Check out the song “MfG-Mit freundlichen Grüßen” by Die Fantastischen Vier, a German hip-hop band that was among the first rap/hip-hop bands in Germany actually singing in German! The song “MfG” (released in 1999) almost entirely consists of abbreviations.

Watch the video here. How many abbreviations do you understand?

Here are the lyrics if you want to check or sing along!

If you’d like to learn the vocabulary for more countries and languages, please check out this link.

If you are interested to learn more about “Begrüßungen und Verabschieden” in German, please watch this video.

Want a few more hacks to learning German? Especially tricks to learning articles and numbers? Watch this video for a few more tips!

Do all Germans were a “Dirndl” or “Lederhosen”? Are they actually super punctual? Here is a video about German stereotypes.

Here is great video showing you different gestures and expressions in German.