Jun 61 min readThe Power of Cognates, Part 6: High German Consonant Shift /θ/ (th) -> d Many native German speakers struggle to pronounce words like think, that, thin, thick because their own language doesn’t have the “th”,...
May 61 min readThe Power of Cognates, Part 5: High German Consonant Shift d -> t Beginning in roughly the 8th century AD an iconic sound shift was set in motion, one that is easily spotted by beginners because it...
Apr 221 min readThe Power of Cognates, Part 4: High German Consonant Shift k -> ch The High German words machen (make), brechen (break), Becher (beaker), Buch (book), Lerche (lark), Milch (milk), Koch (cook) and...
Mar 41 min readThe Power of Cognates, Part 3: High German Consonant Shift p -> f, pf At some point between the 4th and 7th century AD speakers of what was becoming High German developed a habit of changing the...
Feb 261 min readThe Power of Cognates, Part 2: High German Consonant Shift t -> ss, ts At some point between the 4th and 6th century AD speakers of what was becoming High German developed a habit of changing the...
Feb 172 min readThe Power of Cognates, Part 1: Introduction to High German Many a beginner learner of German, or more correctly High German, is surprised to discover that the language shares a number of traits...
Feb 121 min readWillkommen auf meinem Blog!From time to time, I’ll be posting my thoughts on the German language, its history and how best to learn it here. Being new to this style...