Relativsatz (relative clause)

Sara only wants a cheap sofa for two nights in Leipzig. Her host Konrad describes himself in a single sentence: “I have a sofa and too much coffee.”

Relativsatz (relative clause) · 6 new words

In a box of old photos at a flea market, Sofia finds a picture of her late grandfather in front of a house she has never seen. She decides to find out where it is.

Relativsatz (relative clause) · Präteritum (simple past) · 7 new words

In an open-plan office in Cologne, Dario sings all day long, and his colleagues dream of having their own offices. Then he goes on holiday for two weeks.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 7 new words

Jan's smart house controls the lights, the heating and the door, so he no longer needs a key. Then, on a rainy evening, his phone shows a message he has never seen before.

Relativsatz (relative clause) · Präteritum (simple past) · 7 new words

A tiny museum in an old station shows things that travellers forgot on trains, from umbrellas to a wedding dress. One grey Sunday, a visitor stops in front of a one-eared teddy bear and goes very quiet.

Relativsatz (relative clause) · 6 new words

A mysterious parcel addressed to a certain “Mr Bello” sits in the stairwell for days, and the neighbours can't agree on what to do with it. Then Lena, who has just moved in, hears something that gives her an idea.

Präteritum (simple past) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 7 new words

Three friends build a bike-delivery app in an old garage, financed by one very strict grandmother. Then a man in an expensive suit turns up and asks how many customers they have.

Relativsatz (relative clause) · 8 new words

One by one, the bikes in a courtyard disappear, and a few days later they are back, in better shape than before. A teacher on the ground floor decides to find out who is behind it.

Präteritum (simple past) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 7 new words

While renovating their old house, Karim and Dorota find a yellowed letter behind the wall panelling. It was written in 1957, and nobody has ever read it.

Relativsatz (relative clause) · Präteritum (simple past) · 7 new words

Ivana enters the village cooking competition with her grandmother's paprika stew. The problem: there has never been a written recipe.

Präteritum (simple past) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 8 new words

A red suitcase stands alone on platform three, and soon the whole station is closed. When the police finally open it, they find something nobody expected.

Präteritum (simple past) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 6 new words

In Mr Brandt's window, the light is on every single night, and the whole building has a theory about why. Then a card turns up in every mailbox.

Relativsatz (relative clause) · 6 new words

The Haddads look after their neighbour's parrot for two weeks. “He only talks a little,” she says – but Kasimir listens to everything, and he has a very good memory.

Relativsatz (relative clause) · Präteritum (simple past) · 6 new words

Selin and Jakob take over an allotment garden that comes with a thick folder of rules and a neighbour who measures hedges for fun. What starts as a lecture turns into a friendship.

Relativsatz (relative clause) · 7 new words

On a cold Monday in January, a man plays the violin in a busy station and almost nobody stops. Only Mira, a music student, listens to the end, and two days later she finds out who he really is.

Relativsatz (relative clause) · 7 new words

The new caretaker has a rule for everything, from doormats to laughing in the stairwell. After a few weeks, the tenants decide to answer him in his own language.

Relativsatz (relative clause) · 7 new words

At two in the morning, nurse Miriam finds an old patient who can't sleep. He tells her about storms, ports and a ship's cook, and the night flies by.

Präteritum (simple past) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 8 new words

Ayla wants to travel through Europe by train, and her seventy-five-year-old grandmother simply comes along. Soon it is no longer clear who is looking after whom.

Präteritum (simple past) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 7 new words

At the back of a kitchen cupboard, Jelena finds her late grandmother's recipe book, full of notes, photos and memories. She decides to bake the family's favourite dish.

Präteritum (simple past) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 8 new words

A manager who is never offline travels to his brother's wedding in a mountain village, where his phone finds no signal at all.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 6 new words

Almost a million people follow Leon's perfect mornings on the beach, but his neighbours have never seen him before ten. Then a windy Tuesday blows a piece of beach off his balcony.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 7 new words

Two families move into one house: three teenagers who refuse to share a room, and two dogs who fall in love on the first evening. Then comes their first Christmas together.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 7 new words

A Serbian engineer moves to Graz for his dream job and gets stuck in a bureaucratic loop, until an unexpected landlady steps in.

Konjunktiv II (would, could) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 6 new words

A student, a retired teacher and a nurse share a flat, and a cleaning rota on the fridge decides more than just who cleans the bathroom.

Passiv (passive voice) · Relativsatz (relative clause) · 7 new words