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Germany is spoken primarily in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland, as well as in some border villages of Denmark - though German-speaking communities have survived in places such as Hungary, Russia and Kazakhstan
Unlike some other inflected languages, German's nouns inflect. Each noun belongs to one of three genders, and can be rendered into four cases (nominative, accusative, genitive and dative), singular or plural
Until circa 1800, standard German was pretty much only a written language, due to the variety of regional dialects
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Der 3. Oktober
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Seit dem Jahr 1990 ist der 3. Oktober ein Feiertag. Er wird “Tag der Deutschen Einheit” genannt. Mit ihm wird die Wiedervereinigung gefeiert. Bis 1990 gab es die DDR, die “Deutsche Demokratische Republik” im Osten und die BRD, die “Bundesrepublik Deutschland” im Westen.
Am 3. Oktober 1990 wurde die BRD um fünf Bundesländer größer und die DDR gibt es seit dem nicht mehr. Aber bis dahin war Deutschland ein geteiltes Land: Seit dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges geteilt durch Mauern und Stacheldraht. Doch wie kam es dazu?
Deutschland hatte den Krieg verloren. Die USA, Großbritannien, Frankreich und Russland, damals die Sowjetunion, waren die Gewinner und teilten Deutschland in verschiedene Besatzungszonen auf. Die USA, Großbritannien und Frankreich gründeten im Jahr 1949 aus ihren Teilen die BRD. Russland aber hatte andere Vorstellungen davon, wie Menschen miteinander leben sollten und gründete deshalb die DDR. Um Auswanderungen zu verhindern, wurde eine Mauer gebaut, die Familien und Freunde trennte
Dass wir heute wieder ein vereintes Deutschland haben, verdanken wir den Menschen in der DDR, die sich für mehr Freiheit eingesetzt haben. In Leipzig in der Nikolaikirche fing es an mit den “Montagsdemonstrationen”. Immer Montags nach der Kirche liefen die Menschen friedlich durch die Straßen, um für ein wiedervereinigtes Deutschland zu demonstrieren. Und dann, am 9. November 1989, verkündete ein Sprecher der DDR-Regierung, dass die Grenzen zwischen der DDR und der BRD offen sind. Auf dieses Signal hatten die Menschen lange gewartet: Tausende gingen noch in dieser Nacht an die Mauer in Berlin.
Die Bilder von den Menschen aus Ost- und West-Berlin, die gemeinsam auf der Mauer tanzten, gingen um die Welt. Es war das Ende von Mauer und Stacheldraht, die Berlin und das ganze Land 28 Jahre, zwei Monate und 27 Tage geteilt hatten.
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You and your group can be trained by our native speaker qualified German teachers, and can meet at your place of work or home at a time convenient to you. Tutorials can take place any day of the week, including weekends, and can be scheduled for the morning, afternoon or evening. If your home or office is not suitable for you, you can attend the course at the teacher's offices. You will be provided with all relevant course materials.
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Norwich
A city in East Anglia, Norwich has a population approaching 130,000. Sometimes portrayed humorously in the media as a remote, undistinguished part of the UK as a result of its geographical isolation and its comparatively low population of ethnic minorities, Norwich in fact has plenty lot to offer. It has a rich history of chocolate manufacture; along with a wealth of historical architecture, but much of this was somewhat cut short by the Second World War. In 2006 Norwich was voted the "greenest" city in the UK.
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