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General Vocabulary

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( These are mainly general quizzes not listed in the Grammar section or within specific Topics)

Alphabet

Song „MfG“ by Die Fantastischen Vier

Abkürzungen / German abbreviations from Abb. to z.Z. (german.about.com)

Body

parts of the body (practising 14 adjectives)

Colours

»Welche Farbe ist das?«

Comparisons

How to compare things using adjectives in German

Days, Months, & Telling Time

Tage der Woche (missing letters - type the word)

Monate des Jahres (unjumble - type the word)

Monate des Jahres (hangman-style)

Monate des Jahres (name the right month)

Monate: Wann hat ... Geburtstag?

Wie spät ist es? - Die Uhrzeit (multiple-choice and fill-in answers)

Describing people

Appearance

Personality

Expressions & Phrases

List of colloquial expressions

Proverbs & Sayings (at Rob Shea's site)

Phrasen.com - Wörterbuch für Deutsch/Englische Redewendungen - Redensarten Englisch/Deutsche [sayings/expressions]

Idioms and Sayings (from Robert Rayle)
You can download a small shareware (free) Windows program that allows you to work with 900 Redewendungen (idioms), presented to you in German and in English. Register and pay and you get many more.
You can also download a similar free program that presents you with 650 Sprichwörter (sayings).
You will need to have a file-unzipping program on your computer (eg UltimateZip) in order to install these. UltimateZip is a free (for private use) unzipping program from Germany - you can choose whether you want the USA version or the German-language version.

Tricky expressions in German

Zungenbrecher (tongue twisters)

Germany

Germany Quiz by Doris Frank

States and Capital Cities of Germany: Do Quiz #1, then Quiz #2 (#2 will load a bit slow coz of its pics!)

Introductions

Vocabulary related to: Saying hello&goodbye / Asking and giving your name / Asking someone's age and giving your own / Talking about where people are from

Quizzes & Exercises links at Easton Language Education

Other specific stuff

Ausländerfeindlichkeit: glossary / general vocabulary list

Berlin Wall & Re-unification: glossary / general vocabulary list

A list of German expressions in English (Wikipedia article)

"Denglisch"/"Germish" - English loanwords in German (Wikipedia article)

"Survivor in the Wild" preparation vocab - matching and concentration games

Resources compiled by D Nutting


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