Top products from r/germany
We found 29 product mentions on r/germany. We ranked the 276 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. Grandma's German Cookbook
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
Used Book in Good Condition
3. Schaum's Outline of German Grammar, 4ed (Schaum's Outline Series)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
4. Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil - The Story of Fleet Logistics Afloat in the Pacific During World War II
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
5. Deutsche Marchen und Sagen: Fur Auslander bearbeitet
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
Used Book in Good Condition
6. Das Parfum: Die Geschichte Eines Morders (Fiction, Poetry & Drama) (German Edition)
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 2
8. The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the Twentieth Century
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
10. Baader-Meinhof: The Inside Story of the R.A.F.
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
11. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
Sentiment score: -1
Number of reviews: 1
Spark The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
13. The Rough Guide to Germany (Travel Guide) (Rough Guides)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
15. The Fire: The Bombing of Germany, 1940-1945
Sentiment score: -1
Number of reviews: 1
Columbia University Press
16. Faust, Part One: Part One (Oxford World's Classics) (Pt. 1)
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Oxford University Press
17. Java: How to Program, 9th Edition (Deitel)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
18. Schaum's Outline of German Grammar, 5th Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
McGraw-Hill
> so I have no idea what it would be like living there.
Answering this could fill a book. Besides cars, is there anything else you'd like to know? You could also start with our wiki page on comparing daily life in the US and Germany.
> I’m a car enthusiast, so I would love to know more about how things are over there in comparison to the US.
In addition to the other comments: Germans love their cars, but actually need them far less than Americans. Unless you live far outside of a city, you can generally get around perfectly well with public transport or a bicycle. Furthermore, driving into a city is generally only for masochists - our cities were not designed for cars, so you can expect traffic jams and expensive (if you can find any at all) parking.
Between the mandatory inspections, insurance, and expensive gas (petrol), owning a car is a fair bit more expensive than in the US. While there are people who own more than one car, they are fairly few and far between.
I'm honestly curious: how does "being a car enthusiast" manifest itself for you? Do you enjoy taking care of your car? Owning an expensive/rare/unusual car? Driving a car through scenic countryside?
> Plus I would like to know about a few places to sightseeing on and off the tourist map.
There are enough things to see in Germany to fill several months (or even years) of your life. What part of the country are you looking to move to? I would honestly recommend that you buy an old-fashioned tourist guidebook (here is one example) - they would do a far better job at giving you ideas for places to see and do than random strangers on the internet.
I'm writing an essay on this right at this moment...spooky!
There's a radio play version of it on this site here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p027n4xp
which I'd highly recommend because it gives you a much better sense of what the performance would look like than just reading it. (You might need to use some sort of proxy for it if you're outside the UK though)
The English title is "the man outside" and there's copies of the book on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-Outside-Wolfgang-Borchert/dp/0811200116 You might have to get a second hand copy though.
The play was also made into a film called 'Love '47' in English but this is quite far removed from the original text and in my opinion not as good so I'd recommend reading the play before watching it.
If you want to find out more about Wolfgang Borchert or the play itself I'd recommend the book "The life and works of Wolfgang Borchert" by Gordon Burgess. It gives a good introduction, a simple description of his life and the time he was writing in and introduces some basic ideas on the texts.
It's one of my favourite German plays so I hope you enjoy!
I used to teach 1001-2001 at a major university in the US.
You're having trouble learning in the classroom? Are you spending at least three hours outside of class for every hour spent in class? That's the recommended amount of homework/ review work to do well in any college-level class.
Here are some other tips.
No matter what you do, make a point of doing this every day. I have an Austrian friend whose mom is a moderately famous Slovakian-born author who writes in German. Her (=the Mom's) German was admittedly lousy when she moved to Austria. However, every day, she made a point of watching a cooking show she liked and learned a ton of German from that. If you hate cooking shows, don't watch them. : ) In this case, the cooking show was helpful because there are a lot of repetitive actions and very useful nouns and verbs - food words are really important! : )
ETA - Reddit automatically changed my numbering. The stinkers! : P
> even read this entire book in my second year of my bachelor (the 6th edition):http://www.amazon.com/Java-How-Program-Edition-Deitel/dp/0132575663[1]
So I think I'm very experienced. But of course I never worked in the industry before.
No serious company will account this as experience.
>2- I also often see in jobs ads statements like: 2-year experience in java programming. And things like that. Do my experience in the uni count?!
what is generally meant by "2-years Experience" are internships (Praktikum), Werksstudentenjobs and maybe (that really depends on the position and company you are applying for) Studentjob in big Institutions or Lab with a reputation.
>so I'm not sure if companies would take that into account if I will apply from now and not be prepared for the interviews or so.
As someone who personally knows people who hire Guys in Software Development. I can assure you the company isnt looking for a "perfect 2 Years experience candidate" but rather if you fit in the Company, the Team and are capable of good teamwork.
From your statements i have to conclude, that you are really not at all experienced (remember any work that you do for your Studium doesnt count here).
Rather than rushing to an actual Job, i would recommend you to get atleast real world experience with a Praktikum and a Werksstudentenjob.
Hi.
If you're looking for some kind of textbook, I've found the Schritte International Glossary XXL German-English books to be quite good when starting out. The first 4 books cover the A1 and A2 levels and are available here. If you'd like, I could send the first volume your way so you could get a feeling for the material.
Otherwise, as an all-in-one solution, I've read good things about Schaum's Outline of German Grammar.
Dictionaries - I don't own a physical one. Online, I use dict.cc and pons.com for word definitions and linguee.de for usage examples.
If my answer is unsatisfactory, also try asking in /r/German which is the dedicated sub-reddit for learning German.
Highly recommended: Germany: Memories of a Nation by Neil MacGregor, former head of the British Museum. Also available as a podcast from BBC Radio 4. I love how he uses small objects to create vivid imagery of a complex topic (Frankfurter Würstchen is my absolute favourite).
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0241008336?keywords=memories%20of%20a%20nation&qid=1457598900&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
(edited: BBC Radio 4, not Radio 3)
Same with the other two. They are available in Germany, but not for you :P
Jokes aside: Contact Amazon/Google support (I guess you might need to change country settings? No idea.) or buy them from a German shop like thalia.de, ebook.de, hugendubel.de or your local bookstore.
The British invented the term at the end of the 19th century to classify German goods that were seen as inferior.
Germany was industrialized later than Britain. Therefore Brits viewed the Germans as laymen when it came to industrialized production. But in fact Germany could use the already optimized industrial methods without having to make errors that would only cost money. Thus German factories became more efficient than British.
One of the main goals for the German economy was to replace the imported British products with German ones and export their products into the world. Around this time the British invented the "Made in Germany" label, which later became a guarantor for quality.
Therefore Germany invested much more in Research and Devolopment than Britain for example, in order to increase quality and efficiency of producing.
And by the turn of the century Germany was already an industrial powerhouse and a world leader in science.
If you want to know more about this topic I can recomend you the book "The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, The Second Scientific Revolution and the Twentieth Century" by Peter Watson
Good thinking. For OP's benefit: this is probably the one you're looking for.
If you want to go the RAF route, this is the mainstream book about it. Btw., the author used to be Spiegel's editor in chief, and if you pick any subject that is post-War (or rather, post-1947 when the magazine was founded), their archives are free.
There's also a movie.
btw: I recommend this one:
http://www.amazon.de/Sleepwalkers-How-Europe-Went-1914/dp/0141027827/ref=sr_1_1?s=books-intl-de&ie=UTF8&qid=1406045842&sr=1-1&keywords=christopher+clark
Faust
Die Physiker
Die Leiden des jungen Werther
Der Prozess
Buddenbrooks
Emilia Galotti
Das Parfüm
Die Blechtrommel
Im Westen nichts neues
These are the ones I remember from school.
I am not sure if they are easy enough to read for you, "Die Physiker" and "Emilia Galotti" are probably the easier ones to read out of these.
I didn't check them all, but the first one is being offered to me as a 3.37 Euro Kindle edition here. I guess something about your country settings or the location of the Amazon website you use doesn't line up.
>https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B075RFQ8ZJ
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B07LBLD76L/ref=atv_dp_season_select_atf Season 2 comes with amazon prime it has english subs
A Mighty Fortress: A New History of the German People is a single volume history starting with Roman empire contact with Germanic tribes through to the modern day. I read this one a few years ago and it got me up to speed with some of the major developments in German history. But if you want to properly understand german history you will have to invest alot off time on this topic, there is a ton to learn about.
nope its this oone http://www.amazon.com/Grandmas-German-Cookbook-Linn-Schmidt/dp/0756694329/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1419881284&sr=1-1&keywords=grandmas+german+cookbook
Das Parfüm von Patrick Süßkind https://www.amazon.de/Das-Parfum-Geschichte-eines-M%C3%B6rders/dp/3257228007/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314457197&sr=1-1
Deutsche Märchen und Sagen
http://www.amazon.de/Deutsche-M%C3%A4rchen-Sagen-Rosemarie-Griesbach/dp/3190010226
The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution and the Twentieth Century, by Peter Watson.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B075RFQ8ZJ
Norton Criticals or this one
> I dont know how easy it is to actually get a copy, though.
Really hard!
Ferdinand von Schirach - Verbrechen and
Schuld
Both books are not for the easily disturbed.
Edit: English versions also available: Verbrechen = Crime: Stories
and Schuld =Guilt: Stories
> "Der Brand" by Jörg Friedrich is a comprehensive and well-researched book on the bombings of German cities in WWII. The English translation was well-acclaimed by the New York Times, but it's banned in Britain.
Doesn't appear to be banned:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fire-Bombing-Germany-1940-1945/dp/0231133812/
Okay history class for you, the heir to the throne of austria was killed by a jugoslav terrorist. Thats how the whole shit started. It was taken by austria (this is not germany and never was germany) as a reason to start a war against Serbia, then Russia came into play, then austria called germany its ally for help, russia hey stop mobilizing your troops or we will join the fight...., a lot of more allies to each side joined one after another all escalating the situation even more, all with their own special interests. Every fucking european ruler of this time period was involved and many could have prevented it to escalate even more. So the victors gave now the fault for the war to germany alone .... God the whole continent was ruled at this time by assholes on thrones, who were going to war for shitty reasons. Do you think the Brits got their colonies with being nice to the inhabitans, the difference was just that they won.
This is a good read about ww1
> Concepts seem different depending on the language I use. I'm not sure what it is but I feel it somehow widens the mental horizon. Or I may be full of shit.
This is interesting. We find that emotions are much more difficult for us to discuss in German, or perhaps our emotional vocabulary is better in English -- all of us feel more equipped to explain emotional nuances in English. For my older kids, that meant sometimes they would grow very frustrated with their dad because he always resolutely refused to switch to English, even during an argument where feelings had been hurt, and as a result, they would come more to me to sort out feelings. With our youngest, he seems to have learned from this, and if they get stuck and neither is seeing the other's point of view, they'll occasionally switch to English and clarify a nuance they can't quite get at in German.
Also, we've all had this shirt at some point.