A 1497 German manuscript stashed in a Boston desk opens a window into German enfeoffments - relationships between feudal lords and vassals.

Brahms' Lullaby: Genealogy is family, and family is parent and child, and what binds parent and child like a Wiegenlied?

We have kept the old word “merry” from a day when Christmas was anything but a Silent Night

Kaffeeklatsch, a very gemütlich, cozy gathering. It translates as ‘coffee chit-chat’

The tribes that coalesced into Germans spoke 'the people’s/ popular language’ as opposed to Latin

In honor of his son's third birthday, Wagner wrote an Idyll. Learn the story behind its first performance.

What on earth is going on with those letters? The s looks like an f !It sure does. I hope you never need those last couple of sentences. Old

This simple song is said to date back to 1679 in Vienna, Austria - Marx Augustin was a cheery, popular balladeer and bag-piper of the time

Beer lovers and German fans can likely answer this riddle in a second. We are talking about Oktoberfest! September brings a nip in the...

One of the fun things about digging through old family papers is discovering the whimsical pieces that someone has tucked away. Here's

Nutcrackers, decorated trees and snow on the ground. Christmas must be right around the corner. We've seasonal Germantranslations to get

Houses are adorned with festive lights, decorations and trees. We've some German translations to get you even more in the holiday spirit

Martin Luther, who grew up with the tradition of gifts on Nikolaustag, shifted gift-giving to Christmas, since saints were no longer a focus

Was zum Teufel? What the freaking devil? Santa. Krampus

Sometimes you think you’ve heard almost every family story (often multiple times), but I’ve been so wonderfully surprised recently....and in

German words inspired by US Halloween