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2021-10-09 18:47:34 German verbs with their prepositions

Let's learn verbs together!
Here is a list of the most important German verbs that are often difficult to use when learning a language:


abhängen von D. - depend on smb.
abholen A. - pick up smth.
absagen von D. - give up smth.

abziehen A. | von D. - distract smb. | from smth.
achten auf A. - pay attention to smb., smth; keep an eye on smb.
amüsieren sich über A. - have fun with smth.
Angst haben vor D. - be afraid of smb., Smth.
ankommen auf A. - depend on smth.
annehmen sich G. - take care of smth.
anrufen A. - call smb.

ansprechen um A. - ask for smth.
anstoßen an A. - bump into smth.
antworten auf A. - reply to smth.
arbeiten als N. - work as smb.,
arbeiten an A. - work on smth.
arbeiten bei D. - work for smb., for smb/company
ärgern sich über A. - to be angry, angry at someone, because of something.

aufhören mit D. - stop doing smth.
aufpassen auf A. - watch smb, take care about smb,
aufregen sich über A. - worry, worry about smth./smb.
ausgeben für A. - spend, spend on
ausweichen D. - avoid smth., smb.
beantworten A. - answer smth.
beauftragen A. | mit D. - give smb. | smth.
bedanken sich bei D. | für A. - thank smb. | for smth.
bedienen sich G. - enjoy smth.
bedürfen G. - need smth.
befassen sich mit D. - do smth. Öffnen / Wie

2021-10-06 08:20:40 Everyday chores

aufwachen - to wake up
aufstehen - to get up
das Bett machen - to make the bed.
sich duschen - to shower.
sich rasieren - to shave
sich die Zähne putzen - to brush the teeth
sich kämmen - comb my hair
sich schminken - to paint
sich anziehen - to dress
joggen - to run
das Frühstück machen - to prepare breakfast
frühstücken - to have breakfast
Kaffee trinken - to drink coffee.
zur Schule gehen/fahren - to go to school.
lernen - to study

Hausaufgaben machen - do your homework.
Universität gehen/fahren - to go to the university.
Vorlesungen besuchen - to attend a lecture
in der Mensa essen - to eat in the student cafeteria
zur Arbeit gehen/fahren - to go/travel to work.
mit der Arbeit anfangen - to start work.
arbeiten - to work
am Computer arbeiten - to work on the computer.
Mittagspause machen - to take a lunch break
zu Mittag essen - to have lunch.
Feierabend haben/machen - to finish work.
spazieren gehen - to go for a walk
sich mit den Freunden treffen - go out with friends Öffnen / Wie

2021-10-04 22:54:07 Oktoberfest: the most important things about the festival

In the capital of the glorious Bavaria, the Oktoberfest (only in a non-standard format), a festival of beer and joy, is in full swing. Strange, isn't it, September isn't over yet and the festival is called October? However, with Germans, as we know, everything is logical, including holidays.

It is October that is listed in the name, as the very first festival took place on October 12, 1810 at the wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig (future King Ludwig I) and Princess Theresa of Saxony-Hildburghaus.

What is a fest? It is commonly believed (and any dictionary will confirm it) that das Fest is a holiday. But we remember that the German language is variegated and multifaceted. Fest is not just a celebration, but a feast to which all are invited. Different regions of Germany have such events, they are also called Volksfeste, which means folk festivals.

More interesting facts about Oktoberfest and how beer fest traditionally takes place in Munich in our article! Öffnen / Wie

2021-09-28 17:39:29 10 reasons to learn German

It is no secret that at present German language is respected by many, yet still most people believe that it will not be useful to them later in life. But, whatever your plans for the future are, knowledge of the German language will significantly expand your opportunities:

1. Business / Business Life:
By communicating in German with German-speaking business partners, you will significantly improve partnerships and increase the chances for productive mutual understanding, which will undoubtedly have a positive impact on success.

2. Global career:
By learning German, you increase your chances to accelerate your professional and career growth. A good level of knowledge of the German language will make you a promising employee for an employer with international business connections.

3. Tourism and hotel business: Many tourists from German-speaking countries travel to all countries of the world. During the holidays, tourists spend quite a lot of money and prefer to be served by staff and guides who speak German.

4. Field of research:
German is the second most important language in the scientific world. Germany is in third place in the world in terms of research funding and funding for the development of science. Each year, Germany provides a wide variety of scholarships for students and aspiring scientists in a variety of countries.

5. Communication:
The level of today's development of information technology makes multilingual communication highly demanded. Many of the most important websites provide information in German. 10% of all books are published in German. Knowledge of the German language opens up wide access to a wide variety of information.

6. Cultural understanding: Learning German gives you the opportunity not only to see, but also to understand and accept the life, customs and dreams of the people of German-speaking countries with their multicultural community.

7. Travel:
Knowledge of German allows you to expand the list of countries to which you can go and thereby expand your travel notes, and not only about the countries in which German is spoken, but also other European countries.

8. Acquaintance with literature, music, art and philosophy: Goethe, Kafka, Mozart, Bach and Beethoven created their works in German. You can really enjoy reading or listening to these works in the original.

9. Opportunity to study and work in Germany:
Germany provides a large number of scholarships to those wishing to study in various universities in this country. For young people from abroad, there are special tourist visas that give work permits, and representatives of some professions can obtain special permits allowing them to perform certain jobs.

10. Exchange programs: Germany and many countries of the world, have agreements among themselves on the ongoing implementation of school and student exchange programs. Öffnen / Wie

2021-09-27 09:45:37 German verbs with their prepositions.

Let's learn verbs together!
Here is a list of the most important German verbs that are often difficult to use when learning a language:


abhängen von D. - depend on smb.
abholen A. - pick up smth.
absagen von D. - give up smth.

abziehen A. | von D. - distract smb. | from smth.
achten auf A. - pay attention to smb., smth; keep an eye on smb.
amüsieren sich über A. - have fun with smth.
Angst haben vor D. - be afraid of smb., Smth.
ankommen auf A. - depend on smth.
annehmen sich G. - take care of smth.
anrufen A. - call smb.

ansprechen um A. - ask for smth.
anstoßen an A. - bump into smth.
antworten auf A. - reply to smth.
arbeiten als N. - work as smb.,
arbeiten an A. - work on smth.
arbeiten bei D. - work for smb., for smb/company
ärgern sich über A. - to be angry, angry at someone, because of something.

aufhören mit D. - stop doing smth.
aufpassen auf A. - watch smb, take care about smb,
aufregen sich über A. - worry, worry about smth./smb.
ausgeben für A. - spend, spend on
ausweichen D. - avoid smth., smb.
beantworten A. - answer smth.
beauftragen A. | mit D. - give smb. | smth.
bedanken sich bei D. | für A. - thank smb. | for smth.
bedienen sich G. - enjoy smth.
bedürfen G. - need smth.
befassen sich mit D. - do smth.

Learn 100+ verbs with their prepositions with real-life examples from Twitter, YouTube, music & movies -> check the link below! Öffnen / Wie

2021-09-25 07:56:22 25 SIMPLE AND USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

1.I have nothing against it - ich habe nichts dagegen

2. who is against? - wer ist dagegen?

3. pros and cons - das Für und Wider

4. not without reason - nicht ohne Grund

5. without reservations - ohne Vorbehalt

6. without his knowledge - ohne sein Wissen

7. no doubt - ohne Zweifel, zweifellos

8. without exception - ohne Ausnahme, ausnahmslos

9. weaknesses - schwache Seiten, Schwächen

10. this is his weak point - das ist seine Achillesferse

11. the weaker sex - das schwache zarte Geschlecht

12. he's strong at mathematics - Mathematik ist seine Stärke

13. I'm not good at this - das ist nicht meine starke Seite

14. in order - in bester Ordnung

15. complete rest - vollständige Ruhe

16. complete silence - völlige Stille

17. in full force - vollzählig

18. to the fullest - in vollem Maße

19. as far as possible !, how can you! - was denken Sie sich! das ist nicht denkbar!

20. You might think - man könnte glauben

21. we can say - sozusagen

22. can be done like this - man kann es so machen

23. as soon as possible - so schnell wie möglich, möglichst schnell

24. an order of magnitude more - um eine Größenordnung mehr

25. it's in the order of things - das ist normal Öffnen / Wie

2021-09-24 13:06:44 Particles in German

reinforcing particles

doch - ie / all the same,
sogar - same / even,
so - so, zu - too,
selbst - even;

separating particles:

gerade / eben / ausgerechnet - exactly / just;

limiting particles

nur / bloß / erst / allein - only / only,
noch - yet;

negative particles

nicht - not,
nicht einmal - not even;

emotional-modal particles

denn / etwa - except / only,
mal -ka,
ja - g,
nun - well / so.

Dazu ist es schon zu spät - Also too late (particle "zu").

So früh habe ich dich nicht erwartet - I was not expecting you so early (particle "so").

Selbst das Einfachste wußte sie nicht - She did not know even the simplest things (particle 'selbst').

Es war doch herrlich hier, in der kleine Siedlung am Waldrand - It was wonderful here, in the little village on the edge of the forest (particle "doch").

It should be noted that particles can be similar in appearance to:

- adjectives/ adverbs - bloß, eben, gerade, mal, nun, so, schon;
- pronouns - allein, es, etwa, selbst;
- conjunctions - denn, doch.

We should not forget the syntactic function of particles and other parts of speech:

The particle doch:

Wo habe ich doch diese Frau gesehen? - Where have I seen this woman?

Union doch:

Zuweilen bekommen wir Nachrichten von ihm, doch nicht oft - Sometimes we get news from him, but not often.

#grammar Öffnen / Wie

2021-09-23 14:17:19 Expressing opinion

Ich denke (nicht), dass ... - I don't / think that ...

Ich finde (nicht), dass ... - I don't / think that….

Ich glaube, dass ... - I suppose that ...

Meiner Meinung nach ... - In my opinion / from my point of view ...

Ich bin mir (nicht) sicher,…. - I am not / sure that….

Expressing unexpected

Na so was! - Well, you must! Well well!

Das kann doch nicht wahr sein! - It can not be true! / This cannot be!

Wirklich? - True? / Is it real?

So eine Überraschung! - What a surprise!!

Was du nicht sagst! - What didn't you say!?!

Ist das möglich !! ?? - Is it possible ?? !!

Commenting on new information

Ich finde es (nicht) interessant, weil ... - I find the article (not) interesting because ...

Mich wundert, dass… / Mich überrascht, dass… - I am amazed / surprised that ...

Ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass ... - I would not have thought that ...

Es war klar, dass ... - it was clear that ...

Commenting on the situation

Das ist aber peinlich / ärgerlich / unerfreulich! - It's still unpleasant / annoying / disappointing!

Dumm gelaufen! - Down the drain!
So ein Pech! - What a failure!

Diese Situation ist mir echt (can also be ziemlich / total) peinlich (or unangenehm). - This situation is really (quite, absolutely) unpleasant to me.

Das hätte mir auch passieren können! - It could happen to me too.

Ich finde es gar nicht peinlich, wenn ... - I think that it is not at all / not at all shameful if….

Das möchte ich nicht erleben! - I would not want to survive this!

Das wäre mir nicht passiert! - It would be better if this did not happen to me / happened!

Es ist lustig, dass ... - It's funny that ... / I am glad that ...

Ist es nicht lustig, dass ..? - Isn't it funny / happy that ...? Öffnen / Wie

2021-09-20 08:06:02 33 helpful exclamations in German!

los! - come on!

Eigentlich nicht! - Not at all!

Na endlich! - Finally!

Na klar! - Sure!

wie schön! - how wonderful!

guck mal! - look!

ach was! - just think!, what is it there!, never mind!, not at all!

ach Gott! - Oh my God!

ach, du lieber Himmel! - Oh my God!

so ist es! - (this is the case) just like that!

so sind sie! - that's what they are!

so und nicht anders! - the only way!

so viel! - so much!

o nein! - Oh no!

nein doch! - no!

nein, das geht zu weit! - no, this is too much!

das geht nicht, nein! - no, that will not do!

ach ja! - Yes of course!

ach je! - oh !, oh, what a pity!

ach so! - that's how! Means so!

ach Gott! - Oh my God!

ach du Schreck! - oh horror !, my God!

o weh! - ah !, oh, my God!

o, je! - ah !, oh, my God!

weh (mir)! - woe to me!

dass ihn der Teufel hole! - damn him!

dass dich! - damn you!

Verdammt! - Damn it!

Ich bin dagegen! - I'm against!

I am for! - Ich bin dafür!

Klar! - Clear!

Quatsch! - Nonsense!

na, ja! - well, how! Oh yes! Öffnen / Wie

2021-09-15 09:51:47 Useful phrases for everyday communication!

Let's see some useful phrases in today's post!

Ich habe kein(en) Bock darauf! = I don't want that! / No mood for this!

Das ist echt Spitze! = This is super!

Gott sei Dank! = Thank God!

Es ist mir Wurst / egal. = I don't care.

Wann treffen wir uns? = When will we meet?

Was sagen Sie dazu? = What do you say to that?

Das macht aber nichts! = But it's okay!

Es tut mir Leid. = I'm sorry.

Wie schade! = What a pity!

Leider nicht. = Sorry, no.

Alles Gute! = Good luck!

Schämen Sie sich! = Be ashamed!

Was ist los? = What happened?

Lassen Sie mich in Ruhe. = Leave me alone.

Kennen wir uns nicht? = Looks like we know each other?

Einen Augenblick bitte. = Wait a second, please.

Meine besten Glückwünsche. = Please accept my best wishes.

Fahren Sie so schnell Sie können. = Come as soon as possible.

Kein Problem. = No problem.

Was du nicht sagst! = What are you!

Das ist ja eine Überraschung! = What a surprise!

Kommt nicht in Frage! = This is out of the question!

Hast du etwas dagegen? = Do you have anything against?

Ich habe nichts dagegen. = I have nothing against it.

Ich drück dir die Daumen! = I hold my fists for you!

Viel Spaß! = Have a good time! / Good luck!

Gute Reise! = Bon voyage!

Gute Besserung! = Get well soon!

Lass dir schmecken! = Help yourself!

Gut geschlafen? = How did you sleep?

Mach's gut! = Good luck!

Alles Gute! = Good luck!

Gleichfalls! = Mutually! / And to you (to you) the same!

All these phrases are simple and easy to remember, try to use some of them more often in your speech, and you will quickly reach the level of confident spoken German Öffnen / Wie