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Saturday, August 15, 2026

German - easy words and confusing words for English Speakers

  Where can you learn and practise speaking German? 

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You can use German in Germany, Austria and German-speaking parts of Switzerland.  Also Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, and parts of Belgium and Italy.

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German - English Confusing words

eine Pause (machen) - (take) a break (not a shorter pause)


Easy German - English words

Job - job
komisch - (funny/comical) strange
das klingt - it sounds (makes a clinking sound)
das kollegin - colleague
recht - right
reparieren - to repair / fix
schuh - shoe
schwer - difficult (so difficult that it makes me swear) 
stressig - stressful
suchen - search for/look for
tippen - to type
dr Urlaub - vacation (urge to lay up on a beach)

I am learning German on Duolingo. The main languages, such as English, French and German, have had an upgrade. There are now exercises, in speaking and listening.

Useful English-German websites



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