As much as English-speakers might feel insecure about their Deutsch skills when faced with Germans' comparatively widespread grasp of English, Germans themselves often mess up English - in some pretty hilarious ways.
Whether just graduated, just dumped or just now trying to figure yourself out, sometimes you're just at a loss for words in your twenties. But Germans are here to help.
The German language is known for having words that describe things perfectly. We spoke to a German blogger to put together a list of some of the best ones.
In light of Twitter contemplating upping its character limit, the German Foreign Office tweeted a German word with 63 characters on Wednesday, garnering lots of likes and retweets on the social media platform.
An Italian expat in Berlin decided to start inventing German words for comical, angst-ridden everyday situations - but now that he's started, he just can't stop.
How do you know when you've become a true master of the German language? Here are 12 sure ways of recognizing that your language skills make you as good as local.
Most English-speakers will know exactly what words like bodybag, peeling and timer mean. But in German these familiar words are used to mean something completely different. How many of the English words in our Local List can you guess the meaning of?
“GroKo” was named as German word of the year on Friday morning - an abbreviation for the planned “grand coalition” government between Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the Social Democrats.
