If you plan to visit Germany, the list of 15 easiest German words and phrases to learn for tourists will be very useful to read. Have you ever been in a situation to visit a foreign country without ...

What was once the longest word in the German language, a tongue consisting of many ridiculously lengthy words, is no more. The term ...

The Germans are famous for using long words used to describe hyper-specific, complex sentiments. For instance, the 26-letter word vergangenheitsbewaeltigung describes the inability to cope with the ...

German has more than one special word for the practice of taking a day off to make the most out of public holidays that fall close to a weekend. But which word should ...

The 27th edition of the Duden, the dictionary considered the ultimate arbiter of the German language is out and the book contains 5,000 new additions to the Deutsche vocabulary, reports the German ...

Anyone living here should at least be able to understand some of the language spoken around them. Here’s a short list of some typical and lovely expressions from the local dialect. Swiss German is an ...

Other words like "bottomless" and "doer" also made the annual list voted by Germany's 10 to 20 year-olds. Continuing with the trend of incorporating English words into their daily lingo, the verb ...

Mark Twain, mocking "the awful German language," once wrote that "these things are not words, they are alphabetical processions." Which is both the point and delight of Schottenfreude: German Words ...

Remembering whether a noun is der, die or das can be tricky for non-natives. In the first of our series where we find answers to the burning questions that foreigners want to know, we ask a German: do ...