a journey to learn German

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[spyld]

THE DAY OF LANGUAGES!!!

This 7th of May, 2024, we use our own language again!

If your language, native or not, is something other than English, on May 7th you can speak that language all day!

You’ll blog in your chosen language(s) all day: text posts, replies, tags (except triggers and organizational tags).

Regardless of what language people choose to speak to you, you can answer in your own.

Non-verbal, non-written languages (like sign language, dialects, otherwise non-written languages) are more than welcome! See my FAQ for tips

English native speakers can participate in any other language they're studying/have studied/know.

The tag is gonna be #Speak Your Language Day or #spyld for short.

Please submit me some language facts for me to share on this day <3

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[spyld]

aaah one more week!! 🔊

[official-linguistics-post]

official linguistics post

[lyxchen]

'Am Boden zerstört' is honestly such a good saying and I'm kinda sad that we don't use it much in german. 'Destroyed on the floor' to express how you're feeling? Like yes indeed I am fully destoyed lying on the floor because I can't keep going anymore. Sometimes it does feel like that

[sidecast-text]

practicing a language every day makes you improve this, its the only way to keep your skills sharp that. its so true but i wish it wasnt

[memewhore]

[ich-bin-der-baer]

Random German Vocabulary (89)

der Bürstenhaarschnitt -- crew cut die Kachel (pl. die Kacheln) -- tile der Knirps (pl. die Knirpse) -- tot; little fellow das Schlaraffenland -- land of milk and honey

sich abplagen -- to struggle entkorken -- to uncork fachsimpeln -- to talk shop (mit etwas) vorpreschen -- to rush ahead (with something)

deftig -- hearty fahrlässig -- negligent saumäßig -- lousy übermütig -- high-spirited; boisterous

sperrangelweit offen stehen -- to be wide open sich in die Nesseln setzen -- to get into hot water (jemandem) ein Bein stellen -- to trip (someone) up Grimassen schneiden -- to make faces

[berlinlogs]

vorzüglich

GERMAN WORD OF THE DAY

vorzüglich : exquisite, excellent

Sie spricht vorzüglich Englisch.

She speaks excellent English.

[ich-bin-der-baer]

Random German Vocabulary (83)

das Anliegen (pl. die Anliegen) – request; concern das Geschnatter – chatter; cackling [of geese] das Getuschel – whispering die Schnatterente – chatterbox

einschreiten – to intervene schnaufen – to puff; to pant (etwas) tilgen – to pay (something) off; to repay verhätscheln – to pamper; to spoil

gönnerhaft – patronising praxisnah – practical schemenhaft – hazy; shadowy überboten – outbid, outdone

sich an (jemandem/etwas) die Zähne ausbeißen – to have a tough time of it with (someone/something) sich in Sicherheit wiegen – to think oneself safe den Spieß umdrehen – to turn the tables sich (etwas) aus den Fingern saugen – to make (something) up from thin air

[thatswhywelovegermany]

Patients who have already obtained a diagnosis from Google are asked to obtain a second opinion from Yahoo rather than from us.

[technicontrastron]

New Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz  just dropped

[ich-bin-der-baer]

Reading Practice: Urlaub im Ferienhaus - alles ist möglich!

das Baumhaus – tree house der Blick – view das Domizil – domicile die Düne – dune das Erdhaus – earth-sheltered house die Fähre – ferry das Ferienhaus (pl. die Ferienhäuser) – holiday home der Fluss (pl. die Flüsse) – river der Gegenentwurf – alternative concept die Gemeinschaftsduschen (pl.) – communal showers die Gewinnmaximierung – maximisation of profits das Hausboot – houseboat das Holz – wood; timber der Holzbalken (pl. die Holzbalken) – wooden beam die Insel – island der Kanal (pl. die Kanäle) – canal der Leuchtturm – lighthouse die Meeresküste – coast der Naturstein (pl. die Natursteine) – natural stone das Refugium – refuge die Siedlung – settlement die Sonnenterrasse – sundeck der Spielplatz – playground das Sternenzelt – canopy of stars die Unterkunft – accommodation der Urlaub – holiday die Windmühle – windmill der Wipfel (pl. die Wipfel) – treetop

bewohnen – to occupy; to inhabit einchecken – to check in entschleunigen – to slow down sich (an etwas) schmiegen – to nestle (against something) übernachten – to stay the night übersetzen – to cross over werben – to attract; to woo

atemberaubend – breathtaking beheizbar – heated denkmalgeschützt – heritage-listed; listed for preservation geräumig – roomy ökologisch – ecological überwiegend – predominantly; mainly uneingeschränkt – unrestricted unverhohlen – openly; undisguisedly

über (etwas) verfügen – to have (something) reif für (etwas) sein – to be ready for (something)

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

when i'm typing officially i love to capitalize nouns. i capitalize nouns like nobody's business

[adaptingant]

[agermanadventurer]

Vocabulary: Seasons and Weather

A simple yet quite important theme to know about.

Verwandte Begriffen:

der Tropfen - the droplet der Wassertropfen - the water drop der Regentropfen - the raindrop der Neuschnee - the “new snow” (the thin and airy type of snow) der Nassschnee - the “wet snow” (the wet snow that remains as it’s melting)

der Sonnenstrahl - the sun ray der Regenbogen - the rainbow die Schneeflocke - the snowflake die Blüte - the bloom

Die Jahreszeiten:

der Sommer - the summer der Herbst - the autumn der Winter - the winter der Frühling - the spring

Das Wetter:

Es ist sonnig - It is sunny Der Himmel ist klar - The sky is clear Es ist wolkig - It is cloudy  Es regnet - It is raining Es donnerte - It is thundering Es ist windig - It is windy Es ist stürmisch - It is stormy Es blitzt - It is lightning ([There is] lightning) Es schneit - It is snowing Es ist warm - It is warm Es ist kalt - It is cold Es ist eiskalt - It is ice cold (freezing) Es ist schwül - It is (humid/clammy [in the air])

der Himmel - the sky die Sonne - the sun die Wolke - the cloud der Regen - the rain der Donner - the thunder der Blitz - the lightning bolt  der Wind - the wind das Gewitter - the storm der Schnee - the snow der Schneesturm - the snowstorm die Temperatur - the temperature die Wärme - the warmth die Kälte - the cold

[thatswhywelovegermany]

Honestly, as a German I can not quite understand the obsession of the English speaking world with the question whether a word exists or not. If you have to express something for which there is no word, you have to make a new one, preferably by combining well-known words, and in the very same moment it starts to exist. Agree?

[latveriansnailmail]

Deutsche Freunde, could you please create for me a word for the extreme depression I feel when I bend down to pick up a piece of litter and discover two more pieces of litter?

[thatswhywelovegermany]

um = around

die Welt = world

die Umwelt = environment

ver = prefix to indicate something difficult or negative, a change that leads to deterioration or even destruction that is difficult to reverse or to undo, or a strong negative change of the mental state of a person

der Müll = garbage, trash, rubbish, litter

-ung = -ing

die Vermüllung = littering

ver- = see before

zweifeln = to doubt

-ung = see before

die Verzweiflung = despair, exasperation, desperation

die Umweltvermüllungsverzweiflung = …

[serhumfreysbrokencollarbone]

This is a german compound on the spot master class and I am LIVING

[thatswhywelovegermany]

#my german is still too basic for this but I desperately want a compound word for how much these compound words piss me off

das Monster = monster

das Wort = word

der Groll = grudge, anger, malice, rancor

der Monsterwortgroll = …

[linguistikforum]

Monsterwortbildungsimitationsunfähigkeitsverzweiflungsgroll

[thatswhywelovegermany]

die Bildung = formation

die Imitation = imitation

un- = un-, in-

fähig = able

-keit = -ility

die Unfähigkeit = inability

der Monsterwortbildungsimitationsunfähigkeitsverzweiflungsgroll = anger about the inability to imitate the formation of monster words

[wildflower182]

Linguistikfehdenhandschuhwurf

[thatswhywelovegermany]

die Linguistik = linguistics

die Fehde = feud

der Handschuh = glove

der Fehdehandschuh = gauntlet

der Wurf = throw

der Linguistikfehdenhandschuhwurf = throwing down the linguistic gauntlet

[shiplocks-of-love]

*slowly backs in fear*

[meetinginsamarra]

@shiplocks-of-love, @thatswhywelovegermany

Monsterwortbildungsunfähigkeitsangstverzweiflungsrückzugsecke

Monster=monster // wort=word // bildung(s)=formation

unfähigkeit (s)=incabability  // angst=anxiety

verzweiflung(s)=desperation  // rückzug(s)=retreat // ecke=corner

=the corner in which you retreat when you´re desperate because of your fear when being unable to form monster words

[shiplocks-of-love]

*eye twitch*

But what I want to see now is two germans arguing over the construction of one of these monster words.

[melmey]

@shiplocks-of-love I don’t think that will happen. The words make perfect sense. I think if German is your mother tongue you get a feeling for combining words, like a 

Monsterwortbildungsgespür

Monster = monster 

Wort = word 

Bildung(s) = formation

Gespür = intuition

;-)

[a-german-learning-clown]

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[meichenxi]

language learning (affectionate): there are so many words!!

language learning (derogatory): there are so. many. words. 

[agermanadventurer]

Vocabulary: Math

For today, it’ll be a shorter one, we’re talking about some simple math vocab!

Begriffe:

die Mathematik - the mathematics die Mathe - the math die Addition - the addition die Subtraktion - the subtraction die Multiplikation - the multiplication die Division - the division gleich - equals

die Zahl - the number die gerade Zahl - the even number die ungerade Zahl - the uneven number

Formen:

das Dreieck - the triangle das Viereck - the rectangle (general term) das Rechteck - the rectangle  das Quadrat - the square der Kreis - the circle

das Tetraeder - the tetrahedron  die Pyramide - the pyramid der Würfel - the cube der Zylinder - the cylinder der Kegel - the cone die Kugel - the sphere die Sphäre - the sphere (less widely used)

Addition

[…] plus […] gleich […] […] plus […] equals […]

[…] plus […] sind […] […] plus […] is […]

Example: - eins plus zwei gleich drei (1+2=3) - zwei plus drei sind sieben (2+2=7)

Subtraktion

[…] minus […] gleich […] […] minus […] equals […]

[…] weniger […] gleich […] […] less […] equals […]

Example: - fünf minus zwei gleich drei (5-2=3) - sechs weniger zwei gleich vier (6-2=4)

Multiplikation

[…] mal […] gleich […] […] times […] equals […]

[…] multipliziert […] gleich […] […] multiplied with […] equals […]

Example: - ein mal acht gleich acht (1*8=8) - zwei multipliziert drei gleich sechs (2*3=6)

Division

[…] geteilt durch […] gleich […] […] divided through […] equals […]

Example:  - zehn geteilt durch zwei gleich fünf (10/2=5)

[berlinlogs]

verwahrlosen

GERMAN WORD OF THE DAY

verwahrlosen : to become neglected; to run wild

Diese Wohnung ist vollkommen verwahrlost.

This apartment is completely neglected.