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a German version of @languagesetc‘s Dutch spring vocab with some additions!

der Frühling - spring der Neuanfang - new start das Frühlingserwachen - spring awakening Ostern - Easter die Fastenzeit - Lent März - March April - April Mai - May die (Frühjahrs-)Tagundnachtgleiche - the (spring) equinox der Frühjahrsputz - spring cleaning

grün - green blau - blue lila - purple rosa - pink gelb - yellow weiß - white

die Blume(n) - flower(s) das Blütenblatt - petal das Gras - grass der Baum - tree das Blatt, die Blätter -leaf, leaves die Narzisse - daffodil das Gänseblümchen - daisy die Schneeglocke - snowdrop die Tulpe - tulip der Samen - seed der Blütenstaub - pollen die Allergie - allergy der Heuschnupfen - hay fever die Biene - bee das Insekt - insect der Schmetterling - butterfly die Raupe - caterpillar der Vogel - bird das Lamm - lamb

der Regen - rain der Regenbogen - rainbow der Regenschirm - umbrella die Regenjacke - raincoat die Pfütze - puddle der Wind - wind die Sonne - sun die Wärme - warmth die Luftfeuchtigkeit - humidity das Vogelgezwitscher - birds’ twittering

bewölkt - cloudy sonnig - sunny warm - warm frisch - fresh erfrischend - refreshing windig - windy regnerisch - rainy kühl - cool

schmelzen - to melt scheinen - to shine pflanzen - to plant blühen - to bloom/blossom wachsen - to grow putzen - to clean

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6 tips for learning languages

These are all things i do when learning languages based on my personal experience of learning languages at school & by myself at home (but they might not work for everyone!)

avoid languages of the same language family that are too similar! I know it’s tempting to learn Norwegian AND Swedish AND Danish cause they’re so similar, but at the end of the day, you WILL always confuse them, constantly. So choose one of them and you’ll likely be able to understand a lot of the other languages anyway (at the very least written stuff)

only start learning a new language once you’re advanced and comfortable enough in the other languages you speak (i’d say at least level B1). Cause then you can concentrate on practising using & applying one language you already know quite well, while learning new basic vocab and grammar exercises in a new language (if you start another language while you’re still in the middle of bulking vocab & grammar exercises, you might confuse the two or get overwhelmed)

always reflect on what you’re struggling with! If there’s a certain grammar aspect you always get wrong, take some extra time to read up on it, do exercises and practise, practise, practise! The same goes for vocab: if there’s certain words or phrases you just can’t seem to get in your head, make a special vocab folder/file with those and then set some extra time aside each time you practise that language to go over those words and phrases.

learn to understand AND use a language. You can be able to understand your target language like native speaker and still struggle with forming complete sentences. So always focus both on understanding AND actively using languages!

when using vocab cards, look at the word in your native language first! It’s much more effective if you have to think of the word in your target language (instead of just recognizing it)

if you learn a language that has letters with accents (e.g. é, à, ç, š, ö, ü) ALWAYS make sure you memorise them and get them right! These accents are there for a reason! They can change the whole pronunciation & meaning of a word and you don’t want to learn it the wrong way!

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summer to-do list: unlearn internalized shame, sunbathe, read some good books

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A little German text style guide

Here are some rules about how to use quotation marks, dates, times, numbers, and addresses in German texts:

Quotation marks:

Quotation marks in German texts usually look like this:

„Hallo, ich heiße Espen.“

„Ich glaube nicht“, sagte er, „aber ich bin mir nicht sicher.“

Er sagte: „Ich habe einen Apfel gegessen.“

Date:

The date is written in the form day/month/year, usually like this:

am 3. August 2023 (read: "am dritten August 2023")

am 03.08.2023 (read: "am dritten August 2023")

Time:

The time is usually stated in a 24 hour format (otherwise you add 'in the morning' or 'in the evening' to clarify):

Es ist 18:40 Uhr. (read: "Es ist 18 Uhr 40")

Es ist 4 Uhr nachmittags.

Numbers:

The points and commas in numbers look like this:

eleven thousand = 11.000 (e.g. 11.000 Maschinen)

eleven point three = 11,3 (e.g. 11,3% Umsatz)

Address:

Addresses on letters are usually written like this:

Max Mustermann (first & last name)

Musterstraße 11 (street name & house number)

12345 Musterstadt (postcode & city)

Germany (country)

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I think non-Germans might not be aware of this because there's rarely a way to naturally stumble upon it but

GERMAN IS INSANELY REPRESENTED ON WIKIPEDIA

I rarely see wiki entries (that aren't hyperspecific to a country or culture) that don't have a German page! In fact:

["Number of German articles on Wikipedia by 2023 (... in) June there were 2.8 Million German articles on Wikipedia. This places the German wikipedia on the third place of the ranking, whcih is lead by the English version with around 6.7 Million articles."]

41% of the English Wikipedia exists in German! This is a literal goldmine of content!!

Read about your interests! Look up your favorite celebrities! Read summaries of books, movies, mythologies, whatever your heart desires!!!!

Want to read but don't know what to search for? The homepage of the German Wikipedia (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hauptseite) is updated everyday with - an article of the day - on this day in the past - in the news - recently deceased - did you know? for you to peruse. And of course, the German version has a "random article" function too! It's called "Zufälliger Artikel" or "Zufällige Seite" and can be found on the left side of the screen (laptop) and in the popup menu on the left side (mobile)!

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langblr masterpost??

reviving this idea from pastelsandhazelnutcoffee --- i would love to see who's active on the langblr community and create a masterpost with all of us! please reblog if you would like to be included on this page i'm making and with the languages you mainly post about <3

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Of course, if anyone is dreaming of making such a blog, be my guest !

And if you have any advice on how I should be making this blog, any tips is more than welcome ! The blog would, I guess, look like @languagepartners (unfortunately no longer active)

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sitting down at your computer after your 3 hour break to find that your essay hasn't written itself:

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language learning culture is not being able to recall the word in you mother tongue while knowing exactly what it is in your target language

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Random German Vocabulary (85)

das Ammenmärchen – old wives’ tale der Arbeitseifer – enthusiasm for work die Lehrkraft – teacher das Zustandekommen – materialisation; occurrence

sich abkapseln – to shut oneself off anpassen – to adjust entfalten – to unfold japsen – to gasp

reuig – repentant verwelkend – wilting wässrig – watery zahm – tame

fadenscheinige Ausrede – flimsy excuse mit voller Wucht – with full force wie eh und je – as ever luzides Träumen – lucid dreaming

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This meme is inescapable on French insta so I'm posting it here for all to enjoy

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😂😂😂 Il m'a tué 😂😂😂

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day and night studies 🌅🌃

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Duolingo's April fool's thing this year is absolutely hilarious and honestly I wish it was real