Dear listeners,

it is now almost three years since we started the German Words Explained podcasts, and there are now 160 episodes! If you’ve heard the episode from New Year’s Eve, then you will know that this is going to be our last one – for the moment, at least.

As we announced some weeks ago, we are going to producing transcripts of the podcasts, which we will be releasing over the coming months. If you signed up for the mailing list, then you should have already received the sample transcript of the “Käseigel”, and to open our store we have gone back to the very first episode: Das Einwohnermeldeamt.

We intend to sell the transcripts in small groups, sorted by subject. But the first one is an exception and is available as a separate item.

To buy the transcript, visit the new AllThingsGerman Store. You can pay for the transcript using PayPal, and will then receive an e-mail with the download link in it. If you think that we should offer other methods of paying, then please let us know.

Please help us to make this new store a success.  If you’d like us to let you know by e-mail when new transcripts become available, then please enter your e-mail in the box below:

As promised in yesterday’s podcast, here is a sample transcript of one of our German Words Explained episodes.

The transcript is a PDF file that can be printed, but not modified in any way.  To download the file, click HERE.

You can hear the podcast about the Arbeitsamt in our archive.

We are considering producing a transcript for future episodes of German Words Explained, so if you find it to be useful or have any suggestions on how to improve it, please let us know by leaving us a comment on the blog or in the German Words part of the AllThingsGerman.net forum.

It’s up to you – if you like being able to follow the text, or if it just makes the faster podcasts easier to understand – then let us know!

Download links

Transcript (PDF) | Audio file (MP3)