Facts and Episodes
about Germany, the Germans and the German language
Other countries – other customs: To tip or not to tip?
For continental Europeans, the German tipping culture is not a problem. On the continent, habits are largely similar. For U.S. Americans in particular, however, the German tipping culture holds surprises in store. Tipping is also popular here - especially in...
Fitness Test: German Prepositions
For anyone who wants to learn another language, prepositions can be like little devils. "Which preposition goes with which verb?" Logic alone is often not enough to answer this question. The result: mistakes. So far this applies to many languages. Anyone who wants to...
The number of the month July 2024: 82.7
82.7 million people live in Germany according to the latest census. This makes Germany by far the most populous country in the European Union. France follows in second place with 68.2 million and Italy in third place with 59 million people. At the other end of the...
Winner by Points:
Face-to-Face! This applies at least to the area in which we can consider ourselves experts: German language training for managers. Just two or three years ago, we saw things very differently ourselves. On the contrary, the pandemic-related restrictions seemed to have...
How the Decision Tree Found its Way into our German Language Training
I had done my best and tried to explain to my American client Tom when to use 'haben' as an auxiliary verb and when to use 'sein' in the perfect German. But Tom wasn't entirely satisfied. "That's certainly right, Niels. But I'm an engineer, and as an engineer, I love...
Sergio and the advice-resistant Pizzaiolo
Sergio was hungry. Nothing big - maybe a quick pizza. So I went with Sergio to one of the Meersburg pizzerias. Our pizzas were surprisingly good. It's not easy to find a really good pizza in the many Italian restaurants that exist in Germany. But both our pizzas were...
A historic date: July 20
July 20 is a special date for many Germans. On 20 July 1944, Count Stauffenberg tried to kill Adolf Hitler with a bomb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_von_Stauffenberg Unfortunate circumstances prevented this assassination attempt from being successful. Hitler...
Business German: Presenting Facts and Figures in German
In terms of grammar, Business German hardly differs from German as a general language. In terms of vocabulary, however, it differs a lot.. And here the purchasing manager in the automotive industry needs a largely different technical vocabulary than the chief...
Most Relevant German Verbs
If you want to or are supposed to learn German, you will have to learn German vocabulary, among other things. This may not be much fun, but it is unavoidable if the project is to be successful. Of course, you have the same problem in other languages. If you want to...
Cross Culture: The ‘Typical German Manager’
The abbreviation S&W in our name stands for ‚Sprache & Wirtschaft‘ - 'Language & Business'. Our special business expertise not only enables us to teach Business German in a particularly qualified manner on request. https://sw-training.com/business-german/...
Scientific German – The Most Important Nouns
Technical language differs considerably from General German language. When we talk about Scientific German, it is clear that a chemist has a largely different technical language than an economist. However, there is an overlap – a vocabulary that is more or less...
Business German: Four particularly important verbs and their pitfalls
If you take a beginner's course in general German, you may never encounter these verbs. If , however, you want to learn Business German efficiently, you will encounter them in the very first lesson - provided, of course, you learn Business German from a provider with...