Learn German with Stories: Schlamassel in Stuttgart: 10 Short Stories for Beginners: Dino lernt Deutsch, Book 10

Dino lernt Deutsch #10

by André Klein

In this sequel to Digital in Dresden, Dino and Elisabeth follow an invitation to attend a prestigious event, but when nothing goes as planned they suddenly find themselves on a strange quest through Germany's 6th largest city.

With a worried relative in tow they hunt for clues across the valley basin of the capital of Baden-Württemberg, enlisting unlikely help from a local to unravel a mounting mystery.

Explore Stuttgart, learn about local culture, history and cuisine, and improve your German effortlessly along the way!

This audiobook is designed to help beginners make the leap from studying isolated words and phrases to reading (and enjoying) naturally flowing German texts.

Using simplified sentence structures and a very basic vocabulary, this collection of short stories is carefully crafted to allow even novice learners to appreciate and understand the intricacies of coherent German speech.

Each section comes with a complete German-English dictionary, with a special emphasis on collocative phrases (high frequency word combinations), short sentences, and expressions.

By working with these “building blocks” instead of just single words, learners can accelerate their understanding and active usage of new material and make the learning process more fluid and fun.

Genres: German Literature, Language, Short Stories

Audible Audio

Published November 14, 2019

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

[Manal (✿◡‿◡) منال · Rating 4 out of 5]

These books are keeping me happy through my gruel language learning

[Samichtime · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is probably b2 or b1. Klein throws you for the wolves so hard that the wolves probably died on impact!! 😭
I guess I’ll finish out the series because there’s only one left but this was grueling! 🫠

[Efe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Goodbye Dino. It was a nice ride.

[Emily Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great Dino story! This time he's visiting Stuttgart when the unexpected disappearance of a member of Elizabeth's family turns him into a detective! Enjoy learning the German language along with a few interesting cultural details about Stuttgart and, in this book, a smattering of Yiddish from Elizabeth's long-suffering mother. What a Schlamassel!

[Nancy Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is up to the usual very high Andre Klein standard. It is an engaging modern story--this time with a mystery to be solved. As a protagonist Dino is as likable and naive as ever. And the reader learns a good bit about Stuttgart very painlessly. My only caveat is that these "Learn German with Stories" books are not appropriate for beginners who know only 100 German words or fewer. This is not the "Dick and Jane" for German learners. It is a series of stories for German learners who already have a decent vocabulary committed to memory. That might be an "advanced beginner" or an "intermediate" learner. There are probably even advanced students who would enjoy these books, which are quite clever and contain irony, social commentary, and tie-ins to current events.

[Serdar Poirot · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dino ve Elizabeth'in hikayeleri bu kitapta da devam ediyor. Stuttgart şehrine gelen Dino, Elizabeth'in üvey kardeşinin ayarlaması ile gelir ama onu göremez. Çünkü ortadan kaybolmuştur. Annesi ile beraber onu ararlar. Ama bulamazlar. Bu arada bir polis eskisi de onlara yardım edeceğini söyler. Acaba kız kardeş bulunacak mıdır? Bundan sonra neler olacaktır? Diğerleri kadar olmasa da idare edecek bir kitap.

[Ruth clarke · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always enjoy Andre Klein's books, They are so well written, I don't think I have ever found an error in one of them. This story was a little more complex than the other ones, but I suspect that is a preparation for the more advanced series that follows the ''Dino learned Deutsch'' ones. Thoroughly enjoyed this one.

[Pietro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Conversely to the other books of the series, the plot of this one seems a little bit odd and less captivating. But we read these for the language so it's fine. I would say the vocabulary here is more on the B2 side than on the B1, so the read was more challenging

[Staś Werno · Rating 4 out of 5]

A tour de force through Stuttgart

[Ayse Serra Isil · Rating 5 out of 5]

It gets harder through the series which is perfect! My 2021 goal was to finish it all and I have only one left. Hope to read other German books as well.

[Josh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another excellent addition to the Dino saga. Definitely the most challenging book of the series so far, but rewarding to finish.

[Oleg Abrazhaev · Rating 5 out of 5]

So viele neue Wörter

[Ian Cooper · Rating 5 out of 5]

In "Schlamassel in Stuttgart", Dino and Elisabeth travel to Stuttgart to attend an award ceremony for Elisabeth's sister, but not everything goes as planned.

Another great read from André Klein. This one has some of the funniest dialogue in the series, as Dino, naive and clueless as ever, drives his girlfriend and her family nuts with unintentionally hilarious statements like "Was haben Kekse mit Solartechnik zu tun?" (you have to read it in context to get the full effect).