beer

How to sound just like a Berliner in ten easy steps

Berliners are famously impatient with newcomers. So if you use a bit of local jargon, you might just win their respect - or you could end up looking like an idiot. But it's good to know the Berlin dialect anyway.

Language and culture

QUIZ: How well do you know German phrases?

Do you actually know what Germans are talking about or hast du einen Vogel?

offbeat

Wacky animal phrases to goose your German

Are you suffering from a raging tomcat after a heavy night out? Or are people saying you've got a bird and you just don't understand what they mean? Germany certainly doesn't hold back when it comes to animal-based idioms. We take a look at a few of the funniest.

Food and Drink

Nine tasty German food and drink idioms

Because apparently, even when Germans aren't talking about food... they still like to talk about food.