The case with which direct objects are associated.
What is accusative?
Although times, they are a-changin', most bakeries, grocery shops and stores are closed on this day of the week.
What is Sunday?
German Unity Day (Tag der deutschen Einheit) is celebrated on this day of the year.
What is October 3rd?
The amount of federal states (Bundesländer) in Germany.
What is 16?
In Germany, it is more common to find the fork in this hand at the dinner table.
What is left hand?
Prepositions in Germany can be funny. After all, they don't wait for the bus. Rather...
What is warten auf?
While this is very common in the United States, especially at the grocery store in the Midwest or on the West Coast, many Germans, particularly those in the north, find this phenomenon to be rather peculiar and misleading.
What is small talk?
The German state was officially established on this date.
What is 1871?
The three German cities that are also federal states.
What is Berlin, Hamburg, and Bremen?
Americans cross their fingers for luck, yet Germans don't at all.
What is pushing one's thumbs? (Ich drück dir die Daumen!)
Hätte, hätte, Fahrradkette!
This tense can be rather tricky to master
What is the subjunctive tense (Konjunktiv II)?
Birkenstocks aren't considered to be sandals by many Germans. Rather, they are considered to by many to be something more specific.
What are House Shoes? (Hausschuhe)
This man is considered by many historians to be the leader of the 1st Reich.
What is Charlemagne or Karl der Grosse?
The Kaiserstuhl, a large hill range, lies on the eastern bank of this river.
What is the Rhine?
Handkäs, a semi-soft sour cheese from Hessen, is most commonly served up with its one word companion.
What is Musik?