So koennen wir lernen!
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Feb 16 SNL: Schauspieler Christoph Waltz als Gastgeber
Austrian actor Christoph Waltz, nominated for the Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in Django Unchained, is going to host Saturday Night Live next Saturday, 2/16/13.
Per Deutschleher: J.D. Guy: "Considering SNL's penchant for humor at the expense of Germans, I bet it will be the highlight of the year for non-PC humor about things German."
Per Deutschleher: J.D. Guy: "Considering SNL's penchant for humor at the expense of Germans, I bet it will be the highlight of the year for non-PC humor about things German."
Der Küken-Tanz: Im Radio
Daniel Fischer, Julia Nestle und Martin Gudd aus der FFH-Morningshow...
Was sagen diese Tiere?
die Küken macht Piep
die Henne macht Goak
der Gauke macht Kikeri-ki!
die Putte macht Gugeligu?
die Taube macht Gurr
die Katze macht Miau
der Hund macht Wau-Wau!
das Schaf macht Määh!
die Ziege macht Bääh
die Kuh macht Muuu
der Stier macht Bruuu
der Trecker macht Brummm.. Oh-oh!
Hier: im Radio...
Oder auch: (langsamer?)
http://www.ffh.de/bilder-videos/meController/Mediathek/meAction/index/meType/video/meTopic/im-hit-radio-ist-ein-kueken-ffh-tanzt.html
Sollten wir so tanzen?
-- Ach! Die Bilder!
Was sagen diese Tiere?
die Küken macht Piep
die Henne macht Goak
der Gauke macht Kikeri-ki!
die Putte macht Gugeligu?
die Taube macht Gurr
die Katze macht Miau
der Hund macht Wau-Wau!
das Schaf macht Määh!
die Ziege macht Bääh
die Kuh macht Muuu
der Stier macht Bruuu
der Trecker macht Brummm.. Oh-oh!
Hier: im Radio...
Oder auch: (langsamer?)
http://www.ffh.de/bilder-videos/meController/Mediathek/meAction/index/meType/video/meTopic/im-hit-radio-ist-ein-kueken-ffh-tanzt.html
Sollten wir so tanzen?
-- Ach! Die Bilder!
Fußballlieder
HÖR ZU UND LESE MIT! -- Podcast mit Step into German
Seit 50 Jahren rollt der Ball in der Bundesliga, einer der besten Fußballligen der Welt. Der DFB, der
Deutsche Fußballbund, hat 6,8 Millionen Mitglieder. Und diese fast 7 Millionen Fußballer spielen in 25.000
Vereinen — so viele organisierte Kicker und Kickerinnen gibt es nirgendwo anders auf der Welt. Fußball gehört (belongs) zur deutschen Kultur wie Goethe, Beethoven und Techno. Fußball ist im Herzen der Deutschen.
Viele Lieder wurden über die liebste Freizeitbeschäftigung der Deutschen geschrieben,
Und mit Fußballsongs kann man Erfolg haben. „Buenos Dias Argentina“, der Song von Udo Jürgens, wurde 1978 anlässlich der Fußballweltmeisterschaft in Argentinien ein richtiger Hit. Und die Stars der deutschen Fußballnationalmannschaft haben mitgesungen, zumindest haben einige Spieler die Lippen bewegt.
Fußballsongs kommen an. Die Punkband „Die Toten Hosen“ sind leidenschaftliche Fans von Fortuna
Düsseldorf, einem Verein im Westen Deutschlands. In ihrem Lied „Bayern“ machen sich die Toten Hosen lustig über den großen Rivalen aus dem Süden, den FC Bayern München:
Jeder Verein hat seine eigenen Fans, darunter auch viele Musiker, die Lieder für ihr Team komponieren.
Fiddler’s Green besingen in einem Folkpunk-Song „ihren“ 1.FC Nürnberg.
Den größten Fußballhit hatten die Sportfreunde Stiller mit ihrem Song „54, 74, 90, 2006“. Deutschland hatte drei Mal die Fußballweltmeisterschaft gewonnen, 1954, 1974 und 1990, und war im Jahr 2006 Gastgeber der WM. Die Fans sangen dieses Lied lautstark in den Straßen und auf Fußballpartys. Alle hofften auf den vierten Titel, aber am Ende gab es für das deutsche Team nur den dritten Platz.
UND HIER FINDEST DU DIE PRÜFUNG... Hast du alles richtig verstanden?
Seit 50 Jahren rollt der Ball in der Bundesliga, einer der besten Fußballligen der Welt. Der DFB, der
Deutsche Fußballbund, hat 6,8 Millionen Mitglieder. Und diese fast 7 Millionen Fußballer spielen in 25.000
Vereinen — so viele organisierte Kicker und Kickerinnen gibt es nirgendwo anders auf der Welt. Fußball gehört (belongs) zur deutschen Kultur wie Goethe, Beethoven und Techno. Fußball ist im Herzen der Deutschen.
Viele Lieder wurden über die liebste Freizeitbeschäftigung der Deutschen geschrieben,
- über den Hobbyfußballer Theodor, aber auch
- über Stars wie Uwe Seeler, die Legende des Hamburger Sportvereins.
Und mit Fußballsongs kann man Erfolg haben. „Buenos Dias Argentina“, der Song von Udo Jürgens, wurde 1978 anlässlich der Fußballweltmeisterschaft in Argentinien ein richtiger Hit. Und die Stars der deutschen Fußballnationalmannschaft haben mitgesungen, zumindest haben einige Spieler die Lippen bewegt.
Fußballsongs kommen an. Die Punkband „Die Toten Hosen“ sind leidenschaftliche Fans von Fortuna
Düsseldorf, einem Verein im Westen Deutschlands. In ihrem Lied „Bayern“ machen sich die Toten Hosen lustig über den großen Rivalen aus dem Süden, den FC Bayern München:
Jeder Verein hat seine eigenen Fans, darunter auch viele Musiker, die Lieder für ihr Team komponieren.
Fiddler’s Green besingen in einem Folkpunk-Song „ihren“ 1.FC Nürnberg.
Den größten Fußballhit hatten die Sportfreunde Stiller mit ihrem Song „54, 74, 90, 2006“. Deutschland hatte drei Mal die Fußballweltmeisterschaft gewonnen, 1954, 1974 und 1990, und war im Jahr 2006 Gastgeber der WM. Die Fans sangen dieses Lied lautstark in den Straßen und auf Fußballpartys. Alle hofften auf den vierten Titel, aber am Ende gab es für das deutsche Team nur den dritten Platz.
UND HIER FINDEST DU DIE PRÜFUNG... Hast du alles richtig verstanden?
German Language on a roll
When German Words Travel, Our Zeitgeist Goes Oom-Pah-Pah
Why do Finnish buses take coffee breaks? And why are the French always
puzzled when they look at a skylight? It's because they use words of
German origin, sometimes without even realizing it.
Learning German is for many students an excercise in delayed gratification
Many students of the German language -- especially those who suffered
their way through cruel, Teutonic grammar drills, lost their sense of
orientation trying to order their German words correctly, or wounded
both their tongues and sense of self-esteem with sharp, unpronounceable
compound words -- get rather surprised when they come to Germany and
hear the language of Goethe in actual use.
People in Germany are often invited to attend "ein Meeting," asked to bring along their "down-geloadete" information and told "sorry" (with a rolling "r") when somebody bumps into them on the street.
But -- even in the age of digital communication, dominated by the English language and US American pop culture -- it is not only English words that cross national and linguistic borders.
The German Language Council recently organized an international contest called "Word Migrations." People from 70 countries -- ranging from Mexico to Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea to Nigeria -- participated in the linguistic hunt for German words that "migrated" to other languages. Over 6,000 such words were submitted. A winner was drawn from the entries and the award ceremony took place Thursday in Munich.
Coffee break par excellence
"The response to our first advertisement was enormous," said Rudolf Hoberg of the Association for the German Language, one of the organizations participating in the German Language Council.
The winning entry also showed that Germany is not only a language of profound philosophy and utmost, technical efficiency, but also a language of leisure and procrastination.
Susanne Bätjer from Germany was wondering why a Finnish public-transit bus, which she saw in 2005, had the word "Kaffepaussi" displayed on its automated destination display. Do Finnish buses really take coffee breaks? Bätjer learned in the end that the German word for coffee break had acquired an additional, slightly different, meaning in Finnish: "out of order."
Some German words -- such as kindergarten, zeitgeist, and sauerkraut -- have long been known as German imports into the English language. But the goal of the project was to go beyond the obvious examples and explore the extent to which German words have infiltrated other languages.
"We wanted to find out what German words are used on an everyday basis in other countries," Hoberg said.
A colorful collection
The results of this survey -- which one could best place in the category of linguistic anthropology -- told a fascinating story of German technical expertise, colonial history, cultural stereotypes and a delightful sense of humor.
The Turkish rail system was started in 1913 with German assistance, which is why Turkish train conductors always cry "fertik" ("fertig" -- ready or finished in German) when the train is about to leave the station. In Cameroon, once a German colony, train stations are called "banop" ("Bahnhof"). If one is anesthetized in Tanzania, they are -- all joking aside -- "nusu kaput" (half-broken). In Afrikaans, the language of Dutch settlers in South Africa, an impatient German is an "Aberjetzte" ("aber jetzt" in German means "on the double" or "ASAP").
"The vocabulary of the German language is far better known abroad than we thought," Hoberg said.
And even though contributions came from all over the word -- the Russians raise a glass of vodka to "Brudershaft," a gesture of friendship and brotherhood (German "Brüderschaft"), while some American presidential candidates can be best described as wishy-washy (from German "wischi-waschi," lacking a clear-cut standpoint) -- most of the words were submitted from Eastern Europe and Anglo-Saxon cultural areas.
What's that?
It may come as a surprise, however, that the most frequently submitted entry was the French word for skylight -- "vasistas." In the original German, "was ist das" means, literally, "what's that?" Yet most French speakers probably don't pay attention to the fact that skylights in French provoke, etymologically speaking, a sense of puzzled inquiry about the state of the world.
It is also unlikely that Japanese students who have an odd student job called "arubaito" realize that they are, from an etymological point of view, part of Germany's labor-intensive work culture ("Arbeit" means work in German).
"The project does not attempt a linguistic investigation," Hoberg said. "Some words that were sent in might well be only passing fads."
Whether as temporary guest workers in foreign languages, or as naturalized citizens, German words have long left the confines of the German-speaking world. A large collection of colorful cross-linguistic gems -- along with personal anecdotes and insights into the way cultures collide and enrich each other -- has now been collected and published as a book under the title "Ausgewanderte Wörter" (available in German only).
People in Germany are often invited to attend "ein Meeting," asked to bring along their "down-geloadete" information and told "sorry" (with a rolling "r") when somebody bumps into them on the street.
But -- even in the age of digital communication, dominated by the English language and US American pop culture -- it is not only English words that cross national and linguistic borders.
The German Language Council recently organized an international contest called "Word Migrations." People from 70 countries -- ranging from Mexico to Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea to Nigeria -- participated in the linguistic hunt for German words that "migrated" to other languages. Over 6,000 such words were submitted. A winner was drawn from the entries and the award ceremony took place Thursday in Munich.
Coffee break par excellence
"The response to our first advertisement was enormous," said Rudolf Hoberg of the Association for the German Language, one of the organizations participating in the German Language Council.
The winning entry also showed that Germany is not only a language of profound philosophy and utmost, technical efficiency, but also a language of leisure and procrastination.
Susanne Bätjer from Germany was wondering why a Finnish public-transit bus, which she saw in 2005, had the word "Kaffepaussi" displayed on its automated destination display. Do Finnish buses really take coffee breaks? Bätjer learned in the end that the German word for coffee break had acquired an additional, slightly different, meaning in Finnish: "out of order."
Some German words -- such as kindergarten, zeitgeist, and sauerkraut -- have long been known as German imports into the English language. But the goal of the project was to go beyond the obvious examples and explore the extent to which German words have infiltrated other languages.
"We wanted to find out what German words are used on an everyday basis in other countries," Hoberg said.
A colorful collection
The results of this survey -- which one could best place in the category of linguistic anthropology -- told a fascinating story of German technical expertise, colonial history, cultural stereotypes and a delightful sense of humor.
The Turkish rail system was started in 1913 with German assistance, which is why Turkish train conductors always cry "fertik" ("fertig" -- ready or finished in German) when the train is about to leave the station. In Cameroon, once a German colony, train stations are called "banop" ("Bahnhof"). If one is anesthetized in Tanzania, they are -- all joking aside -- "nusu kaput" (half-broken). In Afrikaans, the language of Dutch settlers in South Africa, an impatient German is an "Aberjetzte" ("aber jetzt" in German means "on the double" or "ASAP").
"The vocabulary of the German language is far better known abroad than we thought," Hoberg said.
And even though contributions came from all over the word -- the Russians raise a glass of vodka to "Brudershaft," a gesture of friendship and brotherhood (German "Brüderschaft"), while some American presidential candidates can be best described as wishy-washy (from German "wischi-waschi," lacking a clear-cut standpoint) -- most of the words were submitted from Eastern Europe and Anglo-Saxon cultural areas.
What's that?
It may come as a surprise, however, that the most frequently submitted entry was the French word for skylight -- "vasistas." In the original German, "was ist das" means, literally, "what's that?" Yet most French speakers probably don't pay attention to the fact that skylights in French provoke, etymologically speaking, a sense of puzzled inquiry about the state of the world.
It is also unlikely that Japanese students who have an odd student job called "arubaito" realize that they are, from an etymological point of view, part of Germany's labor-intensive work culture ("Arbeit" means work in German).
"The project does not attempt a linguistic investigation," Hoberg said. "Some words that were sent in might well be only passing fads."
Whether as temporary guest workers in foreign languages, or as naturalized citizens, German words have long left the confines of the German-speaking world. A large collection of colorful cross-linguistic gems -- along with personal anecdotes and insights into the way cultures collide and enrich each other -- has now been collected and published as a book under the title "Ausgewanderte Wörter" (available in German only).
Uwe Kind will sich ein Auto kaufen
Unmöglich! (impossible)
Wie gefällt dir das Auto?
-- Zu bombastisch?
-- Oder ist das Auto vielleicht ganz perfekt?
Wie gefällt dir das Auto?
-- Zu bombastisch?
-- Oder ist das Auto vielleicht ganz perfekt?
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