Advent Calendar 2016

Advent Calendar 24 – “Merry Christmas”

Advent Calendar 23 – “50 Shades of Dumb”

Vocab: der Trottel, der Schwachmat, der Honk, der Depp

Advent Calendar 22 – “Best thing ever?”

Advent Calendar 21 – “Let’s twist again”

Advent Calendar 20 – “All pulled together”

Advent Calendar 19 – “Nihilism”

A quick look at the meaning of "egal" and how to use it in a sentence.

Advent Calendar 18 – “For the players”

Advent Calendar 17 – “How to gain weight fast”

Advent Calendar 16 – “What is short and unfunny?”

Advent Calendar 15 – “8 – t”

A quick look at the meaning of "ach" and its various common phrasings.

Advent Calendar 14 – “Prep School”

Advent Calendar 13 – “Step up 9 – Grease.”

Advent Calendar 12 – “Germeh!”

Today, we'll learn two really common ways to express the idea that something is "Meh!" in German - something you'll need a LOT of you really want to blend in :)

Advent Calendar 11 – “A case for a coffee”

The Meaning of “Klugscheißer”

"know it all" and "smart ass" - we all know one. And in German, they're called "Klugscheißer". And you'll definitely need this word.

Vocab: Klugscheißer, Besserwisser, besserwisserisch

Advent Calendar 9 – “Lord of the Flies”

Advent Calendar 8 – “The Purge – Election Dative”

"mir" and "für mich" roughly mean and the question when to use which largely depends on what's idiomatic for a given context. Today, we'll learn more.

Advent Calendar 7 – “These verbs are pros”

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Advent Calendar 6 – “Little spaces make you big”

Hello everyone, and welcome to day 6 of our Advent Calendar, and after yesterday’s theory stuff it’s time for a little leisure. I want to tell you a bit about something that belongs to the German Christmas season like the common cold belongs to winter – you’re lucky to make it through without it. Get ready for… oh no… please noooo Stop it. Go away, song! I want to talk about Plätzchen

How to order German adjectives

In English, there's a clear order for different types adjectives and mixing it up sounds strange. Is it the same order in German? Today, we'll find out.

Advent calendar 4 – “German is dangerous”

Advent Calendar 3 – “Gettin’ snotty wit’ it”

Hello everyone, day 3 of our Advent Calendar, this time with a nice shot of colloquial. Because, god knows… the textbook and course establishment don’t teach you how Germans really speak. So today, we’ll learn one of those colloquial words that – if used at the right time – will really make you sound native. And this one will help you stand your turf if someone starts to forget about politeness. Get ready for pampig ▶ Pampig is based on the noun die Pampe and Pampe is … well… think of the Chicken Curry Maria made recently. That was some proper… oh wait, you can’t know that. Well, then imagine a puddle of mud…. that’s Pampe in there. A thick, greasy, slippery mush. 

Advent Calendar – “1”

Hello everyone, it’s the first of December and that means, it’s the first day of our German is Easy – Advent Calendar From today till Christmas, you’ll get a neat little bit of German every day. Grammar, slang, idioms and other cool stuff. A few weeks ago I asked you to send me your questions and suggestions and you came up with loads of cool topics and ideas. Unfortunately not all were a good fit for the calendar. Some would have been a bit too extensive and for others, I just didn’t have anything to say. Like, “my favorite German comedian?”. I don’t even know what a “German comedian” is. So, I took some of your suggestions, and mixed in some of my own ideas and I think the result is really, really cool and you’ll never want Christmas to come (insert “even more” if you’re a Christmas hater. But wait, there’s more. You don’t only get a cool infusion of German every day, you can also win a little something every day!  From all the comments on the day’s post, I’ll pick one who gets a little surprise that’s related to either learning German or deep sea fracking (haven’t decided that yet). Oh and if … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/advent-calendar-6-little-spaces-make-you-big/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

Advent Calendar 2 – “Work that order”

Hi everyone, day 2 of our German advent calendar, and this time you need to get active with a nice session of WoW. No, nerds… the other WoW. This one: word order workout Now you’re like “Waiiit, I thought we get surprises. Not work.” but hey … in every advent calendar there are some things you don’t like. Like brittle. Ewwww. I hate that stuff. So put on your yoga pants and get ready for a quick How does it work? We’ve done this kind of exercise before but that’s already a while ago, so let me explain real quick. I’ll give you a few short sentences that are clearly connected by context and you have to join them together. Let’s do an example in English: