The completely newly developed basic vocabulary of German as a foreign language for English-speaking learners.

Comprehensive German grammar reference course with examples, exercises, illustrations and answers. Suitable for self-study, building vocabulary, and developing reading, writing and grammar skills.

The challenge that English-language speakers face if they want to speak German well, is to accurately map German nouns to one of three grammatical genders: masculine, feminine or neuter. Native German speakers acquire their knowledge of the grammatical gender of German nouns from early on. They are not given formal instruction at school about matching nouns to their correct gender, and the topic is not covered in standard German grammar books. For the same reason, native speakers who give German language lessons to foreigners do not teach their students how to match nouns to their gender: One cannot teach what one has not been taught. This book fills that gap in that it explains, in plain English, the principles that map German nouns to a specific gender. This allows foreign students of German to unlock the gender of entire categories of nouns, thereby enabling students to speak German more confidently.

"4000 words, phrases and sample sentences arranged by topic. Easily accessible information on grammar, plural and verb forms, and usage."--Back cover.

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Learn German fast and on-the-go with this 15-minute language pack that comes with a free downloadable audio app for Apple and Android phones, enabling learners to hear words and phrases spoken by native German speakers. 12 themed chapters are broken down into 15-minute daily lessons, spanning a range of practical themes. Topics covered include introductions; eating and drinking; making arrangements; travel; getting about; accommodation; shopping; work and study; health; at home; services; and leisure and socializing. Each lesson combines German vocabulary and grammar essentials with full-color photographs for a user-friendly, accessible language guide. Real-life examples cover every holiday and business situation, along with cultural and conversational tips. Features such as a 2,000-word dictionary and a menu guide with more than 300 food terms make learning fun and easy. You can even use the extended cover to hide the answers and test yourself as you learn. DK’s 15 Minute German has the structure of a distance learning course, perfect for all language learning travelers. Practice 15 minutes a day, 5 days a week for 12 weeks, and you'll be speaking German in no time at all.

German vocabulary book + German dictionary This German vocabulary book contains more than 3000 words and phrases which are grouped by topic to make it easier for you to pick what to learn first. On top of that, the index in the second half of the book provides you with a basic German-English as well as English-German dictionary which makes this a great resource for learners of all levels. What you can expect from this book: This German learning resource is a combination of German vocabulary book and a two-way basic German dictionary: Part 1 - Topic based German vocabulary book: This is the main part of the book and represents a list of chapters each containing German vocabularies for a certain topic. The German vocabularies in the chapters are unsorted on purpose to separate remembering them from a defined alphabetical order. You can start at any chapter and dive directly into the topics that interest you the most. Part 2 - Basic English-German dictionary: The index in the second half of the book can be used as a basic German dictionary to look up words you have learned but can't remember or learn new words you need. Part 3 - Basic German-English dictionary: Easy to use and with just the right amount of words, this third part finishes off with a second index that allows you to look for German words and directly find the English translation How to use this German vocabulary book: Not sure where to start? We suggest you first work your way through the verbs, adjectives and phrases chapters in part one of the book. This will give you a great base for further studying and already enough vocabulary for basic communication. The German dictionaries in part two and three can be used whenever needed to look up words you hear on the street, English words you want to know the German translation for or simply to learn some new words. Some final thoughts: Vocabulary books have been around for centuries and as with so many things that have been around for some time, they are not very fashionable and a bit boring, but they usually work very well. Together with the basic German dictionary parts, this vocabulary book is a great resource to support you throughout the process of learning German and comes in particularly handy at times when there is no internet to look up words and phrases.