VocabBlog
Notes on memory, mnemonics, and the awkward parts of German.
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How to Learn German Gender Articles (Der, Die, Das)
German nouns take der, die, or das. Around 80% of them follow predictable suffix rules. Here are the rules that work, and how to memorise the rest.
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Why “die Blume” sticks and “flower” does not
A translation pair asks your memory to hold an arbitrary link. A keyword mnemonic asks it to hold a picture. Those are not the same job.