GCSE German Study Group 2024-25

Welcome to the GCSE German Study Group!

This thread is a place you can connect with fellow students who are also studying German at GCSE. Here we offer a space to support each other support as you prepare for your exams/coursework.

Feel free to share any helpful tips, resources, or advice you find along the way, and share any questions you have about the subject.

Help encourage others, celebrate your achievements, or simply vent when things get a bit overwhelming!

Lil serious note - just a reminder please be aware that sharing or requesting copyrighted materials is against our community guidelines, and moving conversations off-site for this purpose is not allowed. Posts violating these rules will be taken down.

To get started, here are a few questions to break the ice:

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Which exam board are you following?

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What do you enjoy the most about this subject or course?

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What topics within GCSE German do you find the most challenging/interesting?

Reply 1

earth.b

Hi! I'm doing pretty well in German right now, but I owe it all to my teacher, Frau B. (one of the best teachers ever!)

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Edexcel

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I like the joy of learning a new language. I grew up with english, that's what I know, but with German, I take time to understand the word order, the cognitive, the capital letters on nouns, and the tenses. It is quite fascinating!

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My most challenging topic is probably the environment because we didn't have much time to learn it, so we are doing that topic for our prepared. Or work.

My tip is to use sparkly vocab! (at least, that's what we call it in my school) Basically, throw in the fancy vocab to impress the examiners.

I've heard from my teacher that other schools do not have very good/helpful language teachers, for example, in the prepared section of the speaking, they make students learn a set answer, which is not in the spirit of the exam.

Reply 2

vaughn gibborn

Original post

by earth.b

Hi! I'm doing pretty well in German right now, but I owe it all to my teacher, Frau B. (one of the best teachers ever!)

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Edexcel

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My most challenging topic is probably the environment because we didn't have much time to learn it, so we are doing that topic for our prepared. Or work.

My tip is to use sparkly vocab! (at least, that's what we call it in my school) Basically, throw in the fancy vocab to impress the examiners.
I've heard from my teacher that other schools do not have very good/helpful language teachers, for example, in the prepared section of the speaking, they make students learn a set answer, which is not in the spirit of the exam.

i got you "NEINNNNNNNNNN, WO IST DIE KATZE" 🙆*♂️🐱

Reply 3

earth.b

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by vaughn gibborn

i got you "NEINNNNNNNNNN, WO IST DIE KATZE" 🙆*♂️🐱

DIE KATZE IST IM BETT.
Sie hatte Kopfschmerzen. Jetzt trinkt sie Tee, und dadurch ging es ihr besser! 🐱🛏️💊☕

Reply 4

*boop*

Original post

by Blinkr

Welcome to the GCSE German Study Group!

This thread is a place you can connect with fellow students who are also studying German at GCSE. Here we offer a space to support each other support as you prepare for your exams/coursework.
Feel free to share any helpful tips, resources, or advice you find along the way, and share any questions you have about the subject.
Help encourage others, celebrate your achievements, or simply vent when things get a bit overwhelming!
Lil serious note - just a reminder please be aware that sharing or requesting copyrighted materials is against our community guidelines, and moving conversations off-site for this purpose is not allowed. Posts violating these rules will be taken down.
To get started, here are a few questions to break the ice:

•

Which exam board are you following?

•

What do you enjoy the most about this subject or course?

•

What topics within GCSE German do you find the most challenging/interesting?

heya, im studying gcse germnan bc i hate french - but remembering the gender for everything is kind of annoying, do u have any tips? ty!!

Reply 5

*boop*

Original post

by earth.b

DIE KATZE IST IM BETT.
Sie hatte Kopfschmerzen. Jetzt trinkt sie Tee, und dadurch ging es ihr besser! 🐱🛏️💊☕

Ich will die katze. :frown:

Reply 6

earth.b

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by *boop*

heya, im studying gcse germnan bc i hate french - but remembering the gender for everything is kind of annoying, do u have any tips? ty!!

to be honest we never explicitly learnt the genders for words. We just kind of learnt it, memorised it, and used it. Like 'die Katze' and 'der Hund', I just know its die for the cat and der for the dog.

In reality, you have to learn the grammatical gender of a noun with the noun. Learn it as if it is a part of the word itself, e.g. "food = das Essen".

However, here are some tips from my teacher and other sources (reddit, friends, websites)

Masculine

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Nouns that refer to a male person, like their professions

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The seasons, months and days of the week so Der Sommer, Der Juni, Der Mittwoch, Der Nachmittag)

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Most nouns with the (-en) ending. (der Regen, der Norden, der Garten).

Feminine

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Nouns referring to female persons (Die Mutter, die Tochter), adding the (-in) ending to professions and nationalities (Die Professorin, Die Amerikanerin)*.

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Most nouns with an unstressed (-e) ending. (die Liebe, die Frage, die Karte).

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Nouns with the following endings: (-ei), (-ie), (-ik), (-ion), (-heit), (-keit), (-schaft), (-taet), (-ung). (die Baeckerei, die Philosophie, die Musik, die Religion, die Sicherheit, die Gemuetlichkeit, die Wissenschaft, die Universitaet, die Meinung).