Are you planning on coming to Germany for vacation, studies, or work?

Learning by reading German short stories with English parallel text is actually an effective method to learn the German language fast.

When you read these 10 clever German short stories, written by talented authors and linguists, you are in the process of successfully learning German. Here you have a practical workbook on German short stories for beginners. Your objective is to simply focus on a single story at a time, and then continue with the German-English vocabulary section and exercises.

Each story contains:

All the German short stories are culturally relevant and consist of multiple genres, including romance, mystery, sauna adventures, "prepper lifestyle", crowdfunding, crime and humor. These professionally prepared German stories are suitable for beginners to intermediate level learners, but also for anyone who wants to learn the German language.

The German stories for beginners include stories, English parallel text, key-vocabulary, phrase lists, multiple choice questions, exercises, and summaries of each story. This is a German book for beginners and intermediate learners, a special collection of our German language books which is suitable for a typical student of the German language, who likes to read practical but also fun to read German stories and lessons. This is an excellent German textbook to expand your German vocabulary.

At the end of this book you find a FREE German phrasebook with over 700+ essential German phrases and expression in 37 categories.

Table of Contents

Learning German Through Short Stories

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I. Sauna Abenteuer

Sauna adventures

2. Eine religiöse Familie

A religious family

3. Crowdfunding für eine neue Küche

Crowdfunding for a new kitchen

4. Wie ich einen Millionär auf einer Kreuzfahrt finden kann

How I can find a millionaire on a cruise trip

5. Die alte Trinkerin

The old drunk

6. die polnische Putzfrau

The Polish maid

7. Der Schatz im Wald

The treasure in the woods

8. Der Einsiedler

The hermit

9. Amerikaner in Deutschland

Americans in Germany

10. Der Grillabend

The barbecue evening

Included: Your Complete German Phrasebook - 700 Realistic German Phrases and Expressions