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⚠️ False Friends Friday:

🇩🇪 blinken = to signal
🇬🇧 to blink = blinzeln

Similar word, different action! 😅

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🍷 Leben wie Gott in Frankreich = live like God in France. A life of luxury and pleasure! ✨
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@graz_austria Genau... die einzige Ausnahme: Mitgift (= dowry) 😉

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geben vs. schenken

👩‍🏫 Quick tip:
✔️ General giving → geben
✔️ Gifts/presents → schenken
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German in Germany 🇩🇪 and Austria 🇦🇹 can vary, even with everyday words 🍻🌭

Fun fact: In Vienna, people don’t actually say “Wiener Würstchen”!

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👅 German Tongue Twister:

„Wenn Hessen in Essen Essen essen,
essen Hessen Essen in Essen.“

Hessen = people from the state of Hesse
Essen = city in Germany
Essen = food
essen = to eat 🍽️

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Describing symptoms in German 🤒

Not feeling well? Here are some everyday German phrases to explain your symptoms ⬇️

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sich bewerben = to apply (for a job)

👩‍🏫 Quick tip:
✔️ bei (+Dat) → where
✔️ um (+Akk) → what
✔️ als (+Nom) → role

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⚠️ False Friends Friday:

🇩🇪 bald = soon
🇬🇧 bald = glatzköpfig

Same word, very different meanings! 😅
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🔨 Den Nagel auf den Kopf treffen = hit the nail on the head.
Perfectly right, straight to the point! 👌
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🇦🇹 vs. 🇩🇪 German — everyday words edition!

🥣 Grießbrei / Grießkoch
☕ Tasse / Häferl
🚰 Spüle / Abwasch
🍽️ Spülmaschine / Geschirrspüler

Same language, different words! 😄
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🥃 Can the whiskey mixer mix the whiskey without mixing up his tongue? 🥴
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💬 Daily Communication #6: Catching Up 👋
Which question would you ask first?
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@graz_austria Sehr weise :)

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📚 Word of the Week: schaffen
Means create, manage, or succeed.
⚠️ Schaffen has two past tenses – the meaning decides which one to use.
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arbeiten vs. funktionieren

👩‍🏫 Quick tip:
✔️ People → arbeiten
✔️ Things → funktionieren

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⚠️ False Friends Friday
Some words look the same… but mean very different things!

🇩🇪 Chef = boss 👔
🇬🇧 chef = Koch 👨‍🍳

👇 What other false friends have you stumbled over?

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⛪ Die Kirche im Dorf lassen = to not exaggerate (literally “to leave the church in the village”)
🧠 Origin: “Kirche�� is the community, not the building. Taking a church parade beyond the village limits is an exaggeration.
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🇦🇹 vs. 🇩🇪 German — food edition!

🍑 Aprikose / Marille
🍇 Johannisbeere / Ribisel
🥐 Hörnchen / Kipferl
🌱 Meerrettich / Kren

Same language, different flavors! 😋
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💀 This week’s tongue twister could kill your grandfather! 💀
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