The word ‘kaputt’ started being used in England during the First World War, and to this day maintains popularity as a slang word for ‘completely destroyed’. Why the English-speaking world adopted the ...

German has a lot of specific words for a lot of silly things, which sound ridiculous when translated literally into English. Here are ten of the best. The German language doesn’t mess around when it ...

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 ...

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 ...