Germany was long known as the land of Dichter und Denker (poets and thinkers), including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Hannah Arendt - people who had a remarkable command of their own language. But ...

With this book you can improve your German in a simple, effective and pleasant way. The story, specially written for learners of German, contains only feminine nouns! Thus, the vocabulary can be ...

Do you do all these things without thinking twice? Then you're either native or you have truly become a master of the German language. If you're consistently getting the genders of words right, even ...

SCIENCE students who have not been taught German in schools will find this volume very useful in enabling them to read scientific papers published in that language. The essential parts of German ...

Butchered words and incorrect grammar on WhatsApp and Twitter, and Anglicisms everywhere: For years, critics have been complaining that the German language is deteriorating. But are they right?

When does "the" mean "die"? A German-speaking Twitter user's response of "the boomers" reaped a 12-hour account lockout after it was interpreted as an English-language threat. Over the past weeks, the ...

Language instructors are grappling with the question of how to teach writing effectively in upper-level undergraduate world language classes. At that point, students still have to master aspects of ...

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To view the complete descriptions of the courses that satisfy the requirements for the German Studies major/minor, please visit the University Bulletin. For course times, locations, and additional ...