A joint podcast from AllThingsGerman.net and Pension-Sprachschule.de
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This long essay is a work of mock philology, one of several appendices to Twain’s travel novel, A Tramp Abroad. In it, Twain explains, complains about, and shows how one might improve upon various aspects of the (awful) German language. His examples of precisely how the German language is awful include the famed “separable verb” – which allows one to put the first part of a given verb at the beginning – and its second part at the end – of a given clause or sentence (which may, indeed, be ver ...
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comAf Mark Twain
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comAf Mark Twain
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comAf Mark Twain
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comAf Mark Twain
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comAf Mark Twain
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comAf Mark Twain
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We finish the series by talking about sparklers
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A German Christmas decoration
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One of the bringers of presents on Christmas Eve
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Scented candles used in Christmas decorations
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A wooden candle holder shaped like a miner or angel
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A wooden arch-shaped candle holder
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The name for a Nativity scene
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News about our forthcoming transcript store
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A word used to describe the economic climate, with an ironic twist
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A incentive for parents of pre-school children to stay at home and look after them
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A term used to describe one of the choices facing asylum seekers in Germany
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A way of describing an increase in productivity by workforce reduction
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A way of describing the value of an employee in a company
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A way of describing the collective guilt of a nation's people
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A form of self-employment
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A traditional gathering of witches at the end of April
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A term meaning that post is paid for by the recipient.
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A hand-operated dynamo.
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A piece of telephone equipment used to connect people.
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A faster method of data transfer in mobile phone networks
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A method of data transfer in mobile phone networks
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A law in Germany that governs e.g. how prices are displayed
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A Latin abbreviation meaning per procura
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Wort des Jahres 2002
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Wort des Jahres 2003
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A tax on matches and lighters in Germany - now discontinued.
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A tax on sugar in Germany - now discontinued.
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A tax on table salt in Germany - now discontinued.
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A tax on light bulbs in Germany - now discontinued.
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A tax on tea in Germany - now discontinued.
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The Green Party in Germany.
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A liberal political party that is often a coalition partner in Germany.
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A political party founded in the 19th Cenutry in Germany.
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Two political parties founded in the 1940s in Germany.
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The office that is responsible for child welfare in Germany
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The office that organises elections in Germany
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A tax on hunting and fishing
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A tax on dogs in private households
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A system for people living at home on their own to call for help in an emergency
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The mobile phone standard in Germany
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The phone line from the home end to the exchange
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The German word for an STD code
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