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How to Memorize German Vocabulary with Spaced Repetition

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I was sixteen, sitting at my desk at 11 PM, a Latin vocabulary list in front of me and a red pen in my hand. I had rewritten the same 100 words three times that evening. I tested myself, got 88 right, and went to bed satisfied. Two weeks later I remembered maybe twelve of them.

That was my first encounter with the gap between studying and actually keeping a word in your head. It took me years and a linguistics degree at LMU Munich to understand why my Latin method failed and what actually works.

German Greetings: How to Say Hello in Germany (With Audio)

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When I first started teaching German online, the number one question I got was: “Giulia, what do I actually say when I meet someone in Germany?”

It makes sense. You can study grammar for months, but the first thing you do when you meet a real person is — greet them. And German greetings come with a twist. It’s not just about the words. It’s about who you’re talking to, where you are, and even what time of day it is.