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This tongue twister song went viral around the world in 2023. Click here for more about the song

Barbara and rhubarb have a long history with tongue twisters. This one highlights how German compound nouns can be built. It shows how you can break down long works to work out the meaning.  [...]

Jackson (Jacko) Irvine and Connor Metcalfe are both from Melbourne. They are living in Germany playing soccer for FC St Pauli in Hamburg and also for the Australian Socceroos. The FC St Pauli filmed [...]

Everyday language use in German-speaking communities can be frustrating for learners of German as people speak fast and in ways not taught in text books. Easy German has some fantastic tips for learners of [...]

The Wild Bakers accept a challenge to bake a surfboard to ride on the Eisbach in Munich. Watch the video and read about it in this article: https://www.innungsbaecker.de/surfbread-challenge

The Longest German Word or "Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz" refers to a former law dealing with the supervision of beef labeling. Song composed by Gordon Hamilton with help from The Australian National University's UniLodge Choir. Performance [...]

This website for young people provides comprehensive support for students who are deciding what they want to do after school. Begin by thinking about what your strength and aims are in life under 'Was will [...]

"There are about 7,000 languages spoken around the world -- and they all have different sounds, vocabularies and structures. But do they shape the way we think? Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky shares examples of language [...]

A group of Austrian footballers invented a new extreme sport: "Alpine Soccer". This is rumoured to be football at its toughest, as it’s only played on the steepest Alpine slopes. [...]

If you work or study in Germany, you can still enjoy Australian ‘footy’. There are 10 teams of ex-pats and locals playing in their own league in Germany. Berlin Crocodiles Dresden Wolves Frankfurt Redbacks and [...]