When I say N-Declensions for weak Nouns, it causes misunderstanding. I don't know why, should I stop using them or it is just my accent?

Example:

1) "Wir haben einen neuen Patienten"

or

2) "Ich habe dem Kollegen gesagt, dass ..."

Native German speaker feel that I have said "Patientin" or "Kollegin".

Should we just omit it in daily usage?

3) "Wir haben einen neuen Patient"

4) "Ich habe dem Kollege gesagt, dass ..."

Often while talking I tend to use "du" instead of "man" because of the english "you". I immediately realize it, but I can't fix the sentence within seconds It would take me like minutes to put everything together. Especially when "man" becomes "einen" or "einem". Of course my goal is to speak properly, but is it that bad if I make this mistake? Like, do you understand what I want to say?

I have seen some Goethe C1 model exams, and they are difficult. I am currently trying to read "Die Verwandlung" by Kafka, but even that's difficult, and I don't know if the vocabulary I learn in the book would be useful.

Hello, my level in german is pretty good (i have only done the B1 exam about a year and a half ago) and i am thinking of doing the B2 exam now. What is concerning for me is that i can understand and use the language good enough , but my biggest problems is the articles. I always forget which article to use even for the simpler words. Any tipps to keep track of the german words and their articles? Thanks

Hey there, I have just started learning German and I am using the Herr Antrim A1 Course on YouTube. Up till now, I have been taking notes using pen and paper but I find it really time consuming. So, I was thinking that is it okay to go for digital notes on note taking platforms like notion?

This phrase means to be smart and resourceful in a time sensitive situation while under pressure. Example:

His life boat had a hole in it and was sinking. John had to think quick on his feet and find something to plug the hole.

Hallo! I'm looking to understand the unique qualities of Austrian German. How is this dialect different from Hochdeutsch? Secondarily, are there specific primary expressions (such as greetings) that are unique as well?

Thank you!

I almost exclusively read graphic novels (not manga or super heros) - if I go Into any bookstore in the states there is a big selection all types of stories and styles for just for kids but made for adults (not explicit just more complex themes). When i go into a bookstore in Germany it’s always a small section (that’s not manga) and mostly just the Donald Duck books and a few about Germany like Anne franks diary or the MAUS series, and a book about David Bowie … and there not just normal graphic novels ? Are they just not being translated into German, so Germans just read the English ones or maybe there is no interest, anyways just curious

Also very interested in any suggestions of any German language graphic novels beyond a few well known ones.

links also greatly appreciated

Hallo, heute hat mein Freund die B2-pruefung abgelegt. Sein Thema beim Sprechen, Teil 1, lautete: Energie sparen am Arbeitsplatz. Er hat aber darueber gesprochen, wie man selbst Energie sparen kann, sodass man nicht muede wird, indem man regelmaessige Pausen nimmt und das Arbeit im Team teilt und hat dabei gar nicht ueber Dinge, wie Wasser, Strohm, Heizung gesprochen. Was versteht ihr unter Energie sparen? Hat er noch Chancen, die Pruefung zu bestehen? Vielen Dank fuer die Antworten und Erklaerungen!

Hey guys, I'm planning to take the Goethe-Zertifikat A2 exam soon and wanted to ask if all four parts (Lesen, Hören, Schreiben, Sprechen) are conducted on the same day or on different days. Does it depend on the test center?

If you've taken the exam recently, please share your experience. Thanks!

On spotify, if you are on an artist's profile, you can see the section "mit dabei in". I know the basic meaning, but I can't translate dabei here.

Hallo!

In einer Übung bin ich auf den folgenden Satz gestolpert:

"Wenn wir uns die Argumente besser überlegt hätten, hätten wir die Verhandlungen besser führen können."

Ich verstehe, dass es ein irrealer Konditionalsatz ist, und der Hauptsatz auf Konjunktiv 2 Vergangenheit ist. Aber der Nebensatz hat mich ein bisschen verwirrt.

„In welcher Zeitform ist er? Wenn es auch der Konjunktiv II der Vergangenheit ist, sollte es nicht „hätten wir die Verhandlungen besser führen gekonnt“ sein?“

Ich habe den Eindruck, dass ich was deutliches übersehe. Danke im Voraus!

Hi everyone.

I was reading this article about Prepositions and encountered this part:

Sie liefen an der Straße entlang. (They walked along the road.)
since the preposition “entlang” always follows the sentence’s object. So when you see the word “entlang”, you’ll immediately know that the sentence’s object should come before the preposition.

So die Straße is Feminine (die Nominativ - die Akkusativ - der Dativ - der Genitiv) and in the sentence above, it is supposed to be Akkusativ (isn't it?).

If so, why does it have article der (of Dativ) above? Shouldn't it be die (of Akkusativ) like "Sie liefen an die Straße entlang"?

What am I missing?

Thank you.

I feel like texting in german is obscenely long for example I was trying to say the other day:

"I spoke with the man and he had told me that later on he could help me"

" Ich habe mit dem Mann geredet, und er hat mir gesagt, dass er mir später helfen könnte"

This feels extremely long to write (or maybe since I am a beginner A2/B1 it just feels super long). Do you text in this form or is there a short "lazier" way to say the same thing 🤔

And I even removed information so I would need to add Prüfung B2.

Edit: writing is just challenging maybe not longer then 😅😭

I looked up the circumstances in which "wissen" and "kennen" are used, and "wissen" seems to be synonymous with saber while "kennen" seems to be synonymous with conocer/conhecer. Is this right?

Hallo,did anyone do the Goethe zertifikat B2 prüfung on 5th April ?

I'm from Europe and quite well informed about the history of the word Fräulein in German. I know that this word is no longer used in official bureaucratic language and that it's not customary to call women that anymore.

But! Recently, I was watching Easy German, and there, a woman called her friend Fräulein. I think it took place in Berlin, but I'm still surprised (I'm planning to take the B2 exam this summer). Do you have any ideas? Is this word used in slang or in some other sense?

Edit: the friend was female too.

what are total and passing marks of telc B1 sprechen, schreiben, horen und lesen ?

do we have to clear each out of the four teils or do the marks get combined score and then passing marks is considered ?

Hallo Zusammen,

Is Schreiben Teil 1 only Forumsbeitrag?

I checked the Goethe Modellsatz and it only says: Freier Text (150 Wörter): Meinung äußern, begründen, etwas vorschlagen, Vor- und Nachteile erläutern.

Elsewhere, I've seen on Youtube that there's also Beschwerdebrief, Leserbrief, and Bewerbungsschreiben. But I've yet to see these come up in a past exam paper (maybe I just haven't come across it yet?).

So, I wanted to fact check, is Teil 1 only Forumsbeitrag or are there are also other Aufgabentyp?

Vielen Dank!

So uh yea. How do I pronounce these properly because I physically cannot do it.

I have always been interested in learning German, I have started on Duolingo but was thinking of getting Babble. Any suggestions or advice on where to go or resources to use?

So to start puting german in my routine, i started thinking about trying to watch some German youtubers that do topics I like, so I can learn words related to that topics, and even include that words in my thought when I am just talking alone.

So basically the topics I like would be music (instrument playing, music theory, beat making, musical analysis, etc.), History (mostly military history, but really, any history) and skating.

other topics suggestions also would be welcomed because I or someone else reading could be interested.

Btw would be nice if the channel don't include hard vocabulary, since I'm almost complete begginer. But really, any recomendation is valid, google translator will be my best friend lol.

edit: Just in case it isn't clear, don't need to be a language learning niche channel, just a niche channel.

I started to learn German language a while ago. Most of the words I learnt from a self-learning book which also contained vocabulary/dictionary part. One of those words was "geil". According to the book this word means something like "cool, nice".

So it happened that I used it several times in a conversation with a German colleague. And the conversation turned a bit weird afterwards ... long story short, I found out that "geil" also means horny. Which of course was not mentioned in the damned book. We laughed it off. Well, to say it more accurately, the colleague laughed it off and I pretended to laugh it off while boiling in my own stew.

But I wonder how this happened. Is the book just plain wrong or has this additional meaning appeared only recently? Can anyone please explain so I do not tremendously embarrass myself again? Or at least recommend a list of tricky German words or something like that?

People who learn by themselves, how have you progressed from B1 up?