German is full of them and, according to Henning, understanding them is child's play. I like it. But I am so slow. Please go a bit slowly - bitte langsam. And if you could also split the long words in ...

German may be the most widely spoken language in the European Union, but let's be honest - it's just downright funny sometimes. We roasted French, so now it's time for the German language to have its ...

This versatile word can be used to describe a funny joke, a well-received product, or even a bad mistake. The colloquial term ‘Brüller’ in German encompasses various meanings. Firstly, it is often ...

You may like to think your jokes are "witzig" - but beware of getting labelled with this German word. It's not nearly as funny as it sounds. Witz, the German word for "joke", is one of the first words ...

Henning helps the suffering British economy with a German loan word. Wir haben das Bier erfunden. Flag this comment I did not know that so many German words are used in English. Very interesting! Flag ...

Words with 60-odd letters in them? Nothing unusual in German. Henning dissects a couple of examples and proves that German can be endless fun - quite literally.