D as in "Dora" — or "David"? The Nazis had eliminated Jewish names from the German spelling alphabet. The names are to return, at least symbolically. It is a common situation during a phone call: the ...

Teacher presentation introducing the German alphabet. Puzzle to solve first as the starter rearranging a familiar phrase. Then there is drilling of the alphabet sounds. Pupils complete a short ...

But this is not the only version of a phonetic alphabet to have existed, with the first German version going back to the 1890 Berlin telephone book, in which every letter was assigned a number. In ...

Stand-up comedian Henning Wehn takes over a German beginners' class to introduce the alphabet. Wunderbar !!! Flag this comment My first time here and hahhaah this guy is so funny as well as an ...

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Stand-up comedian Henning Wehn takes over a German class and ...