Hi everybody, I wish you a happy new year and all the best for 2012!!! Keep you courage on learning German and stay tunded!
In Germany we often say “Ein gutes Neues!”, by the way 
How many of you can guess what products are manufactured in Germany?
Of course if you’re a car lover, we all know Germany is famous for its high performance cars. But did you know it also has an extensive clothing line with brands such as Adidas, Hugo Boss, Puma and Escada, Levi Strauss and not to forget medical brands such as Bayer, Nivea crème and toothpaste!!!
You’ll be surprised how many of your favorite brands are German-made. Heinz ketchup. Mercedes Benz. Siemens and Hellmann’s mayonnaise. The Haribo and electronic small format cameras as well as jet planes, helicopters to chip cards and the famous Meissen Porcelain.
“Made in Germany” is recognized around the world as a label for products of high quality, standards and value. Germany’s global repute moreover extends to great inventions, ranging from aspirin to the theory of relativity – all created by famous Germans. This is turn creates their products and service to be one of a kind and frequently sought after. In fact, it’s one thing we pride ourselves on and also expect when you do business with us. Therefore to a great extend also important to act by certain norms when you’re dealing with such. From being on time and dressed according to the event and behaving to certain standards, like your own behavior. We also tend to pay attention to detail which rather makes the product unique and one of a kind. A reason why many international countries and firms seek out Germans and their technology of service.
So can you name a few things on what else is made in Germany? And if so, what makes this rather special to you compared to anything else on the market?
So weit die Füße tragen.. As far as my feet carry me.
The year is coming to an end and many changes have occurred during the last 365 days. Of course there are loved ones either from the army finally getting to see their wives and children, parents you have not seen in many years or whatever circumstances they might be. Brothers and Sons embracing each other after long endurances of fighting freedom or justice. Anticipation and pure joy for the holidays, which in fact, is much more then simply presents and gifts.
And this is where the story begins of a German Soldier named Clemens Forell who promised his little daughter to be home for Christmas only in turn to be sentenced in 1946, 25 years into Labor Camp of the Far East of Siberia in Omsk.
In 1958 a seven-part movie was produced on the true story of his journey, his escape of the encampment by attempting to walk back to Germany over an entire continent. Of the 3.5 Million Germans who were imprisoned after the war in Russia many of who died. His willpower and persistence of not giving up, walking across Mongolia and the Caucasus and later to be picked up by his uncle in Munich on December 22. 1952
Originally a book was written about this event by Josef Martin Bauer and became one of the bestsellers.
In 2001 another version was produced of the story, which you can view here as a trailer.
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Pluralbildung – Plurals
For example: One Bank is called: A Bank- However plural it’s with an ‘S” as in: Banks! In German
Zum Beispiel: die Bank – die Bänk das Blatt – die Blätter etc.
This is another great exercise to practice on a daily routine. I’ve added a small list, but believe me there is much more, although this is just a small start to warm you up!
der Abstand – Die Abstände
der Anfang- die Anfänge
die Angst- die Ängste
der Apfel- die Äpfel
der Arzt- die Ärzte
der Ast- die Äste
der Auftrag- die Aufträge
die Axt- die Äxte
der Bach- die Bäche
das Bad- die Bäder
der Ball- die Bälle
das Band- die Bänder
die Bank- die Bänke
der Bart- die Bärte
das Blatt- die Blätter
der Brand- die Brände
das Dach- die Dächer
der Damm- die Dämme
der Dampf- die Dämpfe
der Darm- die Därme
der Faden- die Fäden
der Fall- die Fälle
das Fass- die Fässer
das Gehalt- die Gehälter
der Gang- die Gänge
die Gans- die Gänse
der Garten- die Gärten
das Glas – die Gläser
das Grab- die Gräber
Obviously the most difficult aspect of German words is pronouncing the letters, as it should be. Even myself have the problems with this sometimes and even the best writers search for the correct words when they write. So I put together the list of the alphabet and each word has a minor explanation under this. In terms of giving a better insight on how it’s pronounced. You will see that the explained words below indicate in a very simple manner how we usually say the letter..
It’s fairly easy to follow and also a great practice on a daily basis, which you can print out and do either while cooking or any other chores. The best approach would be to say it out loud when doing so.
A a
a
B b
bee
C c
zee
D d
dee
E e
e
F f
eff
G g
gee
H h
ha
I i
i
J j
jott
K k
ka
L l
ell
M m
em
N n
en
O o
o
P p
pee
Q q
ku
R r
er
S s
es
T t
tee
U u
u
V v
fau
W w
wee
X x
iks
Y y
üpsilon
Z z
zett
