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More Or Less Essential Bavarian
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So you're planning a vacation in Bavaria, perhaps for the Oktoberfest? Here's some terms and phrases that will certainly come in handy. Good luck, and have fun.
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Average
10 Q
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PearlQ19
Jun 14 11
348 plays
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Windy Poems in German by James Kruess
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Here are two beautiful poems for children in German by German author/poet James Krüss. Here are "Der Sturm" and "Was Singt Der Wind" Do you understand them?
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Easy
10 Q
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Heidi66
May 11 07
1053 plays
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Peculiar German Expressions
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All languages have sayings that sound strange when translated. See if you know or can guess what these expressions mean.
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Tough
10 Q
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Catamount
May 08 05
2253 plays
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Funny German Words For Another Person
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This will give you ten imaginative words to call or describe another person in German, and a question pertaining to each. Some knowledge of German required. Contains some mild terms of abuse, but nothing obscene. Good luck, and have fun!
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Average
10 Q
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PearlQ19
Jun 08 11
519 plays
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Some German Military Terms
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This quiz will give you some terms in German that all relate to the Bundeswehr (German defense forces). You decide whether each term translates to a rank, a piece of equipment, a unit or something else.
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Average
10 Q
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WesleyCrusher
Feb 25 12
2400 plays
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More Peculiar German Expressions
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A few more German idioms for your enjoyment.
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Tough
10 Q
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catamount
Oct 22 05
909 plays
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German Place Names
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I'm returning to Germany for the first time since I was a student in 1969. Do you recognize the names of the places I want to see?
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Easy
10 Q
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shvdotr
Jun 24 10
849 plays
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False Friends: German-English
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We all know that 'aktuell' does not in fact mean 'actual' - or do we?. Here are some more false friends, some better known than others. Have fun!
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Tough
10 Q
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bloomsby
Feb 12 12
408 plays
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German Modal Verbs
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This quiz on the German modal auxiliary verbs is, I suspect, not exactly elementary. Pick out the closest English translation - and have fun!
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Average
10 Q
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bloomsby
Aug 23 02
3270 plays
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German 101
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Fun questions about German. You don't have to know too much German, guessing is pretty easy.
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Average
10 Q
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maggie99
Mar 01 00
7899 plays
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Hubert's Strange Translations
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Hubert, a German, receives a Green Card. He immediately travels to the United States with his few belongings only to find that his English vocabulary is lacking. So he will have to improvise from German words...
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Average
10 Q
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WesleyCrusher
Feb 20 12
2757 plays
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German - Plurals of Some Common Nouns
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Those who want to communicate effectively in German need to learn the genders and plurals of the nouns. Test your knowledge and have fun.
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Average
10 Q
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bloomsby
Jun 09 01
3396 plays
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Fun with English-German Machine Translation
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This quiz contains ten German sentences as translated from English by an online MT tool. Can you guess the source text? Pay close attention to the multiple choice possibilities, then you should be fine. Good luck!
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Tough
10 Q
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PearlQ19
Oct 08 09
429 plays
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Idiomatic German
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Ten questions on idiomatic German. Some of the questions are basic, while others more advanced. In all cases, choose the most idiomatic option.
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Average
10 Q
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bloomsby
Jul 27 03
2742 plays
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German Surnames
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Can you match the meanings or occupations from which these common German surnames are derived? I'm sure you can. Have fun proving me right.
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Average
10 Q
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shvdotr
Jul 15 13
297 plays
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Animals in German
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I give you the English description of an animal in a few words, and you try to choose the correct (German) answer to each question. Have fun!
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Average
10 Q
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froggyx
Feb 08 13
360 plays
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Der - die - das
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The English language only has one article: 'the'. German has three: 'der' (masculine), 'die' (feminine) and 'das' (neuter). Read the following sentences and decide whether the subject has the correct article or not.
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Average
10 Q
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Chris1013
Oct 30 04
2724 plays
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Translation: English into German
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In each case pick the best and most idiomatic of the German versions. Have fun!
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Difficult
10 Q
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bloomsby
Oct 18 02
4479 plays
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Musical Instruments in German
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I'll give you a musical instrument in German, you tell me what it means in English!
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Average
10 Q
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ladymacb29
Oct 22 00
3162 plays
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German Idioms and Sayings
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Like English, German is rich with idioms and sayings. However, 'Don't count your chickens before they hatch' doesn't mean much when translated - German has its own version. To find out this and more have a go at this difficult, but interesting quiz.
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Tough
10 Q
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hews
Jun 01 01
1818 plays
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False Friends
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There are 200 - 300 words in English and German that look alike but don't mean the same. These are the famous "False Friends". I've picked out a few, so here we go ...
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Average
10 Q
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PearlQ19
Feb 11 03
3999 plays
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German Idiomatic Expressions
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How familiar are you with German expressions? Take this quiz to find out. I'll give the first part of the saying, you'll have to finish it. Good luck!
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Average
10 Q
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PearlQ19
Aug 03 02
1323 plays
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Some German Linguistic Oddities
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This is a miscellany of language questions - some quite demanding. In each case choose the most idomatic version. Have fun!
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Tough
10 Q
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bloomsby
Aug 06 03
1419 plays
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Wie ist das Wetter?
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A relatively easy quiz on how our Teutonic friends describe the weather.
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Average
5 Q
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142857
Jul 14 02
2802 plays
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Ivy's Basic German Language
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As I have only taken two weeks of German classes so far this quiz should be incredibly easy. Please contact me if you see anything wrong with it, or if you like it. Thanks!
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Average
10 Q
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tumblre
Aug 24 03
2919 plays
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The German Language
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This quiz is for German students who know the first basic words of the German language. It will be easy for you.
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Easy
5 Q
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violistchick
Jun 27 00
7596 plays
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