Look at sich freuen: you can say Ich freue mich für dich, Ich freue mich auf den Urlaub and Ich freue mich über deine Nachricht, three sentences with the same verb and three different prepositions. That is why verbs with prepositions feel annoying. This lesson gives you the 20 most important and m...

A Nomen-Verb-Verbindung is a noun that always comes together with a certain verb, and even if you know both words, you often cannot guess the meaning. Do you say eine Rede geben or halten? What does Freundschaft schließen or in Kauf nehmen mean? Johannes shows you the top 20 combinations with a me...

German idioms are the fastest way to sound like a native speaker. In this lesson, Luzi from YourGermanTeacher explains 20 well-known German idioms (Redewendungen) with their literal meaning, the English equivalent and a typical situation where you can use them.

A Note on Level

Idioms are usually t...