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Oktoberfest German Language Trivia
5 Oktoberfest German Language trivia questions with answers you can reveal below, then play the full Oktoberfest board as a live multiplayer buzzer game: one shared screen, phones as buzzers, no app to install.
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ClueThis most common word in German means 'the,' but it comes in masculine, feminine, and neuter forms depending on the noun's gender.
AnswerWhat is 'der' (or der/die/das)?
ClueIn German writing, all of these are capitalized, not just proper ones — so 'the house' becomes 'das Haus.'
AnswerWhat are nouns?
ClueModified vowels like ä, ö, and ü carry this German name that literally means 'changed sound.'
AnswerWhat are umlauts?
ClueThis distinctive double-s ligature, written ß, is used after long vowels, as in the word for 'street.'
AnswerWhat is the eszett (or scharfes S)?
ClueGerman is famous for these lengthy words, formed by joining smaller words together, like 'Handschuh' for glove ('hand-shoe').
AnswerWhat are compound words?
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