Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany Bavarian High German
To everyone's surprise, some last-minute adjustments are made to the commercial. But they should have known that Hansen was always going to have final word.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
Last season, the "German Wunderkind" missed the play-offs with the Dallas Mavericks. That's not going to happen this year. Stefan chats with Dirk Nowitzki about his life as a star in the best basketball league in the world.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany Colognian High German
The inflation rate is rising rapidly in Germany. What do people think about that? "TV total" went to find out.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
“Zarathustra’s Roundelay” is a poem that appears twice in Nietzsche’s Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra). Here, singer Caroline Tudyka transforms the lines of the poem into lyrics, which she then imbues with profound sorrow.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
This song by Caroline Tudyka in French and German is based on a poem by German-Jewish poet Else Lasker-Schüler, one of the greatest poets in German history. Lasker-Schüler fled from the Nazis and died in Jerusalem in January 1945. She always longed to return to the Berlin of her memories, before so much of it was bombed.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
They say that women are similar to the flowers they wear — but what if someone happens to be a little prickly? Caroline Tudyka sings "Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus" (My Little Green Cactus), one of the most famous songs by the 1930s German vocal ensemble known as the "Comedian Harmonists.”
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
Caroline introduces us to Uschi, who moved to France because she fell in love with a French guy. It took her a while, but now she has a job that really suits her!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany High German
Even though she doesn't plan to move back, there are some things that Uschi misses about her home region of Bavaria.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
In this interview, Regine tells us about how she came to live in Paris, what she likes about France, what she misses most about Germany, and about the cultural differences between the two countries.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
Regine shows us her artworks and talks a bit about her process. We also learn why she couldn't imagine moving back to Germany.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
"Da Da Da, ich lieb dich nicht, du liebst mich nicht" (short "Da Da Da") by Trio was one of the biggest hits of the New German Wave and also enjoyed massive success beyond the German-speaking world: It was released in roughly 30 countries in total. The minimalist lyrics in sprechgesang and the toy keyboard are the characteristic of this 1982 hit.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
Planning a trip this summer? German police officers remind us of the typical ways that pickpockets attempt to steal luggage or belongings, and offer some helpful tips.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany Hessian High German
Little kids on big motorbikes! Check out this report on the coverage of the Trial Championship at Bensheim.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany Hessian
Little kids on big motorbikes, part 2! Check out the tricky obstacle course at AC Bensheim.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany Hessian
Litte kids on big motorbikes, part 3: The organizer of the event at the ADAC training ground in Bensheim talks about his job, and a volunteer discusses how she helps out.
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