Logo contest (Theme: Deutsch macht Spaß!) [online submission only]

• • design a logo for next year's Deutschfest 2025 at OU, online submissions due by March 29 here!

Scroll down a bit more for all other online contests.

Group KAHOOT! Trivia Contest [in-person only]

• All in-person participants will go head-to-head in this fun, KAHOOT! contest after lunch!

• More information coming soon!

Schnitzeljagd [in-person only]

• All in-person student participants will receive a Schnitzeljagd booklet that contains language quests, fun tasks in German, visiting college tables, and a record of their event entries.

• Download last year's Schnitzeljagd booklet. The 2024 booklet is here!

• Complete your Schnitzeljagd booklet by the end of Deutschfest and get a prize!

Poetry recital contest (judged according to language level) [in-person only]

Students should choose from the list linked here. Memorization is encouraged and is a scoring category, but it is not required to participate.

• • Category A: Short poems

  • Category B: Middle-length Poems

  • Category C: Long poems 

Vocab challenge competition (judged according to language level) [in-person only]

Competitors will have 5 minutes to answer as many written vocab questions as they can (English --> German, German --> English) on a given topic. Correct capitalization, spelling, and gender count. The topics are listed below. There will be multiple rounds. Students can participate in as many rounds as they wish. Click on categories for last year's sheets to use as a study resource. The 2024 sheets will mix up the order, swap out some words, and add new vocab!

• Round 1: Familie (2023 sheet)

• Round 2: Körperteile (2023 sheet)

• Round 3: Obst und Gemüse (2023 sheet)

• Round 4: Tiere (2023 sheet)

• Round 5: Länder auf Deutsch! (2023 sheet)

Baking contest (no refrigeration available) [in-person only]

Do not bring anything that will melt or go bad quickly. The baked goods must be easily transportable. Contestants must take their dishes home with them, or bring their baked goods in disposable containers. Required label: name of student, school, teacher, name of recipe.

• Savory German baking

• Sweet German baking

Art show competition (Theme: Auf ins Abenteuer! Auf ins Sprachabenteuer!)

All artworks will be displayed in a classroom gallery. Please submit artwork at registration. Artworks should have to do with German language or cultures. Inappropriate artworks (condoning violence, etc.) will be disqualified.

• • 2D art hand drawing / painting / poster

  • 2D digital art [online submission here only]

  • 3D art or sculpture

NEW EVENT: Draw what you hear! challenge

Participants will listen to a recording 3x on a particular topic and draw what they hear on paper. Only good at stick figures? No problem! You can label your drawing. The drawing with the best accuracy and most details wins. Paper, pens, and color markers provided.

• • Familienstammbaum (recording will describe a family tree; beginner/easy)

  • Mein Haus (recording will describe the exterior of a house, floors, the yard, etc.; intermediate)

  • Mein Zimmer (recording will describe a messy and unusual room; intermediate)

  • Die Chimäre (recording will describe a fantasy monster; advanced/hard mode)

NEW EVENT: Jeoparty! partner or group challenge

Groups ranging from 2 to 5 participants will work together to answer spelling, number, vocab, grammar, or wild-card questions and rack up euros in this quick Jeopardy-style game. There are two different contests, one for language beginners and one for more advanced, grammar-savvy competitors.

• Contest 1: Deutsch für Anfänger - Buchstabieren, Zahlen, Familienstammbaum, Farben, Kleidung & Wetter (Was trägt Anja heute?), ???

• Contest 2: Schwerpunkt Grammatik - Buchstabieren, Zahlen, Verbkonjugation (Präsens), Partizipien, Adjektivendungen, ???

Music performance contest [in person & online]

All songs must be in German or be written by a German-language composer. A piano and music stands will be provided at the venue. If you have a background track, you must bring your own speaker or coordinate with the event organizers beforehand. Click here for the in-person entry form! Due Monday, March 25th!

• • voice (solo or group, with or without instrument)

  • piano

  • instrumental, not piano

  • online music contest (all categories) [online submission here only]

Skits (judged according to language level) [online submission here only]

• • Group skit video 

Writing contest (judged according to language level) [online submission only]

• • original poetry [online submission here]

  • original song or rap [online submission here]

  • original prose / short story [online submission here]

Best self-made meme [online submission here only]

All memes should have to do with German languages or cultures.

See below for examples of student submissions from previous years!