If you plan to visit Germany, the list of 15 easiest German words and phrases to learn for tourists will be very useful to read. Have you ever been in a situation to visit a foreign country without ...

The Germans are famous for using long words used to describe hyper-specific, complex sentiments. For instance, the 26-letter word vergangenheitsbewaeltigung describes the inability to cope with the ...

Mark Twain, mocking "the awful German language," once wrote that "these things are not words, they are alphabetical processions." Which is both the point and delight of Schottenfreude: German Words ...

There’s something so satisfying about a good German word. As The Awl entertainingly demonstrated with their spot-on “There Oughta Be a German Word For This” column, German words somehow define complex ...

The 27th edition of the Duden, the dictionary considered the ultimate arbiter of the German language is out and the book contains 5,000 new additions to the Deutsche vocabulary, reports the German ...

Treppenwitz (literally “stair joke”) refers to a comeback that you only think of after leaving someone’s house; Drachenfutter (“dragon food”) is a penitent meal you may have to cook for a loved one if ...