The German Professor

Today I put up a page on the 100 most commonly used German verbs. We’ll do lots of fun and useful things with this list — and the 500 most common German words list — in the coming days and weeks. Since every sentence has a predicate — i.e., verb parts — and since the predicate [...]

In English, “to study” means to learn, read, memorize, practice, and reflect on a subject. In German, the verb lernen is used to talk about these learning activities. Wir lernen Deutsch. We are learning German. (i.e. as a general activity: taking a course or learning it on our own) We are studying German. (i.e. as [...]