German is a beautiful language

Nice shirt, you monster 👺

For everyone already on an intermediate level, I recommend following German article dice (yes, you can buy such things in Germany).

It is more than art. It is more than science! We Germans are not throwing dice when choosing our articles! (Only when it comes to Nutella. No one really knows the correct article for Nutella. Kids cried due to this controversy, elders wept, relationships broke, families became estranged…)…

And by the way, there are exactly 6 (definite) articles in German… instead of the duplicates, there should be den, dem and des (on the dice).

You need a second dice for the personal pronouns: ich du er/sie/es wir ihr sie/Sie… and another one for the tenses: Präsens Imperfekt Futur I, Perfekt Plusquamperfekt Futur II (or others)… For combos, roll twice.

Alternatively, you could adopt an Austrian accent and drop everything but the “d” — “d’ Frau, d’ Mann, d’ Katz” etc.

I guess “choking hazard” refers to the german language as a whole. lol

Slippers… a different word, depending on which part of the German speaking world you want to use it! You better have this map ready!
Good luck!

I’m really glad that German is my native language. It would drive me completely insane if I was forced to learn it as foreign language 😅

Don’t worry! We’d still understand what you’re trying to say even if you mix up the articles. So unless you try to teach german to others or are a spy and try to pass as a native german speaker, you shouldn’t sweat it at all!

Schönes Wochenende, y’all!

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