German Stories - Learn German with Stories

Was Hanspeter in dieser Nacht passiert, wird er nie wieder vergessen. 📑 Episode page • https://german-stories.com/110-an-weihnachten-entfuhrt-doch-ein-lied-war-die-rettung/   Take your German to the next level: 💡 Full course (A1–A2) : best way to improve • https://german-stories.com 🎧 Ad-free episodes • https://german-stories.supercast.com 👨‍🏫 1-on-1 tutoring • https://chris-german....

Deutsch lernen mit einer lustigen und spannenden Geschichte, frei nach dem Original von Arkadij Awertschenko. 3 Leute langweiligen sich und wollen etwas Spannung - doch dann wird ihr Wunsch zum Albtraum. Ein Albtraum, der aber trotzdem lustig ist ;-) PDF mit Übungen und Wörterliste verfügbar. 📑 Episode page • https://german-stories.com/109-abenteuer-im-ice-abteil-deutsch-lernen-mit-geschicht...

Deutsch lernen mit dem klassischen Märchen Schneewittchen (Snow White) von den Brüdern Grimm. Wir verfolgen eine kriminelle Prinzessin, die vor ihrer wahnsinnigen Stiefmutter flieht und einen nekrophilen Prinzen heiratet. PDF mit Übungen und Wörterliste verfügbar. 📑 Episode page • https://german-stories.com/108-schneewittchen-von-den-bruedern-grimm/   Take your German to the next level:...

Deutsch lernen mit einem spannenden Textabenteuer von Marius Müller. Du bist in Ostdeutschland, besser gesagt, in der DDR. Und du willst in den Westen fliehen. Wirst du es schaffen oder werden sie dich erschießen? Du kannst das Spiel hier selbst spielen:  https://ifwizz.de/schiessbefehl-(2011-de)-play-online-3058.html   Take your German to the next level: 💡 Full course (A1–A2) : best wa...

Deutsch lernen mit einem klassischen Märchen von den Brüdern Grimm. Heute wird gefressen, verstümmelt, gelogen und ertrunken! Ich lese dir den vereinfachten Text (diesmal mit Toneffekten) vor, wir machen eine Wiederholungslektion der wichtigsten Wörter und Phrasen und ich erkläre dir jedes kleinste Detail. PDF und Wörterliste verfügbar. 📑 Episode page • https://german-stories.com/106-rotkaep...

Deutsch lernen mit einem schrecklich übertriebenen Aufsatz von Mark Twain. Humorvoll durch und durch. Ich lese dir den extrem vereinfachten Text vor, erkläre ihn, sage dir "Mark Twains" RICHTIGEN Namen und wir machen eine Wiederholungslektion der wichtigsten Wörter und Phrasen. PDF und Wörterliste verfügbar. 📑 Episode page • https://german-stories.com/105-die-schrecken-der-deutschen-sprache-...

Deutsch lernen mit einem spannenden Textabenteuer von IkeC. Heute geht's in den Wilden Westen. Mach dich gefasst auf Revolver, Pferde und Action! Natürlich auf Deutsch. Und ich spreche etwas über mich selbst, damit du mich besser kennenlernen kannst. Du kannst das Spiel hier selbst spielen: https://ikeserver.de/Staub/   Take your German to the next level: 💡 Full course (A1–A2) : best way to...

Deutsch lernen mit einer lustigen Kurzgeschichte von Arkadij Awertschenko. Heute gibt's Humor vom Autor, der die Russische Satire bekannt gemacht hat. Natürlich auf Deutsch. Ich lese dir den Originaltext vor, erkläre ihn, gebe dir Kontext und Hintergrundinfos und fasse ihn kurz zusammen. PDF verfügbar. 📑 Episode page • https://german-stories.com/103-der-maler-und-sein-bild-von-arkadij-awerts...

Deutsch lernen mit einer klassischen Kurzgeschichte von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In dieser Folge behandeln wir einen klassischen Sherlock Holmes Krimi. Ich lese dir den Originaltext vor, erkläre ihn und fasse ihn am Ende kurz zusammen. Diese Geschichte ist sehr lang, also kann ich diesmal leider nicht auf die einzelnen schwierigen Wörter eingehen. PDF verfügbar. 📑 Episode page • https://germa...

Deutsch lernen mit einer klassischen Kurzgeschichte von Ilse Aichinger. In dieser Folge möchte ich dir helfen, eine Kurzgeschichte zu verstehen und zu genießen. Ich lese dir den Originaltext dieser Gesellschaftskritik vor, erkläre ihn und fasse das Geschehen zusammen. Entspann dich, hör aufmerksam zu und versuche, diese klassische Geschichte zu genießen. PDF verfügbar. 📑 Episode page • https...

Tell a happy end, correctly use words that are always confused by German learners & words with the same or similar spelling, but different meanings. Party at Paul's place. Anna says she has almost finished her studies and will soon be a teacher at a primary school. Paul's family is super proud of him and his blog has gained so much traction that he was even able to boost the business of Tim's...

Express feelings for one another & comparative: so normal wie möglich & irregular forms. It's Saturday, the day of the party, and Paul is visiting his parents. They’re getting along better since Father is overcoming his addiction to gambling and mobile games. He now compensates with sports and chess. Laura calls. She reveals why she has been so strange lately: Fritz's "neighbor" on the isl...

Congratulate someone, express pride, summarize a story & word formation: ‑lich & ‑isch. Paul has the painting! During the war, the lady and her husband were secretly listening to forbidden news - right in front of the painting (and he proposed to her there). It was the memories of her husband that she didn't want to lose. So she didn’t want to give it away, even though she doesn’t quite li...

Express disappointment, surprise, and compassion & comparison: modal verbs and their use. Paul and the grandson talk secretly: the widow had actually wanted to throw the painting away at one point. But she just can't let go of the old story and memories. Both grandpas were in the Hitler Youth and in the SA together. They really were Nazis. Paul is shocked. Paul’s grandpa must have learned the...

Tell a sentimental story and express gratitude & word formation: -bar. Paul seems to have told the widow the whole dramatic story about the book, Fritz, his friends, Laura and his family. And he softened her emotionally with it. So she agrees to give him the painting, even though it didn't look like it at first. But then she suddenly becomes sentimental. She says it was in front of this painti...

Understand weather information and talk about weather & weather word: es. A violent storm develops. Lightnings strike nearby. While Paul is in the house of his grandfather's friend, Tim, Anna and Meili are still in the car. They are concerned about the thunderstorm. They listen to the weather report and watch Paul through the window of the house as he speaks to the old lady. Then they get a me...

Explain a concern in simple words & word formation: -los & the gap s. Paul is standing in front of the house, rings the doorbell and waits. An old woman opens the door. She is the widow of Grandpa's friend! At first, she is a little cautious and cannot really relate to what Paul wants because her husband has long been dead. But he gives her grandson the book, who then reads the old address...

Guide someone in the car where to turn and stop & Ordinal numbers (erste, zweite, dritte, …). Tim, Meili, Anna and Paul are driving to the address to look for the painting. Paul says Laura didn't want to talk about her weird behavior lately. A thunderstorm is approaching. He hopes something exciting will happen today so that he can write a good story in his blog. But it doesn’t look that way b...

Clothing and family vocabulary & two-way prepositions: unter. Paul is shopping clothes with Anna and Meili, because the weather is supposed to get bad and he lost his rain jacket on Sylt. His parents call: Father found out the new address where they might find the painting! Everyone is happy that Paul will be looking for the painting - and his parents already told his relatives about it. This...

Admit a problem and accept help & two-way prepositions: über. Paul and his father walk through the city after the betting office incident. He admits he has a gambling addiction and agrees to undergo therapy. „Don't tell mom or your girlfriend about this“, he says, „and don't write it in your blog or in your book!“ „What book,“ Paul asks, and is suprised to hear that 1,500 people already voted...

Play down a problem, demand what you deserve & two-way prepositions: in. Paul's dad plays down his gambling problem and goes to a betting office. And again, he has an argument because he had bet on a sports team's loss - but the bookmaker doesn't give him anything since it was a disqualification. That doesn't count as a loss. But he doesn’t want to accept that. Just as he is thrown out of the...

Explain a gambling problem, plan an intervention & two-way prepositions: an. Laura calls Paul while she is working on the site of a highway accident. She feared he would tell everyone his father is addicted. That’s why she called immediately. She says she recognized Paul's dad from her early days in the police force. He is apparently not only addicted to mobile phone games but also to gambling...

Deny facts and make excuses & two-way prepositions: auf. This Podcast episode is sponsored by italki. Promo Code: GERMANSTORY Web link: https://go.italki.com/germanstorypd App link: https://go.italki.com/germanstorypdapp Paul wants to know how Father helped Grandpa with his smartphone. With which app can you find out the new address where the painting might be? He calls him and asks, but his d...

Describe a city adventure, tell a story & two-way prepositions: zwischen. In Paul’s latest blog article, he had an adventure with a subway ticket inspector on his way back from Grandpa's apartment. At home, he realized that the page he found fits the book. It is the lost page with the missing part of the old address! That's the place where Grandpa's friend and the painting used to be! The page...

Furniture and apartment vocabulary extension & two-way prepositions: vor. Paul helps his parents to clear Grandpa's apartment. While he and his mom are busy, his dad is secretly looking for Grandpa's smartphone. He finds it but mom sees this. She angrily takes it away from him because dad is banned from using smartphones. He is addicted to mobile games and could become the way he used to be. S...