Archive:Introduction to German

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Welcome to the Introduction to German Department! Part of the Language Aquisition department

Active Participants

• metalrobot
• MjVP13
• Daniel M. Roberts
• HappyCamper

How to type German characters into the computer

Typing German characters on a PC

• For ü, hold down Ctrl, and press the numbers 1, 2, 9 on the keypad. Then release the Ctrl button.
• For ß, hold down Ctrl, and press the numbers 2, 2, 5 on the keypad. Then release the Ctrl button.

Typing German characters on a Mac

• For ü, ö, and ä, hold down option-u, release, and type u, o, or a.
• For ß type option-s.

Vocabulary

Numbers

eins (1), zwei (2), drei (3), vier (4), fünf (5), sechs (6) sieben (7), acht (8), neun (9), zehn (10), elf (11), zwölf (12) dreizehn (13), vierzehn (14), fünfzehn (15), sechszehn (16) siebzehn (17), achtzehn (18), neunzehn (19), zwanzig (20), einundzwanzig (21), zweiundzwanzig (22), dreiundzwanzig (23) vierundzwanzig (24), fünfundzwanzig (25), sechundzwanzig (26) siebundzwanzig (27), achtundzwanzig (28), neunundzwanzig (29) dreißig (30), vierzig (40), fünfzig (50), sechzig (60) siebzig (70), achtzig (80), neunzig (90), einhundert (100)

Sports

Fußball (Soccer)

Important verbs

Verb tables below

• Sein
• Haben

Interested Students

(imported from Wikibooks)

1. --67.65.56.203 18:35, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
2. --Ђорђе Д. Божовић 23:17, 11 November 2005 (UTC) (basic knowledge of German, I know how to build the present tense and a few words)
3. -- User:kinain I have some basic knowledge of german (1,5 year)- 15 January, 2006
4. -- Karmakat 04:48, 25 June 2006 (UTC) Basic knowledge (Level 2)
5. --User:Misty Morris 20:23, 9 July 2006 Beginner
6. -- Albrecht 10:50, 15 July 2006 Beginner
7. -- Jon 18:31, 1 August 2006 Beginner
8. -- lapo3399 02:31 16 August 2005 (UTC) Some knowledge.
9. -- Intellectuality 16:43 20 August 2006 Complete Beginner

Interested teachers

(imported from Wikibooks)

1. --German Men92 00:56, 15 April 2006 (UTC) (Native speaker)
2. --Junesun 13:44, 22 May 2006 (UTC) (Currently preparing the Wikibook at BLL German
3. --Darkstar (08 August 2006) Native speaker, could give some help here and there

Wikibooks On Foreign Languages

German Language Textbook is very nice-looking and is good for learning German.

Bite-sized lessons for German is a new approach for those who easily feel overwhelmed with regular textbooks. Some lessons are ready, more contributions needed.