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.

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)
Face-to-face German lessons in the Manchester Connecticut area (USA)
This page was last updated February 23 2009.

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German Books

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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 Inspect/Order Learn German the Fast and Fun Way

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. Inspect/Order 2001 German and English Idioms

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. Inspect/Order Easy Ways to Enlarge Your German Vocabulary

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. Inspect/Order Hammer's German Grammar and Usage

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. Inspect/Order The Berlitz Self-Teacher: German

German Quick and Simple By Pimsleur Audio CD. For about $15 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. Inspect/Order German Quick and Simple Click here for Audio Cassette edition

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 $10 you can get started in German and not risk too much money. Inspect/Order German [ABRIDGED] Click here for Audio Cassette edition

German I Comprehensive By Pimsleur Audio CD. The best way to start learning on your own. Inspect/Order German I Comprehensive Audio CD.

German II: Comprehensive By Pimsleur Audio CD. A continuation of German I. Inspect/Order German II: Comprehensive Click here for Audio Cassette edition

German III: Comprehensive By Pimsleur Audio CD. A great continuation of German I and II Inspect/Order German III: Comprehensive Click here for Audio Cassette edition

German IV: Plus By Pimsleur Audio CD. To be used after Comprehensive German III. Inspect/Order German IV: Plus Click here for Audio Cassette edition

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. Inspect/Order Mastering German Vocabulary

The Assimil method for learning languages. It's worth waiting for delivery. Assimil German

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German On-Line Dictionaries Top of Page German Online dictionary Tu-chemnitz.de German / English dictionary and translator From LingvoSoft German-English Dictionary From Leo.org German-English Online Dictionary From langtolang.com Online German Dictionary From Thefreedictionary.com German Online dictionary By the University of Leipzig In German German / English translation dictionary By Dict.cc 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 Translation dictionary, German + other languages By Bab.la Can look up English expressions, like chicken out English-German Dictionary From Sensagent.com To and from many other languages, translation dictionary. List of German Online dictionaries From LanguageAutomation.com

German Translating Top of Page 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 English/German translator babelfish.yahoo.com

German Radio and TV Top of Page Internet broadcasts change their addresses frequently. These were accurate as of November 2008. German Videos Euro News in German Click on Nachrichtenvideos Short German news videos Der Spiegel 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 Deutsche Welle - German and other languages Live TV is expressly blocked for the USA! German Radio From Radio Austria International. German and other languages. Click on DW-Radio German Radio from Radio Taiwan. 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 German TV List of stations from wwitv.com

German Newspapers and Magazines Top of Page German Magazine Der Spiegel website Subscription to Der Spiegel From Amazon.com German Magazine Der Stern 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 Top of Page German President's site Bundespraesident.de Horst Köhler German Government's site Bundesregierung.de Bundeskanzlerin 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 Top of Page German Search Engine Web.de German Search Engine Yahoo in German

Websites for learning German Top of Page 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!. German keyboard: Type accented German letters by Lexilogos Type German letters with their accents. You can copy and paste into a Word document!. Instructions in French. Fun English/German picture dictionary from Enchantedlearning.com On Line German verb conjugations By Verbix.com

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