On road signs you can often see the inscription “Anlieger frei”. The dictionary will tell you that we are talking about the owner of the plot. But why not Eigentümer or Besitzer? Let’s look at the owners.
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German test B2 (C1). German discussion phrases and statement phrases
In this topic, the main phrases for discussion and statement (Erörterung, Äußerung) for German test B2 (Telc B2 Beruf, Telc B2 Allgemein, Goethe B2). All topics for B2 are in the process of being written and can be supplemented and changed. UPD 10.10
From horror to anxiety: fürchten, Angst haben, erschrecken, bangen, entsetzen
In a series of words associated with fear, the question evokes, rather, not its direct meaning – an expression of fear, but rather a secondary one – an expression of concern and apprehension. Let’s go from the maximum expression of fear to the minimum.
All b1 German speaking topics (DTZ, telc b1). Part 2
We continue our all b1 German speaking topics. In the first part we had numerous topics related to family life and everyday life. Now more compact topics dedicated to medicine, healthy lifestyle, sports, work, shopping, pensioners, etc.
Reach an agreement: vereinbaren vs verabreden, ausmachen etc.
Today we’ll talk about agreements, these will be verbs vereinbaren vs verabreben, ausmachen (abmachen), absprechen vs einigen sich, übereinkommen and nouns Vereinbarung, Verabredung, Abmachung.
Fahrstuhl or Aufzug or Lift
The German dictionary consists of 33 volumes and about 320 thousand words. It took more than a hundred years to compile it, and another 60 years to process it. And this is not surprising, because they have several words for many things. Take for example “lift”: Fahrstuhl or Aufzug or Lift or Paternoster.
Description of a person’s appearance in German. 3. How to avoid repetition in essay
German language, with its very fixed order, requires special attention to repeating of the beginning of a sentence. Here we will look, how to avoid repetition in essay in German. Also, in any essay in any language, it is very important not to repeat verbs. In describing appearance, the verb “to have” is too active. Therefore, let’s explore alternative verbs and constructions.
Describe appearance of a person in German. Body and clothing
We continue to describe appearance of a person in German. In the first part, it was about the head, but the appearance is most often not exhausted by it. We turn to the length and width and other characteristics of the body and clothing.
Describing people’s appearance in German (Personenbeschreibung)
Describing people’s appearance in German is difficult types of essay. You should, firstly, know the appropriate words, and secondly, correlate these words with the appearance of a person. At best, people are able to name eye color, hair color, hair length, and eye/mouth size. It is no less difficult in this type of essay to preserve a variety of sentence structures. It is clear that without training it will be a continuous “he has …”
The first part is about the basic principles of describing people’s appearance in German. An example of possible assessment by the teacher and adjectives for different parts of the head are given.
Separable verbs in German
Separable verbs in German are not so difficult, but they require constant attention, even for those who already speak German well and this makes the rule difficult. In addition to the basic rule, let’s also consider how (in)separable verbs combinations with noun, pronoun, adjective are written (Rad fahren, kennenlernen, leidtun, wieder sehen / wiedersehen, etc.).