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| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6470 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 1 of 5 20 March 2010 at 6:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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For a C2 level in German, to be able to understand all kinds of allusions and parodies,
you need to pick up a lot of random cultural knowledge, which is "general knowledge" in Germany. Well, I just found a Youtube playlist that will make your job a bit easier. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=9B1771578052FB7E contains pretty much every piece of music and many TV clips that are "general knowledge" in Germany, up to the year 2000 (and very few unrelated clips, like the squirrel one). Just watch a random item and google for background information, or ask a German. Warning: some of the featured music is "Neue Deutsche Welle", for which I won't sign responsible. However, this is really the essence, the stuff everybody knows. 7 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5967 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 5 20 March 2010 at 6:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for this list, it looks really good! I have been looking for German language videos on YouTube, and I've found some good ones but, more often, just a lot of irrelevant stuff.
One day I watched a lot of Horst Schlämmer and his "Yes Weekend" campaign - that was funny! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5585 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 3 of 5 21 March 2010 at 2:16am | IP Logged | ||
I know Neue Deutsche Welle means The New German Wave (Craze?) But what exactly is it? I hear rappers say it all the time. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6470 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 4 of 5 21 March 2010 at 9:34am | IP Logged | ||
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It's a type of German music, a movement. It's often abbreviated to NDW. Just look for
stuff tagged NDW on Youtube. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6470 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 5 of 5 21 March 2010 at 11:17am | IP Logged | ||
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http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_geflügelter_Worte is another place to learn
about "winged words" (recognized phrases which may be used as idioms, like chengyu), some of which are based on songs but many also that come from literature or a famous person's saying. 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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