Projekt: Von A bis Z (F)

I am blogging my way through the alphabet auf Deutsch von A bis Z.  The exercise is to think of as many words as possible in just a few minutes for the letter of the day.  With the exception of the letter "C", this has been easy so far!  "F" should prove to be Fun as well.

If you've missed out on the other letters, you can catch up by clicking here:  (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)




Foods:  das Fleisch (the meat), Frikadelle (meatloaf-style pattie)

Animals:  der Fuchs (the fox); das Flusstier (literally "river animal", hippopotamus); der Frosch (the frog); die Fledermaus (the bat); die Fliege (the fly)

Common Names:  Frank, Friedrich, Frieda, Franz

Cities:  Frankfurt, Friedberg

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Burg Friedberg

Words you might recognize:  der Fisch, der Finger, die Farm, der Frost, der Film

verbs:  finden (to find), fangen (to catch), fragen (to ask), fliegen (to fly)

famous brands/companies:  Faber-Kastell (writing instruments), Fraport (Frankfurt airport)

Tongue Twister (Zungenbrecher):
Fischers *Fritze fischt frische Fische; frische Fische fischt Fischers Fritze.
Fred Fisher fishes fresh fish. It is fresh fish that Fred Fisher fishes.
* "Fritze" is a northern German colloquial form of "Fritz" = "Friedrich".

FINISHED - FERTIG!

Projekt: Von A bis Z (E)

A fast and fun exercise brain-storming auf Deutsch - through the alphabet.  Can you think of other "E" words to add?

Catch up on Projekt von A bis Z:  (A), (B), (C), and (D)


Foods:  die Erdbeeren (literally "earth berries"; strawberries); das Ei, die Eier (the egg, the eggs); die Erbse (the pea); Erbsensuppe (pea soup); Eis (ice cream)

Animals:  die Ente (the duck); der Esel (the donkey); der Elefant (the elephant); der Elch (the elk); die Eidechse (the lizard); das Eichhörnchen (literally, "little oak horn", the squirrel)

Common Names:  Emil, Elena,  Ellen, Erich, Elisabeth, Ernst, Erika, Elfriede

Cities:  Essen, Eisenach

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Eisenach is known for the Wartburg, where Martin Luther was protected and hidden by Frederick the Wise from 1521 to 1522 - and where he translated the Bible from Greek into German.

ALSO:  Johannes Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach in 1685.

Words you might recognize:  das Echo, das Experiment, das Element. die Explosion

verbs:  essen (to eat), erben (to inherit), erzählen (to tell), erhalten (to receive)

famous brands/companies:  Esso (fuel)

DAS ENDE (The End)

Father's Day auf Deutsch

While Germany has adopted many of the American "holidays" such as Valentine's Day and Halloween, some also celebrate Father's Day on the 3rd Sunday in June as we do in America; however, the "real" Vatertag (Father's Day) in Germany is traditionally celebrated on Ascension Day (Christi Himmelsfahrt), which occurs on the 40th day after Easter.

Because the German Father's Day falls on a religious holiday, in many regions of Germany, it is a true day off from work and school.  Some families celebrate Dad (Vater, Vati, Papa, Papi) much like we do with his favorite meal, cake or a Torte, and maybe an outing to a favorite park or walking trail. In some regions, Father's Day is also known as Men's Day (Herrntag) and includes all men - fathers or not.  Its celebration actually involved the men getting a break away from their families - by having men only grill parties or hikes or bike rides ... and can include a lot of indulgences of alcohol and other vices.  Ironically, this "holiday" also has the statistically highest rate of arrests for violence.

As it pertains to this holiday of Father's Day, I think I prefer the American way of celebrating and taking the 3rd Sunday in June to celebrate our fathers with cards, his favorite meal, and lots of spoiling!

Happy Vater's Day!

Projekt: Von A bis Z (D)

This is a continuation of a series of practically unedited blogging through the alphabet IN GERMAN (auf Deutsch).  You can review previous letters - and try to think up your own German words to add, by viewing previous posts:  (A), (B), (C)

Today I am taking 5 to 10 minutes to blog all things I can think of about the letter "D".

der Delfin = the dolphin

Food:   Dampfnudeln (:'steam noodle'; a sort of white bread made of yeast dough, steamed in a pan and then served with various toppings, e.g. sugar, cinnamon, poppy seeds, jam, butter and vanilla sauce)

Animals:  der Dackel (the dachshund), der Dachs (the badger)

Common Names:  Dagmar, Dagbert, Dagobert, Dieter, Dietrich, Daniel, Daniela

Cities:  Darmstadt, Düsseldorf, Dresden, Dortmund

Words you might recognize:  Dokument, Diplomat, Depression, Doppelgänger, Danke

verbs:  dienen (to serve), denken (to think), dürfen (to allow)

famous brands/companies:  Daimler-Benz (Mercedes!), Deutsche Telekom (T-mobil), Deutsche Bahn (German train system), Deutsche Bank (banking)

Deutsche Bahn:  ICE (Inter-City Express) train

And a poem/tongue-twister with lots of D's:

• Denke nie gedacht zu haben, denn das Denken der Gedanken ist gedankenloses Denken. Wenn du denkst, du denkst, dann denkst du nur du denkst, aber denken tust du nie.

Projekt: Von A bis Z (C)

Blogging through the alphabet in German.
See previous posts:  (A) and (B) by clicking on the (letter).

C is not a much used letter in German, actually.  C is pronounced like "tse".  Centuries ago, words now written with a C in German were represented by K or Z, depending on the word.
This post could pose to be more of a (c)hallenge.




Animals: das Chamäleon (chameleon)

Common Names:  Cornelia, Conny, Claudia, Christel, Christina, Conrad, Curt

Cities:  Coburg, Chemnitz, Cochem, Celle

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Reichsburg (castle) on the Mosel River in COCHEM

Words you might recognize:  der Cowboy, der Clown, das Cello, Café, Charakter

German brands/companies:  Commerzbank (financial)

Ciao!