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How to Learn German

German is spoken primarily in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein. It is an inflected language: nouns and verbs change their endings according to their syntactical use.
German and English share much of their vocabulary, for example: Finger, Hand, Arm, warm, Wolf, making German fairly easy for English speakers.
We particularly recommend the Deutsche Welle on-line German course.
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Books for learning German (on this page)
Software for learning German
German On-Line Dictionaries (on this page)
German Translating (on this page)
German Radio and TV (on this page)
German Newspapers and Magazines (on this page)
German Websites, Portals and Interesting Links (on this page)
German Search Engines (on this page)
Websites for learning German (on this page)
This page was last updated March 08 2008.

German Books

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[German language Fast and Fun Way]
Learn German the Fast and Fun Way

By Paul G. Graves

For German Beginners.
In just minutes a day you'll pick up the German you need for everyday situations--from meeting and greeting people to asking directions and handling simple business transactions. You'll learn basic vocabulary for directions, finding your way, introductions, entertainment, dining, shopping, banking, using the telephone and mail services, medical help and emergencies. Includes a cassette and pronunciation guide plus vocabulary cards and a pull-out bilingual dictionary
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[German IDIOMS]
2001 German and English Idioms

By Henry Strutz

German idioms and expressions.
Two separate alphabetical listings give definitions in German-to-English, and English-to-German. The definition of each idiom is followed by an illustrative sentence in both languages. Bilingual appendices touch on irregular verbs, standard abbreviations, and related language topics.
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[German Vocabulary]
Easy Ways to Enlarge Your German Vocabulary

By Karl A. Schmidt

A surprisingly low-priced book that will really help the English speaker learn and understand thousands more German words. Not for the complete beginner.
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[German Grammar]
Hammer's German Grammar and Usage, Fourth Edition

By Martin Durrell

This is a grammar reference and manual of current German usage that focuses on how Germans really speak. The book gives great examples of the grammar so you don't have to guess what it means.
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[German Berlitz]
The Berlitz Self-Teacher: German

By Berlitz

A book that teaches you German grammar through examples and good usage, rather than technical explanations. Old but judged effective by reviewers. A good, simplified grammar book.
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[German Pimsleur]
German Quick and Simple

By Pimsleur

Audio CD. For about $14 you can get a good start learning German. This set of 4 audio CD's gives you 8 of Pimsleur's excellent language teaching. It uses the same method as the larger comprehensive courses, but gets you going for a lot less money. If you like it, you can move up to the comprehensive courses. This book sells well, but one person returned it since April 1, 2004.
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[German course pimsleur]
German [ABRIDGED]

By Pimsleur

Audio CD. This is the way to start learning German with the Pimsleur method. It is a shortened version of the full-length comprehensive course, but uses the same method. For around $25 you can get started in German and not risk too much money.
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[German Pimsleur]
German I Comprehensive

By Pimsleur

Audio CD. The best way to start learning on your own.
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[German Pimsleur]
German II: Comprehensive

By Pimsleur

Audio CD. A continuation of German I.
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[German Pimsleur]
German III: Comprehensive

By Pimsleur

Audio CD. A great continuation of German I and II
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[German Pimsleur]
German IV: Plus

By Pimsleur

Audio CD. To be used after Comprehensive German III.
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[German Vocabulary]
Mastering German Vocabulary: A Thematic Approach

By Gabriele Forst

This book groups words in a natural context, making it much easier to learn new vocabulary, whether in a class or on one's own.
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The Assimil method for learning languages. It's worth waiting for delivery.
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German On-Line Dictionaries

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German Online dictionary Tu-chemnitz.de

German dictionary From Foreignword.com - Dictionary Search Tool - DictSearch - Search on-line

German / English dictionary and translator From LingvoSoft

German-English Dictionary From Leo.org

German-English Online Dictionary From langtolang.com

Dictionary. Type in an English word, it gives meaning, synonyms in English, plus German and several other languages. From Dictionary.searchwords.com

Dictionary. Type in an English word, it gives meaning, synonyms in English, plus German and several other languages. From Answers.com

German Online dictionary By the University of Leipzig In German

German-English Dictionary From Allwords.com Definitions in several languages. Related idioms.

English-German Dictionary From Babylon.com

German-English Dictionary From Babylon.com

German Dictionary From Ultralingua.net Also other languages. Well designed, but not complete.

German Dictionary, Verb Conjugator By Logos.it Definitions, translations, antonyms, words in context. A lot of interesting things on the site. Stay around and browse.

Translation dictionary, German + other languages By Woxikon

List of German Online dictionaries From LanguageAutomation.com



German Translating

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German / English translator A Translator from Russia. Translate.ru. Quite good.

German / English translator From FreeTranslation.com

German / English translator From Langenberg translation

Online German translation From France3.fr

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German Radio and TV

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Internet broadcasts change their addresses frequently. These were accurate as of Feb 2008.

German TV live From N-TV.de Click on TV then livestream.

German TV Euro News in German Videos are free. Live TV is not free.

News Videos in German By zoomin.tv Right click on the image, then select Speed, then Slow. It actually slows down the speech and makes it easier to understand.

German Radio and video on demand From Die Deutche Welle - German and other languages Video live is deliberately blocked to visitors from the USA>

German Radio From Radio Austria International. German and other languages. Click on Webradio

German Radio from Radio Taiwan. Listen online

German Radio from Radio Sweden. Listen online Click on Sendung Anhoren

German Radio from Radio Japan. Listen online

German Radio, list of stations from ituner.com. Listen online

List of broadcasters from many countries. By Open Directory Project

German TV List of stations from Broadcast Live

German radio broadcasts List of stations from Web-Radio 2000

German TV List of stations from Comfm

Live Streaming German TV From Tagesschau.de Goes directly to the stream.

German radio List of stations from InternetRadioIndex.com

German TV List of stations from wwitv.com



German Newspapers and Magazines

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German Magazine Der Spiegel website

Subscription to Der Spiegel From Amazon.com

German Magazine Der Stern website

German Magazine Focus website

German Newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung website

German Newspapers and Magazines From AllYouCanRead.com

List of German Newspapers and Magazines From OnLineNewspapers.com

List of German Newspapers From MIT libraries

Scientific American magazine, German edition Website Spektrum der Wissenschaft

Spektrum der Wissenschaft magazine subscription From Amazon.com



German Websites, Portals and Interesting Links

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German President's site Bundespraesident.de Horst Köhler

German Government's site Bundesregierung.de Angela Merkel

German Airline Lufthansa (auf Englisch)

All about Germany From Wikipedia

Visit Salzburg Austria Visit-salzburg.net Webcams, photos, tourism.

German Cheeses from Cheese.com



Search Engines in German

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German Search Engine Web.de

German Search Engine Yahoo in German



Websites for learning German

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Online German course Die Deutsche Welle has an excellent online German course. Audio and printed course.

Online German course BBC Learn German online

German Grammar Online From travlang.com

On Line Encyclopedia in German From Wikipedia

German proverbs From Wikipedia

Learn German online From Wikipedia

German words or homophones with different meanings according to their gender from About.com

Learning German for speakers of Polish From Polskieradio.pl Hear and read the text in German. You need to know Polish to use this, directions and spoken explanations are in Polish.

German proverbs From Wikiquote

Sounds made by animals, in German From About.com

The Words of German Christmas Carol Stille Nacht scroll down

The Words of German Christmas Carol Heil'ge Nacht here

HTML Character Codes for German From Penn State University Scroll down.

ALT key Codes for German From Penn State University How to type German characters in email.

Type accented German letters by Tomasz P. Szynalski Type German letters with their accents. You can copy and paste into a Word document!.

Fun English/German picture dictionary from Enchantedlearning.com

On Line German verb conjugations By Verbix.com

German sounds Hear the sounds of German at Fonetiks.org Click on "echt" "euch" "euer" "Tag(e) "Knie" "Schön!".





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