These ten novels, ranging from the late 19th century to the last couple of years, are modern German classics. Earning international acclaim, each one is essential reading.
After the death of a pregnant woman and her baby in Cologne, who died after taking a poisonous glucose preparation, the public prosecutor's office is now investigating two employees of a pharmacy.
Do you need to have fluent German to live and work in Germany? It's a debate that provokes strong reactions. Now a new study has found strong language skills increase foreigners' chances of being paid more.
Today’s word of the day is one you are likely to stumble on if you're making it to Munich for the last days of Oktoberfest. It's widely used in southern Germany (and Austria).
Why do we sometimes find ourselves staring into space for no reason? And why don’t we have a word for this in English? Well the Bavarians do: die Goaßgschau.
Whether just graduated, just dumped or just now trying to figure yourself out, sometimes you're just at a loss for words in your twenties. But Germans are here to help.
The historical term Ehrenmann is experiencing a revival thanks to the Deutschrap scene, so much so it was named the Youth Word of the Year in 2018, alongside its feminine equivalent Ehrenfrau.
A nationwide debate was triggered after a conservative politician suggested children who don’t speak German well enough shouldn’t be allowed to start school. Here’s what you had to say.
A high profile politician with Angela Merkel’s CDU party says children with insufficient German language skills should be held back from starting school.
We recently looked at the English words that Germans can’t pronounce. And now we are turning the tables and discovering the German words which native-English speakers struggle to say.
