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MFGW: checken
October 14, 2010 by GW Editorial Staff
Filed under German Words
My Favorite German Word of the Day is: checken!
Noun:
Because most things, granted not all things are better in Austria we also have “Obercheckers” – der Oberchecker or plural die Oberchecker
Principle part: checken / checkte / gecheckt
Auxiliary Verb: haben
Flexion: regular verbs
Here is how the verb is conjugated:
Präsens
Indikativ
ich checke
du checkst
er/sie/es checkt
wir checken
ihr checkt
sie checken
Konjunktiv I
ich checke
du checkest
er/sie/es checke
wir checken
ihr [...]
Heidi Klum New Balance
October 13, 2010 by GW Editorial Staff
Filed under NEWS
Mediamogulmother, mother and German World Covermodel Heidi Klum is not only as we say in German: “Fit wie ein Turnschuh” Fit like a sneaker, now she produces her own on cooperation with “New Balance” for sale at Amazon’s clothing store.
“Busy women, like me, have changed their way of shopping. We now shop online,” says [...]
German Network Deutsche Welle
October 11, 2010 by GW Editorial Staff
Filed under CULTURE
CABLEVISION EXPANDS iO INTERNATIONAL THROUGH LAUNCH OF GERMAN NETWORK DEUTSCHE WELLE, THE 16th INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING CATEGORY FOR iO TV CUSTOMERS
Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) announced the addition of German network Deutsche Welle to its comprehensive iO International programming service. The German and English-language network is now available across Cablevision’s service area on Channel 284. [...]
GW Magazine Autumn 2010
October 5, 2010 by GW Editorial Staff
Filed under NEWS
Dear German World Online Reader,
We hope you enjoy our e-news and website
as well as connecting on facebook and twitter.
In our fast paced digital world, nothing beats sitting down with a good book or a printed magazine, right?
We are very happy announce our recently released PRINT edition which includes our Autumn Education Special
If you haven’t already, [...]
German Oscar Entry
October 5, 2010 by GW Editorial Staff
Filed under FILM
83rd Academy Awards® - Official German Entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
When We Leave (Die Fremde) A film by FEO ALADAG with SIBEL KEKILLI (star of HEAD-ON)
TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2010: BEST FILM, World Narrative Feature Competition;
BEST ACTRESS, Sibel Kekilli
WHEN WE LEAVE will have its US Theatrical premiere in New York at the Angelika Film [...]
Celebrities in a Dirndl
October 4, 2010 by GW Editorial Staff
Filed under NEWS
California girls meets Bavarian girls and voila Dirndls, Beer and good times.
Kathy Perry
Kim Kardashian and her mother
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Germany Reunited
October 3, 2010 by GW Editorial Staff
Filed under NEWS
The German lower house of parliament Bundestag is illuminated during celebrations marking the country’s 20th anniversary of reunification in Berlin October 3, 2010. After four decades of division into Soviet-controlled communist German Democratic Republic (GDR) in the east and the Federal Republic of Germany in the west, Germany was officially reunited on October 3, 1990. [...]