German Missions in the United States

Skills Initiative: Sharing Best Practices in Workforce Training
Language, Study and Research
Word of the Week: schräger Vogel

Skills Initiative: Sharing Best Practices in Workforce Training

Through Skills Initiative, the German Embassy is seeking cooperation with states, locally convening groups of German companies and bringing them together with training providers so that they can work on the best fit for training programs in their area.

Skills Initiative

Language, Study and Research

Engaging with the German language encourages dialogue, exchange and cooperation between people and cultures. Whatever it is you want to find in the area of study and exchange to Germany, from degree programs in Germany, to scholarship databases, to study abroad helpful hints, our practical guide is here to assist you.

Language, Study, Research

Word of the Week: schräger Vogel

The term schräger Vogell translates to "slanted/crooked bird." But in this case, the word schräg means "strange" instead of "crooked". And it has nothing to do with our feathery friends.

Word of the Week

Germany’s candidacy for a seat on the Security Council in 2019/20

Germany is seeking to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Former Foreign Minister Steinmeier announced the candidacy for 2019/20 in Hamburg on Monday (27 June). The elections are expected to take place at the General Assembly in June 2018.

Germany’s candidacy on the Security Council

#MyDeutschFail: Finding the Humor in Language Learning

A popular strategy to language learning of any kind, but perhaps especially so with a more complicated language such as German, is keeping a sense of humor about it. As such, we interviewed German language learners of all ages to ask about their funniest language mistakes they have made.

'MyDeutschFail' Project