German is known for its extremely long compound words—Mark Twain once complained that some were “so long they have a perspective.” This quick video demonstrates how those words are constructed.

How you say words is often different in German. Learn about phonics in German in this guide for students aged 11 to 14 from BBC Bitesize.

The usage of Modern German words in Yiddish was also embraced by the Forverts, which was founded in 1897. The name “Forverts” is itself not a Yiddish word.

Yankees righty Domingo German was ejected from a 6-3 victory over the Blue Jays Tuesday, after umpires checked his hands for what was "extremely shiny and extremely sticky" stuff during a tense ...

We had already said those words in English, but hearing them in her language added a layer of intimacy neither of us expected. Iara is German and I had recently started learning how to speak in ...

German denied Hoye's accusation, saying he didn't have anything on his hand other than rosin. ... "I've got some choice words about that, but I'm just going to keep that off the record," Judge said.