Short Stories in German for Beginners: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn German the fun way! (Foreign Language Graded Reader Series)

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The link from the title will take you to a side-by-side bilingual version of the story. 4. “ Skorpion”(Scorpion) We enjoy this story because it places you in the shoes of a Berlin newcomer, broadening your views on German culture and deepening your understanding of Germany’s capital city. A well-loved classic fairy tale, filled to the brim with helpful, everyday terms and expressions, we’d recommend this short It's using the right content and tools, like FluentU has to offer! Browse hundreds of videos, take endless quizzes and master the German language faster than you've ever imagine!

Also banden der Bauer und der Sohn ein Seil um den Hals des Esels und zu dritt gingen auf den Markt zu.Stories By Foreign Authors: Scandinavian, contrib. by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Juhani Aho, Meïr Goldschmidt, Alexander Lange Kielland, and Fredrika Bremer (Gutenberg text) A heart-aching story about the loss of childhood during wartime, and the hope that adult protection and guidance can bring. Strange Stories From the Lodge of Leisures (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1913), by Songling Pu, trans. by G. Soulié de Morant Possible grammar points to learn from this story include passive voice and indirect speech. In terms of vocabulary, it features very interesting visual descriptions and lots of useful words and phrases used to express feelings and emotions.

Der Fuchs stapelte das ganze Essen auf einen riesigen Haufen. Er nahm die Hörner, die Ohren, die Hufe und andere unerwünschte Teile, die der Löwe nicht essen würde. Alles andere fügte er dem Anteil des Löwen hinzu. To make sure you don’t get bored with children's stories and all the vocabulary for animals and princesses, I’ve also prepared a collection of German short story writers for adults.The late 19th Century brought about the literary movement “Naturalism”, which stiffly rejected Romanticism (which was emotional,

This is why in this article I’ve collected a few short stories which are not just manageable for beginners and intermediate learners but also simply great literature. Most of these short stories were written in the post-war era, because after the horrors of WWII many authors felt that their language, just like their homeland, was in desperate need of new beginnings and had to be freed from the remnants of pathos and ideology. As a consequence, these authors developed a new language which was characterized by simplicity and brevity. Put simply, they expressed themselves using simple words. This is what makes these short stories an excellent way to practice German. Eine der jungen Mäuse sagte: „Schau, die Katze hat das Haus verlassen. Es gibt auch einen großen Mehlklumpen auf dem Tisch, den wir essen können. “

5 German Post-WWII Short Stories

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