I studied German. Now I teach it. ๐ฉ๐ช | A1-B2 | Language, culture and life in Germany |
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German quantities ๐ฉ๐ช
How Germans measure things out.
Becher โ a tub
Bund โ a bunch (of herbs)
Dose โ a tin
Dutzend โ a dozen
Glas โ a jar
Handvoll โ a handful
Kanne โ a pot
Laib โ a loaf
Paar โ a pair
Packung โ a packet
Prise โ a pinch
Schachtel โ a box
Scheibe โ a slice
Schuss โ a dash
Stรผck โ a piece
Tafel โ a bar (of chocolate)
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ฉ๐ช
The power of "zer-" ๐ฉ๐ช
zer- means: into pieces.
zerbrechen โ shatter
zerbrรถckeln โ crumble
zerdrรผcken โ crush
zerkleinern โ chop up
zerknittern โ crumple
zerlegen โ take apart
zerreiรen โ tear up
zerrinnen โ trickle away
zerschlagen โ smash
zerschneiden โ cut up
zersetzen โ decompose
zersplittern โ splinter
zerstรถren โ destroy
zerstreuen โ scatter
zerteilen โ divide up
zertreten โ trample
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ฉ๐ช
Applying for a job in Germany ๐ฉ๐ช
Sixteen words for the process.
Anschreiben โ cover letter
Arbeitszeugnis โ job reference
Ausbildung โ vocational training
befristet โ fixed-term
Berufserfahrung โ work experience
Bewerbung โ application
Einstellung โ hiring
Gehaltsvorstellung โ salary expectation
Kรผndigung โ notice, dismissal
Lebenslauf โ CV
Praktikum โ internship
Probezeit โ probation period
Stellenanzeige โ job advert
unbefristet โ permanent
Vorstellungsgesprรคch โ job interview
Weiterbildung โ further training
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ฉ๐ช
The power of "greifen" ๐ฉ๐ช
greifen = to grasp
angreifen โ attack
aufgreifen โ take up
begreifen โ understand
danebengreifen โ get it wrong
durchgreifen โ crack down
eingreifen โ intervene
ergreifen โ seize
herausgreifen โ pick out
รผbergreifen โ spread
vorgreifen โ anticipate
zugreifen โ help yourself
zurรผckgreifen โ fall back on
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ฉ๐ช
German Simply ๐ฉ๐ช retweeted
The Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989. Germany's national day is 3 October.
There is a reason, and it is one of the heaviest decisions the country ever made. ๐ฉ๐ช
9 November was the favourite. It is also a date German history keeps returning to.
9 November 1918. The Kaiser's empire ends and the first German republic is proclaimed.
9 November 1923. Hitler's first attempt at a coup collapses in Munich.
9 November 1989. The Wall opens.
Three turning points on one date. Germans call it the ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ฎ๐ด, the day of fate.
But there is a fourth.
9 November 1938. The night the synagogues burned.
Celebrating on 9 November would mean celebrating on the anniversary of that night. Germany decided it could not.
So it took 3 October 1990 instead, the day East Germany formally joined the Federal Republic. A paperwork date.
Which is why the ๐๐ข๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต feels so quiet. No bonfires, no parades, no customs anyone grew up with. A civic festival in a different city each year, and a day off.
The date with all the feeling in it was already taken, by a night that can never be celebrated.
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ฉ๐ช
๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ต, ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด. ๐ฉ๐ช
You learn ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ in lesson one. Then you go south, and someone greets you with something that sounds like "chris ti"
It is ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ขร ๐ฅ๐ช. On the way out, ๐๐ง๐ช๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช.
Two words most textbooks skip and they are a matching pair.
๐๐ณ๐ช๐ขร ๐ฅ๐ช is ๐๐ณรผร ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ต with the God worn off. May God greet you.
๐๐ง๐ช๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช is ๐๐ฆ๐ฉรผ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ต. May God protect you.
A blessing on the way in. A blessing on the way out.
โ
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฝ
๐๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ โ the north, any hour
๐๐ณรผร ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ต โ Bavaria, Austria
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ถ๐ด โ the south, coming and going
๐๐ณรผ๐ฆ๐ป๐ช โ Switzerland, polite
๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ โ Cologne, the Ruhr
๐๐ฅ๐ฆ โ Swabia, goodbye
๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ข โ Vienna, goodbye
โ
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ and ๐๐ด๐ค๐ฉรผ๐ด๐ด will get you by anywhere. But responding to ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ขร ๐ฅ๐ช with a ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ขร ๐ฅ๐ช warms up the conversation.
Which one have you actually heard? ๐๐ฝ
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ฉ๐ช
At a German doctor's ๐ฉ๐ช
Sixteen words you'll hear.
Arztpraxis โ doctor's surgery
Attest โ a medical certificate
Befund โ findings
Chipkarte โ insurance card
Einweisung โ hospital referral
Facharzt โ specialist
Hausarzt โ GP
Krankschreibung โ sick note
Notaufnahme โ A&E
Notdienst โ out-of-hours service
Rezept โ prescription
rezeptfrei โ over the counter
Sprechstunde โ consulting hours
Termin โ appointment
Vorsorge โ preventive check-up
Wartezimmer โ waiting room
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ฉ๐ช
๐ฉ๐ช German Quiz
A German says ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช. What time is it?
A. 2:45
B. 3:45
C. 3:15
D. It depends which part of Germany they are from
Your answer? ๐๐ฝ
The Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989. Germany's national day is 3 October.
There is a reason, and it is one of the heaviest decisions the country ever made. ๐ฉ๐ช
9 November was the favourite. It is also a date German history keeps returning to.
9 November 1918. The Kaiser's empire ends and the first German republic is proclaimed.
9 November 1923. Hitler's first attempt at a coup collapses in Munich.
9 November 1989. The Wall opens.
Three turning points on one date. Germans call it the ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ฎ๐ด, the day of fate.
But there is a fourth.
9 November 1938. The night the synagogues burned.
Celebrating on 9 November would mean celebrating on the anniversary of that night. Germany decided it could not.
So it took 3 October 1990 instead, the day East Germany formally joined the Federal Republic. A paperwork date.
Which is why the ๐๐ข๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต feels so quiet. No bonfires, no parades, no customs anyone grew up with. A civic festival in a different city each year, and a day off.
The date with all the feeling in it was already taken, by a night that can never be celebrated.
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ฉ๐ช