"Seriously Funny," the theme of this year's Festival Neue Literatur in New York, a three-day introduction of German-language authors to a U.S. audience, was not chosen to sit easy.

The stand-up, already known for doing shows in French, is bringing his Force Majeure tour to audiences in German, Spanish, Russian and Arabic - all languages he doesn't actually speak. Until now.

German humour tends to be long-winded, like the language; yet another reason why it is hard to translate. I tried out a few simple Count Bobby, Baron Mucki jokes on my son.

Hueck-Dehio became a very popular writer. "She was one of the most read German-language women writers after the Second World War. According to multiple sources, her books have a cumulative print run ...

BBC Languages - Learn German in your own time and have fun with German Comedy. Stand-up comedian, Henning Wehn, takes a humorous look at the German language in ten short videos. Video about jokes.

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival takes place from 27 March to 21 April. At the festival, Comedian Maren May can be seen with her show "Maren May is German". SBS reporter Daniel ...

BBC Languages - Learn German in your own time and have fun with German Comedy. Stand-up comedian, Henning Wehn, takes a humorous look at the German language in ten short videos. Video about jokes.

Bangor-based German woman Dr Carmen Bower has recently published a book of jokes in her homeland which capture the wit of Ulster people. Having read somewhere that “Northern Irish people are the ...

German usage has given this word a metaphorical connotation: “hanging on” or “freeloading.” To the word Trittbrett, the author then adds Unsterblichkeit (“immortality”).