A Syrian German friend told me something that stayed with me.

While speaking Arabic with other Syrians in Berlin, his friends kept switching to German, not out of habit, but out of fear.

Fear of discrimination.

#Syria #Arabic #German #WirSindDasStadtbild #Racism #Berlin

A sudden policy reversal by the German federal government concerning funding for long-distance rail services has ignited fierce criticism, threatening the finan... https://news.osna.fm/?p=21901 | #news #cut #funding #german #government

A sudden policy reversal by the German federal government concerning funding for long-distance rail services has ignited fierce criticism, threatening the finan... https://news.osna.fm/?p=21901 | #news #cut #funding #german #government

#btw

“Holy cats, Batman!” is “heilige Katzen, Fledermausmann!” in German. In case you wanted to start using that.
You're welcome.

#German
#UsefulSwears
#cats

#btw

“Holy cats, Batman!” is “heilige Katzen, Fledermausmann!” in German. In case you wanted to start using that.
You're welcome.

#German
#UsefulSwears
#cats

Not for the first time, this company has got the best marketing team for their TV commercials. The brief must have been "remind middle-aged Germans about their childhood".

The cinematography is insanely good.

#advertising #marketing #tv #photography #McDonalds #Germany #German #camera

Not for the first time, this company has got the best marketing team for their TV commercials. The brief must have been "remind middle-aged Germans about their childhood".

The cinematography is insanely good.

#advertising #marketing #tv #photography #McDonalds #Germany #German #camera

🇩🇪 #German state #government: ditches (foreign) Big Tech solutions in favour of independently run #OpenSource solutions to enhance #DigitalSovereignty

https://www.zdnet.com/article/german-state-replaces-microsoft-exchange-and-outlook-with-open-source-email/

🇮🇳 #Indian national government: ditches independently run #selfhosted email setup in favour of (local) #proprietary #BigTech solutions, while claiming that open source is "insecure"

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/email-accounts-of-12-lakh-central-government-employees-now-run-on-zohos-platform/article70155315.ece

We are not the same 😭

🇩🇪 #German state #government: ditches (foreign) Big Tech solutions in favour of independently run #OpenSource solutions to enhance #DigitalSovereignty

https://www.zdnet.com/article/german-state-replaces-microsoft-exchange-and-outlook-with-open-source-email/

🇮🇳 #Indian national government: ditches independently run #selfhosted email setup in favour of (local) #proprietary #BigTech solutions, while claiming that open source is "insecure"

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/email-accounts-of-12-lakh-central-government-employees-now-run-on-zohos-platform/article70155315.ece

We are not the same 😭

Hey, anyone learning German: I just came across a lyric video of a song that might help getting used to ch having 2 different pronunciations - e.g. this song's chorus includes "ich brauch dich", with the 3 "ch"s being, in order, /ç/, /x/, /ç/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boh9Lbzm1Fk

#languages #German

Hey, anyone learning German: I just came across a lyric video of a song that might help getting used to ch having 2 different pronunciations - e.g. this song's chorus includes "ich brauch dich", with the 3 "ch"s being, in order, /ç/, /x/, /ç/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boh9Lbzm1Fk

#languages #German

Fun fact: The German word "fast" (pronounced like the English "fussed") means "almost".

We enjoy pointing this out when eating fast food.

#German #FastFood

Fun fact: The German word "fast" (pronounced like the English "fussed") means "almost".

We enjoy pointing this out when eating fast food.

#German #FastFood

#russia continues to test #NATO's limits.

According to #German Defense Minister Boris #Pistorius, a #russian military #aircraft flew over a German #Navy #frigate in the Baltic Sea.

https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article68d3f1e06199625f8c0fbd0c/Ostsee-Russisches-Flugzeug-ueberfliegt-deutsche-Fregatte-Pistorius-berichtet-von-Provokation.html

#German jets scrambled after russian military plane flies over #Baltic Sea

by Luke Harding in Kyiv

russian Il-20M reconnaissance plane ignored requests to make contact in latest in what are seen as provocative acts by the kremlin

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/21/german-jets-scrambled-after-russian-military-plane-flies-over-baltic-sea

#russia continues to test #NATO's limits.

According to #German Defense Minister Boris #Pistorius, a #russian military #aircraft flew over a German #Navy #frigate in the Baltic Sea.

https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article68d3f1e06199625f8c0fbd0c/Ostsee-Russisches-Flugzeug-ueberfliegt-deutsche-Fregatte-Pistorius-berichtet-von-Provokation.html

#German jets scrambled after russian military plane flies over #Baltic Sea

by Luke Harding in Kyiv

russian Il-20M reconnaissance plane ignored requests to make contact in latest in what are seen as provocative acts by the kremlin

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/21/german-jets-scrambled-after-russian-military-plane-flies-over-baltic-sea

Hallo!
Hello!
Привет!
toki a!

I'm new here on Conlang Network. :)
I've been part of the conlanging hobby since I was a young teenager, but I've not worked on anything conlang-related in quite a while.

I've pursued #linguistics in university because of my #conlanging hobby; and I'm a professional in the translation/localisation industry, specialising in video games and other media.

I speak #German and #English natively ( #bilingual) and have been learning a bit of #Russian on the side. I am fluent in #tokipona, which I've been learning for over seven years now.

#conlang #linguistics #introduction #newHere #intro

Wo ist mein deutsches Mastodon? Ich lerne Deutsch seit vier Monaten, und ich würde gern mit Deutschsprechenden sprechen. Ich glaube, dass es mir helfen würde.

#deutsch #german

Wo ist mein deutsches Mastodon? Ich lerne Deutsch seit vier Monaten, und ich würde gern mit Deutschsprechenden sprechen. Ich glaube, dass es mir helfen würde.

#deutsch #german