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I need some interesting German games or cultural facts or something along those lines?

I'm in charge of my German club at my school but I don't know what to plan for tomorrow and they didn't like the fairy tales I brought last time so I need something really fun this time around.

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  • 8 years ago
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    Hey there,

    How about talking about some fun facts or weird facts that are typical for Germans? And maybe something about how to learn German...

    Perhaps it is best if I give you links for personal experiences. So that's what I will do.

    Important things to know when grocery shopping in Germany: http://starkcorner.blogspot.de/2011/01/grocery-sho...

    16 unusual tricks on how to become fluent in German:

    http://starkcorner.blogspot.de/2013/09/16-tips-on-...

    Sorting trash in Germany:

    http://starkcorner.blogspot.de/2011/01/mulltrennun...

    Attitudes of foreigners in Germany:

    http://starkcorner.blogspot.de/2011/01/foreign-att...

    My personal experience on what Germans in groceries are like:

    http://sensehappiness.blogspot.de/2010/02/grocery-...

    German politicians who can't spell (!):

    http://sensehappiness.blogspot.de/2011/07/k-for-cr...

    I hope that these anecdotes will be a lot of fun combined. Sorry I had to spam you with links here, but I think you might have a couple of nice stories to tell. Germans can be really weird people sometimes. Let me know if I could help you!

    Source(s): As mentioned above. Too many to put here. And yeah, I'm German.
  • 8 years ago

    A fun Idea maybe could be a comparison of words. In the German language there are words that sound the like english words, but have a totally different meaning. Maybe you could make a game sheet with facts (true and not true or maybe write the word and meaning and they have to try to find the real answer to it.

    Example:

    Igel (der Igel) = Hedgehog ==> sounds like EAGLE

    Gift (das Gift) = poison ==> sounds like GIFT

    Teer (der Teer) = tar ==> sounds like tear

    Hai (der Hai) = shark ==> sounds like hi

    There are no Skunks and Hummingbirds in Germany! A lot of people never think about that. Sure more examples can be found.

    Kids in Germany get a "Schultuete" on their first day of School. And almost every kid has a picture of it taken.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schult%C3%BCte

    Most Germans wear their wedding rings on the right Hand

    Germans answer the phone with their surname instead of Hello.

    Germans don't have "Santa Claus", they have "das Christkind".

  • 5 years ago

    I'm in charge of my German club at my school but I don't know what to plan for tomorrow and they didn't like the fairy tales I brought last time so I need something really fun this time around.

    I'm in charge of my German club at my school but I don't know what to plan for tomorrow and they didn't like the fairy tales I brought last time so I need something really fun this time around.

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