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Audio books, cassette courses, pocket grammars, style guides, websites, to name but a few

Whatever helps a learner of German in language acquisition: audio books, cassette courses, pocket grammars, websites, etc.

Likewise, any resource that helps advanced learners or educated native speakers: etymological dictionaries, style guides, scholarly works, etc.

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Resources for learning German

Since they have same questions on different language learning SE websites(resources for learning Russian), I'd like to write one for German language since it's a great idea to have all kinds of resources in one place. This is a specifically created…
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Recommended news and culture streaming radio stations (auf Deutsch)?

I am specifically thinking of an analogue to NPR in the USA, whose stations generally broadcast a wide variety of show formats (news, interviews, talk radio, & entertainment) covering range of newsworthy and cultural topics. I have done a little bit…
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Looking for comprehensive, parsable table of German noun declensions

I'm looking for a reasonably comprehensive, and "script-parseable", list/table of German nouns with their declensions (the four cases for all applicable forms). I.e., the desired information for each noun in the list/table would be something…
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Is there a free crowd-sourcing site that will correct German language sentences and paragraphs?

I write e-mails throughout the day at my job and use the following resources to correct them before it goes out: Google translate (machine translations) Linguee (searchable human translations) LEO (german/english word/phrase translations) German…
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What is the best site to find verb/noun collocation pairs?

When writing German I often write a noun and then wonder which verb would be the best first for it, e.g. I write bei einer Firma, wo wir eine ähnliche Lösung _______ haben. then I wonder what would be the best verb: eingesetzt gefunden gebaut It…
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Suche eine umfassende Datenbank aller deutschen Wörter

Ich suche eine (oder mehrere) Gratisdatenbank(en), die u.a. folgende Daten enthält: Wortart Wortform Bei Verben: Konjugationstabelle Bei Adjektiven: Angepasste Versionen Synonyme Wenn möglich Definitionen … die Datenbank muss parsbar sein, d.h.…
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Is there a German equivalent for "Practical English Usage"

Practical English Usage by Michael Swan was the book I used when I was learning English. I would like to have a similar book for German, since it contained a lot of common mistakes made by non-native speakers, as well as good explained grammar.
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English subtitle of Extra Deutsch

I am looking for English subtitles of Extra Deutsch. I have the German subtitles but I don't have the English subtitles. If anyone has an idea how to get them please share.
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Looking for the German-to-English equivalent of Beaton's "A Practical Dictionary of German Usage"

The articles in K. B. Beaton's A Practical Dictionary of German Usage [PDGU] are devoted to individual English keywords, and give extended, detailed descriptions of possible ways to translate these English keywords into German, paying attention to…
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How might I find somebody to provide feedback on my writing?

Not sure if this is an appropriate question here. The thing is that to truly learn a language, you'd usually need to express yourself via writing and speaking, and find somebody knowledgable about the language to provide feedback so that you…
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Tips for Satzbau-Aufgaben

Continuation of this previous post. For some preparatory courses in Germany, we have to do something called Satzbau-Aufgabe: Source: Studienkolleg München My question is: What are some tips I could use to improve my performance on these type of…
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Tatort episodes with exact subtitles?

I'm looking for Tatort episodes with "real" or "correct" German subtitles. What I mean, is that I checked www.ardmediathek.de but their subtitles are different from the real scene!! Some words are missing or sometimes different. I don't know why is…
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German Websites for Literature?

Are there any German websites for literature, like Goodreads? Or for that matter German book shops like Amazon.
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Is there an audio learning program beyond Pimsleur IV?

I found Pimsleur the best method for me (others will disagree), but unfortunately the audio lessons from Pimsleur only go to level IV (Plus). Does anyone know of an audio program that's similar to, but goes further than, Pimsleur? I've tried…
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Looking for an advanced correction tool

If I may, this question is of rather technical nature. I'm looking for a grammar-correction tool that is advanced enough to pick up on subtle mistakes, e.g., being able to tell that the phrase "Eine Frau gutes Geschmacks" is incorrect (or rather…
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