# German

[**30+ common German phrases for your trip to Germany**](https://blog.duolingo.com/german-phrases-for-travel/)

[**Why you should learn German and how to get started**](https://blog.duolingo.com/why-learn-german-language/)

[**Go further with Duolingo: Our top courses now teach advanced content**](https://blog.duolingo.com/courses-teach-advanced-content/)

[**Dear Duolingo: How do I memorize the gender of every noun in my language?**](https://blog.duolingo.com/learning-grammatical-gender-rules/)

[**Dear Duolingo: How did the days of the week get their names?**](https://blog.duolingo.com/days-of-the-week-names/)

[**Dear Duolingo: Why do some languages have gender?**](https://blog.duolingo.com/what-is-grammatical-gender/)

[**7 languages you’ll hear where you least expect them**](https://blog.duolingo.com/unexpected-languages/)

[**Dear Duolingo: Why are there so many German possessive pronouns?**](https://blog.duolingo.com/german-possessive-pronouns-declension/)

[**Dear Duolingo: When did languages come up with standardized spelling?**](https://blog.duolingo.com/history-of-standardization/)