A Guide to German - German key phrases

German key phrases

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Facts about German

Facts about German

10 things to know about the German language

The German alphabet

The German alphabet

All the sounds, from a to z, from ß to ü

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Goethe Institut

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German dictionary and linguistic authority, German version of the Oxford English Dictionary

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