Peter Schilling’s song “Major Tom” is one of the most popular German songs of the Neue Deutsche Welle movement in Germany. It has even been translated to English and you may have heard it before - if so, you will definitely recognize the chorus, which has a very nice memorable melody. Discover Peter Schilling’s take on the tale of Major Tom, learn a lot of German words related to space (and not just those), understand Germany’s historic contribution to space research, perfect your knowledge of German participles… GermanPod101 helps you improve your German in a fun and interesting way!
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2 Responses to “Intermediate Lesson #7 - Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst) - Peter Schilling”
Wednesday at 6:30 pm
Wie findet ihr diese Lieder, die Vokabeln aus einem bestimmten Bereich lehren? Also hier z. B. Vokabeln aus der Raumfahrt, und in “Indianer” Vokabeln aus Western…
Wednesday at 7:42 pm
Das All comes from das Weltall (outer space). Maybe you won’t confuse it with alle (all) if you remember that.
if you want to know more about the European Space Program you should look at the European Space Agency’s activities. their homepage and ESA Homepage for Germany
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