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Word Family Trees – Exploring Words and Compounds

***   Hello everyone, And welcome to a new episode of My New Tool. Horaay! Also, this is probably more of a tool upgrade than a completely new tool, but anyway. Folks, I’m proud to present to you the new and upgraded version of my Word Family Explorer Those of you who use my dictionary regularly might know what I’m talking about, and if you don’t, well, no problem. I’ll explain what and why and maybe you’ll use my dictionary more often because the tool is just so cool So, are you ready to take a look? Let’s go.

Word Families and More

Today, I introduce my upgrades to the German learner's dictionary - the Goethe CEFR reference, the word ranking and most importantly, the family tree explorer.

Easter Surprise – Epic _____ Deck

I have a (not so little) Easter surprise for you that might help with learning vocabulary.

German Noun Gender – What Changes in 2026

2026 will be a big year for German noun gender - here's what will change and how learners can benefit form the new noun gender landscape.

YDG News – Site Upgrade and a Question

  *** Hello everyone, I hope you’re doing great and have a minute for a quick episode of Site News Because I’ve been quite busy working on the site behind the scenes last week and I want to fill you in on some improvements and I also a questions /offer. But let’s start with the changes and upgrades.

YourDailyGerman – Neuigkeiten

  Hello everyone, And welcome to a round of YourDailyGerman Neuigkeiten – the ultimate news show. Now you might be like “Oh, please no, I don’t want this insanity in my German.” but don’t worry. We’re not going to talk about what’s happening the crazy real life circus that is our world. I mean literally News about YourDailyGerman Because I have a piece of news and also a couple of questions where I’d love to hear your input. So… let’s jump right in. *** And we’ll start with the news.

The Meaning of “guten Rutsch”

"Guten Rutsch" and "Frohes Neues" can both mean "Happy new year." But there's a very clear difference and rules as to when to use which.

Vocab: rutschen, guten Rutsch, Frohes Neues, die Rutsche