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Learn German with GermanPod101.com! It seems you are stuck without your German homework once again—this time for a very important reason: you were celebrating your birthday! What better excuse than that? Maybe you can bribe your teacher for a little extra time if you give her some leftover birthday cake!

In this German Upper Beginner lesson you will learn the beginning rule of forming the perfect tense in German, which is very important. You will also learn about popular German cakes and if you want, you can try the recipes before you ever get to Germany! Visit us at GermanPod101.com, where you will find many more fantastic German lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

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Learn German with GermanPod101.com! You have recently started receiving the newspaper in Germany after a few days of your newspaper being stolen out of your mailbox. You are glad that the thief has decided to move on so now you can read the German newspaper each day before you go to work. For a whole week, you get to read the German newspaper, but then the thief seems to show back up. Frustrated, you go into work without reading your German morning newspaper. A colleague asks you what is wrong, and you reply in German, “I just don’t understand. What kind of person takes a newspaper?” Your colleague replies in German, “Has your newspaper been stolen again?” You tell her what has transpired over the last week. You are ready to do something about the newspaper thief. You just have to decide what. You would like to read the newspaper that you pay for each day.

Learning German with GermanPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn German! This German lesson will teach you the German passive voice for the perfect tense. We will also inform you of the crime rate in Germany, which is much less than in most places. Safety comes first in this lesson! Visit us at GermanPod101 where you will find many more fantastic German lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!


Learn German with GermanPod101.com! After a long day of work, you and some German colleagues decide to gather at a popular German pub to relax and kick off the weekend. You are new to the company so your new German colleagues are asking you many questions and in turn, you are asking them several questions. They now learned where you are from and they think you speak German pretty well considering you have not been in Germany long. When you ask one of your colleagues where he is from, he replies in German, “I am a Berliner.” You look at him oddly and reply in German, “I don’t get it. You are a jelly donut?” The table gets quiet and then everyone begins to laugh loudly. You are still befuddled and think your colleague is playing a joke on you. When your colleague finally calms down, he replies in German, “You must either be REALLY hungry, or you still need some serious practice with your German!!” By the end of the night, your German colleagues have given you the well-earned nickname of the “German jelly donut.” What a name to live up to!

Learning German with GermanPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn German! This German Intermediate lesson will teach you all about the perfect tense of the German verb “to have.” We will also teach you a phrase that you should not say to your boss along with some tricky German phrases. In addition, we’ll tell you about the best transportation to take while in traveling in and through Germany. Visit us at GermanPod101 where you will find many more fantastic German lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!


In todays lesson we are going to focus on a song by Wolfgang Petry. The German singer is famous for the huge amout of friendship bracelets he used to wear on his arm. Wild hair and a mustache made him pretty easy to distinguish. But more than for his looks he is famous for catchy beats and lyrics one can easily memorize. Todays example is often played at German barbecues or mass festivities. Listen to an excerpt of today’s song at Amazon.com. Americans can also buy a legal mp3 of the full song right there; international visitors will have to go to 7digital instead.

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Welcome back, dear listeners! GermanPod101 is pausing the beginner lessons this week, but if you have to get your fix, the intermediate series is here to help out. Today we are going to cover the Song “Heute hier, Morgen dort” by Hannes Werder. It’s a popular folk song that sometimes can be found in contemporary song books.

Listen to an excerpt of today’s song at Amazon.com. Americans can also buy a legal mp3 of the full song right there; international visitors will have to go to 7digital instead.

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