German is full of them and, according to Henning, understanding them is child's play. I like it. But I am so slow. Please go a bit slowly - bitte langsam. And if you could also split the long words in ...

German may be the most widely spoken language in the European Union, but let's be honest - it's just downright funny sometimes. We roasted French, so now it's time for the German language to have its ...

Do you think you have a good vocabulary? We can guarantee you've probably never heard some of these funny words before. Are you one of those people who still giggle when someone says “duty”? Wait ...

Der Sitzpinkler, pronounced like this, is a practical and hilarious German compound word that combines sitzen ‘to sit’ and Pinkler ‘pisser’ (from pinkeln ‘to pee’). The term is typically reserved for ...

Depending on how it’s used this German word may refer to a sports match, a song or a person. When you first hear a ‘single’ in German, pronounced like this, you may assume it's referring to either a ...

Henning helps the suffering British economy with a German loan word. Wir haben das Bier erfunden. Flag this comment I did not know that so many German words are used in English. Very interesting! Flag ...