Some of you know that this About site for German has been online since February 1998. In the intervening five+ years, I have written, formatted, and assembled almost 2,000 pages with hundreds of articles, glossaries, and resources for German-learners. (For comparison, your average book runs about 200-300 pages, your average “college” dictionary about 1,500 pages.)

But out of all those pages and resources, which ones are the most popular? That's the question we answer below. By analyzing the weekly statistics that About provides all Guides, I have created a ranked list of what the Germans call “Evergreens” — those articles and resources that have been consistently in the German Language “Top 25” over the last several months.

I'm hoping that the answers might lead you, dear reader, to some articles and resources that you may have overlooked or just not considered before. Let's begin with the basic Top 25, with links to each item mentioned.

1. German for Beginners: Contents
2. Glossaries: Contents - All our German-English dictionaries
3. German for Beginners: Lesson 1 - Greetings & courtesies
4. German for Beginners: Alphabet - With sound
5. German Names - First names: origins, meanings
6. German Grammar - Genders, cases, verbs, etc.
7. German Word of the Day
8. German Surnames - and their meanings
9. German Language Lab - Listen to German
10. German: Lessons by Topic - Find a lesson
11. German Chat - Our two chat rooms
12. German for Beginners: Lesson 2 - Personal pronouns
13. Daily German - Word & quotation of the day
14. Deutsch von A bis Z - Our A-Z Topic Index
15. German for Beginners: Lesson 3 - Nouns & gender
16. Translate German - Five online translation sites
17. Games & Quizzes - Test your German!
18. Zitat des Tages - Quotation of the Day
19. German for Beginners: Lesson 5 - Adjectives & colors
20. German Words to Avoid - Bad words
21. Confusing Word Pairs - Words that look alike but aren't
22. DVD Regional Codes - How to play German DVDs
23. German Idioms and Proverbs - New but popular
24. German Greeting Cards - Send a free e-card
25. German for Beginners: Lesson 4 - Verbs: haben/sein

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