

Two friends are helping their friend, who is preparing to move to Hamburg, pack all her things. When they are all done, the cellphone rings and no-one can find it. It’s not possibly in the boxes, or is it?

Fine is searching for an apartment. She looks at Christiane’s apartment which has a room with balcony available. On top of that, the kitchen even has a dishwasher and the bathroom a luxurious bathtub. What more could you ask for?

Melanie and “Thomas” meet at a cafe. She is a student and “he” is a musician. “Tom” invites her to “his” concert which is taking place on that evening at the City Hall.

In this last part of the series on conjunctions, language students in Tübingen have to create sentences using the conjunction “weil” ['because'] in the peresent perfect and with modal verbs. "Viel Spaß beim Deutschlernen!"

In this second part of the teaching unit on conjunctions, you will hear more examples using the conjunction “weil” ['because'] in the present and present perfect tenses. Take what you learn here and try to formulate some of your own sentences! "Viel Glück beim Lernen!"

In this first part of this unit on conjunctions, you will find out which words belong to this group. Also, with the help of the conjunction “weil" '['because'], you will learn how to correctly use them. Listen in, learn and "viel Vergnügnung beim Deutschlernen!"

For a relaxed holiday with surfing classes and music by the campfire, pay a visit to the Charchulla twins on the island of Fehmarn.

The plural article in the nominative case is so much easier than the singular articles! It doesn’t matter if it’s masculine, feminine or neuter, it’s always “die”.

In part two on German grammar Jenny introduces you to the indefinite articles “a” [ein, masculine/neuter] and “a” [eine, feminine].