Learn German with Science Fiction The Zero Point of Existence

Best way to learn German by reading

Learn German with the Science Fiction novel by Kurd Lasswitz, The Zero Point of Existence. The best way to learn German just by reading. No need to look up words with our interlinear material!

We have added a word for word interlinear translation to the German text. This means that the meaning of every German word is immediately accessible, which in turn will make it much easier for you to expand your German vocabulary fast.

How to learn German with this book

Use the following method to learn German vocabulary fast and easy. Read the stories and re-read them until you know almost all the words. This is a fast process because there's no lookup time.

Then focus on the remaining words that you still don't know by marking those in the text or noting their pages. Because of the literal and idiomatic interlinear text this is the best way to learn German reading fast.

Also, contact us on shop.hyplern.com for non-translated pdf versions of this book with which you can practice reading German without the interlinear translation. The same goes for the mp3s that go with the text. The best app to learn German is also available for this book, HypLern Online. For import on Paperwhite, just ask us for a pdf once you bought the Kindle or Paperback version of this book.

The HypLern project has been creating manually word-for-word translated language material since 2006. The aim of our project is to allow students to start reading the language of their choice immediately, and expand their vocabulary fast. Learn German from basics by reading from day one.

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About the author

The author, Kurd Lasswitz, studied mathematics and physics at the University of Breslau and the University of Berlin, and earned his doctorate in 1873. He has been called "the first utopistic-scientific writer in Germany" or even "a German Jules Verne". His first published science fiction story was Bis zum Nullpunkt des Seins ("To the Zero Point of Existence", 1871), depicting life in 2371.