Resources for Students
On this page I have posted links related to German as well as links to other resource you might want to use for any kind of project. Many links are meant especially for the non-native-German, interested in German culture, language and daily life. Other links are to sites used by Germans, like the TV stations for example, or some magazines and newspapers.
Like on any webpage - I am not responsible for any information you find, once you clicked on the links. I will take great care however, when selecting the links I post on my site.
German/English Dictionary with many helpful links: leo.org from the Technical University in Munich
(Reminder: Do not ever use a translator for any kind of classwork...(see syllabus)! When you use a dictionary - mark your translated words accordingly.)
German search engine Yahoo: http://de.yahoo.com/
World clock - time in Germany (or any other country) now: http://www.timeanddate.com/wordclock/?n=83
(also shows holidays of a country and other information, like weather in the world...)
The German word of the week: Deutsch Welle - Wort der Woche
Our Edmodo site: http://www.edmodo.com/
An American Newspaper - published in German, in Troy, Michigan: Die Nordamerikanische Wochenpost
Codes for accented letters and other characters: http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codealt.html
Europäische Presse: http://www.presseurop.eu/de
German magazines, regularly in print in Germany, but also online:
Spiegel online magazine: http://www.spiegel.de/
Focus: http://www.focus.de/
Die Welt: http://www.welt.de/
Frankfurter Rundschau: http://www.fr-online.de/home/-/1472778/1472778/-/index.html
Online websites for German students, teachers and other interested in German information:
Slow German: http://www.slowgerman.com/
Goethe Institute: http://www.goethe.de/deindex.htm
Young Germany: http://www.young-germany.de/
Step into German: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/saf/prj/sig/enindex.htm?wt_sc=stepintogerman_us
The Week in Germany - German newsletter in English: http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/newsletter/The__Week__in__Germany/TWIG__120928.html
Deutsche Welle: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,265,00.html?id=265
Deutsch als Fremdsprache: http://www.deutsch-als-fremdsprache.de/
.de Magazin Deutschland: http://www.magazin-deutschland.de/de.html
Deutschland.de: http://www.deutschland.de/
Deutschland.de in English: https://www.deutschland.de/en
Welcome to Germany.info: http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/Startseite.html
Facts about Germany: http://www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de/en/
German Newsletter by the German Embassy: http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/newsletter/The__Week__in__Germany/TWIG__111104.html?archive=2055094
The link to the archive of the German newsletter: http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/newsletter/TWIG__Archive.html
German word of the week: http://www.germany.info/Vertretung/usa/en/__pr/GIC/TWIG__WoW/Word__of__Week__PA.html
German TV (main stations):
ARD: http://www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/
ZDF: http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/hauptnavigation/startseite#/hauptnavigation/startseite
German Radio Stations:
Radio in Hessen: http://www.hr-online.de/website/index.jsp
Other sources:
Tourism in Germany, includes a great interactive map: http://www.germany.travel/en/index.html
CIA - World fact book: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Major cities in Germany, numbers: http://www.citypopulation.de/Deutschland-Cities.html
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung http://www.bpb.de/
Lebendiges Museum online: http://www.dhm.de/lemo/einfuehrung.html
Deutsche Waldstiftung http://www.wald.de/
Unicef: http://www.unicef.at/home.html
Anne Frank Museum: http://www.annefrank.org/de/Subsites/Home/
Temperature conversion from Fahrenheit to Celsius: http://www.mathsisfun.com/temperature-conversion.html
Time, Weather, Holiday and more - around the world: http://www.timeanddate.com/
München - die Stadt in Bildern: http://spon.de/vfoad
Free to use photos for any kind of projects you are doing:
Photos: http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/flickrCC/index.php
Photos: http://pics4learning.com/
"Learning German" Sites:
BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/
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