der Frühling - spring der Neuanfang - new start das Frühlingserwachen - spring awakening Ostern - Easter die Fastenzeit - Lent März - March April - April Mai - May die (Frühjahrs-)Tagundnachtgleiche - the (spring) equinox der Frühjahrsputz - spring cleaning

grün - green blau - blue lila - purple rosa - pink gelb - yellow weiß - white

die Blume(n) - flower(s) das Blütenblatt - petal das Gras - grass der Baum - tree das Blatt, die Blätter -leaf, leaves die Narzisse - daffodil das Gänseblümchen - daisy die Schneeglocke - snowdrop die Tulpe - tulip der Samen - seed der Blütenstaub - pollen die Allergie - allergy der Heuschnupfen - hay fever die Biene - bee das Insekt - insect der Schmetterling - butterfly die Raupe - caterpillar der Vogel - bird das Lamm - lamb

der Regen - rain der Regenbogen - rainbow der Regenschirm - umbrella die Regenjacke - raincoat die Pfütze - puddle der Wind - wind die Sonne - sun die Wärme - warmth die Luftfeuchtigkeit - humidity das Vogelgezwitscher - birds’ twittering

bewölkt - cloudy sonnig - sunny warm - warm frisch - fresh erfrischend - refreshing windig - windy regnerisch - rainy kühl - cool

schmelzen - to melt scheinen - to shine pflanzen - to plant blühen - to bloom/blossom wachsen - to grow putzen - to clean

6 tips for learning languages

These are all things i do when learning languages based on my personal experience of learning languages at school & by myself at home (but they might not work for everyone!)

summer to-do list: unlearn internalized shame, sunbathe, read some good books

A little German text style guide

Here are some rules about how to use quotation marks, dates, times, numbers, and addresses in German texts:

Quotation marks:

Quotation marks in German texts usually look like this:

Date:

The date is written in the form day/month/year, usually like this:

Time:

The time is usually stated in a 24 hour format (otherwise you add 'in the morning' or 'in the evening' to clarify):

Numbers:

The points and commas in numbers look like this:

Address:

Addresses on letters are usually written like this:

I think non-Germans might not be aware of this because there's rarely a way to naturally stumble upon it but

GERMAN IS INSANELY REPRESENTED ON WIKIPEDIA

I rarely see wiki entries (that aren't hyperspecific to a country or culture) that don't have a German page! In fact:

["Number of German articles on Wikipedia by 2023 (... in) June there were 2.8 Million German articles on Wikipedia. This places the German wikipedia on the third place of the ranking, whcih is lead by the English version with around 6.7 Million articles."]

41% of the English Wikipedia exists in German! This is a literal goldmine of content!!

Read about your interests! Look up your favorite celebrities! Read summaries of books, movies, mythologies, whatever your heart desires!!!!

Want to read but don't know what to search for? The homepage of the German Wikipedia (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hauptseite) is updated everyday with - an article of the day - on this day in the past - in the news - recently deceased - did you know? for you to peruse. And of course, the German version has a "random article" function too! It's called "Zufälliger Artikel" or "Zufällige Seite" and can be found on the left side of the screen (laptop) and in the popup menu on the left side (mobile)!

langblr masterpost??

reviving this idea from pastelsandhazelnutcoffee --- i would love to see who's active on the langblr community and create a masterpost with all of us! please reblog if you would like to be included on this page i'm making and with the languages you mainly post about <3

Of course, if anyone is dreaming of making such a blog, be my guest !

And if you have any advice on how I should be making this blog, any tips is more than welcome ! The blog would, I guess, look like @languagepartners (unfortunately no longer active)

So I made another blog called @tandemique, if you guys are still interested !

language learning culture is not being able to recall the word in you mother tongue while knowing exactly what it is in your target language

Random German Vocabulary (85)

das Ammenmärchen – old wives’ tale der Arbeitseifer – enthusiasm for work die Lehrkraft – teacher das Zustandekommen – materialisation; occurrence

sich abkapseln – to shut oneself off anpassen – to adjust entfalten – to unfold japsen – to gasp

reuig – repentant verwelkend – wilting wässrig – watery zahm – tame

fadenscheinige Ausrede – flimsy excuse mit voller Wucht – with full force wie eh und je – as ever luzides Träumen – lucid dreaming

This meme is inescapable on French insta so I'm posting it here for all to enjoy

😂😂😂 Il m'a tué 😂😂😂

Duolingo's April fool's thing this year is absolutely hilarious and honestly I wish it was real