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der Küchengarten

Beet Umstechen
Der Frühling ist da! Spring has arrived! Therefore I am back in my little kitchen garden [der Küchengarten (m)] and prepare everything to plant some

Küchenkräuter (n) – herbs [das Küchenkraut]
Tomaten (f) – tomatoes [die Tomate]
Paprika (m) – bell pepper [die Paprika]
Auberginen (f) – egg plants [die Aubergine]
Zucchini (f) – courgettes [die Zucchini]
Kartoffeln (f) – [...]

Some Springtime Vocabulary

Hallo Deutsch Happen Freunde,
I was quite busy for the past couple of weeks with my new project “My Brittany”. This is my private blog where I write about my life here in Brittany. And as spring finally arrived I though I provide you with a list of spring related vocabulary:

der Frühling
spring

frühlingshaft
springlike, vernal

das Frühjahr
spring

der Frühjahrsputz
spring-cleaning

die Frühlingsgefühle [...]

Some Winter related Vocabulary for you

My good friend and fellow teacher Anyia recently posted in her second blog personalesltrainer.com a list of Winter Vocabulary, which I think is a “cool” idea .
So here is my list of “Vokabeln für den Winter”:

der Winter
winter

der Schnee
snow

die Schneeflocke
snowflake

schneien
to snow

Es schneit!
It snows!

der Schneesturm
avalanche

die Schaufel
shovel

der Schneematsch
slush

das Eis
ice

tauen
to thaw

kalt
cold

der Frost
frost

frieren
to freeze

rutschig
slippery

die Schlittschuhe
ice skates

schlittschuhlaufen
to iceskate

der Ski
ski

skifahren
to ski

die [...]

Deutsch Happen Review: the german Alphabet, das deutsche Alphabet

Time for a little review of one of my first video lessons on Deutsch Happen: the Alphabet.
It’s a very essential and important lesson if you want to speak german correctly. Even though most european languages use the latin alphabet, the pronunciation of the letters is different. So listening to the alphabet is the first step [...]