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Reading and Listening Trainer 2.0

Hello everyone, Just a quick sort of heads-up post today. I have made a huge upgrade to my reading comprehension practice tool, which now has become Reading Comprehension Trainer – Platinum Supreme  Hell yeah! If you’re new here or you just don’t know what I’m talking about – I have a tool that lets you practice reading (and listening) comprehension. It creates a text for you at roughly your level about a topic you give it and it creates a bunch of comprehension questions for you to answer, so the whole thing is similar to the reading comprehension section in German language exams like Goethe or TestDaf. If you’re a member, you can pick between any level, A1 to C1, and you can also get an audio version if you want to practice listening instead. And you can add a timer to make it even more similar to an exam situation. It’s a really cool tool if you want to get used to the reading tasks of German test. And now, it’s much better. What I upgraded First of, I improved the look and feel quite a bit. It’s a full screen window now so not just randomly in the … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/christmas-surprise/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

Pronunciation Practice – I improved my tool

I give you a look at my new and improved pronunciation practice tool and I also have a couple of questions about flashcards.

German Case Charts – Declension Diamonds

Charts for German declension and adjective endings are almost always tables. We need more consumer choice! And today, I show you what a fellow reader has come up with - the declension diamond.

Update August 2 – My New Search

I'm introducing my new and improved search tool to you.

Update August 1 – AI Examples With Audio

I'll tell you about recent improvements to the dictionary, particularly the new AI audio feature for ALL examples.

Big Update – Your Bookmarks (and more)

I'm showing you my new bookmark feature and another little feature that makes navigating YDG easier.

Small News, Big News, Random News

Hello everyone, and welcome to a new episode of award winning series called Housekeeping That’s right! Another fast paced banger of an episode is waiting for us to fall asleep to after 2 minutes. Seriously though, it’s been a while that we’ve had one of these housekeeping episodes. Which really are more like “What’s new” episodes. I’ve actually silently rolled out a bunch of smaller and bigger changes over summer. So today, I want to go over them real quick and give them a proper introduction. Ready? Then let’s go!

German Midsommar (verrückt!!)

  Hello everyone, and welcome to German Midsommar Crazyness. Have you seen this one horror movie from Ikea called Kallax? Where a deranged abomination stands next to people’s beds watching them sl… oh wait… that was the shelf. Sorry. The movie was called Midsommar and it’s some horror flick where a bunch of young people end up with a Swedish death cult sect for the Midsommar fest. I have not seen that movie (though I did see the shelf, unfortunately). But you know what… none of this matters, because today’s article has nothing to do with either of those. I just called it German Midsommar for clickbait. And instead of some cultural lore about Germany’s traditions you’re now stuck with… Some YourDailyGerman Housekeeping Oh god, so boring. Make it stop!!!! The thing is, I do have to do some housekeeping on the code side of YourDailyGerman this week. Lots of small things that kind of piled up and most of them you won’t even notice, but there’s also a new feature I am adding that I’d love to get your feedback on. And also, I have a few little questions that’ll help me make the site even better. “I don’t … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/christmas-surprise/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

Der Osterhase war da

Prefix Verb Dictionary – It’s done

Hello everyone, and welcome to a new episode of Geletor. Sounds like a superman villian. Or an ice cream maker. But what it really is, is it’s short German Learning Tool Reveal. Hooray. New tooooooys, let’s gooo! But seriously, today I am telling you about a new tool that is special in two ways: First of, it’s a really helpful tool that has been missing for a long time. And second of all… I made it :) I am talking about the Prefix Verb Dictionary I have been tinkering with this idea for years and originally, it was only meant as a reference for the prefix verb card game that I’m making. And it still is that, but over time, we’ll include more and more verbs until it is a pretty comprehensive resource for all German learners, regardless of whether they have the card game or not. Anyway, for a long time I didn’t have neither time nor resoruces to make this happen, but I have teamed up with Vítor, a programmer from Brasil and we ran Kickstarter this winter to gauge interest. And yeah… interest is definitely there :). So now we have the resources to really make it … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/christmas-surprise/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

Huge Site-Update

Hello everyone, so originally, I wanted to share this only after our “Practice-January” but I’m kind of too excited to wait any longer, so here we go :). I have finally tackled and finished an upgrade that I have been wanting to do for a while: YDG Dictionary Examples 2.0 – More and better And it’s actually kind of a two part upgrade that tackles: a)    How the examples that I made are displayed, and b)    What happens for the entries where I don’t have hand made examples. And there’s actually a third little thing that you might have noticed already that has to do with what happens where there are no results. So… let’s take a look!

Help Me Build This – German Verb Game

Hello everyone, So this week is special in two ways – first of, I had my birthday on Monday. Unfortunately, at the age raffle, I drew a “Repeat the Year” card this time, so I didn’t get to be one year older. Too bad. Still 28-ish-ish. The other thing that makes this week special is an absolute first for me though, and something I’m quite excited and nervous about… are you ready… drumroll…

Next Level Dictionary – Add Your Own Notes

Hello everyone, and welcome to a new episode of New Feature I know that some of you are now like  “Oh, another new feature that I’d love to try but that ends up not working for me.” And I get it! I really do. I’ve added quite a few features over the last year and many of them were buggy in the beginning. But it’s just hard to test this stuff for all platforms and browsers, so I kind of need your feedback to help me find and fix these little issues. The feature of today should work fine for most of you though… knock on wood, because some of you helped me beta test it. I’m not saying that it’s going to be flawless, but at least the basic functionality should be there :). So what is it? Well, it’s a feature for the YourDailyGerman dictionary that is quite unique, at least I haven’t seen it for other dictionaries. It’s the option to: Add Your Own Notes Now you might be like “Wait, I feel like I’m already using this.” But you probably mean the option to take your own notes for the articles. With the new feature, you … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/christmas-surprise/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

Summer News and Epic Sneak Peek

Hello everyone, and welcome to a new episode of no one’s favorite series: Site Update Hooray :) Today, I’ll tell you that I’m taking a short vacation, then I have some news about the pdfs of my articles and last but not least, I have a little sneak peek of something that’ll come out this fall. Actually, if all things go well, a LOT of stuff is going to come out this fall. But yeah… this thing is probably going to be the first. So without any further ado, let’s jump right in…

How Useful is a Word – New Feature

Hello everyone, just a quick little site update today, because I activated a new feature: The usefulness of words I already mentioned it a while back – the idea is to show “usefulness” in the YourDailyGerman dictionary, so you have a rough sense of whether or not you should learn a word. What’s the dictionary, you ask? Well, you’ll get there by just using the site search here or you can find it in the menu. Anyway, it then took a while to actually enter all the data (I do that by hand, no scripts), but now I’m almost done with it (yes, I do it myself) and I have decided to activate the feature. So let’s take a quick look and I’ll explain my thoughts and answer some questions that you’ll probably have. And I’ll also give you a quick outlook of what’s next.

Practice Pronunciation – With (all) Examples

Hello everyone, and welcome back to your favorite German website … I mean, hopefully. And today, it’s again time for a new episode of My New Feature And this week, my new feature is… drumroll… my 2023 beach body. Yes, it’s only March, but the Michelangeloian masterpiece is already finished. Here it is: . .

News – Examples and your experience

I have a new feature, and I have an idea for a series here that I'd love your thoughts on. And some world news for good measure.

Nice Update and a Question

Hi everyone, I hope you’re having a great week so far and that your German is coming along nicely. I’m doing pretty good because I am in Oulu. That’s a town in Finland about 100 miles South of the arctic circle on the northern end of the Baltic sea and I came here because I absolutely needed some actual winter. Like… with snow and really cold temperatures. I love that. I really love seasons, actually and I want them to be extreme. -20 degrees Celsius in winter, +40 in summer. That’s my ideal :). Unfortunately, it is not as cold as I had hoped but it’s still great, because Oulu is a beautiful city with lots of nature and water, Finns are really great people and there’s like the perfect gym with a view of the sea really close to my home. Oh and actually, it’s the city where I realized that I’m actually good with languages (I used to think that it’s not my thing), and learning Finnish also helped a great deal to get an open mind for how different things can actually be. So yeah… I’m really happy to be here. But of course I also came … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/christmas-surprise/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

The German Oracle – 2023

Find out what your soul and subconscious want you to know about 2023... in German. With the super epic and accurate German oracle.

Commenting 2.0 – Epic New Feature

Hello everyone, and welcome to a new episode of one of the most prolific series of this year: I have a New Feature Yes, again. And it’s a real game changer for all who ask me something in the comments and then wait for a reply. I also have prepared a little poll about a couple of things, but before we jump in, I need to tell you something. I am an influencer now!!  Yes, your boy has made it. Ah, what am I saying… that doesn’t sound “influencer” enough. I mean of course WE made it, guuuuuyyyys. Because it wouldn’t have been possible without all your support. Together, me made it all the way to the top, and have a sponsor for this post. Peak internet! Today’s Sponsor Today’s sponsor is Raid Shadow Legends. Nah, kidding of course. The real sponsor is the company FlexiSpot and if you work from home and need a proper desk or chair, then they have just what you need. I got my hight-adjustable desk from them a while ago and my back and I are super happy with it. And for the sponsorship, they let me select another product and I chose the … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/christmas-surprise/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

My New Favorite Feature – Testers Wanted

Hi everyone, so as the title already says, I am looking for some people as beta testers, because yes… I have a new feature called: My New Favorite Feature Literally. Because you can now pick favorites in the dictionary. Most of you are probably familiar with my dictionary at this point. If you don’t know what I mean… that’s basically what you see when you use the search function of the site. There’s over 9.000 entries in there at this point and I am slowly building out the meaning, definitions, examples and family relations. The goal is actually to have my own vocabulary trainer, and the first step toward that is now finished, because you can now mark your own favorites. So you can create your own personalized vocabulary selection that you can quickly check and review any time. And that’s not all, actually… .

A New Feature and Updates

Hello everyone, so I am actually taking a few days of for a small Urlaub (vacation), so there’s no new article this week (I’ll still answer your comments and emails, though, so fire away). But I still do have something new for you today, because as you might have noticed, I am always working on the site – adding new features, changing designs, changing designs back and so on. I know that might be distracting sometimes, but I strive to make the site more user friendly and intuitive over time :). Lots to do still, but  in recent weeks I have finished a few things that have been on my list for a while. So today, I’ll give you a few Site Updates You might have seen some of the design changes already but there’s one feature that’s gets its world premier here, so to speak. So I want to walk you through the new things today and also do a few poll questions to get a better idea how you use my site and what you’d like to see.

I was on Joe Rogan!!

OMG everyone, it’s finally time :D! You have no idea how hard it was for me to keep this a secret and not tell you anything, not even a hint, but I made it and now I feel SOOO relieved that I can actually say it. I WAS ON JOE ROGAN!!! Many of you have probably heard about him, but for those who haven’t he – Joe Rogan is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, podcasts out there. And what few people know is that Joe Rogan actually speaks very good German, and one of the sources he used was… my blog!! So a few months back his team reached out to me and asked if I was interested in coming on and I said yes. In the three hours podcast we talked about life, global politics, German food and of course Joe’s struggles with the German cases. And there’s a segment in there, where we talk German for five minutes. So, without any further ado, let’s jump right in.

New Feature – Audio Recorder 2.0

Hello everyone, and welcome back to your favorite German learning website ever. And today, we’re in for another episode of I have a new feature Hooray :). We’ve already had quite a few of these episodes in 2021, but that was really only the start. I have a lot more ideas on how to make YourDailyGerman more useful for you. And today, I’m really happy to finally bring you… drumroll please… Audio Recorder 2.0 So last summer, I added an audio recorder to the site. There’s this little mic icon on side (or bottom, on mobile) and when you clicked it, an audio recorder would open up, where you could record yourself reading the examples and then compare it to how I say them. But that was really only a test run for what I REALLY had in mind…

The 2022 German Oracle (You won’t believe this…)

Hello everyone, and welcome to 2022, the best year for learning German, because it is NOW :)! Whether you’re advanced and you’re just refining your skills, or you’re a beginner making your first steps, or you’re hustling hard to pass an exam for university, or you’re relearning that old rusty German of yours. Or if you’re just learning it because you like the language… I wish you lots of fun with it and may you make lots of progress. And I also wish you an even more terrific year outside of the German learning portion. And because it never hurts to have some guidance, we’ll just ask the universe to give us some hints in the epic, absolutely magical and 87% accurate German oracle :) We’ve done this in the past few years also, and the oracle … erm… well, it totally failed to predict the whole ‘rona stuff. So the probability that it gets things right this year is INCREDIBLY high. I mean, you can’t fail multiple times in a row, right oracle? “Genau!” Here’s how it works:

New Feature: Taking your own notes

Hello everyone, it’s September, start of a new school year for many, and it’s the perfect time for a new episode of the epic series ANF – A New Feature™©®. We actually had quite a few this year already, with dark mode, the new website layout, the option to slow down examples, my growing dictionary, the voice recorder and the speech recognition AI. But the feature I have now might be the most useful of them all. Why? Well, my articles are usually a bit longer and there’s a lot of information in there. And it’s almost impossible to remember everything in one go. So it would be really great to note down some key points that you can come back to later to review them. Well… that’s exactly what you can do now, because from now on, you can take your own notes Yes, you read that right :)!

Urlaub

Hey everyone, here’s a picture of a rock in on the wild, beautiful island of Golta in Norway. And on the rock is me eating nachos and drinking beer … IN MID DAY!!! OMG. And I think you already know what that means… I’m on vacation for a couple of weeks :). I’m in Norway, in the city of Bergen and it’s really beautiful. One of the best cities in Europe in my opinion. The nature is beautiful, the sea is beautiful, you can start your hike like 10 minutes from the city center, or you can explore the countless islands by boat. Just amazing. Now, I will still check my emails and reply to comments, so no need to stop. If you have login trouble or a question about German, just ask ahead. I’ll just not check as frequently, so please indulge me if it takes me a couple of days to get back to you. I’ll also do a little work behind the scenes on the website but yeah, mainly I’ll vacation. If you want to see some impressions, you can check out my photography Instagram here: Emanuel’s Instagram I wish you a great start of August and … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/christmas-surprise/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

New Feature – “Slow Mo”

Hello everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the German is Easy  blockbuster series A New Feature. Yes, another one :). And this time, it has something to do with the audio examples I have. I’m using normal everyday speech for them, and even though I am a slow speaker overall, it can still be quite the challenge to follow them and really hear what I am saying. Ideal would be of course to have two versions, a slow one and a normal one, and more ideal even would be to have two different speakers. And laser-eyes-ideal would be to have two different speakers with two different speeds. But that’s definitely too much work. For now. However…

New Feature – Practice Pronunciation

Hello everyone, and welcome back to a new episode of my new favorite series called A new Feature You’re like “What? Another new feature?! I don’t belive it.” But it’s true. I am hustling hard behind the scenes and after the (unfinished) dark-mode, the (unfinished) new layout and the (unfinished) new dictionary, I’m really happy that this week I have (un)finished a new nice little add-on that you can use to practice pronunciation…. The Audio Recorder  

This is sooo 2020

Hello everyone, not a real post but I have some site news. Hooray! My newsletter This year, there have been many instances of some of you not getting any newsletters for weeks even though you’re subscribed. And last week, after procrastinating this for literally a couple of years and running into tech issues, I have switched to a new upgraded version of the software I’m using. I think everything worked fine with the upgrade but this post is pretty much the test-run. So if the newsletter looked weird or a link wasn’t working or something…. please leave a comment here! Don’t send me an email please, my inbox is a MESS. EDIT: I’ve actually already run into some unexpected issues, since starting to send, but overall it’s okay, I think. Now you’re probably like “Wait, a new software is a good thing. So what’s up with the sad puppies?” Well, that’s because of the other news… a confession actually… The Advent Calendar is Cancelled If you’ve been following this site for more than a year, then you probably know what I mean. For the last five years, I have always done a German learning Advent Calendar. So in December I … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/christmas-surprise/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

A new Feature and a Question

Hi everyone, so after a forced creative break in August, I am taking a little voluntary creative break now. Well, that’s not completely accurate actually, because I am editing old articles. And man… some were REALLY way to long :). If you want a list of the edited ones, let me know in the comments. The one I am editing at the moment is the one about Main Sentences and I actually had kind of a little epiphany.

The Yourdailygerman Dictionary

Hello everyone, and welcome to the final surprise for our E-May-L-Special. Are you ready? Are you?! Well, then here it goes… this site now has its own Yourdailygerman Dictionary Some of you might remember this from last year’s Advent Calendar. Well, there you go… I actually finished a project I am teasing for once :). Unlike that book about non separable prefixes that I promised years ago. It’ll come though. I’ll finish it, so don’t you worry. Anyway, so this idea of a glossary has been in the back of my head for a long time. There are so many words hidden in the articles and my goal was always to make them more accessible. But for the glossary, I didn’t know how. And then, a little over a year ago, I found a really amazing person to help me with the programming part, me and my girlfriend could focus on entering all the dates… I… I mean data. And now it’s actually ready to be used as a beta version :) :) :)  Here’s what you can do: Look up any word we ever talked about.  And I mean ALL the words, not just the actual topics.  Get the … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/christmas-surprise/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

New Function, a question and a small request :)

Hello everyone, and welcome back to our little EMayl-Special. And today’s surprise is all about improving the comment section And I also have a little favor to ask you, but we’ll get to that later. So, I have added a new feature to the comments this week that might be a very cool addition. But before we get to that, I want to talk another new feature… something that has to do with formatting.

German Prefix Verbs – Book Sneak Peek

Hey everyone, and welcome to the first little surprise of our little EMayl-Special Man, that looks sooo weird. Like one of those new startup apps, where they had to use weird letters for the name because the real ones were already taken…. like Lyft. Or Shyftplan. Or Amazon. Anymay, if you’ve been following me for a while, you might know that I am working on two projects about prefix verbs. A book about non separable prefixes and an app for separable ones. Well… this year, I added a third one. And that one is actually making real progress. I mean… not like the other ones are not making progress. They’re making tremendous progress. But yeah, this one might actually be the first to finish, because it’s not just me… it’s a collaboration with a friend. And it is… drum roll…

Why 2020 is the best year to learn German

 2020 is here and it is the best year to learn German! Here’s why:   2020 2 corresponds to the letter B. B is the first letter in best. 20 corresponds to the letter T. T is the first letter in to. 2+0+2+0 = 4. 4 corresponds to the letter D. D is the first letter of Deutsch. so we get: Best to Deutsch Case closed! *** Happy new year, everyone :)! And see you soon with articles on holen, prefix verbs, man  and much more stuff :).

The Best Podcast Ever

Hello everyone, and welcome to our announcement of the day, which is I have made a Podcast Now you’re all going crazy like: “Oh my Gaaaawd, Emanuel is doing a podcast!!! Finally we don’t have to read anymore. Not reading is sooo much better than reading.” But nope. It’s not MY podcast :). I was guest in the Easy German podcast. You know… the best Coco Chanel for learners. Now you’re like: “Oh my Gaaaawd, Easy German is doing a podcast!!!” Yes, they flippin’ are.

Vacation … and video

Hello everyone, no new article this week because… I am on summer vacation :) (in Italy, visiting a friend, if you’re interested). Yeay!!! I have a really shitty internet connection, so if you email me, it might take a few days for me to get back to you. Sorry for that, but I’ll definitely try to keep up. But you can still learn some German because I have made a new video together with Cari and Janusz from Easy German. The topic was “Arguing in German” but it ended up more like a debating contest.  Janusz just wouldn’t stop talking and we couldn’t talk at the same time because then they can’t make subtitles.  So… it looks like he is dominating me but I am actually holding back for the sake of the video :). Anyway… viel Spaß und wir sehen uns nächste Woche.

I made a video

  Frohes neues Jahr :)  

Video and Workshop

Hello everyone, no article, just a couple of quick updates. “Seriously, Emanuel?? You make a us click a link just for friggin’ updates?!?! “Yeah, man! You could have just put these in the newsletter. We’re busy!!!!” Yeah, you’re right. But then those of you who follow me through the WordPress.com subscription feature won’t see it (I think). And also, I wanted the video in a post here.

Berlin Dialect Special

Hi everyone, I’m a little late with the article this time because of Jesus…. I … I mean Easter. And because I’ve been working on other stuff behind the scenes. And one of those other stuffs I made is…. a Youtube video!!!!! Here you go, bros: Fortnite Win Battle Royal  – CRAZY German Blitz, epic gameplay Yeah… nope :) (sorry if that got you excited, but hey… that means you’re young). Seriously though, many of you probably know the Youtube Channel Easy German, the best Youtube channel for German learners. At least in my opinion. But it’s not only a great channel, Cari and Janusz, the creators, also live in Berlin (like  me, myself and I) and they’re really cool, relaxed, beer chugging, down to earth people and we’ve always wanted to do something together. And now we did it :). A couple of them, actually and the first one is out now. The topic : the Berlin dialect. It’s not a break down of the dialect in a sense of “This sound turns to this” but rather a little impression of how it sounds and feels in comparison to standard German. So… viel Spaß :)

Updates and 20.000th

Hello everyone, some of you might have noticed that the last post is already over a week old, and also that I’m kind of lagging with the comments. But behind the scenes, I’ve actually been twerking a lot. My boooootay is in great shape. And I’ve also been working quite a lot behind the scenes. So what did I do?

Frohes Neues Jahr

Ich wünsch’ euch allen ein tolles neues Jahr  2018. Bis nächste Woche :).   

Talking about Location – A rough Chart

Hi everyone, wie geht’s euch :)? Isn’t the summer amazing this year. At least the German one is.  Those of you who are in Germany will agree – it’s THE BEST autumn impersonation by a summer I have ever seen. Like… if this summer doesn’t win the Oscar for best actor, I’ll… uhm… yeah okay… I’ll do nothing. Just like this week. Because I got nothing. No article. “Booooooooooooooooooooooh!!!!” I know, I know. But seriously,  I was actually super busy the last four weeks – there was a health thing, a relationship thing, my boss is on vacation, I prepared and held two German workshops and I took a few contemporary dance workshops … yes, I actually did. I did write, but I wasn’t able to finish anything to a point where I was content with my … uh content. Wait, content with the content?! Sounds like something German would do :) Anyways, I didn’t want to let you down completely so I decided to share a little chart or cheat sheet I created for talking about location. Like… which preposition to use with which location. The chart is actually quite old and even though I did some work on it … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/christmas-surprise/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

Winter is coming – and brings tough questions with it

Yeah, that title was totally click bait :) But for good reason because I have a little announcement and you’ll really like it. So… right now it’s fall (a very freaking super uber gray fall in Berlin) but advent season is coming and besides ginger bread and  Glühwein and shopping stress and family stress that also means: advent calendar. For those of you who don’t know what that is… the idea is essentially that you get to open a little present every day between the first and the 24th of December. A piece of chocolate, or a ginger bread or even just a nice small picture. It’s really a cool tradition so last year, we did that last year here on the blog too. Every day you’d get a … prefix verb. Uh… hooray… I guess. Here’s a link to the first episode, in case you want to check out the series… which is NOT in the archives ;). Prefix Advent Calendar 1 So, I actually really like the idea and I want to do a advent calendar again this year, but not with prefix verbs. This time, it’s you to decide what goes in it. Here’s how it works: Leave … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/christmas-surprise/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

Top 10 questions… to ask a language school

Hallo ihr alle, wie geht’s? Don’t worry. I’m not gonna start doing list posts here. I actually need your help with something. What’s going on A language school recently emailed me asking me to spread the word. I was like “Yeah, that’s gonna be 50.000 dollars.” and they were like “Oh. we were thinking like… for free.” and I was just like laughing at them. Okay not really. I actually thought that was a good idea. Not doing just promo but doing an honest and objective review of the school with a little surprise for you.  I asked them if they’re interested in this kind of thing and they said yes, so I decided to give it a try. Now, how do you review a language school.

Surprise of the Day

Hello everyone, so an important part of this site are definitely the comments. Your amazing, awesome, kick ass, lovely comments. Seriously, you guys are asking so many interesting things in the comments, you correct my stupid typos, you compliment me (I especially love that part) and you share great little insights. Oh… and you don’t troll. Like… never. I haven’t had to delete one single comment ever and seeing how we’re in the internet that is CRAZY. But your comments aren’t only interesting, awesome, kick ass and friendly… they’re also many. How many? Well…. 

German Noun Gender – Germany Might Change it

Germany might reform its noun gender rules to make them more logical and easier for learners. The proposed reform is not without controversy though

Christmas Surprise

Hello everyone, and welcome. It’s that time of the year again. Christmas. A time where people get together their German study material to catch up on some grammar, memorize vocabulary and redo some of these riveting fill in the gap excerci… okay, of course not :). The only remotely language related thing most people do on Christmas is trying to figure out what a Santa Clause is… get it? Get it? My pun? And even though not everyone cares about Christmas, we’ll take it easy this week :). So… fröhliche Restweihnachten euch allen und genießt die freien Tage. Tschüüühüüüs. What? The surprise? What surprise? I did not promise no surp.. oh wait, I did (quick brain, think of something) So … uh… I actually … uh.. have two surprises for you. The first one is a little handout I made years ago, which I have no idea how to title. It’s about these pairs of words in German that you can use to express the same stuff but that have totally different functions. A really good example is “obwohl – trotzdem” but there are more and the most important ones are on this flashy sheet :). It doesn’t give much … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/christmas-surprise/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

Sneak Peek of the Day

Learners know of "ge-" for past tense. But it's actually also a prefix. In fact, it was a prefix before it was grammar. Today, we'll explore what happened.

German is Easy – QAS 2

Hello everyone, and welcome to the second episode of our little Q and A and S section, where we look at some nice questions you guys have asked and whatever else matters. And first of all I need to say: danke, danke, danke, danke, danke, danke, danke, danke, danke, danke, danke, danke, danke, danke, danke, danke, danke, danke, danke, danke, danke, danke… und nochmals danke to the people who have made a donation. And I did not just copy and paste the “dankes”… I typed them  and I mean them. Seriously… it is sooooo motivating and definitely made my days. You’re the best!!! And yes, I do like Jay-Z (I don’t like Kanye though :), alles gute with your studies. And yes, whenever the book is finished, it’ll be in available in Canada too, and I’ll make sure you get a free copy. All of you. Oh and while we’re at it…. all the others, you guys who read and comment and ask questions… you’re definitely the second best… uhm, which uhm…. which is still very very  good. Damn. That doesn’t sound nice at all  ;)… but seriously, if it wasn’t for you, I would have probably stopped this already… you’re all awesome! And so were … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/christmas-surprise/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

German is Easy – QAS -1

Hello everyone, and welcome to the very very firstest episode of our new series… and you are the stars. Or better,your questions are. You guys ask a lot of questions and many of them are really interesting. But so far,they have been kind of buried in the comment section. And I don’t have a search function on the page…. because… in your face. But seriously, I figured it would be a pity to just have all those cool questions sit there at random places and so I decided to just collect the ones that are not related to the topic of a certain post, give them a headlines and make a nice bundle for all of you to read … or ignore :). So.. willkommen zu German is Easy – Q A S The S stands for stuff, by the way. And stuff stands for questions I have, polls, random learning tips, analyses of idioms, cool links, tons of ads in disguise and of course lots of fun selfies of me and my team…. meh… I guess that doesn’t quite qualify as a selfie but anyway.. without further ado, let’s just get the first question…

German Sucks – A Rant

Hello everyone, German sucks. No one likes it. Not even Paddington Bear, and he likes everyone and everything. First of, it has cases. Detectives have cases, lawyers have cases. But languages? Bruh, come on! Also, German has part of the verb at the end. What’s that supposed to be? Do the parts of the verb have like a long distance relationship? Or they poly? Do they like facetime or something or what’s going on there. Come on German, we have brain-rot! How are we supposed to remember what the verb was. Our attention span is not long enough for this. Then, there’s the gender. German language always be like: “Look, I’m the German language and I have 3 genders. I’m so organized and specific.” And you’re like “Wow, 3 genders, that is so modern. But organized it is NOT!” Like… if it were organized why do I have to learn the gender for each noun? It’s such a mess. And speaking of mess…. that brings us to those little words. Those little words that are lying around all over the place, like ein or an or auf or rauf or drauf or herauf or hinauf. Like…  BRO, stop! And then you’re … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/christmas-surprise/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>