Better German Podcast

Learning German usually doesn’t fail because German is hard — it fails because the habits don’t work. In this episode, Susi talks about realistic learning habits that actually help you make progress in German, whether you’re restarting, learning on the side, or finally want to do it properly this time. No gimmicks, no unrealistic promises — just what actually works.
🎬 Free PDF: Learn German with Movies & TV
📘 German Articles Guide (Der · Die · Das) with the mentioned list of nouns
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🔎 Key Topics• Why motivation alone doesn’t work• How much weekly time actually makes a difference• What to focus on first (and what to ignore early on)• Vocabulary, practice, and media — how they work together• Subtitles: when they help and when they don’t• When structure and courses actually matter
🔗 Mentioned Links & Resources• Nicos Weg – Full Movie with multiple subtitles• Learn German with Movies & TV – Free PDF (curated list of YouTube, Netflix, Prime, Disney):• German Articles Guide (Der · Die · Das) with the mentioned list of nouns• Article: Should You Take a German Course or Learn Alone?
📚 German Dictionaries (mentioned in the episode)• Collins German-English Dictionary • LANGENSCHEIDT Dictionary
🎓 Mentioned CourseGet Talking: German for Beginners & RestartersSpeak German from the first lesson — no grammar terms, no memorizing rules, only practical language you can actually use.https://bettergerman.info/course
👉 You May Also Like• Episode 14: Learn German with Movies (complete guide): https://bettergerman.info/14• Episode 7: The 7 Best Tips to Learn German: https://bettergerman.info/7• Episode 4: How to Learn German: https://bettergerman.info/4
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In this episode, Susi explains how to talk about restaurants in German in a simple, practical way . You'll learn how restaurant language actually works in real life, which phrases people really use, and what's typical in Austria and Germany. The focus is on useful words, natural sentences, and confidence , not textbook rules.

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Key Topics 🔎 Restaurant German• What restaurant vocabulary you really need• Typical Austrian and German food you'll see on menus• Polite and natural phrases for ordering and paying• Small cultural details that make restaurants easier to navigate
Mentioned Episodes(all episodes can be found at bettergerman.info/# of the episode)Ep 57: Restaurant Practice & Conversation (coming soon)
You May Also Like:Episode 30: “To Be” in GermanEp 8: How Much Grammar Do We Need?
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This episode makes German verbs that change their form (irregular verbs / starke verbs) super easy.

There is a free PDF to follow along (and practice further). 📥 Download Part 2 of the FREE German Verbs Guide: https://bettergerman.info/verbs2

German is a funny language sometimes. You learn a word like fahren (to drive) and you think, “Great, I know this word!” But then German plays a little trick. When you say I drive, it stays I drive. But when you say he drives, suddenly the word changes a little and becomes he drives. Same idea, same time, just a tiny vowel jump in the middle! It's a bit like English sing – sang, where the sound changes. German just likes to do this little sound switch even when we are still talking about right now. Don't worry — once you see the pattern, it's actually quite fun.

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Listen until the end for a small preview of Episode 53, where you will learn useful German words for talking about food at a restaurant!

Key Topics 🔎 German Irregular Verbs

• Learning the Easy Way: Why German verbs are simpler than many books make them seem.
• How Many Verbs to Learn?: The small number of verbs you really need for daily German conversations.
• Find the Groups: A simple method for grouping verbs to learn them faster.
• Easy Vowel Changes: Understanding the small but important changes like 'a' to 'ä' and 'e' to 'i'.
• Speak Now: Why the present tense is the most important tense to start with.
• Practical Use: Focus only on the grammar you need for speaking, not complicated rules.
• Practice Time: Pronunciation and verb change practice for verbs like fahren und sprechen.
• Free Verbs PDF Guide Part 2 for this episode to follow along and practice.
• What's Next: A preview of the next episode's useful restaurant vocabulary.

Mentioned Episodes (all episodes can be found at bettergerman.info/# of the episode)

Ep 45: Learn German Verbs The Easy Way (Going over the Regular Forms)Ep 49: "Sie" – She, They, It or You? Finally Learn the Difference 
You May Also Like:Ep 8: How Much Grammar Do We Need?Ep 30: “To Be” in German
Mentioned Links📣Pre-Sale for the New German Course🎓

• Early access is available only for podcast listeners and newsletter subscribers—email [email protected] to join the interest list.
• For questions, topic requests, or course interest, also email [email protected]

Other Resources

• You might find this helpful: our Verbs Practice PDF Part 1 with simple examples and exercises. It walks you through the most important present-tense verbs.
• So check out our free PDF guide on “You”
• Listen to All The Episodes Published So Far!
• Check out our YouTube Channel for visual lessons. Subscribe now for free!

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If you’re ready to finally speak with confidence — not just “know things” — this course is built for you. Clear explanations, practical exercises, and the kind of guidance that actually gets you talking. Pre-sale is live now, and it’s the perfect moment to jump in before doors fully open.
 
In Episode 51 of the Better German Podcast, host Susi Blumel walks you through the 7 ways of practicing German even when you are not a native speaker yourself. She busts the myth that only native speakers can teach you well.  and why it’s absolutely not required for becoming a confident German speaker. Instead, you’ll hear what actually matters when you’re learning: clarity, structure, practice, and saying things out loud until they stick. Simple, practical, and freeing!

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Key Topics 🔎

• Why so many learners struggle to find people to practice with — and what to do about it.
• The truth about practicing with native speakers (and when you don't need one).
• 7 practical ways to practice German daily — even if you're learning alone.
• How repeating simple sentences out loud boosts your speaking confidence.
• Using audio, video, and dictionaries to get clear, reliable pronunciation.
• Why a study partner at your level can speed up your learning.
• Where to find conversation partners online, including in the Better German Community .
• Using movies, series, and subtitles to train your ear for German.
• Local meetups, cultural centers, and language cafés you can join near you.
• A first look at the Get Talking — German for Beginners and Restarters course.
• What’s coming next: a deep dive into strong (irregular) German verbs.

Mentioned Episodes🎧
Episode 14 - Introduction to Watching Movies to Learn German

Related Episodes🎧
Episode 7 - The 7 Best Tips to Learn German
Episode 24 - Tips to Learn to Speak German
Episode 28 - How Much Practice do We Need when Learning German
Episode 29 - How Long Does it Take to Learn German
Episode 42 - Improve Your German with Simple Sentences Using Colors

Other Mentioned Links
📣Pre-Sale for the New German Course🎓

• Early access is available only for podcast listeners and newsletter subscribers—email [email protected] to join the interest list. 
• For questions, topic requests, or course interest, also email [email protected]

 Other Resources📚

• You might find these PDFs helpful:

▫️ Episode 14 → Download PDF: Guide to German Movies▫️ Episode 45 → Download PDF: Verbs Practice Guide▫️ Episodes 46 and 50 → Download PDF: Practice sentences with German clothes vocabulary

• Listen to All The Episodes Published So Far!

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Grab the free PDF for this episode here: https://bettergerman.info/clothes
This guide gives you all the clothing vocabulary from episode 46 so you can follow along as Susi practices it in real sentences.
In this special 50th episode of the Better German Podcast, Susi Blümel brings the clothes topic back to life — not just listing the words, but showing you how to use them in clear, everyday sentences. You’ll practice clothing items, colors, and simple descriptions, while Susi highlights the key grammar you need, like articles and plurals.By the end, you’ll feel confident using these clothing words naturally when you speak.

If you’d like to see what this approach looks like in action and understand why German feels unnecessarily hard for so many learners, join my free live workshop “How to Actually Learn German.” I’ll walk you through what usually goes wrong — and what actually makes progress possible. https://bettergerman.info/workshop

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Key Topics 🔎 Practicing Sentences with German Clothes Vocabulary

• How to turn clothing words into simple, everyday sentences.
• Using colors and descriptive words like big, small, or fluffy.
• How to say “my” correctly with different clothing items (mein/meine).
• Making sentences with plurals: my shirts, my jackets, my shoes.
• Special rules for items that are plural in English, like trousers, glasses, or scissors.
• Examples with less common words: old-fashioned (altmodisch), ruined (kaputt), etc.
• Tips for practicing and repeating sentences to really remember them.
• Using the updated PDF to practice on your own.
• Highlights from earlier episodes and why starting from Episode 1 helps your learning.
• A heads-up about the upcoming masterclass in January and the February course, with a 50% pre-sale for the first 10 spots.

Mentioned Episodes🎧
Episode 1 - Introduction to Better German
Episode 4 - How to Learn German
Episode 5 - Introduction to German Articles
Episode 8 - How Much Grammar Do We Need?
Episode 14 - Watching Movies to Learn German
Episode 24 - Tips to Speak German
Episode 30 - "To Be" in German
Episode 35 - Introduction to German Cases Part 1
Episode 36 - Introduction to German Cases Part 2
Episode 37 - Introduction to German Cases Part 3
Episode 40 - Colors
Episode 43 - German Numbers Made Easy
Episode 42 - Improve Your German with Simple Sentences Using Colors
Episode 44 - Describing Words in German: Small, Big, etc.
Episode 46 - Essential Words for Clothes You Should Know

Other Mentioned Links
📣Pre-Sale for the New German Course🎓

• Early access is available only for podcast listeners and newsletter subscribers—email [email protected] to join the interest list. 
• For questions, topic requests, or course interest, also email [email protected]

 Other Resources📚

• Free PDF for this episode: Practice sentences with German clothes vocabulary (covers both Episodes 46 & 50). 
• You might find these PDFs helpful:
  ▫️ Episode 30 → Download PDF “I am, you are, it is” structures
  ▫️ Episodes 35–37 → Download PDF Cases in German
  ▫️ Episode 40 → Download PDF Colors
  ▫️ Episode 43 → Download PDF Numbers
  ▫️ Episode 44 → Download PDF Adjectives / describing words (big, small, etc.)
• Word List PDFs: 📚 
  ▫️ Episode 6 → Body Parts
  ▫️ Episode 12 → Office & Classroom Words
  ▫️ Episode 34 → Words for Travelling 

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Grab the free PDF for this episode here: https://bettergerman.info/sie
This guide walks you through all the different uses of “sie” in one place. Work through the examples, follow along with Susi in the episode, and test yourself with short sentences so each meaning sticks for good. It's straightforward, practical, and finally makes this tiny troublemaker easy to handle.

In episode 49 of the Better German podcast, Susi Blümel explains the different meanings of the little word sie — it can mean "she," "they," "it," or the polite "you." Susi shows you easy ways to tell which one is meant, using simple examples and everyday sentences. By the end, you'll finally understand how this one word can mean so many things, and you'll feel much more confident using it when you speak.

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Key Topics 🔎 The German Word “sie”

• Explanation of what “small words” are and why they appear frequently in everyday German.
• Overview of the different meanings of sie in German.
• Why sie is one of the first confusing small words learners meet.
• sie for one woman (she) + simple practice ideas.
• sie for several people (they) and how to hear the difference (ist vs. sind).
• sie meaning “it” when talking about certain everyday objects in German.
• sie for several objects (they) with easy examples.
• Formal “Sie” — how Germans say polite “you.”
• Free practice PDF with pictures and sentence prompts.
• Short look ahead to the next episode on clothing vocabulary.

Mentioned and Related Episodes
Episode 5 – Introduction to German Articles
Episode 26 – I, you, he, she, it... in German
Episode 30 – To be in German
Episode 46 – Clothing Vocabulary

Other Mentioned Links
📣Pre-Sale for the New German Course🎓

• Early access is available only for podcast listeners and newsletter subscribers—email [email protected] to join the interest list. 
• For questions, topic requests, or course interest, also email [email protected]

 Other Resources📚

• You might find this helpful: our Verbs Practice PDF with simple examples and exercises. It walks you through the most important present-tense verbs. 
• Listen to All The Episodes Published So Far!

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Hello!✨Welcome to Episode 48 of the Better German Podcast, where host Susi Blümel dives into one of the biggest challenges every learner faces: Why it’s so hard to remember German words — and what you can do to make them stick finally.She also shares some exciting updates about the show: new weekly episodes, a growing team, and easier access to free PDF companion guides — now available to everyone, not just community members!

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🎧 Summary
In Episode 48 of the Better German Podcast, Susi Blümel tackles one of the biggest struggles in learning German — remembering vocabulary. She explains why word lists and flashcards often fail, and shares simple, proven ways to make new words truly stick. You’ll learn how your brain remembers language best and how to apply it in everyday practice. Explore more tips, free resources, and live courses inside the Better German Community — where real learners make real progress. ✨

Introduction
Welcome back to the Better German Podcast! In this episode, Susi Blumel shares some exciting updates about the show—including a new commitment to weekly episodes and easier access to the free PDF companion guides, now available to everyone, not just community members. But the heart of today’s episode tackles a common struggle that every German learner faces: why is it so hard to remember the words you’ve learned, and what can you do about it?

Then she gets personal: remembering her own struggles as a student with long lists of Latin and French words that just wouldn’t stick — until she realized every learner faces this, and there’s a better way.  And if you haven’t yet, check out the Better German Community — your space for extra resources, connection, and motivation on your learning journey.

🔎Key Topics

• Why “Vokabeln lernen” (learning word lists) doesn’t work the way we think
• The surprising truth about how your brain actually remembers new words
• How children naturally acquire words — and what adults can learn from that
• Turning passive study into active use: the secret is repetition and context
• Practical ways to use new German words every day:
  ▫️ Make sentences (even if half of it’s still in English!)
  ▫️ Use post-its for objects — but go beyond the label
  ▫️ Write and say each new word in action
• Why “using” a word beats “memorizing” it every time
• The sentence-building trick that can transform your vocabulary
• Susi’s “10 words a day” fluency plan — how real repetition leads to confidence

🎧Related Episodes
Episode 4: How to Learn GermanEpisode 6: Learn German Words — Body PartsEpisode 11: 7 Practical Tips for Learning German FasterEpisode 20: Easy Sentences in German
Episode 39: Conversation Practice in German
🎧You May Also Like
Episode 5: Introduction to Articles
Episode 30: “To Be” in German
Episode 38: German Word List — Family MembersEpisode 44: Learn & Describe Words in GermanEpisode 47: Practicing German Adjectives

📚Other Resources

• Email your questions to [email protected] — Susi might answer them in an upcoming episode!
• Check out the Interactive German Movie Guide with curated shows and subtitles in your language — a fun way to build vocabulary naturally.
• Listen to all episodes of the Better German Podcast and follow along with the growing community of learners worldwide.

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Episode 47 is building directly on Episode 44's vocabulary list. This episode turns theory into action: you'll create real sentences, understand how to use the words introduced in episode 44 to describe things. You will learn how they are actually used in sentences. Susi shares how practice bridges the gap between knowing words and actually using them.
📥Here you'll find the PDF that accompanies this episode: https://bettergerman.info/adjectives

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🔎 Key Topics: Practicing German Sentences to Describe Things (Adjectives).

• Why practicing with full sentences helps you move from knowing to speaking.
• How “Make another sentence!” (“Make another sentence!”) becomes your best learning tool
• Common adjectives covered in this episode, including: big (big/tall), old (old), cold (cold)
• Examples using everyday nouns 
• Special German sentence structures explained:
  ▫️ I'm cold (literally “To me is cold”)
  ▫️ Are you cold? → Are you cold?
• Encouragement to practice and speak early, even if it's not perfect.
• Free Adjectives PDF Guide available at: https://bettergerman.info/adjectives

Related Episodes 🎧Episode 8: How Much Grammar Do We Need?
Episode 27: Introduction to Parts of Speech
Episode 30: “To Be” in German
Episode 39: Conversation Practice in German
Episode 44: Learn & Describe Words in German

You May Also Like
Episode 4: How to Learn German
Episode 5: Introduction to Articles
Episode 7: Your First Sentences In German
Episode 11: 7 Practical Tips for Learning German Faster
Episode 20: Easy Sentences in German
Episode 22: Introduction to German Plural
Episode 38: German Word List Family Members
Episode 40: Colors in German

Other Resources📚

• The difference between "Dir" and "Dich"
• Download the free PDF guide for this episode at: https://bettergerman.info/adjectives
• You might find this helpful: our Clothes Practice PDF with clear examples and quick exercises to master German clothing words.
• Listen to All The Episodes Published So Far!

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This episode of the Better German Podcast takes you through the essentials of German clothing vocabulary. From coats and dresses to trousers and shirts, you’ll learn the most common words, their plural forms, and some differences between clothing items in German and English. Susi applies her effective 20% Theory – 80% Practical approach, sharing examples and practice tips you can start using right away.

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Key Topics: 🔎 Clothes in German

• Why learning clothing vocabulary helps beginners build sentences quickly
• Core nouns for clothes with plurals and examples, including:
   ▫️ die Kleidung (clothes – singular in German)
   ▫️ das Hemd / die Hemden (shirt/shirts)
   ▫️ die Bluse / die Blusen (blouse/blouses)
   ▫️ das T-Shirt / die T-Shirts (T-shirt/T-shirts)
   ▫️ der Pullover / die Pullover (sweater/sweaters)
• Surprising differences: why some words are singular in German but plural in English
• Tips on pronunciation, plurals, and repeating words to strengthen memory
• Practice segment: repeat along in English and German for better recall
• Free Clothes PDF Guide available at: https://bettergerman.info/clothes

Related Episodes🎧
Episode 5: Introduction to Articles
Episode 22: Introduction to German Plural
Episode 23: Practice German Plurals with Learned Words
Episode 27: Introduction to Parts of Speech for Learning German
Episode 30: "To Be" in German
Episode 40: Colors
Episode 42: Improve Your German with Simple Sentences Using Colors

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Episode 1: Introduction to Better German
Episode 4: How to Learn German
Episode 13: Festivals in Autumn and Winter in Austria and Germany.
Episode 16: Festivals & Holidays in Austria in Winter - Part 2

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• 📥Download the free PDF guide for this episode at: https://bettergerman.info/clothes
• You might find this helpful: our Verbs Practice PDF with simple examples and exercises. It walks you through the most important present-tense verbs.
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📥Here you'll find the PDF that accompanies this episode: https://bettergerman.info/verbs1.
Download this free PDF and practice the verbs from Episode 45 step by step. Learn the forms, follow along with the podcast, and create your own sentences. Quick, simple, and effective—start speaking with confidence today! 

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In this episode of Better German, host Susi Blümel explains how German verbs (words like walk, eat, sleep) work in the present. She shows the simple patterns behind regular verbs and their endings, step by step, with examples like go, live, come, and play. You'll also learn tips for practicing out loud, writing verb lists, and using a free PDF worksheet to make the rules stick. By the end, you'll see that verbs in the present are easier than they seem—and you'll be ready to use them in everyday conversations with confidence. 
IntroductionWelcome to another episode of Better German! Verbs are the engine of every sentence—and in German, they don't stay the same. They change depending on who is speaking: ich, du, er/sie/es ( I, you, he, she, it). At first, this can feel confusing, but don't worry—regular verbs follow simple rules.In this episode, Susi compares how verbs change in English and German, and shares easy examples you'll recognize right away. With her step-by-step method, you'll see that learning verb endings is not only possible but actually quite fun. 
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Key Topics 🔎 Verbs in the Present

• How German verbs change compared to English
• The basic form of verbs with “-en” at the end ("to walk", "to live", ... in English)
• The best verbs to start with in German.
• The difference between leben (“to live”) and wohnen (“to reside”)
• Step-by-step practice
• Tips for pronunciation
• Free downloadable PDF + worksheet with exercises
• Teaser for more verbs (that are a bit different in how they change) in upcoming episodes 
• Sneak peek of the next topic: clothing vocabulary in German

Mentioned and Related Episodes and Links 🎧Episode 26: I, You, He, She, It...in German
Episode 27: Introduction to Parts of SpeechEpisode 30: "To be"  in German

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Episode 1: Introduction to Better GermanEpisode 4: How to Learn German
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