Common mistakes in learning German language

German language has gained the official status in European countries and is included in among the three official languages used in European Union. German language has gained much popularity in the global world and is one of the four most learned languages of the world. In Western Europe German has been given the name as Lingua Franca as it is one of the commonly spoken languages of the natives.

German language has been included in many High school curriculum and learned by large number of people now-a-days. Learning a second language is a trend these days as there are various benefits associated with it. There are many who try to learn German with themselves and sometimes they are not able to sail through in their learning. They face several challenges which hamper their progress and consequently they are demotivated.  Here I have discussed some of the common challenges faced by people:

· German language translation:This is one of the commonly made mistakes of the people. They translate words in German language while thinking in their native language. They should think in German language without translating their mother-tongue.

· Gender differentiation: This is the second most common mistakes done by people in language learning. Not able to differentiate gender while speaking in German can lead to embarrassment. So one should differentiate gender for all nouns used in German language.

· Sentence formation: One of the major barriers in German language learning is sentence structure. German, unlike other languages places subject differently depending upon the situation.

· Misuse of prepositions: This is one of the major mistakes which can be spotted by a native German speaker. For example in German ‘for’ is replaced by ‘against’ in some sentences.

· Umlaut usage: For beginners, the usage of Umlauts is worst nightmare.  Umlauts are used only with A, O and U so you should always give attention on these letters in German language. The usage of Umlauts makes meanings of the words entirely different.

Learning any new language is difficult and it can get trickier if you don’t know the rules. Simple things like capitalization of nouns, use of preposition plays importance in German learning.