Days of Deutsch
Learning German, word by word, image by image, day by day. Some of it is useful, some of it is utter Some of it is useful, some of it is utterly useless.
I'm Polly, a Londoner living in Berlin via a long sojourn in New Zealand. I'm a social media strategist for work and a learner of German for fun. The idea of Days of Deutsch came to me after two months of learning German using a book that seemed to be stuck in the 90s both in terms of images and stereotypes. I decided it was time for something new and different, and Days of Deutsch was born. So jo
29/01/2023
Almost 🌷time.
der Blumenstrauß - bouquet
06/10/2022
Sisterly love.
die Schwester - sister
05/10/2022
Did you miss me? 👋 It's been a while.
das Federmäppchen - pencil case
01/01/2022
Happy New Year! May 2022 be not too bad.
Frohes neues Jahr! - Happy New Year!
11/12/2021
Love this guy.
der Nussknacker - nutcracker
07/12/2021
Have you had one yet this season?
der Glühwein - mulled wine
01/12/2021
Try saying this three times over.
das Eichhörnchen - squirrel
29/11/2021
Knock knock
klopfen - to knock
21/11/2021
Fire thing. Literally.
das Feuerzeug - lighter
17/11/2021
Soon all the leaves will be gone. 🍂
der Bürgersteig - pavement
16/11/2021
Always a useful word...right?
der Stempel - stamp
15/11/2021
Hands up if you own an iron. 🙋 Hands up if you use it. 🙅
das Bügeleisen - iron
14/11/2021
Can we just lie down all day today?
liegen - to lie
13/11/2021
It's almost that time of year when you live on nothing but marzipan, chocolate, Glühwein and cinnamon tasting things.
essen - to eat
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12/11/2021
🍄
gepunktet - polka-dotted/spotted
03/10/2021
It's a teapot kind of day.
die Teekanne - teapot
01/10/2021
May be my new favourite word. Is it a fork, is it a spoon? It's a spork. Is it a Gabel, is it a Löffel? It's a Göffel!
der Göffel - spork
26/09/2021
Sadly I can no longer vote (thanks Brexit) so here's a very professional looking voting card I made earlier. Did you vote today?
wählen - to vote
08/04/2021
der Farn - fern
30/03/2021
Stay safe.
der Fahhradhelm - bike helmet
23/03/2021
And the next day he ate all the parsley.
die Raupe - caterpillar