“Some German words are so long that they have a perspective” in an appendix to A Tramp Abroad that was appropriately titled The Awful German Language). One such compound was the name for an anti-aircraft gun:Fliegerabwehrkanone. The word was a compound of the earlierFliegerabwehr, which ...
To finish off the series, we explain the word Wunderkerzen. So now, for the last time, listen to the podcast: Audio Player 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. (Press the “play” button to listen to the podcast) Download the MP3 file Tags: K...
This is the German word for a menu and is a simple, widely used German word that is easy to learn and repeat as you travel through Germany, enjoying some of the country's gastronomic delights. Eselsbrücke(donkey's bridge) The wordEselsbrückehas nothing to do with donkeys and everything...
In standard German, the st combination at the beginning of a word is always pronounced likeschtand not like the st found in English “stay” or “stone.” So a German word such as Stein (stone, rock) is pronouncedschtine, with an initialsch-sound, as in “show.” Here are more exam...
Once you've mastered diphthongs and grouped consonants, the next item to concentrate on is how to pronounce other letters and letter combinations found within German words. For instance, a "d" at the end of a German word usually has a hard "t" sound in German, not the soft "d" sound...
So after this short incursion into the territory of pretentious title-wankery, let's go back to something autochthonous. That's a word, apparently. . That's a title, isn't it? Straight to the point, memorable, not something you'd be embarrassed to yell across a playground, if that's...
In Sect. 5, I will show that a minimal extension of the analysis developed here also captures Wiese’s Generalization—the word-final strong-weak template in noun plurals. I start my discussion by introducing the bare backbone mechanics I assume for umlaut, the two constraints in (21):...
Unfortunately for them, in the years after World War One, the political and economic situation in Germany was in a state of complete chaos, so no such work could be achieved at that time, even when not considering the Treaty limitations....
The chaos of spelling is best illustrated by the rules laid down and followed by the "Jüdische Volksbibliothek": (1) Write Judæo-German as you speak. (2) Write so that the Polish and the Lithuanian reader alike may understand you. (3) Remember that you are writing for the common ...
Peter Härtling is a renowned German children’s book author, but“Krücke”deals with anything but childish themes. This is a book about a nine-year-old named Thomas who loses his mother in the chaos of refugee life following the Second World War and must journey to his aunt’s house ...