Tag Archives: german
-
Denglish (avec Umlauts)
Leave a commentJune 30, 2017 by anelim
-
How many consonants can you cope with?
Leave a commentJune 30, 2017 by anelim
-
Long words
Leave a commentJune 22, 2017 by anelim
The Germans think this is a training in how to wash your hands so you don’t cause dysentery among the …
Continue reading -
Kafkaesque Comedy To A Cheery Tune
Leave a commentFebruary 5, 2017 by anelim
This song had me in stitches today. For those readers (and readerins) who do not read German, it is a …
Continue reading -
Wer Sich Übt
Leave a commentNovember 4, 2016 by anelim
As I discovered after buying a second-hand skateboard two weeks ago, riding a skateboard isn’t at all like the proverbial …
Continue reading -
Things I’ll miss in Berlin
Leave a commentJune 5, 2013 by anelim
This CAKE
-
Lebenslauf/The Course of Life (Hölderlin)
1May 26, 2013 by anelim
I may be a sociologist, but I also generally believe that poetry and literature often reveal more about the social …
Continue reading -
Follow the Moskva, Down to Gorki Park
Leave a commentMay 25, 2013 by anelim
Turns out there is a Gorki Park cafe in Berlin. I sat in it last night, therefore it exists. It …
Continue reading -
Strudel and cake at Tegel Airport
7May 23, 2013 by anelim
* * * Warning: e-diabetes alert * * *
-
Die Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaenskajuetenklinkenputzfrau
Leave a commentMay 19, 2013 by anelim
I have studied German for far too many years (1994; 1997-2000; 2000-2004; and 2012-2013) and I’ve lived in a German …
Continue reading -
German Vocabulary Kunstkammer
Leave a commentDecember 10, 2012 by anelim
Teilchen: 1) particle, such as in Teilchenbeschleuniger CERN 2) pastry, usually made of filopastry with added fruits and/or sugar coating. Now go …
Continue reading -
Im Ausland, daheim
1September 21, 2012 by anelim
The Karaoke singers sing like they don’t care Im Volkspark Friedrichshein A string of soap bubbles fly above, filled to …
Continue reading
n days in Berlin 