Learning German through Storytelling: Die Dritte Hand

Baumgartner & Momsen #2

by André Klein

This is the second episode of the bestselling Baumgartner & Momsen mystery series by André Klein

In a small seaside town body parts start appearing out of nowhere. To whom do they belong? Can you help Kommissar Baumgartner and his colleague Kommissarin Momsen identify and catch the murderer?

Why brood over grammar sheets and lifeless workbooks when you can be entertained and learn natural German along the way

This book contains:

* includes vocabulary with difficult and important words translated to English
* ready for on-demand translation (only available on physical Kindle devices)
* includes exercises for comprehension training
* hand-drawn illustrations by the author

Genres: German Literature, Fiction, 21st Century, Language, Short Stories, Mystery

82 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 3, 2012

About the author

André Klein was born in Germany, grew up in Sweden and Thailand and currently lives in Israel. He has been teaching languages for more than 15 years and is the author of short stories, picture books and non-fiction works in English and German.

Reviews

[Gayatri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ich finde dieses Buch toll!
Die Geschichte war gut, die Charaktere waren interessant, besonders haben mir die Gespräche zwischen Charakteren gefallen, und ich habe auch viele neue Wörter gelernt, die kleinen Übungen waren wirklich einfach, aber das stört mich nicht.

[Matt Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've loving these books from Andrea Klein. A great way to help learn German.

My only complaints are:
1. The dictionaries after each chapter are great but seem to include some easy words and not the difficult ones.
2. Some of the formatting of the dictionaries isn't perfect. Words in the wrong order, not bold, using perfect tense only (include the perfect tense and the way the word was used in the story would be better).

Otherwise great book!

[Alan Mcginlay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ein tolles Buch, um euer Deutsch zu verbessern! Die Geschichte gefiel mir und die neue Vokabel war auch sehr nützlich.

[María Alcántara · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you have an A2 or B1 level and you looking for an entertaining book, this is it. The whole series is awesome

[Bob · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series (of which Die Dritte Hand is the 2nd 'episode'), along with André Klein's "Dino lernt Deutsch" series, have probably contributed more to my growing fluency in German than any other resource. I still consider myself in the beginner-to-intermediate stage of learning but continue to be impressed by how each successive title becomes increasingly easy to read on the first pass.

In my case, I work through them slowly (maybe a chapter or two before retiring for the day), reading and re-reading until the new words become familiar and idioms start to "make sense" when repeated in different contexts. Once you've learned the narrative, the repitition seems to drive it deeper into the brain. The stories are short and the plots are not at all subtle or intricate, but at this point in my learning I'm not trying to read Agatha Cristie novels in German.

I highly recommend Klein's library to you.

[Vivian · Rating 5 out of 5]

很有意思的故事，海滩上发现的冰冷手掌上戴着一个戒指。戒指上的字母被发现是很不常见的刻制方法制作的。被打草惊蛇的金匠逃跑后最终被抓回。但杀人凶手另有其人。尸体的躯干和脑袋也分别被找到。原来是肄业的医学生在希腊建了医疗器械厂，乌克兰石油大亨资助了他的项目。但他却还不了债，于是乌克兰石油大亨就派出了杀手。医学生和杀手做了一个交易，医学生帮杀手干掉他未婚妻，他就放医学生走。而这个被分尸的女子就是他的未婚妻。

[Oscar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Noch eine interessante Geschichte, die erlaubt man, sein Deutsch mit Spaß zu verbessern. Mein einziger Vorschlag wäre, die Übersetzungen, die am Ende eines Kapitels stattfinden auf die gleiche Seite wo das zugehörige Wort erscheint zu verschieben.

[Jen D. · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found the story a bit harder to follow in this one, but it's still a great way to learn new vocabulary.

[Ruth clarke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Baumgartner & Momsen Mystery is my favourite Krimi series