Is it easy to learn German, i am a new in Frankfurt?

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geier55

Updated vocabulary list to make some order..will improve later

it depends on your native language
if u are english native speaker it can be very very very hard
but if u try to understand the sense on how german is developed it can make it alot easier
one famous sentence of the german language is:
Ich bin der deutschen Sprache mÃ¤chtig.
this cant be literally translated cause there is just no equivalent in english language
it means like: i am skilled(to perfect skill) in the german language
for english native speakers it can easily take like..um..5 years-10 years to use good german

i agree that our vocabulary isnt hard
most of the time we use wordparts infront of the main word to indicate the meaning..for example
stÃ¶ren=disturb
zerstÃ¶ren=destroy
verstÃ¶ren=unsettle

zer- infront of a word indicates that you do something extreme to something which means its end...its hard to explain..
zerstÃ¶ren=destroy
Fetzen=to frazzle
zerfetzen=to frazzle,to shred
hauen=to beat
zerhauen=to beat something into little pieces

VER- mainly means something/someone is used then disappears without leaving traces
jagen=hunt
verjagen=hunt away

Schrecken=scaring thing
verschrecken= scare someone/something away

stehen=stand
verstehen=understand..
reden=speak,talk
verabreden=to meet at a set time

EIN-
reden=speak
einreden=trying to make someone believe something
or auf jemanden einreden(einreden on someone)=to bring someone to rationality
fÃ¼llen=to fill
einfÃ¼llen=to fill something(to fill the glass of someone with water..)

AUS-(out)
reden=speak,talk
ausreden=finishing the spoken sentence
tragen=carrying
austragen(ein Kampf,a fight)=to go into fight with no purpose of leaving)

UNTER-(under)
stehen=stand
unterstehen=to be subordinate to OR
unterstehe dich bla bla=dont dare to blabla

AB-(at)
Schrecken=scaring thing
abschrecken=to discourage
wiegen=to weigh
abwiegen= to weigh something against something else precisely

DE-(de)
stabilisieren=to stabilisise
destabilisieren=to destabilise

mut=bravery,courage
demut=humbleness,humility

AN-(on)
geben=give
angeben=to show off OR to adumbrate
halten=to hold
anhalten=to stop moving

VOR-(ahead)
Urteil=judgement
Vorurteil=prejudice
singen=to sing
vorsingen=to sing infront of audition or to show how something is sung correctly

NACH-(after)
fahre=Ich fahre( i drive) or fahre(you, start driving)
fahren cant really be translated with drive..
for example: Die Seelen fahren gen Himmel(the souls drive to heaven..you see difference?)
Nachfahre=descendant
Speise=noble form of food
Nachspeise=dessert

Bei-(by)
nahe=near
beinahe=almost,close
Spiel=game,play
Beispiel=example

be-..means like...something/someone interacts with something/someone
wasser=water
bewÃ¤ssern(a field)-to pump water on the field
jammern-whining
jemanden bejammern-one person is getting whined at..the person died or so...
there are also aus-, an-, ab-,vor-,nach-,bei- ,ge-,in-,Ã¼ber-,unter- too but they arent hard

not all germans are able to explain these partwords fast but all are able to use it with best knowledge and sense..

tell me if i forgot one

edit:i forgot ent-
haupt=head,chief
enthaupten-to behead
behaupten=to claim

zwei=two
entzweien=for example to devide a piece of wood into two peaces with an axe

nehmen=to take
entnehmen=for example to take the tabac from a tabac box from the box to your hand....
vernehmen=to interrogate,to examine someone
abnehmen=loose weight,taking something away from someone
Benehmen=behaviour
annehmen=to accept,to suppose
vornehmen=to take someone to your brest(when you want to teach someone a lesson),to put something on your to-do-list
unternehmen=to do something big
ausnehmen=to disembowel

there are easy partwords too like :
fordern=demand
unterfordern=to underdemand
Ã¼berfordern=to overdemanded
abfordern=to release performance

passen=to fit,to suit
anpassen=to adept
aufpassen=to pay attention
verpassen=to miss

wurzel=roots
verwurzelt= enrooted, rooted
entwurzelt=removed roots
entwurzeln=removing roots

lieben=to love
verlieben=to fall in love

sprechen=to speak
entsprechen=to comply
versprechen=to make speak mistake
ansprechen=to start conversation with someone
absprechen=to arrange terms
Vorsprechen=audition
vorsprechen=the verb of above..
besprechen=to discuss

there is a sense behind using all these partverbs but they have been set in the past view of the world or current or different or whatever
it is so confusing but every normal german understands it

not all words can get all partverbs..they are under very strict conditions which are almost never realiseable for foreigners

i havent listed many word combinations with other people/things or i may have forgotten some words

Petra ATA Â®

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topink

It's hard to get all the grammar right. But it's not so hard to learn vocabulary. There are many words that are similar to English, so start with vocabulary and learn some useful phrases like Where is the....? How much is this? How do I get to.....?
You'll be able to get by for a while until you decipher some of the complicated grammar with all its word endings according to case, tense, gender, and number.

Fenris Troll Ripper JPA RT ATL Â®

Well as an American that has learned German over the last 18 years from friends and such not a school I can tell you that vocab is not so much a problem but grammar will always be a pain in the butt to get perfect.

I have a decent vocabulary but I often still make small grammar errors and I think that is the hardest part of all is to know when to use it properly.

Id look for a school or some one that can tutor you!

triplandia

It's a difficult language to learn but not impossible.

Good Luck!

Freewell

I am not with the first answer, because I speak English and learned German so fast, The best school to learn Volks hoch schule in HÃ¶chst frankfurt

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