But one thing that is extremely refreshing – and fun – is how literal some German words are. From Antibabypille (for the contraceptive pill) to Handschuhe (literally hand shoes, otherwise ...

you need to keep German learning fun) is to learn slang, fun expressions and great sounding words. I’m very grateful to have a very close German friend and a cousin who loves slang, teaching me ...

Henning helps the suffering British economy with a German loan word. Wir haben das Bier erfunden. Flag this comment I did not know that so many German words are used in English. Very interesting!

Some German doctors don’t translate the diagnosis from Latin medical terms, a (not-so) fun practice known as Fachchinesisch ... This uncharacteristically poetic German word literally translates ...

German just wouldn't be the same without the ß and the umlauts: ä, ö and ü. Henning has a word of warning for those who don't arrive on time in Germany. In German, it's not the size that ...

Words with 60-odd letters in them? Nothing unusual in German. Henning dissects a couple of examples and proves that German can be endless fun - quite literally.

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