"Why learn German?" We asked people from all around the world why they learn the language. And from meeting German girls, to working for a German company – they gave us plenty of reasons! Check out our first Deutsch@YG videocast!

Grab your iPod, get your headphones out and turn the volume up, because we've got the first episode of our YG podcast here. Listen closely as we introduce what Deutsch@YG has to offer and bring you the bare essentials for surviving in Germany. From asking for directions to eating out, we have the useful phrases below.

Though you are probably not too keen on endless grammar explanations and declension tables, you may still be interested in how the German language works. So here is some general and very basic information about German. And I promise – it will only take you a few minutes to go through and it will give you a good general idea about the language.

When learning a foreign language it's great to have plenty of help and support. So we've compiled a list of our personal link tips to help you learn German. From general information, to a language learning portal, to dictionary and translation tools, we have bundled together the useful sites so you don't waste any time you could be using to improve your German!