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LEARNING GERMAN

Learn German online with grammar explanations and free exercises, lists of useful vocabulary, and everyday phrases for different situations. You can also work on common mistakes and improve your command of the German by learning some idiomatic expressions. Have fun!

Image of a tram and the German words "die Straße + die Bahn = die Straßenbahn"
Image of an actor and words related to the German word "der Schauspieler"
Image of a sign "Halt! Hier Grenze" and some collocations with the German word "die Grenze"
Illustration of the false friends "billion" (English) and "die Billion" (German)
Image of the Berlin wall and a list of 4 historical events that happened on the 9. November
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Image showing some friends and the caption "die Freundschaft - friendship"

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Image asking whether you know the difference between the German words 'legen' and 'liegen' - common mistakes.

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Heute ist schönes Wetter.

Bei schönem Wetter bin ich im Garten.

Adjective Endings

Adjectives used in front of nouns have an ending: -e, -en, -er, -es, -em. But when do we use which ending? 

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Image of an arm and asking whether you know what "jemanden auf den Arm nehmen" means

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Image showing a post-it note saying "Danke" with the caption in German: Danke für deine Hilfe.

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