Stockbrot is a favorite at campfires, and it is exactly what you think it is: bread on a stick. Make your dough, wrap it around a stick, cook it over the fire.
Author: Anika Rieper
Germerican (Schleswig-Holstein, Pennsylvania)
Master's in German Literature and Social Psychology
Avid Reader and Bookseller
German Teacher
“Und dann hat mir der Gauner meinen letzten Cent abgeknöpft!”
Was das heißt, wissen wir alle, aber was hat das mit Knöpfen zu tun? Ich trage doch mein Geld nicht wie Knöpfe an der Jacke.
Warum diese Redensart Sinn macht, erfahrt ihr hier. Und noch so einiges mehr über Knöpfe.
Was ist eigentlich ein Druckknopf? Oder eine Knopfleiste? Was bedeutet es, wenn jemand dir deinen letzten Cent abknöpft?
Hier findet ihr Wörter und Redensarten rund ums Nähen.
In vielen Städten findet man Skulpturen, die Figuren aus der deutschen Folklore darstellen. Märchen- und Sagengestalten erzählen Geschichten, die seit Jahrhunderten erzählt werden. Hier stelle ich acht vor: Münchhausen, die Bremer Stadtmusikanten, die Lorelei, die Heinzelmännchen, Till Eulenspiegel, die Sieben Schwaben, Klaus Störtebeker und der Rattenfänger von Hameln.
October 12th is Indigenous Peoples Day! So, what does that have to do with Germany, you might ask. Well, Germans have had a decades long fascination with Native Americans. And it kind of started with Karl May the German adventure story writer who invented Winnetou, the most famous Native American Americans don’t know.
Nützliche Vokabeln rund um die Post – Useful vocabulary about the post office. German nouns and verbs with English translations and example sentences.
For World Post Day on October 9th, I’m taking a look at the history of the post delivery in Germany ,the post horn, and why yellow is the color of Germany’s postal service.
When and where was the Brezel or pretzel invented? What does the word actually mean? Is there one ‘real’ pretzel? Let’s go back in history to find out!
Erntedankfest in Germany is a harvest festival where people give thanks for the harvest. It normally takes place on the first Sunday in October. Find out more about the customs around this holiday.
Did you know that The Beatles recorded two of their songs in German? And Elvis sang a German folk song partially in Swabian dialect? Johnny Cash, David Bowie, The Beach Boys, they all have recorded songs in German. In the 1960s it was not unheard of that artists released some of their songs in German for the German market.
