Germany Considers Big Picture of Lockdown
Unlike most other countries, Germany has asked a multidisciplinary group of philosophers, education specialists, scientists, historians, theologians, and jurists for advice on loosening stay-at-home restrictions
The German federal government relied on a report written by...
Breaking Barriers to German
Alexander Voll celebrates the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
The “Anti-Fascist Protective Barrier,” as the wall was called by East German authorities, divided Berlin for nearly 30 years. Far from protecting...
Did Ford’s Model T Kill Midwest German Dialects?
After decades of research, University of Kansas researcher William Keel believes it was Henry Ford, not Kaiser Bill, who was responsible for the decline of the distinctive German dialects spoken by immigrants and their...
Hitler’s Birthplace to Become Immigrant Language Center
In an interesting turn of events, the Austrian guesthouse where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 is likely to become a language center for immigrants it has been reported.
The future of the building in...
German Gender Disagreement
The Association for German Language (GfdS) is calling for end to the practice of using an asterisk to make gender-specific nouns seem gender-neutral in German, reports Deutsche Welle.
In the same way that the asterisk...
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