Germany was long known as the land of Dichter und Denker (poets and thinkers), including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Hannah Arendt - people who had a remarkable command of their own language. But ...

With this book you can improve your German in a simple, effective and pleasant way. The story, specially written for learners of German, contains only feminine nouns! Thus, the vocabulary can be ...

These three tiny words can change the meaning of a sentence completely. The trick is to think of a timeline and an ...

SCIENCE students who have not been taught German in schools will find this volume very useful in enabling them to read scientific papers published in that language. The essential parts of German ...

Lady Bitch Ray is a stickler for grammar. Photo: DPA On the 20th anniversary of the Rechtschreibreform, controversial German rapper and philologist Lady Bitch Ray has launched a passionate defence of ...

Butchered words and incorrect grammar on WhatsApp and Twitter, and Anglicisms everywhere: For years, critics have been complaining that the German language is deteriorating. But are they right?

Our new columnist Sharon Dodua Otoo will devote her contributions to grammar – as an ode to language. In her first contribution, she looks at verbs and their emancipatory effect. I typically don't ...

When does "the" mean "die"? A German-speaking Twitter user's response of "the boomers" reaped a 12-hour account lockout after it was interpreted as an English-language threat. Over the past weeks, the ...