A German Learning Clown

i would call a phone "das Handy" and use eszett and umlauts. i would stay up all night reading Hegel with my Freund*innen. i'll raise finite verbs to second position in matrix clauses. i would conjugate unergative verbs in the impersonal passive every day. i am also more likely to hear front rounded vowels and labial affricates.

well, can your language do this?

die Acrylfarbe – acrylic paint die Aquarellfarbe – watercolour paint das Aquarellpapier – watercolour paper das Bindemittel – binder; binding agent die Borsten (pl.) – bristles der Fächerpinsel – fan brush die Farbe – colour; paint der Firnis (pl. die Firnisse) – varnish die Gouache – gouache die Grundierung – primer das Harz (pl. die Harze) – resin das Leinöl – linseed oil die Leinwand (pl. die Leinwände) – canvas der Malgrund (pl. die Malgründe) – [painting] surface der Malkasten – paintbox das Malmittel – medium der Napf (pl. die Näpfe) – pan [of watercolour] die Ölfarbe – oil paint das Ölmalpapier – oil painting paper die Palette – palette das Palettenmesser – palette knife das Pigment (pl. die Pigmente) – pigment der Pinsel (pl. die Pinsel) – brush der Schwamm – sponge der Spachtel – painting knife die Staffelei – easel die Tafel – panel das Terpentinöl – turpentine die Tube – tube das Verdünnungsmittel – thinner das Wassergefäß – water container

die Acrylmalerei – acrylic painting das Aquarell – watercolour der Effekt (pl. die Effekte) – effect der Entwurf – sketch, outline die Komposition – composition die Lasur – glaze die Lavierung – wash die Malerei – painting die Ölmalerei – oil painting die Skizze – sketch der Pinselstrich (pl. die Pinselstriche) – brushstroke die Technik – technique die Textur – texture der Ton (pl. die Töne) – shade; tone

aquarellieren – to paint in watercolours aufspannen – to stretch lasieren – to glaze malen – to paint maskieren – to mask mischen – to mix; to blend reinigen – to clean trocknen – to dry tupfen – to dab tüpfeln – to dot überziehen – to coat verdünnen – to thin; to dilute

blass – pale dunkel – dark durchsichtig – transparent; clear flüssig – liquid glatt – smooth gleichmäßig – even; consistent lichtdurchlässig – translucent marmoriert – marbled monochrom – monochrome nass – wet rissig – cracked transparent – transparent trocken – dry überlappend – overlapping wasserlöslich – water soluble

German Resources

German grammar drills

ISBN: ‏  978-1260116250

https://amzn.to/37EkE5f

The everything essential german book

ISBN: 978-1440567575

https://amzn.to/3toUBaN

Barron’s German Grammar

ISBN: 978-0812042962

https://amzn.to/3wmLBEX

SparkNotes German Grammar

ISBN: 978-1411470408

https://amzn.to/37KQjCe

DW - Deutsche Welle - Germany’s public broadcaster

https://www.dw.com/de/

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dw-breaking-world-news/id498833085

The app will match the language settings of the phone, so you will need to change it to German manually

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idmedia.android.newsportal&hl=en_US&gl=US

DW Learners - German resources for learners

https://www.dw.com/de/deutsch-lernen/s-2055

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dw-learn-german/id1224076534

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dw.learngerman&hl=en_US&gl=US

ORF - Österreichischer Rundfunk - Austria’s public broadcaster

https://der.orf.at/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.orf.news&hl=en_US&gl=US - the website

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/orf-tvthek-video-on-demand/id452214869?l=de - TV component only

Deutsche Welle - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIgOXM2JEQ2Pv2d0_PVfcg

Kurzgesagt - YouTube - edutainment YouTube channel with English versions of every video on another channel

https://www.youtube.com/c/KurzgesagtDE 

MrWissen2go - YouTube - German current events spoken by a man with clear pronunciation

https://www.youtube.com/c/MrWissen2go

Linguee - Dictionary - The most accurate one I’ve experienced with lots of example sentence so you can parse which similar word is the right one for you

https://www.linguee.com/

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dictionary-linguee/id338225335

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.linguee.linguee&hl=en_US&gl=US

Reverso - Conjugation

https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-german.html

Wiktionary - Noun and adjective declension

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! I’m back with another post relating to studying, but keep in mind that these tips are not one-size-fit-all, so please feel free to implement if you think it will be helpful for you! I personally don’t like forcing myself chunks of words, so I think that learning through music and any activities you like such as watching movies actively would also be really fun!