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German
German is one of the West Germanic languages with somewhere around 130 million speakers mainly from Germany, Switzerland and Austria.The Germanic languages are a language family (including English and German) deriving from proto-Germanic itself descended from proto-Indo-European.
The German language
Nouns have separate articles and can be either masculine: der Apfel 'the apple', feminine die Zitrone 'the lemmon' or neuter das Obst. Nouns are capitalized.Nouns decline and verbs conjugate.
Those who wish to attain fluency in German in need to learn a large amount of grammar. However people whose intention in leaning German language is to reach a practical level of communication and politeness will not find grammatical issues pose many difficulties. A brief outline of German grammar is here.
German and English are both West Germanic languages and there remain many obvious similarities between English and German vocabulary. E.g. in the names of family members, 'Bruder' and 'brother', 'Mutter' and 'mother', 'Vater' and 'father', 'Schwester' and 'sister.
Links
Deutsche Welle International broadcasts from Germany including language learning resources.www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german Grammar and language notes from the beeb.
Basic German Grammar
Related languages. West Germanic
Afrikaans, Dutch, English, YiddishRelated languages. North Germanic
Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, IcelandicGerman Phrases
A few first words. 1
A few first words. 2
A few first words. 3
A few first words. Food and drink
At the restaurant. Words and phrases. 1
At the restaurant. Words and phrases. 2
At the restaurant. Words and phrases. 3
At the restaurant. Words and phrases. 4
Food and drink. General phrases
Bathroom. Items found in the bathroom. 1
Bathroom. Items found in the bathroom. 2
Bedroom. Items found in the bedroom
Days. General
Days of the week
Domestic and other animals. 1
Domestic and other animals. 2
Eating. Items
Birds
Some common nouns. 1
Some common nouns. 2
Some common nouns. 3
Compass and planets
Drink. 1
Drink. 2
Drink. 3
Words to do with food. Meat
Words to do with food. Fruit and Vegetables
Words to do with food. General. 1
Words to do with food. General. 2
Directions
Geographical. 1
Geographical. 2
In the city. 1
In the city. 2
Key words and phrases. 1
Key words and phrases. 2
Numbers. 0 to 10
Numbers. 11 to 20
Numbers. 20 and over
Parts of the body
Places and buildings. 1
Places and buildings. 2
Places and buildings. 3
Places and buildings. 3
The hotel. 1
The hotel. 2
The hotel. 3
Months of the year
Telling the time. 1
City and street. 1
City and street. 2
City and street. 3
The house. 1
The house. 2
The childrens room. 1
The childrens room. 2
The dining room. 1
The dining room. 2
The hall
The kitchen. Appliances
The kitchen. 1
The kitchen. 2
The living room. 1
The living room. 2
The living room. 3
Travel. 1
Travel. 2
Travel. 3
Travel. 4
Useful phrases. 1
Useful phrases. 2
Vehicles
Weather and seasons
Weather
Zoo. Animals found in a zoo. 1
Zoo. Animals found in a zoo. 2
Zoo. Animals found in a zoo. 3
Family
Buying things. General phrases
Buying. Things to buy. 1
Buying. Things to buy. 2
Buying. Things to buy. 3
Buying. Things to buy. 4