resources

[carmine canopy]

Has a ton of free books

[grand maple]

libgen is there for free books

gutenberg is crap, jus books that have run out of copyright

[buoyant dome]

Anyone remember a website or app that slowly changes words to the language you’re trying to learn

Sorta like waking up and everything is labeled in German in your life - you have no choice but to use it 😂

[oblique finch]

any nice poems I can read and try to learn from? I can't stop thinking about the poem Lorelei, and I'd love more

[grand maple]

@leaden zenith what i did was jus search famous german novels and downloaded them from libgen. But I haven't read any of them yet, so dont know how gud they are/recommendable

[serene thistle]

I want to watch German children shows to learn basic words. Any recommendations?

[sand marten]

die Sendung mit der Maus is often recommended, but i've never watched it myself

[cursive wolf]

Hey! Ich möchte die Aktualität in Deutschland folgen aber habe kein Lust mir jeden Tag Tagesschau anzugucken, gibt es etwas lustigeres? So was, dass sich dem Late Show mit Stephen Colbert ähnelt?

[carmine canopy]

Petterson and Findus is a sweet cartoon about a farmer and his cat

The Moomins is another one that might be good

[tough osprey]

are there any easy to understand shows on netflix?

[narrow prawn]

Have you tried DARK?

[wicked karma]

this is kinda hard to find so i thought id drop it here

[paper sedge]

😍

[carmine canopy]

https://pmt.physicsandmathstutor.com/download/History/GCSE/Past-Papers/CIE/Paper-1/June 2016 (v3) QP - Paper 1 CIE History IGCSE.pdf

https://pmt.physicsandmathstutor.com/download/History/GCSE/Past-Papers/CIE/Paper-1/June 2016 (v3) QP - Paper 1 CIE History IGCSE.pdf

[covert fog]

https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/gcse/history-8145/subject-content/understanding-the-modern-world#AD_America_19201973_Opportunity_and_inequality https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/gcse/history-8145/subject-content/understanding-the-modern-world#BA_Conflict_and_tension_the_First_World_War_18941918 https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/gcse/history-8145/subject-content/shaping-the-nation#AA_Britain_Health_and_the_people_c1000_to_the_present_day https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/gcse/history-8145/subject-content/shaping-the-nation#BA_Norman_England_c1066c1100

[lapis ore]

Is the pinned message frequently updated

I mean the list

[covert fog]

@carmine canopy

[misty valve]

@lapis ore Yes but we don't add every resource posted in the channel. If you think something is missing, it's best to ping a mod and ask them to add it specifically.

Or if a link is broken (we don't check it unless someone mentions it).

[tough osprey]

@narrow prawn no whats DARK?

@covert fog what's the point of those links they don't help with learning german

[covert fog]

It was a discussion with a friend..

[narrow prawn]

@tough osprey Check it out on netflix and see if you like it

[tough osprey]

@narrow prawn is the german easy to understand?

[narrow prawn]

I cannot speak for everyone. It depends on your ability. I recommend using German subtitles, and if you still cant understand it, use English subtitles.

[misty valve]

You won't learn much (or any) German by using English subtitles though, just as a side note.

[tough osprey]

I'm like A2

[misty valve]

You can try watching it once with English subtitles and then once without.

It's a good show and easy to re-watch.

[tough osprey]

Is it scary

It looks scary?

[misty valve]

Nuh.

Spooky atmosphere but it's more of a sci fi kinda thing.

[paper sedge]

Spoiler

XD

Could have just said it's "Mystery/Thriller"

[tough osprey]

Thanks guys I will check it out

I wish parks and rec was in german

[misty valve]

Just translate it yourself.

[tough osprey]

I've seen the episodes countless times it wouldve been good for vocab

Not sure I'm ready for reverse translation yet. Sometimes I see German subs and don't understand why they did something

As opposed to something else

[tough osprey]

I tried buying stuff from amazon de but apparently last year the credit card payment has to have an address from germany

Or do you think physical items and digital would be different?

[paper sedge]

Can't you pay with paypal?

[tough osprey]

O

Wouldn't PayPal just also get declined if I use the credit card theough it?

I didn't know amazone accepted PayPal at all

[paper sedge]

I've never bought anything from Amazon so I don't know if they accept paypal or not

Paypal accepts Credit Cards

[tough osprey]

No what I am saying is a while ago I tried to buy digitally

And that happened

[tough osprey]

yep i checked on my desktop

amazon.de does not do paypal and also requires payment to be from a card issued in germany

i guess there's no choice i'll have to splurge on a german VPN

what's a good VPN company?

[tough osprey]

Oh I know

I'm just thinking of using a VPN to use Netflix in

Next best thing kind of situation

@leaden zenith

I might just test it out first and then buy a longer subscription

Do u use nord?

Wait what

[sand marten]

@tough osprey what's a good VPN company?
i have good experience with windscribe. Pretty good pricing model too

[tough osprey]

Thanks @sand marten and for the explaining @leaden zenith

[nimble turtle]

there is a pdf file that is contain the all praposition in german?

i am still learing in the final grade of secondery school.May be A2

[hushed silo]

the full list would be massive. I’m sure canoonet has it somewhere but I can’t find it

[nimble turtle]

like: zur schule ,in die Apotheke, auf Hochzeit..uws

[hushed silo]

for all intents and purposes, you only need about 20 or so frequently

like yea halber (which is actually a postposition) exists but you can just use wegen instead and it’ll sound more natural 99% of the time anyway

you know it’s really hard to just look at a list and say what is missing

that’s not how the human brain works ^^

infolge is already borderline useless tbh

no

those are not prepositions

als and wie behave differently from prepositions

they’re essentially conjunctions yea

though I’d almost put them in their own class

yea that one’s used

yea

no, wait

à is like, how large each portion is

per is how many people get portions

german

which may also be pro

because you know

anyway, als and wie: they link two noun phrases, not necessarily adjacent in the sentence, and the case used mirrors that of the original one

Sie ist grösser als er.
Ich mag sie lieber als ihn.

[carmine canopy]

Cancelled my subscription to Deutsch Perfekt. I think it’s nice that it keeps you immersed a bit more in the language by getting the print magazine in the post and so on but it costs too much relative to value. I think it’s a big business though - def room for a cheaper alternative.

[jovial cypress]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6q3RCYyJaE

[zenith marlin]

Easy way for visual learners to remember noun genders; small art pieces in blue for der, pink for die, grey for das - https://instagram.com/german_noun_genders

[carmine canopy]

Hey can anyone send me the link to the language resource compilation

[sacred jewel]

ex resources

... in #botchannel or see pinned messages

[carmine canopy]

My teacher gave me a book called “Alles wegen Valentino” for a graduation present. Pretty easy vocabulary for as much as I have read. Try it out maybe?

It is a Novel though, not a kindergarten level book

[viscid quartz]

@clear jasper Ich empfehle das Magazin "Deutsch Perfekt"

[carmine canopy]

Guys I have a question about the michel thomas method for anyone here who has used it

[sand marten]

if the question isn't super-specifically about that method, it would help to know what the question is and what the method is about

[tough osprey]

Yes I have never heard of it before

[carmine canopy]

https://lingua.com/de/deutsch/lesen/

[wicked karma]

https://youtu.be/57ZWncZqYsI dieser Mann hat guten Lernphilosophien

@carmine canopy what is your question.. i did a lot of his tapes for german and spanish

[carmine canopy]

@wicked karma perfect. I was wondering if the vocabulary builder is worth buying. Rn I'm on perfect german and the part that is taught by Marion O'Dowd which is called 'vocabulary builder+'. Wanted to know if it's the same as the regular vocabulary builder or not

[wicked karma]

ah ive never done the vocab builder. but why dont you download it and then buy it if you like it

[carmine canopy]

Where can I download? I've been buying the CDs?

[little garden]

[earnest tulip]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQqitJEJ_R4ond6ZV-iWrng

[bitter venture]

@carmine canopy There are good resources pinned in this channel

[last elbow]

University of IOWA has prepared a flash interface for German Artikulations.
helpful if you're focused on pronunciation.
https://soundsofspeech.uiowa.edu/main/german

[willow spire]

hello people, is there any list of apps to practice German vocabulary ?

[sacred jewel]

Lingvist, Clozemaster (those two are for premade lists based on frequency)

Anki, Memrise, Quizlet (you can use these to make your own flashcards or use others 🙂) @willow spire

[willow spire]

@sacred jewel thanks!

[willow spire]

I also found out Wordbit

an interesting one, it shows you a word whenever you unlock your phone screen

[calm tapir]

@sacred jewel Is something like Lingvist worth paying for in your opinion?

[sacred jewel]

Dunno but on free version you have 50 new words daily up to 3k total iirc, you could try at least 🙂 @calm tapir

[calm tapir]

Alright, I'll give it a go. Thanks 👍

[spare totem]

Hey mods! I found a good reading materials online https://kinder.wdr.de/tv/neuneinhalb/mehrwissen/lexikon/d/index.html I think it's certainly suitable for advanced beginners (A2-B1)

[willow spire]

Also, does anyone know where can i find free Kindle books for A2-B1 levels ?

[grizzled marlin]

guys how to prepare for C-tests?

[carmine canopy]

practice, practice, practice and practice

[wicked karma]

just simulate the test over and over and work on the mistakes

[crisp relic]

Guys i need good radio channels

I have Deutsche Radio app

[carmine canopy]

Deutschlandfunk

[grand maple]

#resource_request. If anyone has german to german anki decks, can they please share them with me. Not necessarily anki decks, if its any other app its fine too.

[cloud anchor]

For people with A1/A2 fluence level
https://www.dw.com/de/deutsch-lernen/radio-d/s-9603

[wind urchin]

This site contains text and audio of the bible in various languages, a kind of rosetta stone. You can view and listen to german, with your native language side by side.
https://wordproject.org/bibles/parallel/g/german.htm

On smart phones they are stacked vertically verse by verse.

[dawn knot]

@tough osprey

[tough osprey]

you pinged?

@dawn knot

[carmine canopy]

What do you guys recommend as holders for 30 loose printed-out A4 pages of grammar notes?

I usually use an organizer with plastic pocket holders but find them too shiny to flick through

What is another good solution that allows you to flick through as they are? Without having to punch holes in the sides? So without needing to go for a metal ring binder of that sort?

[sand marten]

go to a copy shop and have them bound ¯_(ツ)_/¯

30 sheets of notes is called a book

[misty valve]

Or just staple if you want a very simple option, maybe in a couple of different stacks.

[carmine canopy]

awesome, simple but will work very nicely

I don't know what kind of cost there usually is to bind 30 pages? Guess I will find out! or try to next week at least when I get some time.

[sand marten]

i don't know either but i doubt it's too much, unless they want to sell you some premium stuff you don't need

[wind urchin]

Here's some free hoerbuch. Starting with the metamorphosis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LP2CxQkF5Y&t=21s

[misty smelt]

Anyone got any German movie recommendations for someone who's between A1 and A2? I like dark comedies, spy movies, action, and a good period piece

[heavy dune]

von diesem Lied kann man viel lernen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJvBiRV97gQ

[crisp relic]

@Нетникнейма
Ich fand diese

https://www.deutschakademie.de/online-deutschkurs/choosereference.php

https://www.sprachschule-aktiv-muenchen.de/en/german-test-online/

https://www.german-online-training.com/en/german-online-placement-test-a1-a2-b1-b2-c1-c2/

https://www.deutsch-lernen.com/virtual/e_test_kurz_einleitung.php

https://www.goethe.de/en/m/spr/kup/tsd.html

https://www.german-course-vienna.com/en/exercises,3870.html

https://deutschlernerblog.de/deutschpruefungen-a1-modellpruefungen-musterpruefungen/

https://deutschtraining.org/deutsch-lernen-online/

[pine fossil]

@crisp relic Vielen dank dir dafür.

[grand maple]

Resource request. Is there any app / website which anyone knows about that has lists of vocabs as a mp3/ audio file? I mean that they say a german word and then its meaning. If NO, can anyone give me an idea how i could go about making an audio list like that myself?

I mean, maybe i could copy paste my list of words in the google translator thingy and then press play, and then record the computer generated voice to make it into an audio file? Lol thats all i can think of for now

[crisp relic]

I think this one have what you want

The vocabs in order with audio but only for the word not the meaning
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=livio.pack.lang.de_DE

And this too
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ascendo.android.dictionary.de.free

[grand maple]

Hmmmm. Not quite. Yes true that i can hear the pronounciation of the word when i click on it. But i need something like when i click play once, an audio list of german words with maybe 50/25/100 words (or whatever arbitrary Number) would start.

Something like that.

[crisp relic]

Und diese app ist toll auch
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.markodevcic.de_endictionary

@grand maple
Come in general to speak

And what about things like that

https://youtu.be/cl42wTJyXVk

https://youtu.be/HrSXHs3LMlU

[acoustic knoll]

True i have played it alot @naive violet

Hmm nothing else?

Are telltale games good enough?

[naive violet]

have you read #questions ^^ daedelic games

[cloud anchor]

I like to use this online dictionary here: https://dict.leo.org/englisch-deutsch/

[obsidian oasis]

I think https://langcorrect.com/ should be added as a resource on the pinned google doc (practice writing and get corrections from native speakers)

[tough osprey]

@carmine canopy only make a book out of your notes/store them if you're convinced you'll actually use them later. I used to think I'd need my old notes but then realized I'd probably never have to look back on them and recycled them with my old workbook. Year later and still dont regret recycling them

[carmine canopy]

Yeah I think I am keeping all of my notes due to the work I put in and going back over stuff is really important for revision. The ones I want to bind are the ones I printed off the internet so not my own! Xx

[tough osprey]

Ah I see

[crisp relic]

Hallo, das ist ein toll podcast zu Hören

https://radiolingua.com/2019/11/unser-tag-in-potsdam-coffee-break-german-travels-with-julia-and-mark/

[carmine canopy]

I lOVE these guys. They got me to enjoy learning German back in the day when I was not liking it much at all!

[carmine canopy]

Leute, können Sie mir bitte helfen? Kennen Sie ein Website, youtube channel, irgendetwas um Deutsch Wortschazt zu lernen? Es ist sehr schwer, Verben und Artikel zu lernen, wenn man keinen Kontakt mit der Sprache hat. Kennen sie etwas der sehr häufig Inhalt herausgegeben wird? Danke sehr!

[carmine canopy]

Hast du 'Nicos Weg' schon ausprobiert?

[carmine canopy]

Ja. Es ist nutzlich, wenn man es einmal oder zweimal sieht, aber nicht so viel.

[carmine canopy]

Hmm, maybe try NDR Doku on YouTube. Or SDR Doku for southern focussed documentaries. It's C level German as it's targeted to natives but you can turn German subtitles on and certainly pick up new vocab and take your pick of topics.

I am transcribing videos from 'Business Deutsch mit Vasilena' YouTube channel. She is not a native speaker but has been speaking the language for a good few years and is a C2 level speaker now and as near native as it gets! I can understand her much better than faster speaking natives. She also emails the transcriptions of the videos so you can compare your own work. A recent video she released was about alternatives to 'machen'.

My taste might not be yours though so keep looking through YouTube maybe with Deutsch as keyword.

[static aurora]

Thoughts on the Menschen kursbuch from Hueber ?

[vague plaza]

We used the B1 book in class. but it was supplemented a lot with activity printouts and explanations from the teacher. it definitely feels like the kind of textbook that's better used in a classroom setting rather than working on your own

[high rapids]

has anyone here tried the smarterGerman course and knows if it's worth it? it is quite a costy course but supposedly one of the best

I also wanna mention that one of my problems in learning languages is losing interest over time, so if any of you knows of a course that keeps you hooked in, that'd be really appreciated ❤️

[carmine canopy]

Has anyone watched Criminal: Germany on Netflix? I tried using it as listening practice. I knew a decent amount but not enough to string together every sentence on my own.

[viscid quartz]

@high rapids Ich kenne keinen, der den Kurs belegt hat. Der Lehrer scheint ziemlich gut zu sein, aber in Anbetracht des Preises bin ich der Auffassung, dass du erst dann diesen Kurs belegen solltest, wenn du Deutsch ziemlich schnell lernen möchtest.

Wenn du keine Eile hast, dann gibt's bestimmt alternative Routen

[high rapids]

Danke, and what would you recommend for my case of losing interest?

[cedar nexus]

Kole

[carmine canopy]

https://youtu.be/__IzQ_UtTJc

[pearl flame]

Wer weißt gute deutsche Bücher

@ mich

[rugged nest]

Best site for learning german?

[rugged nest]

free

site

[carmine canopy]

http://www.lesekost.de/HHL217.htm

[swift siren]

Hallo ich bin nabil
Ich komme aus marokko
Ich bin 22 jahr alt 👋👋👋

[sacred jewel]

Nicos weg @rugged nest

[granite canyon]

Yup, Nicos Weg can be found on Youtube

Excellent for practicing your listening

[sacred jewel]

Also has a site for practicing and grammar

[granite canyon]

yeah, that too

the Deutsche Welle website, right?

[sacred jewel]

Yes

[daring escarp]

@rugged nest https://www.reddit.com/r/German/wiki/index
There's a bunch of resources here

[glad osprey]

I've looked at the list of resources (which is very helpful 🙏 ) but I was wondering if there's a good textbook for beginners which goes over everything. teaching you both grammar and vocabulary at the same time.

A Beginners' Guide, if you will.

[plucky pier]

I personally used Busuu level A1 and it was honestly great for me

[balmy sedge]

I’m trying to watch Tarzan in german

I can‘t find it : (

And it’s not available to rent/buy online in my country

[tough osprey]

idk if I could recommend smarterGerman @high rapids , it's a lot of money and there's barely any info about it online. You could buy a lot with that kind of money that could surely help with your German. Plus I think I have seen the creator make comments about his program and it just sounds like someone who wants other people to think his course is helpful.

I once looked into that course myself

[high rapids]

@tough osprey I thought of that too. I'm always skeptical of things that get advertised because it can sometimes mean they're not selling enough (rightfully so)

I'll look into other things then

[silk onyx]

I am looking at getting some German text books, I prefer to actually have them in my hands, make notes etc. I am a beginner but I know the basics. I live in the uk if that makes any difference 😊

[viscid quartz]

@silk onyx zum Selbstunterricht?

[silk onyx]

Ja 😊

[viscid quartz]

Meine Empfehlungen sind German quickly von April Wilson oder German for reading von Karl Sandberg

Ersteres kann ich dir als PDF schicken, damit du nachsehen kannst, ob dir das Buch gefällt, ehe du es dir kaufst

[silk onyx]

Es tut mir leid, ich verstehe nicht 🙁

I understand the first one

Not the second 🙁

[viscid quartz]

I can send you the first one in PDF so that you can see if it's worth buying it

[silk onyx]

Yes please!

[viscid quartz]

the second one I don't have, the reviews are good though

[silk onyx]

Dankeschön!

[wicked karma]

ive been liking the Easy German podcast lately

https://www.easygerman.org/podcast

[iron crag]

Does anyone know some classic "must see" German films?

[daring escarp]

Das Boot, IMHO, it's pretty great.

[hushed silo]

as is Die Welle

[carmine canopy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF5vU0z_Ki8

[wicked karma]

beelingua for shadowing
individual sentences by native speakers that you can just listen and repeat.. its like going to the gym for your mouth

[south flame]

@silk onyx i just got this but it looks okay so far?

Was like a tenner in whsmith

[silk onyx]

@south flame thank you 😊 I will take a look at that one!

I just ordered it from Amazon, thank you for the recommendation!

[south flame]

I hope it's gonna be good xD

[silk onyx]

If not then I haven’t wasted too much money 😊

[carmine canopy]

Clever front cover!

[wicked karma]

I mostly use youglish.com/german for shadowing though

[carmine canopy]

podcast https://radiolingua.com/2013/03/lesson-07-coffee-break-german/

[ruby trench]

@carmine canopy.

@carmine canopy.

@carmine canopy.

[carmine canopy]

@misty valve why is the bot doing this?

[ruby trench]

@carmine canopy.

[misty valve]

@carmine canopy Arrem created a filter which pings Zara every time someone uses the word "coffee".

[carmine canopy]

;w; oops

[misty valve]

No, the user on this server, lol.

[carmine canopy]

👀

[cloud anchor]

if you speak in German with this chat bot, it'll answer in German too https://www.cleverbot.com/

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/german/german-chat-bots/

[unborn dagger]

That bot just told me hab dich lieb piep piep.

I have ascended

[cloud anchor]

lol

[carmine canopy]

https://engerman.de/

[soft path]

Hello! This might be a weird question, but does anybody have any really good resources for someone who is learning German and can't take any classes for it or anything like that?

[misty valve]

ex resources

[ruby trench]

https://goo.gl/M906K8

[misty valve]

You can browse these and see if there's some you like.

And type >ex beginner into #botchannel for our beginner tips.

[soft path]

Oh dang, that's a lot! Thank you!

[misty valve]

Np.

[jovial cypress]

https://readstori.com/

[carmine canopy]

has anyone come across any nice finds of small vocabulary notebooks of the size you can carry around in front pocket of backpack, etc.?

[viscid quartz]

@carmine canopy Ich glaube, Apps haben diesen Markt zum größten Teil beherrscht

[carmine canopy]

Ich benutze gerne Apps, finde es aber besser neue Vokabeln auszuschreiben.

meinst du Apps wie 'word of the day', oder Notizbuch-Apps?

[languid oar]

Ich bin trinkt Apfelsaft

[carmine canopy]

That means i am drinking apfelsaft correct?

@carmine canopy Try in #questions

Ok my apologies

no probs

[storm glacier]

if anyone is a native french speaker my grammar book is french-german and i've also got many editions of vocable (a magazine for german learners (A2-C2) with vocabulary words and comprehension questions)

i can scan them if there is any interest!

[naive violet]

i assume it works both ways? cause I'd be interested in French A2-C2 vocabulary xD

[storm glacier]

yep although all the articles are written in german so you probably won't get as much as if you found a different resource... only the preludes to the articles are in french

some of the expression translations could be useful tho!

[naive violet]

ah you can share it here anyway. I'm mostly interested in the expressions ^^

[viscid quartz]

@carmine canopy Ja ich dachte an Wort des Tages Apps oder einfach Flashcards Apps. Aber ich kann nachvollziehen, dass du die Vokabeln lieber selbst aufschreibst

Du könntest auch Notizen-Apps benutzen wie Google Keep oder Onenote.

[carmine canopy]

ahh

umm

this link doesn't work

"Schritte vocabulary lists (A1 / A2)" Under Vocabulary on Resource List google doc

@misty valve

are you able to edit?

able 2 edit it out?

[carmine canopy]

http://bridgeurl.com/

[carmine canopy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxpYz5GbgLU

[ivory osprey]

hat jemand ein pdf von Übungsgrammatik für die Grundstufe

ich bin pleite

uhh macht nichts

ich habe es auf VK gefunden

[carmine canopy]

Does anyone have an exercise sheet for the da words?

I did a placement test at C1 level and this was my weakest point of grammar.

[misty valve]

Not sure if you already know these but there are some here:
http://www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar.html
https://resources.german.lsa.umich.edu/grammatik/da/

[carmine canopy]

Awesome - just bookmarked this for next week, thank you.

[carmine canopy]

@cloud anchor this bot learns from people?

[cloud anchor]

@carmine canopy as an artificial intelligence, probably yes

[carmine canopy]

oh god

haven't we learned from the last few times XD

[cloud anchor]

but I'm not sure

lol

[carmine canopy]

......

[cloud anchor]

ow crap

[carmine canopy]

give it a few weeks and it becomes a nazi bot :////

[cloud anchor]

yea, lol

Hangman with words in German https://en.bab.la/games/hangman

(you can change the word's language by clicking in "learning...")

[carmine canopy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hJWACZWS2s

does anyone know the version of this song with a guy singing it?

[slow flume]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuUJvPQ4Few

[carmine canopy]

https://youtu.be/xb9qNreIc5k

[lilac glen]

https://external-preview.redd.it/PhCOoXhaKbwZ7fCX9DveWN4OTERfHMa7Yg55uPAYOaQ.jpg?auto=webp&s=15766047337e274dd480cae34ab0dfaa3af87282

open the image in browser, its german grammar cheat sheet :)

[ebon cloud]

Looks very useful!
Heissen is now spelled heißen.
And, I believe auxiliary verbs are usually called modal verbs.

[hushed silo]

well, auxiliary verbs are a differnet class of verbs. those six are indeed called modal verbs. auxiliaries are sein, haben and werden

in the adjective endings table, if you swap the neuter and feminine rows you’ll discover additional patterns. also it’s more conventional to have the rows be case and the columns gender; this isn’t really important but it helps when looking at different tables

I also don’t believe emp- is a prefix, the prefix is en/m- before a verb with first consonant p

-o as an ending for neuter seems very suspect

I’m failing to come up with words that follow that pattern and keep coming up with more counterexamples

[ebon cloud]

Das Klo
Das Auto
Das Foto

I think the words ending with -o are often foreign words, too. Like Italian or Spanish, so they follow the foreign word rule then.

Other times they are people, so it defaults to the person's gender. Such as der Öko for a ecological fanatic.

[misty valve]

@hushed silo Isn't emp- how the prefix ent- is represented when it's before a verb starting with f?

Like empfehlen.

[hushed silo]

ah fair

genuine, die Disko, der Po, der Zoo, der Trafo…
none of the words you listed have -o as a suffix (and neither do mine)

actually disko can be considered to have -o as a suffix

cause it’s from disk

in fact I’d reckon if there’s any words that do reasonably have -o as a suffix then they’ll be italian loanwords and probably masculine (though das Gelato comes to mind as a countercounterexample)

basically, my point is, -o isn’t a german suffix

[misty valve]

@lilac glen Btw I just want to add a small bit of advice for your cheat sheet. You should be very, very careful about the English translations that it uses. Most of these types of words just simply don't have a one-to-one translation in English, and you have to make sure you understand how they are used in German, rather than relying on those English translations.

I personally would even go so far as to create a new sheet that removes those English translations, as I'd be worried about misunderstanding/mislearning the words as a beginner.

[hushed silo]

there happen to be a few words that end in it, but as is evident, there’s no patterns

[lilac glen]

I'll make a new cheat sheet on my own then, thank you for telling me

[carmine canopy]

It's a handy little cheat sheet though Kenni and if you blank out the English you will have a really fun time.. no seriously take it bit by bit for A1 level and then these kinds of cheatsheets become even more useful

[lilac glen]

alright shinny :)

[wanton flame]

welche Podcasts sind gut

[viscid quartz]

auf Deutsch gesagt
aus den Feuilletons - DLF Kultur
das sagt man so
Alltagsdeutsch
eine Stunde History
Gamestar
Sprachbar
Philosophie Sternstunde
Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Top Thema
philosophisches Radio
DLF wissen
Wissensnachrichten
Wort der Woche
Easy Deutsch
Radio Wissen

Ich bin bei all diesen abonniert

[viscid quartz]

Wobei ich zugeben muss, dass keiner dieser Podcasts wirklich Spaß macht. Wenn du Spaß möchtest, solltest du dir Podcasts mit Kurzgeschichten anhören. Krimis, Kindergeschichten, Hörspiele usw.

[wanton flame]

meine Güte

[wanton flame]

Ich habe mir Audiobücher angehört und alle waren langweilig

[carmine canopy]

yup, finde das auch

ich meine Podcasts auf Deutsch

[wanton flame]

hmmm Ich hab Dick und Doof gehört und die Sprache war gar nicht gehoben xD

es gibt Nachts an der Espressobar aber das ist auch langweilig

[wanton flame]

MrWissen2go Geschichte

[smoky yarrow]

Birne: 🍐 , 💡

[finite anvil]

Hello German learners! Does anyone know any popular books in German that are suitable for A1-A2 levels?

[harsh mason]

Hello everyone

Has anyone used “deutsch ganz leicht a1” book before ?

[viscid quartz]

@finite anvil https://www2.onleihe.de/goethe-institut/frontend/search,0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html
Melde dich beim Goethe Institut an und leih dir ein Buch

[wicked karma]

https://youtu.be/g91Mu6L2UoM "du darfst keine weißen Tennissocken in Sandalen tragen"

[carmine canopy]

Would you say Dualingo is a reliable German language resource

It's good for the basics, but it can only get you so far.

Alright

I’m just looking for the basics for now

[misty valve]

ex duolingo

[ruby trench]

Duolingo is a decent resource to start with if you're a complete beginner, but it's neither efficient nor comprehensive!

What Duolingo will teach you about grammar is very limited, and none of the systems they use will help you practise much of it.
You can learn some vocabulary with it, but their method (based on the concept of spaced repetition) doesn't work for everybody, and the way Duolingo teaches is not very effective compared to the amount of time it requires from you.

So, if you find it useful, by all means keep using it, but remember not to fall for its gamification of language learning, and move past it when it stops being beneficial. Ignore the streaks.

In any case, keep in mind that Duolingo is not enough to learn a language, ever.

If you're looking for guidance or alternatives, check out >faq beginner in our #botchannel .

[misty valve]

@carmine canopy

[carmine canopy]

Thanks

[real herald]

Hi! Does anyone know any website or youtube channel or anything where they focus on the pronunciation of native speakers during a fluent speech?

[misty valve]

What do you mean by "focus on the pronunciation"?

[real herald]

Essentially, on the elisions they do while speaking at normal speed

things like saying 'ne instead of eine, irgwo instead of irgendwo, and so on

[cloud anchor]

hey! Does anyone know an extension — that works on Firefox (add-ons) — like this one: https://readlang.com/webReader ? (Btw, you can make your vocabulary, in German, better with this site — not only in German, there're others languages too).

[carmine canopy]

Whoever wrote that thing on Duolingo expressed it perfectly. Kudos

[shy kestrel]

If anyone wants the link to a very new server, for German Americans (it's called "German Belt-America", for the region of the US stretching across where German Americans historically are known to live) DM me.

[outer idol]

Hallo, wo kann ich Kinder Buchen auf Deutsch im internet finden?

[sacred jewel]

Check mal Pins @outer idol

[outer idol]

ooo danke!

[willow spire]

@sacred jewel was ist Pins ?

Kannst du mir erklären da ich Kinder Bücher brauchen

[sacred jewel]

Da kannst du eine Resource-Liste finden @willow spire

Oh wait u can just click it above xd

z. B. zulu ebooks

[willow spire]

jawohl!

[willow spire]

danke

[stray quartz]

any good cartoons to watch to learn german?

[misty valve]

Peppa wutz is popular. @stray quartz

[hushed silo]

want anime? watch _Wickie und die Starken Männer _, Heidi or Die Biene Maja (in the latter two cases, the old version, not the new 3D animated one), all are coproduced in a german speaking country and should have good voice acting (but I’ll admit I haven’t seen any episodes of any of them since I was 10 or so, so memory may fail)

[wicked karma]

@stray quartz ich mag Tom und das Erdbeermarmaladebrot mit Honig

@real herald check out youglish.com/german

[mighty rain]

Hey guys, I found these videos on YouTube that explain the cases really well so thought I'd share! Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xL6XD48jMk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVrdo8yTe-M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4WVmSlSHPw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifhdY60g4Po
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGPJVmRxla8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHRb3W80Bp4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ACnrOuUH-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhjjtn6I8Vo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5ui6EGNcvY

[carmine canopy]

https://www.dw.com/en/deutschtrainer-98-holidays/av-45454240?maca=en-DKpodcast_deutschtrainer_videos_en-30313-xml-mrss

holidayss.,>^

[stray quartz]

Spent a couple hours making a list of the ~4000 most common german words (note: the excel and csv file are both alphabetized) the rank frequency is how often each was found. The lower the rank frequency, the more common the word is. Excel is quite dumb sometimes and a few of the umlauts are messed up. I'd recommend using the CSV file (use with anki or quizlet). There are a few errors, but I dont feel like going through 4000 words right now. Credit to Randall Jones and Erwin Tschirner for creating a dictionary (A Frequency Dictionary of German) of the most common words.

This is the gutted version without rank frequency and part of speech. It is good for quizlet or anki.

[carmine canopy]

nice job

[misty valve]

I just wrote this pretty simple guide to how you can use Anki to help you with vocab, like the basics of making decks and adding vocab. It might be useful for anyone who feels overwhelmed by the Anki interface or isn't sure where to start. I'm not an expert in Anki so don't be mad if I missed any cool features. 😄 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pvxlg3sEJShG7lT6eKI2voUaCnGrTyhOPEDGwwGpcQU/edit?usp=sharing

[cloud anchor]

does anyone know any good youtube channel that is spoken in German but, usually, has English sub?

[quasi tinsel]

Easy german

[carmine canopy]

Kurzgesagt in German

[mighty rain]

check out lingoni German

http://germanforenglishspeakers.com/

[carmine canopy]

which spotify podcast is good for a A1 beginner?

[stray quartz]

This is more of a learn german podcast @carmine canopy (and its not spotify), but its great for starting off. https://www.languagetransfer.org/german

[carmine canopy]

https://youtu.be/l6DGZN2Uk7k

[dire rapids]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/221709483284496394/666243415469588480/unknown.png?width=559&height=677

hello, even with some massive training in Verben und Nomen Verbindungen, i still find trouble solving this kind of exercices, please any tips ? any good ressource where i should train ? this is from the TELC B2
is there anything other than revising the Verben und Nomen Verbindungen list, that i should revise ?

[daring escarp]

@carmine canopy I've listened a lot to Coffee Break German. I like the hosts.

[snow elbow]

@misty valve I have built myself a German Basics anki deck but I lost it.

I think I uploaded it into the web instead of saving it as a file on my laptop.

I had multiple different ways of doing German including "memorizing" the cases by playing with typing the correct word into the correct case.

For ein, kein, etc.

I'm going to rebuild it myself and then post it on here.

[carmine canopy]

@dire rapids there are a lot of fill the blank exercises in Sicher B2.2 book. Would such a thing help? I think otherwise the best thing is to keep working on widening out your vocab. You could read up on describing graphs to get used to those verbs and terms relating to graphs.

[vague plaza]

@echo venture https://deutsch.lingolia.com/en/grammar/verbs/separable-verbs

[echo venture]

@vague plaza Dankeschön 👌

[snow elbow]

Ich möchte ein Software für Anfänger vorschlagen. Es hilft einem dabei, Verben korrekt zu konjugieren. Ich hoffe, ein Mod wird sie prüfen und mir dann zurückschreiben.

https://www.verbix.com/download/

[brittle moss]

Can you guys please suggest me some good books or resources for practicing grammar ?

[junior knoll]

I personally like apps on the phone and web browser. I use memrise and Beelingual. Memrise is like duolingo but with native speakers and Beelingual lets you read paragraphs mirrored in your native language and german. Both went on sale around the holidays but they should go on sale again. I should add that Im a fresh newbie to this @brittle moss

[dire rapids]

hallo, anyone got some TELC B2 test models please ?

only got one, couldn't find any online

i only have mit erfolg but it does have only exercises 😦
Edit : found one, will upload ASAP

[vague plaza]

Note with verbix: spelling the infinitive is important there because if it doesn't recognise a verb it creates a computer generated list as a best guess at verb forms. I recommend cross-checking with the duden online. Note that it usually only shows the verb forms for irregular verbs but that's okay because for the regular verbs the conjugation patterns are generally consistent across regular verbs anyway.
https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/sein_Hilfsverb#grammatik

[tulip nimbus]

Does anyone know where can I get schreiben example and sprechen for B1 Prüfung? Dankeschön

[flat sequoia]

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/language-learning-with-ne/hoombieeljmmljlkjmnheibnpciblicm?hl=en

[carmine canopy]

Weiß jemand gute bücher, die ich lese kann? Ich bin B eins

[carmine canopy]

Anyone has a wordlist for B1-B2 vocab?

[vague plaza]

https://www.goethe.de/pro/relaunch/prf/en/Goethe-Zertifikat_B1_Wortliste.pdf
B1 vocab

[carmine canopy]

it is too small on my pc f

[vague plaza]

oh und

*die ich lesen kann

[carmine canopy]

yes

i know

i probably wanted to make a sentence with lese as the main verb but then changed it mid sentence

do you have a B2 version?

i assume that is just B2 words+previous ones

[vague plaza]

in my experience finding a free b2 vocab list has been pretty hard

i'm not even sure if there is an official one

once you get to b2 you already know a good hunk of everyday life words, and then vocab expansion is more focused on your personal intersts

in the big resources doc the only vocab thing specifically listed for b2 contains only 251 words. i don't think there's a hard and fast rule but the attempts i've seen to try and match a vocab size to CEFR level usually go for a doubling in vocab size between b1 and b2

[carmine canopy]

is the b1 list for reaching B2

[vague plaza]

no, for reaching b1

[carmine canopy]

oof

i need something from b1-b2

[vague plaza]

as in passing the b1 exam

outside of what you get in grammar books i don't think there's a publicly available vocab list for passing the b2 exam

[carmine canopy]

ok

i will study the B1 thing

fill up the gaps

and then just immerse immerse immerse i guess

[vague plaza]

wrong discord maybe there bud?

[echo venture]

Oh no

I thought I was in general

Entschuldigung

[vagrant lake]

Hey, I am just beginning to learn german. Has anyone done pimsleur or assimil german course? Are they good?

[vague plaza]

seomeone mentioned pimsleur here last night i think

found it

if you see trax around they may be able to tell more about their experience

[coral cloak]

I'm using assimil to learn a different language, and I've tried to teach German (on an informal level) using assimil. I think the books are great, at least compared to others.

But you need to do lots of things besides using the book - unless (or probably even if) you have the will to learn the lessons by heart. 🤷

Plus, I think their assertion that the book will take you to B2 is, um, a bit of an exaggeration. I mean, just a rough count of the vocabulary will tell you that.

[hushed silo]

all i can say about pimsleur is that their swiss german course is trash

I like the model of assimil a lot

[vagrant lake]

Thank you everyone, guess I should go with assimil

[carmine canopy]

What's a good book to read after Schenke Seago Basic German?
I don't really know what level I am

[misty valve]

Intermediate?

[carmine canopy]

I guess so now

I did this in about 3 weeks

[misty valve]

I mean there's a book called Intermediate German.

[carmine canopy]

oh

[misty valve]

Which is the next one after Basic.

[carmine canopy]

I see

from the same company

most read this?

I liked it personally

[vague plaza]

Netflix recommendation:
Nailed It! Germany (Wer kann, der kann).
It's native german and the subtitling is closed caption style so they match up pretty closely with what's spoken too.

Good if you like baking and people who can't bake.

[misty valve]

@vague plaza That's why I like you.

[vague plaza]

<3

[pure bolt]

glad watchparty when

[carmine canopy]

Weiß jemand ob die von Goethe wörterliste für e.g B2 auch die wörter von B1 und A2 und A1 gibt?

[vague plaza]

Gibt es eben eine B2 Wörterliste? Ich habe schon nur bis B1 gefunden. Wenn du eine offizielle B2 Liste gefunden hast, bitte teil es

[carmine canopy]

Ich habe sie gefunden!

Sie ist von von Goethe

Ich werde sie im mittag mit ihnen teilen

Euch

[carmine canopy]

Uh was?

Da gibt's keine B2 Wörterliste des goethe instituts

Es hat halt keine Möglichkeit dass du's schon gefunden hast, was existiert nicht

[carmine canopy]

http://www.goethe.de/lhr/pro/daz/dfz/dtz_Wortliste.pdf

oho

i mistook the 9 for B

on my computer it looks like a B from far away (which it is for me)

[magic linden]

are there any semi simple fantasy novels that a beginner level person could read?

[cloud anchor]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfICLkXJnzcDDc3I7S6f9QA

(cartoons in German, the cartoons' page link is on the end of the page) http://www.nichtlustig.de/main.html

[misty valve]

There are books designed for learners. Not sure if that's what you'd want or not. @magic linden

They're called graded readers.

[magic linden]

seems like it would, im just not really sure where to look

[viscid quartz]

@magic linden
https://www.onleihe.de/goethe-institut/frontend/search,0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.html
Du kannst dir sie hier leihen

[twin tendon]

Weißt jemand ein gute Quelle für Idiome? Deutsch <--> English

[misty valve]

I don't have a specific recommendation but I would say it might be worth looking for a Deustch only idiom dictionary and then just translate the explanations.

I think that would let you get the most idioms possible.

However, note that dict.cc does have a lot of common set phrases and idioms.

[twin tendon]

Is dict.cc reliable for that?

[carmine canopy]

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_deutscher_Redewendungen

these are the common german ones... i am not sure if there es a proper translation for all of them in EN

[sacred jewel]

si @twin tendon

[misty valve]

It's reliable, yes, but may not contain every phrase. I would use it as my first source though if I were looking up an idiom I don't know. @twin tendon

[twin tendon]

awesome, thanks yall

[scenic jetty]

For the beginners check out thefablecottage.com

https://www.thefablecottage.com/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.duckdodo.baikoh

[grand maple]

https://www.stupidedia.org/stupi/Alice_Schwarzer

I have no idea wth i stumbled upon here. But this website is amazing

[bright trench]

What is it

[grand maple]

Its a website with funny texts in wkipedia format

[floral kestrel]

Idk if it's been posted but I found this website that's been helpful, at least to me, for verb conjugation. https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-german-verb-waschen.html

[grand maple]

Yah its been posted. But thanks for the input 😍

[proper vortex]

This should pretty much help anyone learning german, at least while studying and stuff. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsEHcSxpda0__dT9EsuT0A5c92i-NlaKq

[crisp relic]

@carmine canopy

Coffee break German
Is podcast from A1 and it's very clear

[carmine canopy]

Hey thanks @crisp relic I discovered them at the late A2 stage and wish I found them earlier. Mark and co are wonderful.

[cloud shale]

I love Coffee Break German too, especially Mark's Scottish accent 🙂

Has anyone used Learn German with Herr Antrim on YouTube? I think he is a really good teacher and there is no wasted time in his videos.

[granite harness]

Is there an online dictionary like dict.cc but with the option to download the audio?

[carmine canopy]

https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Beispiel

yes you can download there some audio files

i doubt it has all the examples from dict.cc ..but sometimes it is quite good and you can find a lot there

just look up the word/phrase you are looking for btw.

the one above is an example

[granite harness]

I just need audio for some words I'll be adding to my anki cards

Ik Google ones exist, but dunno how reliable that is and not that comfortable to download

[carmine canopy]

if google offers it you to download it then do it, if you need to check the words, phrases or sentences

just ask here someone

[granite harness]

I mean the pronunciations to add to my cards, otherwise ofc

[silk onyx]

Can anyone recommend a good book that would be suitable for grade A learners? Not a study book, just a story book 😊 feel free to DM me if you have any suggestions 😊

[raw ibex]

https://www.gute-nacht-geschichte.org/kindergeschichten/

[umbral flicker]

Hi everyone,
I've found this beautiful course and I highly recommend it, loved it: http://deutschkurse.dw.com/KursPlattform/WebObjects/KursPlattform.woa/wa/UAAuthDA/auth?par=G5n9hsSPUIqm93qsNXWNH45V0

If anyone shared it before, sorry

[finite gazelle]

Hey I was looking through the resources google docs and I am overwhelmed with the resources but the text books for learning german. I can't decide which book is for like absolute beginner. Any suggestions?

[vague plaza]

something that's cefr level a1

at a level i was in a course so i haven't tried any of these, but these are all aimed at beginnner self-led learning

https://shop.hueber.de/en/sprache-lernen/deutsch-als-fremdsprache-daf-daz/where/hueber-kategorien-filter/17827_17829/hueber-niveaustufen/a1/hueber-zielgruppe-daf/erwachsene.html

[quasi tinsel]

Während der Suche nach nützlichen Leseressourcen für Sprachenlernen bin ich auf diesen Edelstein gestoßen.
Es ist eine kostenlose Internetseite, die den Leser ermöglicht, texte mit Übersetzungen zu lesen. Wenn man ein wort nicht weißt, tappt man es und dann wird das Wort übersetzt und in einem Flashcard deck hinzufügt. Die Seite hat auch eine Chrome Extension, die man auf andere Seiten nutzen kann, um unbekannte Wörter zu lernen.

Die heißt readlang: https://readlang.com

[finite gazelle]

Thanks

[keen harness]

Ai

[errant lotus]

im spending two months in vienna, i know a little bit of german, what book would you recommend i buy to get the most out of being here?

[misty valve]

Are you asking for a book to learn German, or a book for travel phrases, or like, a travel guide of sights?

[errant lotus]

to learn german

i have good experience with languages in general

[misty valve]

ex resources

[ruby trench]

https://goo.gl/M906K8

[errant lotus]

i was loking at that list

but which would you reocmmend for my situation?

[misty valve]

Your situation is just "beginner German learner", right? Then you can try Basic German, or you can just use our beginner guide.

ex beginner

[ruby trench]

How to get started
The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction
1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence
1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 with >faq beginner 2

Tips

• Always learn the gender of a noun when you learn a new noun
• Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
• Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
• For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
• You can listen to pronunciation for words on websites like dict.cc, forvo.com, and others
• Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
• Ask as many questions as possible
• Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

[misty valve]

Feel free to use these commands yourself in #botchannel any time.

[errant lotus]

okay thank you

[misty valve]

If you scroll up a bit in this chat you can see a few people asking the same question.

So feel free to see what things people mentioned before.

[obtuse falcon]

If you have a question about Vienna, I can probably answer it b/c I live here 😄

[misty valve]

To discuss Vienna, make sure to move to #archived-culture-study-visa

[carmine canopy]

Bad Banks II out now on ZDF!

[dawn knot]

Hallo
I want to what the meaning gefahr in verzug

[copper thunder]

Adjective Declension Image Representation

[misty valve]

What does "is article in original form" mean? @copper thunder

[ebon cloud]

Nominativ

[misty valve]

If it were Nominative, then the chart would be wrong.

I guess it really means "if the article is spelled the same as it would be in nominative".

Which is a little confusing, but if it works, so be it.

Would probably be a good idea to add that explanation on the image itself though to help people using it.

[viscid quartz]

I guess it really means "if the article is spelled the same as it would be in nominative".
Ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass das es war, was Schneckebursche meinte

Es gibt allerdings ein Gegenbeispiel für dieses Diagramm 👀 Ich frage mich, ob jemand es entdecken kann

(Nichtsdestoweniger bleibt das Diagramm auf jeden Fall nützlich)

[hushed silo]

I assume it’s the double -em rule

am I right @viscid quartz?

ah wait no I think I‘m imagining things

somewhere in my brain I had the idea that if two successive adjectives have the ending -em, the second one becomes -en, but actually that’s just how it works with a determiner followed by an adjective

(eg einem schönen…)

okay I found it

masc&neuter genitive singular without adjective is -en, not -es

this is notable enough as an exception that the wikipedia article actually mentions it as a source of confusion

[misty valve]

That's true. And I think even besides that, it's usually best to memorize the noun-endings of -s/-es and -n as part of the declension itself, so excluding them isn't the best idea, even for a simple tool like this.

Well, I guess it is just adjectives, so maybe it doesn't matter, as long as you have another chart to go with it.

[viscid quartz]

masc&neuter genitive singular without adjective is -en, not -es
Sehr gut, du bekommst Leckerli @hushed silo

[copper thunder]

I got the resource from here if you want to read the whole thing - http://www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar/adjektivendungenexpl.html

[spiral burrow]

Hey all, I'm looking for target language music to listen to. I just discovered Tomte, any other recommendations for German indie rock bands?

[carmine canopy]

@spiral burrow Listen to Kraftklub. Maybe you will like them 🙂

[viscid quartz]

Ich empfehle den wunderschönen Podcast der Sendung mit der Maus

[hushed silo]

die haben auch nen Podcast? huch

sind es einfach die Sachgeschichten zusammengeschnitten oder effektiv neues Zeugs?

[deep geyser]

Das wär ja mega wenn die neue "folgen" produzieren würde

[hushed silo]

tun sie doch?

soweit ich weiss kommen immer noch regelmässig neue episoden

zT wiederholen sie natürlich alte Sachgeschichten, aber da kommt definitiv auch neues

[viscid quartz]

Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob der gesamte Inhalt neu ist, aber zumindest ein Teil davon sollte bestimmt neu sein 😽 jeden Tag veröffentlichen sie eine 2 Stunden lange Folge

[hushed silo]

jede Woche meinst du?

ah warte du meinst den Podcast

[viscid quartz]

Genau, ich meinte den Podcast 😺

[floral kestrel]

Is there a good resource for learning about different kinds of adverbs?

[vague plaza]

I used a course book in a classroom setting so I'm not really knowledgeable about which textbooks are good for self study but schenke and deutsch kompakt look beginner-orientated. The schritte series is designed for a classroom setting so it wouldn't be my go-to for self study. It might also be taking a look at some of the other hueber self-guided products such as this one: https://shop.hueber.de/en/sprachkurs-plus-dt-a1-a2-leo-pak.html?___from_store=de

[misty valve]

@candid geyser I recommend to check out a bunch of the links and see what you like.

But Basic German is fine to start with.

Don't forget to also type >faq beginner in #botchannel to see our beginner tips.

[kindred storm]

Question -- I know there are many audio things for learning German; but I am looking for boring old GRAMMAR audio stuff, you know, the boring stuff that is so painful to learn from a book -- is there anything like that?

[copper thunder]

https://writingexplained.org/grammar-dictionary/dative-case I think this resource is amazing in giving examples for the cases and explaining them in detail

[cloud anchor]

https://lingua.com/german

[amber rain]

what are some good books/stories for beginners? A1/early A2?

[storm snow]

Hey guys, right now I'm using mainly Duolingo + some other free resources online, but I was thinking abt Busuu Premium. Anyone have any experience w/ the app/website?

and how does it compare vs something like babbel?

[wise drift]

hey, I self studied B1 and want to do some grammar and vocab exercises to repeat what I learnt. Do you have some suggestions like websites or books?

[kind ivy]

I would link you the website I use the most @wise drift, but the website isn't in English 😭

[vague plaza]

@storm snow i don't recommend paying for a premium app. your money woukd be better spent on a textbook/propper course rather than gamified spaced repetition.

[misty valve]

Yeah, I agree with that. A tutor is another good option if you want to spend money.

[vague plaza]

@wise drift if you just want practice exercises (no explanations just tasks and answers) the hueber menschen and sicher online activities are free to access without a textbook

[wise drift]

@vague plaza that looks great, there are many exercises over there. Ty!

[digital oracle]

Duden is still not featured in the google docs doc. I think I said it before, but its literally the only thing I use to look stuff up in german

Historically it used to be the standard for correct spelling. Now there is the official body of rules by the council of German correct spelling https://grammis.ids-mannheim.de/rechtschreibung

[cloud anchor]

does anyone know a resource to understand the German's sentence order?

[carmine canopy]

Maybe germanveryeasy

[trim blade]

How far does Rosetta Stone's german courses take a person? I'm in section 2/5 atm, i planned and each section is taking about 1 month to complete for me. I'm wondering how good i'll be by end of it

i think i'll need to do extra vocabulary exercises as well as writing
edit: I intend to be able to do general purpose conversation, not academic level

[acoustic hawk]

So anyone has...free good resouces?

[vocal walrus]

check pins

[acoustic hawk]

Oh Dank!

[carmine canopy]

That's the link you can get from the bot

https://goo.gl/M906K8

[acoustic hawk]

@carmine canopy I Already downloaded most of it Danke!

[carmine canopy]

You'll see it will help you a lot!

[digital oracle]

@cloud anchor isnt it the same as in english (ist es nicht gleich in englisch?)

[frail sorrel]

I checked this myself with like 100 words per ending. Success rate is around 85-90% which is good enough for me to take a guess.

[cloud anchor]

@digital oracle some sentences in German are completely different in English — I mean the words' order.

[carmine canopy]

you mean always

i will never get how to build a German sentence

always doing it in the wrong order

[cloud anchor]

you are not alone, Freund, not alone 😔

lol

[jovial frigate]

What book is best for A1 level?

[carmine canopy]

grammar book or reading book?

[jovial frigate]

I want to learn german becz I’m doing IBDP, I have started from scratch
I don’t know what’s a good way to learn german?

I guess I won’t understand books in German so I’ll prefer grammar !

English is my first language! Btw

[hushed silo]

I can’t help you per se but you might wanna specify whether you mean that you are at A1 and want to progress, or that you want a book that will take you to A1

[carmine canopy]

@jovial frigate have you heard about or tried the free online course called ‘Nicos Weg’? You can find it on dw.com and it targets beginners up to B1. You could use worse! I also really enjoyed coffee break German podcast (more at the A2 level maybe) and there is a course from Paul Joyce online too geared for beginners

[frosty axle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3eCDhwMRv8

for anyone trying to improve / watch german videos that are actually entertaining i would recommend watching easy german

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbxb2fqe9oNgglAoYqsYOtQ

they provide subtitles for every video

and for those who are trying to improve their pronunciation as well as learn new vocab but are also able to put some money on to it, could try Seedlang

https://www.seedlang.com/?pr=plr

this app provides you with tons of cool stuff

learning vocab, practicing grammar, your pronunciation and more

but in a fun way

they have so called "themed decks" they are decks filled with stories or situations that occur on a daily basis. a video will be displayed of the situation to help you understand the situation better. in the bottom corner there will be a tutor that will speak a sentence in german. the app will ask you to repeat that sentence and record you saying it so you would see how good your pronunciation was. oh and it tells you at the end what the translation was.

in english

[carmine canopy]

https://slowgerman.com/

[sweet swift]

@austere ether

scroll upwards

[errant lotus]

anyone know of a good anki set for the x most common german vocabulary?

[misty valve]

Yeah, there's one that's 4000 most common words or whatever. You should be able to find it easily in their database.

[jovial frigate]

Thank you everyone god bless y’all ❤️

[austere ether]

https://learngerman.dw.com/en/overview is this a good website for learning german?

[vague plaza]

yes

[austere ether]

tnx

[kindred storm]

One resource I cannot find so far -- all texts give tables of pronouns, personal pronouns, der word ein words etc. but they only ever give a FEW examples. Is there something that gives many many examples for EVERY SINGLE part of grammar?

For example, suppose I want to see some sentences that use uns(e)rem

Neuter dative possessive adjective

Oh wait I think I found something - https://www.online-languages.info/german/examples.php - but perhaps there is something else too?

[ebon cloud]

Linguee is a dictionary that offers a lot of examples of a word in context after giving the basic definitions.
Canoonet.eu is a dictionary with full grammatical declinsions and/or conjugations for every word. However, the grammar is in isolation with no example sentences.

[kindred storm]

I'm just checking Linguee -- yes that looks really good for examples thanks

[vague plaza]

Am looking for good B2 & C1 textbook recommendations. Best for self-study. Preferably without any group/partner activities.

[cyan cradle]

grammatik aktiv c1 ?

[errant lotus]

im about to finish basic german by schenke

and im looking at intermediate german by schenke

and the index looks a bit boring

its mostly the same stuff as the first one?

should i do that book next or something else

[misty valve]

Whatever you like.

[tall kraken]

Any place that has a guide on how to structure German sentences?

[misty valve]

You can use some faq commands (I'll post them in #botchannel ) for some basics. As for more detailed resources, I like the explanation in Modern German Grammar (it's in the resource list) and http://www.dartmouth.edu/~deutsch/Grammatik/WordOrder/WordOrder.html is a helpful page as well.

[tall kraken]

Thanks @misty valve !

[misty valve]

Np. If there's any issues or you have some specific topic/question that it doesn't answer, feel free to ask about that.

[misty valve]

Some people might enjoy listening to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ2spLjde5Y

[kindred storm]

in that Witcher youtube video what does this mean: "St. 1 Flg. 1/3"

[misty valve]

Staffel 1 Folge 1. Season 1 Episode 1.

I assume anyway.

[kindred storm]

tnks!

Speaking of Dartmouth's 'Review of German Grammar' -- where are the possessive pronouns/possessive adjectives? I can't find them anywhere

...i think they are kind of scattered throughout the pages, rather confusing if you ask me

...but it doesn't matter, there are 1001 other places to learn about them

[hushed silo]

I don’t like calling them adjectives

they have different endings than adjectives

they’re determiners (just like articles)

[errant lotus]

hmmm but they are adjectives

[hushed silo]

but they're not

they behave differently to adjectives in a number of ways

1. Adjectives have strong, weak and mixed endings depending on the presence of determiners (e.g. articles). Possessive determiners like meine don't

2. Adjectives can be used in a noun phrase with an article. Possessive determiners can't (you can say das schöne Haus, but not *das meine Haus)

3. Possessive determiners trigger mixed inflection on following adjectives, something only determiners do

@errant lotus

all in all, meine and related words fall in the same class of words as articles

which is distinct from adjectives

[misty valve]

Documentaries are another really fun way to practice your German listening:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ha-u8UTaqQ

https://www.dw.com/en/media-center/all-media-content/s-100826?filter=&type=18&themes=19990061&programs=294010&sort=date&results=24

[glad osprey]

Does anyone have any recommended textbooks to start from? I've been looking for a beginner's textbook for ages..

Everything out there is either too specific or not for beginners

[errant lotus]

i picked literally the very first textbook from the pinned resource list

called "Beginner German"

so idk what you mean

[hushed silo]

I like the Assimil series of textbooks

[glad osprey]

@errant lotus It's nice, but it teaches you relatively advanced material before the basics.

and it features example sentences with vocab they don't teach you

So I was looking for a book that actually teaches you everything as you go

[errant lotus]

i like it when books do that

because they force you to look stuff up in media res

and i feel like i memorize better

[ebon cloud]

Has anybody else been having trouble accessing Canoonet recently? It will not load for me at all, and I do not know of any suitable replacement for the website.

[hushed silo]

it was super slow for me a few days ago

and yea now it doesn’t load at all :(

[digital flame]

any must-have browser extensions for learning German? I'm often too lazy to look up unknown words in a dictionary, so I'd love an extension that can highlight a word and display a definition or translation

[quasi tinsel]

Try readlang

It puts looked up words in a flash card list too

@digital flame

[carmine canopy]

@digital flame google translate extension works for me

it detects a word as german in most cases

[vocal chasm]

I've got the Assimil textbooks + audio arriving this week, does anyone have any recommendations on good resources to pair with Assimil to make the most of learning? I am essentially a complete beginner

[hushed silo]

it might be sensible, if you find yourself struggling with remembering vocabulary, to set up some flashcard system like anki to go alongside it. a second source on grammar stuff could also be useful, idk how detailed assimil’s explanations are but sometimes a second perspective can make things much clearer. otherwise, I think assimil is pretty self-contained

especially if you also have audio

[vocal chasm]

That's good to know! Thank you @hushed silo ! I may look at some beginner grammar resources just to be sure I have something for that

[hushed silo]

yea I’d just see what things you’re struggling with and supplement accordingly

[digital flame]

👍

Danke!

[fast zealot]

Any suggestions on series in German language that would be worth watching too ?

[sacred jewel]

Dark?

[ebon cloud]

Zdf.de has a lot of shows and movies to choose from. And it's free.

[upper lodge]

Anyone can share resources for pass A1? Please 😫🙏🙏💓🙏💓

[upper lodge]

😳

[grand maple]

@fast zealot if u specifically arent looking for a Tv show, there are loads of full lenghts documentries on youtube with very clear german with loads of good vocabs. jus search Arte de.

[sly tendon]

https://youtu.be/5Vj7giLAiHk

[carmine canopy]

http://www.gasl.org/refbib/Grimm__Maerchen.pdf

[carmine canopy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yQKLLy7QfQ&t=150s

[hybrid pivot]

@grand maple you mentioned that have a lot of this documentaries in German, can you sent any? Many thanks.

[grand maple]

https://www.youtube.com/user/ARTEde

@hybrid pivot

[flint pelican]

Anyone have some German tv/cartoons they could recommend? I need more immersion. I would like some music too because that's hard to find for some reason.

[misty valve]

Peppa pig is highly rated for language learning. @flint pelican

[flint pelican]

really? lol

well im in german 2 so im not a full beginner @misty valve

[misty valve]

I see. It's still worth checking out.

And a good show is Dark if you didn't see it yet.

[flint pelican]

oh ok thanks

@misty valve hey do you know what service it is on? or is it easy to find.

[humble flint]

Netflix

For dark

You can probably find Peppa pig in German on YouTube

[flint pelican]

thanks @humble flint

[misty valve]

Yes, peppa is on youtube which is why I mention it. (It's one of the easiest good beginner resources to find.)

And there are several shows in German on Netflix that people enjoy.

[flint pelican]

yeah i have hulu, disney +, and youtube but not netfix anymore lol

Netflix

[vague plaza]

For music here's a playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1XN2tfCWn2jgIWL9UAW0Wq?si=iE2lkiqgSeOm0wiz96rPSw

[quasi tinsel]

@flint pelican netflix has some german dubs of cartoons, The Avatar dub is actually pretty good big recommend

Disney plus probably has all their german dubs uploaded too

[gray garnet]

The Avatar as in the one and only Avatar: the Last Airbender? 👀

[quasi tinsel]

Yes

The subs dont make the dub but its still a fun time

[flint pelican]

@quasi tinsel ill check it out thanks

[sand marten]

i need some non-fiction book in german written in not-too-formal tones. Topics i'm interested in are science, linguistics, history, sociology and whatever else. If you can recommend authors or titles, please ping me

[hushed silo]

the german translation of “The Unfolding of Language” by Guy Deutscher is superb. German title is Du Jane, Ich Goethe. Eine Geschichte der Sprache

also generally one of my favourite books about linguistics

@sand marten

I wouldn’t usually recommend translations but this one’s more of a rewriting in german than a translation, complete with changed examples (it often uses analogous examples in German where the original used English ones)

[sand marten]

Guy Deutscher
what a name

this one’s more of a rewriting in german than a translation
so, a good translation then. I'll check it out, thanke

[hushed silo]

I’d say a good translation on its own woulnd’t necessarily change the examples

[flint pelican]

Anyone have a good playlist on Spotify in German? I'm not real picky on the genre.

[grand maple]

check the google doc list on this channel desciption

[flint pelican]

ok thx

[visual totem]

@flint pelican https://open.spotify.com/playlist/64YXbXP76kaiaxtFjuUqUf?si=uLk5vIy8Sbe1lDjhBPoTxg

This one is good

[stable geode]

Dark is a good show

[flint pelican]

@visual totem Thanks man

[carmine canopy]

https://www.dw.com/de/deutsch-lernen/nachrichten/s-8030

B2/C1 stufe

[vagrant gate]

Hey guys

[dense adder]

guten ta g

[vagrant gate]

wi get es euch

[worldly mantle]

https://www.einfachvorlesen.de I think this is a good resource for those who are looking for easy reading materials

[spiral burrow]

I am considering taking the TestDaF in June, welche Buch ist am besten für die Vorbeiterung entsprechend Ihrer Erfahrung

Es gibt so viele Prüfungvorbereiterungbucher, es ist sehr schwerig sie zu unterscheiden

[mighty prairie]

Are people allowed to share personal resources like books/PDFs, comics and the like here?

[mighty prairie]

I found an awesome free flashcard app called flippity I found a list of German nouns and imported it through a Google sheet doc and it has an English and German pronunciation on the flash cards. Pretty awesome.

[storm snow]

I just received an email from Babbel saying that they're offering three months free for anyone with a student email (doesn't look like there's any underlying catch here, but haven't tried it yet).
https://welcome.babbel.com/en/student-discount/?_gl=1*gcfgf0*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE1ODIwNzAzNzEuQ2owS0NRaUFrS255QlJEd0FSSXNBTHR4ZTdqQjJwWW1IcmxaZXNDRnlPNVVQQUIzVmNrZ2tuWkprQnpDMHVqZkd6Q0tNMlNZVkw2bGRXd2FBdkU1RUFMd193Y0I.

[carmine canopy]

Some German verbs
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fLf042b3Oa0NnyoJjzlGk1L5ZQuLroPZ5W-whn7STfs/edit#gid=0

[mighty prairie]

@carmine canopy to add to yours. Here are a long list of nouns. http://frequencylists.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-2980-most-frequently-used-german.html?m=1

[carmine canopy]

I find this channel really really insightful
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsYMk_FCTGBxmwKFiCynFwg

[faint flint]

sub gaming

sub writing

[twilit needle]

:x: Group drawing not found.

[faint flint]

sub writing

sub science

[sullen stratus]

@worldly mantle wow thanks! this will be v helpful

[upbeat plover]

does anyone know a German dictionary that will give the definition of the word instead of translating German to English?

[ebon cloud]

Dwds, Duden

[idle quiver]

I got the Erkundungen B2 workbook from Schubert Verlag after a recommendation on here. Does anyone know if I can find the solutions somewhere? I couldn't seem to find them on the website.

[twilit needle]

:x: The required argument groupName is missing.

[faint flint]

sub music

[twilit needle]

:x: Group music not found.

[faint flint]

what are all the groups you can join?

or am i just too lazy to read the rules?

😄

[hushed silo]

yes you are

[carmine canopy]

halo

ANYBODY!

[hallow elk]

Check pinned messages, there should be a good guide for you to begin with German

[turbid oxide]

does anyone know a German dictionary that will give the definition of the word instead of translating German to English?
@upbeat plover search de.pons.com

[upbeat plover]

Vielen Dank @turbid oxide

[mighty prairie]

Does anyone have any PDF or epubs of fantasy/sci fi books? Preferable low level, such as redwall, Narnia or the like?

[turbid oxide]

@mighty prairie I have a Christmas comic book, it's very beginner friendly, message me to send it to you

[grand maple]

@idle quiver illegal way: look for it on the russian facebook VK. or send an email to Schubert Verlag. since u have legally bought the books already, they will e more than ready to help you to get the solutions.

[haughty peak]

There is a page on Facebook which offers free lessons from time to time. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=163370008132795

[carmine canopy]

faq beginner

[twilit needle]

How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

• Always learn the gender of a noun when you learn a new noun
• Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
• Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
• For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
• You can listen to pronunciation for words on websites like dict.cc, forvo.com, and others
• Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
• Ask as many questions as possible
• Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

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[dusky dove]

faq resources

[twilit needle]

resources

https://goo.gl/M906K8

[calm cedar]

hi

[carmine canopy]

faq resources

[twilit needle]

resources

https://goo.gl/M906K8

[daring elk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-eDoThe6qo

[whole forum]

-p şemsettin arabaya binseydin

!p şimsettin

[dull phoenix]

http://radio.garden
Listen to music from around the world. Hope you guys find it useful.

[tough heath]

Wann du gut internet verbindung hast, dann du kann dass machen.

Niemand hier?

[ornate elk]

explain all

[twilit needle]

See a listed FAQ with >faq [name]

• Accusative [Akkusativ]
• Adjective Declension [adjective endings, Adjektivdeklination]
• Beide vs. Beides [Beides vs. Beide, Beides, Beide]
• Best way to learn German [learn fast, learn German fast, learn efficiently, best way to learn, fastest way to learn, most efficient way to learn]
• CEFR levels [lvl, CEFR]
• Cases [case, grammatical case]
• DACH
• Dative [Dativ]
• Duolingo [duo]
• Eszett [Scharfes S, ẞ, ß]
• FAQ
• Formal and informal speech [duzen vs. siezen, Sie, Du vs. Sie]
• Gender patterns
• Genitive [Genitiv]
• German letters [german keyboard, keyboard]
• Grammar terms [Glossary, Grammatical terms]
• Grammatical gender [genders, der-die-das, gender]
• How to ask a question [Translation, Homework]
• How to get started [Starting out, beginner]
• IPA [Pronunciation, Sound transcription, International Phonetic Alphabet]

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[ornate elk]

faq Grammatical gender

[twilit needle]

Grammatical gender

German nouns are sorted in three different genders: masculine, neuter and feminine. These have nothing to do with sex or social gender.
The first thing genders will influence are articles like der, das, die. Each word has its own and you better get it right: some words that look identical can have different meanings depending on the gender they're used with. For example:
die Band = the (musical) band,
der Band = the (book) volume,
das Band = the tape.

Some words, mainly trademarks and loanwords, have multiple acceptable genders while having no change in meaning:
der Jogurt = das Jogurt
das Virus = der Virus
These may vary by region or colloquiality.

💢 But WHY, German, WHY ⁉
Gender is actually quite useful! Since sentence structure is less rigid than in English, grammatical case helps you tell the various elements apart (with some practice), and that works through genders: each gender has its own forms, which makes everything a little less ambiguous. Besides, as you've seen with Band above, it allows us to make up words with different meanings that look the same but are not ambiguous, and if that's not magic, I don't know what is. ✨

🙀 But how am I supposed to tell them apart? 🙀
Check out >explain gender patterns. 😉

[ornate elk]

explain gender patterns

[twilit needle]

gender patterns

Unfortunately, many German words don't have immediately clear clues that reveal it, but thankfully, many common words do follow patterns that reveal their gender.
In general, you are advised to learn the article together with the word (and its plural!).
Plural forms always use die and follow plural declension rules, which are the same for all genders (yay 🎉).
Type >explain grammatical gender for an explanation on grammatical gender.

Here's a list of patterns to recognise word gender.
Note that exceptions may apply.

💙 Masculine words (der):

• profession/role names (der Verkäufer, der Lehrer)
• many elements of time (der Tag, der Monat, der Winter)
• cardinal directions (der Norden, der Süden)
• words ending in:
  -- -ig der König, der Teig
  -- -ling der Neuling, der Schwächling
  -- -ant der Praktikant, der Elefant
  -- -ismus der Faschismus, der Sozialismus

💚 Neuter words (das):

• nominalised verbs (das Leben, das Lesen)
• metals (das Gold, das Kupfer)
• babies and cubs (das Baby, das Lamm)
• diminutives in -chen/-lein (das Hündchen)
• words ending in:
  -- -ment das Experiment, das Sakrament
  -- -ma (usually of Greek origin) das Komma, das Thema

❤️ Feminine words (die):

• many words ending in -e (die Nase, die Kiste)
• words ending in:
  -- -in (feminine professions/roles): die Verkäuferin, die Lehrerin
  -- -ei die Fischerei, die Bäckerei
  -- -schaft die Mannschaft, die Gemeinschaft
  -- -heit/-keit die Freiheit, die Gerechtigkeit
  -- -ung die Bedeutung, die Achtung
  -- -ion die Aktion, die Religion
  -- -ik die Logistik, die Logik
  -- -anz words of classical origin: die Allianz, die Toleranz
  -- -ur die Natur, die Kultur
  -- -tät die Professionalität, die Kriminalität

[haughty peak]

I just joined an incredibly affordable course online

but they don't start unless they have 25 people participating

Is it ok if I share it here?

(their lessons are just 1€ per lesson) 😮

[tough heath]

Are they German lessons?

word order of simple sentences

[misty valve]

@tough heath You should use #botchannel to call bot commands.

And you need to write it like this >faq word order of simple sentences

[tough heath]

How exactly do I do that?

Do I have to type in #botchannels?

Like: #botchannel>faq word order of simple sentences...

?

[ebon cloud]

Canoo.net (canoonet.eu) has been taken over by Leo, and now I don't know of alternative place that functions like canoonet. Does anybody know of a website that provides inflection tables for words, simple definitions in German and/or synonyms in German? These three things were what I primarily used canoon.net for, and Leo does not have any of them that I can see. I'd prefer not to use three separate websites for each function, but it may be that I'll have to.

[vague plaza]

duden.de

[ebon cloud]

ah, thank you! I didn't realize duden had synonyms and grammar tables.

[haughty peak]

Hi @carmine canopy, if anyone is interested, there is a school offering some German courses for only 1€...the offer is only for today I guess, so I am really sorry for posting it here so late...

Here is the page: https://www.facebook.com/GermanLiveLessons/

[carmine canopy]

There is a free month because of Corona Virus https://www.gymglish.com/fr/wunderbla

[carmine canopy]

Hallo Leute, Guten Tag! Können Sie mir gute Grammatiken um Deustch zu lernen empfehlen? Ich möchte gern die Sprache verstehen, nicht nur Konversationen haben. Vielleicht etwas auf Englisch? Danke sehr!

[grand maple]

ABC Grammatik is a really good series @carmine canopy

[vague plaza]

a pdf of Hammers Grammar is linked in the resources doc pimmed in #resourhowever that just has explanations. no exercises

[upbeat plover]

has anyone used Practice Makes Perfect book for grammar at b1-b2 level?

[fleet lark]

Danke sehr @carmine canopy ! Ich hatte diese Website nicht kennen aber es sieht interessant.

[tight fog]

https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/comments/5m5426/discord_language_learning_servers_masterlist/

[cunning wraith]

Hier ist ein Text mit Genitiv, Dativ, Akkusativ und Substantiv.

[cedar ridge]

Hey, this probably gets asked often, but is there a really well-made comprehensive chart with all the conjugations for pronouns, articles, including possessives, that you would recommend?

[misty valve]

@cedar ridge What do you mean by that?

You want the declension for everything on one image?

[cedar ridge]

Yes @misty valve

[misty valve]

People usually don't do that because a lot of them just follow the same patterns

So listing like 30 things when you can just list 3 or so doesn't make sense.

[cedar ridge]

I see. I'll probably arrive at the same conclusion 🙂

[misty valve]

If you want help for learning declension, I have a guide you can use.

faq adjective declension

[twilit needle]

adjective declension

A Brief Guide to Memorizing German Noun and Adjective Declension by Basementality
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jWl5-kkqF3FQLDzrz8XLBJj7hvPFQK7MT5SYEDGK65E/edit

[cedar ridge]

great, thanks a lot:)

[misty valve]

You can also use this for a good overview: http://germanforenglishspeakers.com/adjectives/adjective-declensions/

And then just learn which pronouns, etc. match which patterns.

Usually you can find this out by looking up the word in a dictionary such as wiktionary.

[cedar ridge]

Ah hmm, thank you for the second one, I didn't even know that bit

[carmine canopy]

@fleet lark> Danke sehr @carmine canopy ! Ich hatte diese Website nicht kennen aber es sieht interessant.
Sorry ?
@fleet lark

Ohh let it go

[carmine fractal]

Guys, what the most visited media sites among young people in Germany? Except for the social networks. What sites do the native speakers check often? The sites that look ok at 2020 and enjoyable to read. I particularly love to read articles about art, rare books, postmodern, social media marketing & music (especially about trap and cloudrap artists).

[grand maple]

Check out spiegel Geschichte

[potent pine]

Sorry to annoy u , but i wanted to know if u have favorite book for learning german. There are lot of resources so i wanted maybe some advices about what is maybe better (more clear, complete etc)

maybe share with what u learned the most ?

[pine sentinel]

How about children's books?

[boreal lagoon]

I've read a bit of "Café in Berlin" and others by that author - they seem to have some vocab that I haven't seen in other courses

[potent pine]

oh sorry i mean about lessons book not books in general sorry

[boreal lagoon]

Ah ok. No problem :) Personally the only lessons book I've used is one from a GCSE/high school level German class, just a workbook that they use for school lessons. I hadnt learnt any German since then (about 9 years) so thought it best to start from there.

[carmine canopy]

Peppa pig in German 👌 I'd say it's alright. I can seem to understand most of it just by listening - I think it's probs good for A2. I'm at A1 atm tho

[cloud anchor]

It has 20 episodes and, I guess, all of them with subtitles in German/English https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRN1f8vq3coT5lFIW6CzFm7o0fkYlCOWe

[potent pine]

ty frozzy I'll check that then ^^

and ty for all ur suggestions xD

[worldly mantle]

https://archive.org/details/erstesdeutsches00wormgoog/mode/2up @carmine canopy

[empty condor]

college board has videos for people taking ap german, but it can help with anyone who's intermediate. it does occasionally focus on the ap exam though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_KEvM4sfTw&list=PLoGgviqq4844xCVbFUawcSsJ_iOJ_3Cvt

[slow flume]

dumb exam

but if u got any questions about it i was the only one at my school to take it and got a 5

[lone radish]

bruh I'd love to have that class-

[carmine canopy]

Hey everyone,

no advertising intended, in case it's against rules a mod can delete this post. The springer group (a publishing company in germany ) offers some german and Ebooks for free download atm... from what i saw it's a good offer and maybe you'll find sth. you are interested in.
https://www.springernature.com/gp/librarians/news-events/all-news-articles/industry-news-initiatives/free-access-to-textbooks-for-institutions-affected-by-coronaviru/17855960
You can see the books in the Excel files and just search for them here https://link.springer.com/ and download them for free.

[vague plaza]

sexy

add some legal additions to my collection

[grand maple]

the mentioning of "legal" suggests that u have "illegal" books too

[vague plaza]

no idea what you're talking about...

also note so people don't have to look themselves: the textbooks aren't german language learning textbooks. Just normal uni textbooks that are written in german (there are also some english ones).
They seem to be very stem (mint) themed. so there's a couple of programming books, maths, psychology, and a few other topics

[carmine canopy]

oh yeah thanks sunset i should've mentioned that these are not german language learning BUT i think some topics require actually C level , so if someone is interested in a topic i think it's nice to get a freebie like that.
You're right it's not the "springer group" which is well known in germany .. it's kinda the academic part of the company... i am just checking the list and there are some really good ooks from well known profs in computer science...

[grand maple]

excuse me i was just making a shitty joke

[tame finch]

sub reading

[iron reef]

Guten abend, can someone recommend me a beginner level to advanced level of grammar videos on youtube?

[indigo garden]

@iron reef - Im a newbie to german myself , but ive found "Learn german with Anya" to be a good option. 🙂

[iron reef]

@indigo garden I've encountered her videos just about a couple of hours ago, but thanks anyway!

[shy wedge]

Hello,Where can I find German film/series/cartoon etc. transcripts?

[misty valve]

@hearty iris Did you mean to post this in #botchannel ?

[hearty iris]

@misty valve sorry about that,wont happen again

[wanton crown]

@shy wedge Tagesschau auf Youtube. Heute Show oder Extra 3 für Satire.

[nimble flame]

i really like the last book

[hardy timber]

hi! i'm preparing to go to a german uni next year and i wanted to learn some math terms in german, since i really don't know any... does anyone have any math material? (i'm B1 in german right now)

[jovial sail]

@hardy timber, https://discordapp.com/channels/221708975698083841/240524318512119810/700756683093180456
this was shared a few days ago, if you go to the link and click on the download link Free German textbook titles (all disciplines), you'll get a list of German textbooks in Excel that Springer offers them for free. Mathematik, Analysis 1, Arbeitsbuch Mathematik, Tutorium Analysis 1 und Lineare Algebra 1 might be of interest to you

If you want an overview of the math terms first, you can also start with https://www.henked.de/maple/woerterbuch.htm

[carmine canopy]

2018_Book_KonkreteMathematikNichtNurFürIformatiker is also sth. if you want to learn math+python / a bit coding .

@hardy timber

[hardy timber]

Thank you!! 😃

[misty valve]

Preconfigured autohotkey script for German characters.

AutoHotkey Steps

1. Download and install AutoHotkey.
2. Download the file below.
3. Put this file on your desktop and double click to run.

Alt + a = ä
Alt + shift + a = Ä
Alt + s = ß
And so on for the rest...

[last elbow]

@shy wedge
I don't recommend youtube autotranslated subtitles, you may check the official TV streams or DVD box releases for proper transcripts.
• there are some tv channels who stream with UT (untertitel) -
ARD1 : https://www.ardmediathek.de
ZDF : https://www.zdf.de/
• NETFLIX and Amazon is streaming/releasing with subtitle and audio.
• Also the good old torrent trackers are serving very well in this manner.

there is also an official and legal software for listing all the streams and subtitles (if available)
https://mediathekview.de/

[clever geode]

found this cool game

https://learnoutlive.com/apps/aschkalon/home.html

[indigo garden]

So i need some help knowing if one of my resources are good (And maybe some people can look at my list and find new resources 🙂 )

Im currently using:

Babbel - Mainly for grammar learning , also teaches some words but mainly grammar.
Netflix - Audio input - listening to german dialogue.
Games - Reading input (Such as world of warcraft missions forcing you to read in order to follow along)
Books - Reading input same as above.
This discord - For questions regarding anything above and some writing output.

Now those are the resources i currently use and ive looked it over and could find a good input of new words. Ive found this tool called LingQ and i was wondering if anyone has used it and would recommend it? (It costs money)
Also if anyone else have some good resources id love to hear which ones.

[cold snow]

Hello guys can you recommend me some good German songs and movies ❤️

[sturdy grotto]

Any reviews of the book "German made simple"?

Or any other books anyone would recommend for beginners?

[oblique chasm]

@cold snow Not sure what your level is, but there are lots of good German series on Netflix! I recently finished Dark and How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast), and now I’m watching Ku‘damm 59— I highly recommend any of these! 😊

[dense glacier]

For people (like me) who are just starting, I recommend watching the original Pokemon on Netflix with German subs and audio. It is surprisingly easy to follow.

[runic coyote]

Hey guys, nice to meet y'all!
Anyone using Anki for learning? Do you have any decks already?
I am learning with this shared deck so far:
https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/293204297
Super helpful for me 🙂

UPD: I guess ppl ask this question basically every day xd

[vapid palm]

Hey guys i'm not much of a book/grammar guy, does anybody know of good anki decks?

[ebon cloud]

There's a recommendation in the message right above yours :/

[sturdy grotto]

Any book recomendations? Reviews of the book "German made simple"?

[flat cedar]

hey guys is there any problem with the server

[velvet ruin]

Any good apps?

[signal lantern]

Hello guys can you recommend me some good German songs and movies ❤️
@cold snow I'm not native but I loved these movies:
Das Leben der Anderen
Goodbye Lenin
Der Untergang
Gegen die Wand
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Never Look Away

Most of these are well-known

As for songs, it depends on your taste but I really like Die ärzte

Their lyrics are simple and the music is fairly accessible and catchy

[cold snow]

@signal lantern danke!

[velvet ruin]

@signal lantern danke 🙏🏿

[manic glade]

is there a 100% correct list of the rules regarding German articles? Most sources I looked at have small differences (like always neuter instead of usually and so on)

[misty valve]

No. @manic glade

The only reliable thing is a dictionary.

[manic glade]

Ah, right.
Though I don't mean 100% extensive (that the article of every word has a rule behind it), more like: "is there a 100% reliable list of the general rules behind German articles?" - since, some say (for example) -ung is usually feminine and some say -ung is always feminine.

[misty valve]

Oh, sure.

Not sure what our list says.

faq gender patterns

[twilit needle]

gender patterns

Unfortunately, many German words don't have immediately clear clues that reveal it, but thankfully, many common words do follow patterns that reveal their gender.
In general, you are advised to learn the article together with the word (and its plural!).
Plural forms always use die and follow plural declension rules, which are the same for all genders (yay 🎉).
Type >explain grammatical gender for an explanation on grammatical gender.

Here's a list of patterns to recognise word gender.
Note that exceptions may apply.

💙 Masculine words (der):

• profession/role names (der Verkäufer, der Lehrer)
• many elements of time (der Tag, der Monat, der Winter)
• cardinal directions (der Norden, der Süden)
• words ending in:
  -- -ig der König, der Teig
  -- -ling der Neuling, der Schwächling
  -- -ant der Praktikant, der Elefant
  -- -ismus der Faschismus, der Sozialismus

💚 Neuter words (das):

• nominalised verbs (das Leben, das Lesen)
• metals (das Gold, das Kupfer)
• babies and cubs (das Baby, das Lamm)
• diminutives in -chen/-lein (das Hündchen)
• words ending in:
  -- -ment das Experiment, das Sakrament
  -- -ma (usually of Greek origin) das Komma, das Thema

❤️ Feminine words (die):

• many words ending in -e (die Nase, die Kiste)
• words ending in:
  -- -in (feminine professions/roles): die Verkäuferin, die Lehrerin
  -- -ei die Fischerei, die Bäckerei
  -- -schaft die Mannschaft, die Gemeinschaft
  -- -heit/-keit die Freiheit, die Gerechtigkeit
  -- -ung die Bedeutung, die Achtung
  -- -ion die Aktion, die Religion
  -- -ik die Logistik, die Logik
  -- -anz words of classical origin: die Allianz, die Toleranz
  -- -ur die Natur, die Kultur
  -- -tät die Professionalität, die Kriminalität

[misty valve]

This should be accurate.

But you have to consider an important point.

This is not a rule about all words that end in -ung. It's a rule about all words that end with the suffix -ung.

If the word just happens to be spelled with ung at the end, it can be any gender.

[manic glade]

Got it. Thank you!

[carmine canopy]

Is there any place I can look up the usage of Zu+verbs? I tried looking through the resources but I don't know under which topic this comes under.

[misty valve]

Can you give an example?

[carmine canopy]

Well I did in the questions room, uh..
Yeah it was a nebensatz:
..., weil es jemand zu sprechen gibt
Which was wrong and the correct one was:
weil es jemanden gibt, mit dem ich sprechen kann

So I don't know the rule of using Zu+verb exactly, apart from um..zu.. usage

[misty valve]

You mean like: Ich versuche, Deutsch zu lernen. This kind of sentence?

[carmine canopy]

I know only small sentences with zu+verb e.g.
Ich gehe zur Universität zum Deutsch lernen
Ich koche zum essen

[misty valve]

Ahh, I see.

So you mean zu + verb with the meaning "for the purpose of"?

It's not really zu + verb, but rather, zu + nominalized verb.

[carmine canopy]

Uh.. I think so😅
I'm not sure, cause I thought um..zu.. meant that

[misty valve]

um zu = in order to

[carmine canopy]

Ah right

I suppose it does come under "for the purpose of" then

[misty valve]

Ich lese, um mein Deutsch zu verbessern. I read in order to improve my German.
Ich lese zum Deutschlernen. I read for the purpose of learning German.

So you could use both constructions to express a similar idea but they're also different.

[carmine canopy]

Ahh yes, this concept I was getting confused with. Mainly because..well I'm A2 and trying to learn more haha..but cause I don't yet know all the tenses and so on.
So in my knowledge it's pretty much using zu before verbs to indicate "for" or "to" but I'm not sure if this is right cause i don't have anyone to correct me

[misty valve]

Do you have hammer's grammar?

[carmine canopy]

First time hearing this

[misty valve]

It's just a book which goes into detail about grammar stuff.

I'll just screenshot some relevant parts.

[carmine canopy]

Ah thank you so much!!

[carmine canopy]

Hah I love the second example

Yeah so the third category I'm familiar with, the fourth one I've yet to learn so no confusions have come there.
The first and the second are the ones where I go wrong.

So I guess um..zu..doesn't come under this..topic right? It's a different thing?

[misty valve]

You can ignore the second one. Like it says, it's just idioms.

Yes, um zu is a different thing.

But here's a section which explains how both of those constructions can we used for expressing "for" + -ing form.

11.4.2d is the section I just showed before this one.

[carmine canopy]

Yes this makes sense. This did help!

Also if you don't mind could I ask you something in the questions room?

[misty valve]

Feel free.

[carmine canopy]

Thanks!

[tame spade]

Ich will ein Artikel des Spiegel um zu Deutsch lernen zu ausdrucken. Ist das möglich aus dem Internet?

[grand maple]

Ja

[rose siren]

thank you

[indigo garden]

So whats the problem in lingq?