Double Translate Language Blog http://www.doubletranslate.com/blog Learn Languages the Natural Way Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:15:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Die Stadt – town/city http://www.doubletranslate.com/blog/4045/die-stadt-towncity http://www.doubletranslate.com/blog/4045/die-stadt-towncity#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:15:53 +0000 Nicola @ Double Translate http://www.doubletranslate.com/blog/?p=4045 Learn German Word of the Day – 3rd February 2012
die Stadt – town/city :-)

Example sentence:
German: In welcher Stadt wohnst du?
English: In what city do you live?

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German Sayings and the English Equivalent

Below is a table of German sayings translated into English. We have included the literal translation of the saying into English so you can truly understand what is being said. We hope you enjoy these, please add your own in the comments section below :-)

Saying Literal Translation Meaning
Friede, Freude, Eierkuchen freedom, joy and omelette everything’s hunky-dory
Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof. I only understand train station. It’s all Greek to me.
Ich habe keinen Bock. I have no buck. I can’t be bothered.
Das ist nicht das gelbe vom Ei. That’s not the yolk of the egg. It’s not exactly brilliant.
ein Auge zudrücken to close one eye to make an exception
jemanden auf der Nase rumtanzen to dance on someones nose to walk all over someone
die Sau raus lassen to let the sow out to let your hair down
wenn alle Stricke reissen if all strings tear if all else fails
nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben not to have all mugs in the cupboard to be one sandwich short of a picnic
Das kommt mir spanisch vor. That sounds Spanish to me. That doesn’t sound right to me.
Geh dahin wo der Pfeffer wächst! Go where the pepper is growing! Go take a long walk off a short pier!
Alles ist im grünen Bereich. Everything is in the green area. Everything is under control.
Ich seh schwarz. I see black. I have a bad feeling about that.
aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen to make an elephant out of a mosquito to make a mountain out of a molehill
Wer’s glaubt wird selig! the one who believes it becomes blessed A likely story!
mit dem linken Fuß aufstehen got up with the left foot to have “one of those days”
blöd aus der Wäsche gucken to look silly out of the washing to look silly
ganz aus dem Häuschen sein to be out of his/her house to be so excited
das Gleiche in grün the same in green one and the same thing
die Haare vom Kopf fressen to eat the hair from someone’s head to eat someone out of house and home
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das Mädchen – girl :-)

Example sentence:
German: Weißt du, ob es ein Junge oder ein Mädchen wird?
English: Do you know if it is a boy or a girl?

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essen – to eat :-)

Example sentence:
German: Ich esse gerne Süßigkeiten.
English: I love eating sweets.

You might want to check out the verb table essen.

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der Arzt/die Ärztin – doctor :-)

Example sentence:
German: Ich muss dringend zum Arzt.
English: I need the doctor urgently.

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German Grammar Crossword – Jan 31st 2012

Here is another learn German crossword. This crossword is all on German grammar so hopefully you have all read our blogs :-) Every question and answer is related to our grammar blogs and can be worked out by reading them.

See if you can post the quickest time but no cheating please, it’s just a bit of fun :-D

PLEASE NOTE: Almost all answers are German words, e.g. if the answer is ’3′ you would write ‘drei’. However the answer about the German case will stay in English. For example: “dative” instead of “dativ”. All special characters are replaced by their standard alphabet equivilent (e.g. ü ö ä will be ue, oe or ae). Some answers are 2 or 3 word answers, in these cases put all words together with no space inbetween.

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Questions

Across

  • 1. Please fill in the right 2 Part Conjunction: __ Simone __ __ Nici haben keine Lust mehr dort zu arbeiten. (6,3,4)
  • 2. What is the Imperative of the verb 'schwimmen' if used with the formal person Sie: (9,3)
  • 3. What is the Perfect Tense of the verb 'ankommen' when used with the second person singular (du)? (4,10)
  • 4. What is the Pluperfect of the verb 'essen' if used with the first person plural (wir)? (6,8)
  • 5. Please fill in the reflexive verb 'sich beschweren' in the right form: Meine Freunde haben __ ueber den Service __. (4,9)
  • 6. What case is the following sentence: Lee hat kein Geld mehr. (10)

Down

  • 7. Please fill in the superlative of 'hilfsbereit': Wende dich an Steffi. Sie ist die __ Kollegin. (15)
  • 8. What is the Conditional Tense of the verb 'weggehen' in the third person singular (er)? (6,8)
  • 9. Please fill in the comparative of the adjective 'empfindlich': Meine Haut ist viel __ als deine. (13)
  • 10. What is the Perfect Tense of the verb 'vergessen' when used with the second person plural (ihr)? (4,9)

Top Times

  1. Time: 0:02:05 by Knuffel on 2012-01-31
  2. Time: 0:02:44 by Hannah on 2012-01-31
  3. Time: 0:08:33 by Nici on 2012-01-31
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Südamerikanische Länder auf Englisch

In diesem Blog listen wir euch alle südamerikanischen Länder in englisch auf. Die Länder, die wir in diesem Blog aufzählen, befinden sich im südamerikanischen Raum und werden als Südamerika angerechnet.

 
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Englisch
Argentinien Argentina
Bolivien Bolivia
Brasilien Brazil
Chile Chile
Kolumbien Colombia
Ecuador Ecuador
die Falklandinseln Falkland Islands
Französisch-Guyana French Guyana
Guyana Guyana
Paraguay Paraguay
Peru Peru
Südgeorgien South Georgia
Suriname Suriname
Uruguay Uruguay
Venezuela Venezuela
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die Arbeit – work :-)

Example sentence:
German: Am Montag muss ich wieder zur Arbeit.
English: I have to go to work on Monday again.

]]> http://www.doubletranslate.com/blog/4023/die-arbeit-work/feed 0 Der Aufzug – lift (brit.) elevator (amer.) http://www.doubletranslate.com/blog/4015/der-aufzug-lift-brit-elevator-amer http://www.doubletranslate.com/blog/4015/der-aufzug-lift-brit-elevator-amer#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:11:18 +0000 Nicola @ Double Translate http://www.doubletranslate.com/blog/?p=4015 Learn German Word of the Day – 27th January 2012
der Aufzug – lift/elevator :-)

Example sentence:
German: Bist du schon einmal im Aufzug stecken geblieben?
English: Have you ever been stuck in a lift?

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das Tier – animal :-)

Example sentence:
German: Das arme Tier ist verletzt.
English: The poor animal is injured.

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