Can you help me find a particular funny story about the German language? [more inside]
posted on Aug 15, 2008 - 11 answers 
What's the excruciatingly correct pronunciation of Berlin-based academic publisher Walter de Gruyter? [w] or [v]? What about their subsidiary, Mouton de Gruyter? Bonus points for IPA.
posted on Aug 4, 2008 - 10 answers
How do you pronounce the "sz" in a German word or name that begins with it, such as "Szigen" (like the festival) or "Szaggars"?
posted on May 23, 2008 - 14 answers
I'd like to get a German dictionary/language program for my Blackberry Curve. Any recommendations or caveats? [more inside]
posted on May 16, 2008 - 1 answers
What does the German word Erbpräfektor mean? I have some genealogical data in German. I don't speak German. The data mentions a man whose occupation was Erbpräfektor. What does that mean? If context helps, he lived in Germany in the 19th Century. My dead tree German-English dictionary fails me, as does dict.cc and Babel Fish.
posted on Feb 2, 2008 - 15 answers
I have one year (actually about 11 months and 20 days) to learn German from almost scratch. Help! [more inside]
posted on Sep 10, 2007 - 30 answers
Does anyone know the German word that means, roughly, 'accidental expert'? [more inside]
posted on Sep 1, 2007 - 7 answers
Help me with a German sentence (quote?).
German speakers: is the following sentence a quote from German literature? It's in reference to a picture of a Jewish headstone with pebbles on it.
"Wieviel Wissen wird unter diesen Steinen liegen"
Just wondering if this is a literary quote, or merely the musings of the commentor.
posted on Jul 23, 2007 - 4 answers
Sound (or video with sound) clip of the "Happy Birthday" song ... sung in German? [more inside]
posted on Jun 28, 2007 - 3 answers
What language should I study? [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2007 - 25 answers
What is the German word for a beer enjoyed at the top of a summit that you have just climbed?
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posted on Apr 28, 2007 - 6 answers
I'm looking for a German word or phrase that: 1) means understood, agreed, got it, capisce, message received, or something along those lines; and 2) can be somewhat easily mangled into sounding like "gooshday". [more inside]
posted on Feb 28, 2007 - 18 answers
My brother and I would like to learn German. Any book recommendations or other tips? [more inside]
posted on Jun 1, 2006 - 30 answers
DictionaryFilter: Looking for a good Italian-Italian style/usage dictionary, ideally just like the Duden #3 Stilwoerterbuch for German (Italian examples, simple words, covers questions of usage more than definitions) [more inside]
posted on May 1, 2006 - 6 answers
How do I make a multi-lingual best man's speech at a German wedding? [more inside]
posted on Apr 3, 2006 - 6 answers
A long time ago, I was given to understand that there was a German word to denote "the sheer cussedness of things"... [more inside]
posted on Mar 1, 2006 - 14 answers
GermanLanguageFilter/TheologyFilter. What is the correct pronunciation of the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr's name? Definitive opinions sought. [more inside]
posted on Feb 26, 2006 - 10 answers
I've decided that I would like to learn German from my best friend, who is Austrian. We have no idea how to go about doing this. We're thinking that I need to learn basic grammar and syntax first, but I'm not terribly concerned with reading or writing German. I'd like to get some textbook and curriculum recommendations and hear from anyone who has taught their native language to a friend.
posted on Oct 20, 2005 - 10 answers
What sort of daily time commitment is required to make strong progress in picking up a language? Granted, this varies greatly from person to person, but I want to hear about your experiences. I can only muster 45 minutes of German grammar a day. Will this get me somewhere, or am I chasing after wind?
posted on May 17, 2005 - 14 answers
How do you pronounce the German name Mies, as in Mies van der Rohe? Does it rhyme with keys?
posted on Sep 24, 2004 - 13 answers
