DeutschDonnerstag: #6

German: aufstiegsmöglichkeiten
Definition from the textbook: promotion prospects

Always a good one to know, eh?
Question: Am the only one who has probably never said 'promotion prospects', even in English, before in my life up until now?

[Taken from the 'Edexcel GCSE German Higher Student Book']

This has been a fun segment to do. In reality, I think that this is a very good course for anyone who wants to do German, and this is truly quite a decent textbook.
Please note that these posts were not meant to offend anyone. They were purely for fun.

DeutschDonnerstag: #5

German: Amnesie (noun)
Definition from the textbook: Amnesia

At least you'd understand if a German doctor told you that you had Amnesia. Let's hope that never happens to anyone.

[Taken from the 'Edexcel GCSE German Higher Student Book']

DeutschDonnerstag: #4

German: ablehnen (verb)
Definition from the textbook: to decline

This one's actually relatively useful :)

[Taken from the 'Edexcel GCSE German Higher Student Book']

DeutschDonnerstag: #3

German: Wodka (noun)
Definition from the textbook: Vodka

There are in fact many references to violence and alcohol in this glossary. Always remember, violence and alcohol abuse should NOT be encouraged.

[Taken from the 'Edexcel GCSE German Higher Student Book']

DeutschDonnerstag: #2

German: Obdachlose (noun)
Definition from the textbook: Homeless person

[Taken from the 'Edexcel GCSE German Higher Student Book']

DeutschDonnerstag: #1

Here we have a brand new segment on this blog!
If you didn't know before, the name is in German and literally translates as 'German Thursday'. It's relatively self-explanatory.
Starting today, for the next six weeks, on every Thursday, we will have a certain German word that ANT, ShoeLobber and Master found in the glassary of their German textbook. The point is that it's difficult to imagine why these words have been put into this GCSE level textbook...let's take a look.

German: Naschkatzen (noun)
Definition from the textbook: Someone with a sweet tooth

Someone tell me, when is someone going to think to use this word in a German assessment?

[Taken from the 'Edexcel GCSE German Higher Student Book']