Category Archives: German

Have I learned anything?

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Josh

I recently had a rather frustrating experience: In the middle of July, I was in Florida with a couple of people to see the last shuttle launch. While we were in Florida, we also visited Universal Studies for two days. … Continue reading →

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Grimm Grammar for German

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Josh

The Texas Language Technology Center of the University of Texas has a very nice online grammar of German, Grimm Grammar. A snippet from their about page: Welcome to Grimm Grammar, an irreverent revival and shameless exploitation of 19th-century Grimm Fairy … Continue reading →

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Video-Thema from Deutsche Welle

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Josh

Yesterday I learned about a new offering from Deutsche Welle, Video-Thema. Every week they put up a new video complete with exercises, transcript, and glossary. Apparently, they started this up at the beginning of the year; I’ve no idea how … Continue reading →

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Language Geek New Year Intentions

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Josh

I know, I know – you expected to see “resolutions” in the title. I decided to copy Geoff’s lead, by using intentions rather than resolutions. Every New Year resolution I’ve ever made, I’ve failed miserably at; and as Einstein said, … Continue reading →

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Free Hörspiel for German Learners

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Josh

I came across a neat resource for German learners recently, Detektei Suni & Partner. It’s a Hörspiel, or radio play, in podcast format. Other than some brief encounters with radio plays as a child (which I had to listen to … Continue reading →

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WordReference.com Now Has German and Russian Dictionaries

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Josh

WordReference.com used to have a German dictionary, but for whatever reason, they had to take it down. If I remember correctly, the publisher of the dictionary decided they didn’t want WordReference.com to offer it for free. I was pleasantly surprised, … Continue reading →

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A Free Online Monolingual German Dictionary

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Josh

I discovered a free, monolingual German dictionary online a few days ago. It’s part of Das Digitale Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache des 20. Jh., or DWDS. You can access the dictionary, as well as word information and the text corpus … Continue reading →

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Finally, A German Course At My University

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Josh

I received an newsletter today from the university I attend, and they’re (finally!) offering a German course. It’s offered this fall, and I’ve gone ahead and signed up for it. It’s just an “elementary” German course, so I’m not really … Continue reading →

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Another Attempt with Word Lists

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Josh

I’ve written in the past about my attempt at using word lists, and if you’ve kept up with those posts, after reading this one, you’ll probably think I suffer from split personality syndrome. But, I can at least say I’m … Continue reading →

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Grimms Deutsches Wörterbuch

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Josh

I discovered through the WordReference Forums today that the whole Grimms Deutsches Wörterbuch, which consists of 32 volumes, is available for free online. The project page for this is here; the direct link to the dictionary itself is here. The … Continue reading →

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