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Exploring German Homophones and Learning the Difference

Learning a new language is hard enough without the one type of speech that can confuse even native speakers - the homophone. The confusion that comes when you have two words that are spelled differently and have different meanings, but they have the same pronunciation. Even if you are a

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How to Retrain Your Brain to Learn German

Learning a language when you are young is easy. When you reach your teenage years, it is much more difficult to train your brain to learn those other languages. Part of this is that when you are young, it is easier to think in whatever languages you know. As you

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How to Celebrate New Year's in German-Speaking Countries

After the high activity holiday that is Christmas, New Year’s Eve can be a great way to really let your hair down. Part of learning German is being familiar with the traditions and celebratory phrases. With the holiday just around the corner, let's take a look at some of

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6 Ways to Retain Your German Language Knowledge

Once you no longer worry about the best way to learn German, you’ll start to worry about how to retain the German you’ve learned. The more comfortable you are with a language, the stronger your desire to retain what you’ve learned. While it is pretty easy to

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Books to Read to Improve Your Understanding of the German Language

Books have offered people a way of escaping from their daily lives for centuries. As someone who is learning or working to retain German, you have a lot of options. Even if you are still in the early days of learning the language, there are books for you that are

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Understand German Slang: How to Speak Like a Native

So, you have mastered German on an intermediate or expert level, but you don't quite know what Germans mean when they say 'I only understand train station'? Maybe German slang 'gets on your cookie' because you don't understand it yet – well don't worry, the following will introduce you to the