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Learn German with GermanPod101.com! In your home country, there are some phrases that are so common you use them or hear them every day. The same is true in Germany too, so why not give your German an instant boost by learning them in this video lesson? With Alisa's help, you'll be sounding like a native German speaker in no time!

In this lesson, you'll learn 10 Phrases You Never Want to Hear that are used every day in Germany. Visit us at GermanPod101.com, where you will find many more fantastic German lessons and learning resources. Leave us a message while you are there!

 

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Teilchen

Deutschland ist ja sehr bekannt für seine unzähligen Brotsorten. Und auch Torten und Kuchen wie die Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte oder der Frankfurter Kranz sind über die Grenzen Deutschlands hinaus berühmt. Doch ich finde ja, die heimlichen Herrscher in deutschen Bäckereien sind weder die Brote noch die Torten, sondern die Teilchen. Ist man bei Freunden zum Kaffee eingeladen, bringt man doch eher selten einen ganzen Kuchen vom Bäcker mit und auch Brot ist dann eher unpassend. Doch Teilchen sind in so einem Fall genau das Richtige! Bei einer guten Mischung ist für jeden etwas dabei und alle am Kaffeetisch sind zufrieden.

Doch was sind Teilchen eigentlich genau? Teilchen sind diese leckeren Gebäckstücke aus locker-luftigem Teig, die meist mit viel Zuckerguss oder zumindest Puderzucker verziert sind. Es gibt sie in so vielen verschiedenen Arten mit den unterschiedlichsten Zutaten, dass man bestimmt zwei Wochen lang jeden Tag ein Teilchen essen kann, ohne zweimal das gleiche zu essen!

Am liebsten esse ich Plunderteilchen. Das sind flache Hefegebäcke, die mit süßem Quark, Pudding oder auch Obst verziert sind. Ganz hoch im Kurs stehen aber auch Kirschtaschen oder Apfeltaschen. Das sind Teigtaschen, die innen mit Kirsch- oder Apfelkompott gefüllt sind. Einfach lecker!

Und natürlich darf man die Schnecken nicht vergessen! Keine Sorge, ich meine nicht die Tiere! Diese Sorte der Teilchen heißt Schnecke, weil der Hefeteig so zusammengerollt wird, dass er die Form eines Schneckenhäuschens hat. Es gibt Zimtschnecken, Rosinenschnecken, Nussschnecken, Mohnschnecken, Marzipanschnecken und viele mehr! Und ganz wichtig ist natürlich auch die Streuselschnecke mit Zuckerguss. Die hat zwar nicht die typische Schneckenform, schmeckt aber trotzdem verdammt lecker! Als Kind mochte ich vor allem die gefüllte Streuselschnecke. Die ist mit einer Puddingcreme gefüllt und mit Puderzucker bestreut. Zum Anbeißen - und das im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes!

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Pastries

Germany is well known for its numerous types of bread. Torts and cakes like the Black Forest cherry-cake, or the Frankfurter Crown Cake are also quite famous outside Germany's borders. I think, though, that the secret rulers of Germany's bakeries are neither bread nor cakes, but the smaller pastries. When a friend invites you over for coffee, it's not often that you bring an entire cake from the baker, and bread isn't really suitable. Pastries are exactly what's needed in such a situation. With a good mix, there's something for everyone and all at the coffee table will be satisfied.

But what are pastries exactly? Pastries are those tasty baked goods made of fluffy dough, most of which are decorated with icing or at least icing sugar. They're available in so many different types with the most diverse ingredients, that you could certainly eat a different one every day for two weeks without eating the same one twice!

My favorite are danishes. They are yeast-risen pastries that are adorned with sweet cream, custard, or fruit. Also quite popular are cherry-pockets and apple-pockets. They're a pastry pocket filled with either cherry or apple compote. Simply delicious!

And of course we can't forget snails! Don't worry, I don't mean the animals. This sort of pastry is called a snail because the dough is curled around so that it has the shape of a snail shell. There are cinnamon-snails, raisin-snails, nut-snails, poppy-snails, marzipan-snails, and many more! And of course the streusel-snail with icing is important to mention. Although they don't have the typical snail shape, they still taste very good. As a [...]

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Rezeptionist: Guten Abend.

Linda Müller: Guten Abend. Ich bin Linda Müller von der firma ABC. Ich habe einen Termin mit Herrn Paul Schmitt um fünf Uhr. Ich habe heute Morgen angerufen.

Rezeptionist: Lassen Sie mich kurz nachsehen. Bitte nehmen Sie Platz in der Lobby.

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Receptionist: Good evening.

Linda Müller: Good evening, I'm Linda Müller from ABC. I have an appointment with Mr. Smith at five o'clock. I called this morning.

Receptionist: Let me quickly check. Please take a seat in the hall.

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