Phraseology in the german language - ADE110183
Title: Phraseologie in der deutschen Sprache
Guaranteed by: Department of Germanic and Nordic Studies (21-UGS)
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Actual: from 2025
Semester: winter
Points: 0
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: unknown / 25 (25)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: German
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Zaker Soltani, M.A. et M.A.
Teacher(s): Zaker Soltani, M.A. et M.A.
Class: A - Mezioborová nabídka VP: Lingvistika
Exchange - 09.3 Linguistics
Incompatibility : ADE11084
Interchangeability : ADE11084
Is incompatible with: ADE11084
Is interchangeable with: ADE11084
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Annotation -
The seminar introduces the fundamentals of phraseology as a subdiscipline of linguistics and develops students’ phraseological competence. It covers definitions, classifications, and subtypes of phraseological units (idioms, collocations, proverbs, set phrases) as well as pragmatic, contrastive, and culture-reflective aspects.
The focus is on practice-oriented tasks and exercises, including regular contrastive comparisons between German and the students’ first language.
Last update: Soltani Zaker, M.A. et M.A. (16.09.2025)
Aim of the course -

By the end of the seminar, students will be able to:

  • explain key concepts and classifications of phraseology,

  • identify and distinguish different types of phraseological units,

  • analyse their pragmatic and culture-related functions,

  • compare phraseological expressions contrastively (German - Czech),

  • use idiomatic expressions appropriately in their own language production.

Last update: Soltani Zaker, M.A. et M.A. (16.09.2025)
Course completion requirements -

  • Regular attendance (max. 3 absences)

  • Active participation (10/100 points)

  • Reading of seminar literature (20/100 points)

  • Microteaching session (35/100 points)

  • Peer feedback on microteaching (35/100 points)

To pass the course, students must complete all requirements and achieve at least 65 out of 100 points.

Last update: Soltani Zaker, M.A. et M.A. (16.09.2025)
Literature - Czech

Burger, Harald (2015): Phraseologie. Eine Einführung am Beispiel des Deutschen. 5. Aufl. Berlin: Erich Schmidt.


Schemann, Hans (2011): Deutsche Idiomatik. Wörterbuch der deutschen Redewendungen im Kontext. 2. Aufl. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter.


Fleischer, Wolfgang (2015): Phraseologie der deutschen Gegenwartssprache. Reprint. Tübingen: Niemeyer.


Bergerová, Hana (2005): Einführung in die deutsche Phraseologie. Ein Reader, Aufgaben- und Übungsbuch. Ústí nad Labem.

Last update: Soltani Zaker, M.A. et M.A. (13.08.2025)
Syllabus -

  • Introduction to Phraseology

  • Classification of Phraseological Units

  • Categories of Phraseological Units

  • Idioms

  • Collocations

  • Proverbs

  • Fixed Expressions

  • Contrastive Phraseology (German–Czech)

  • Phraseological Units in Textbooks

  • Phraseological Units in Film and News

  • Phraseological Units in Literary Texts

  • Phraseology in TV News

  • Words in Images – Images in Words

Last update: Soltani Zaker, M.A. et M.A. (16.09.2025)