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Originally from north rhinewestphalia, funke now lives and writes in beverly hills. Many translated example sentences containing the book was written german english dictionary and search engine for german translations. Jan 15, 2020 the first five books of the bible in german are referred to as mose moses 15. Known in english as the never ending story, this book by michael ende tells a fantasy. This englishgerman version is for english speakers desiring to gain fluency in german by reading and, with the audiobook.
Oct 17, 2017 9 free bilingual german english books to boost your reading comprehension reading german short stories or novels can be a great way to quickly expand your vocabulary and see all the fiddly bits of grammar in action. Sterchenland is basically a completely german version of project gutenberg. German authors are by no means bestsellers in english speaking literature markets. These are some of the most useful references available for german learners.