Do you wake up to your alarm with an immediate scowl on your face? Struggle to find any joy in the morning until at least 11am? Well then, you might just be a Morgenmuffel! This just so happens to be ...

The Germans are famous for using long words used to describe hyper-specific, complex sentiments. For instance, the 26-letter word vergangenheitsbewaeltigung describes the inability to cope with the ...

You might know more German than you think. These German terms have been borrowed by English-speakers - and some of them have been slightly adapted. Not surprisingly, they tend to be academic or ...

A photographer who runs the @basicgermanwords Instagram account, Martin Widenka knows how many words a picture is worth. His refined images promote German language learning with an artistic eye, as he ...