German General

Need some general German help?

First of all, I need to know what the plural of Lyrik is, I'm thinking it's Lyriken, not sure though.
Lyrik does mean song lyrics, right?

I would be remiss if the oh-so generous community of Yahoo! Answers couldn't also help me by giving me a list (however long or short) of words I would use commonly in German.

"Lyrik" in German means poetry that is descriptive of feelings and nature, not telling a story. There is no plural form of this word.
The English "song lyrics" are "der Liedtext", plural "die Liedtexte"

For a handful of German phrases I would recommend:

http://german.about.com/library/blessent.htm

For more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/lj/

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