Jakob is a freelance writer in Barcelona, Spain, and his favorite books have pages all empty. As an expert storyteller, he publishes creative fiction in English and German and helps other authors shape their manuscripts into compelling stories. Thanks to an expertise in a wide range of topics such as writing, literature and productivity to marketing, travel, and technology, he produces engaging content for his clients. Apart from the escape that books offer, Jakob enjoys traveling digital nomad style and stays active with climbing and hiking. Find out more about him on his website or on Goodreads.
Apr 14, 2021
Switzerland has four national languages: Swiss German, French, Italian – and Romansh. Since less than 0.5% of the Swiss population...
Apr 06, 2021
In German, you can use the verb ‘dürfen’ to give or deny permission to do something. Its equivalent in English...
Apr 06, 2021
You’ve mastered basic German vocabulary and now you want to move on to more advanced German words to sound more...
Mar 30, 2021
The German language has six modal verbs and the equivalent of the English ‘should’ or ‘shall’ is “sollen”. You can...
Mar 26, 2021
Knowing adjectives in German will help you describe things and have richer conversations in the language. Learning German adjectives as...
Mar 23, 2021
Modal verbs are their own class of verbs based on their grammatical properties: a modal verb indicates modality. We use...
Mar 10, 2021
Germans might be known for spending their vacation days outside the country, preferably on some beach. And yet there are...
Mar 09, 2021
Learning German, it’s useful to quickly add vocabulary to your language skills so you express yourself and communicate. But if...
Mar 07, 2021
Freelancers tend to work flexible hours and liberally mix their business and leisure time. All too often, the same goes...
Mar 04, 2021
Only three things in life are certain: death, taxes and German bureaucracy. Germany’s pride and joy is their bureaucracy, and...
Mar 03, 2021
Jakob contributes to the Lingoda blog as a freelance writer. He also writes for an ever changing list of other...
Feb 23, 2021
Natural Language Processing is how machines understand human language. As a branch of Artificial Intelligence, the field of Natural Language...