Basic German 3
Basic German 3
Basic German 3
German isn’t that hard after all. The most difficult part is to
summon up the courage to begin.
Table of Contents
1. Pronouns
2. Numbers
3. Nouns
4. Verbs
5. Adjectives
6. Conjunctions
7. Others
8. Conclusion
1. Pronouns
The first set of words you should add to your German
vocabulary are pronouns. These are the words we use to refer
to people, places, or things without actually using their names:
Personal Pronouns
English German
I ich
you du
he er
she sie
it es
we wir
0 zero null
1 one eins
2 two zwei
3 three drei
4 four vier
5 five fünf
6 six sechs
7 seven sieben
8 eight acht
9 nine neun
10 ten zehn
3. Nouns
Time
Time is king, especially in a country like Germany where
punctuality is paramount. Learning time-related vocabulary
will come in handy in your day-to-day interactions.
English German
hour Stunde
minute Minute
morning Morgen
afternoon Nachmittag
evening Abend
day Tag
month Monat
year Jahr
Monday Montag
Tuesday Dienstag
Wednesday Mittwoch
Thursday Donnerstag
Friday Freitag
Saturday Samstag
Sunday Sonntag
People
These are the words you’d learn in the first lesson of probably
any German beginner copybook.
English German
father Vater
mother Mutter
sister Schwester
brother Bruder
Mr. Herr
Ms. Frau
English German
hospital Krankenhaus
supermarket Supermarkt
school Schule
downtown Innenstadt
university Universität
bank Bank
museum Museum
restaurant Restaurant
café Café
School/Office Essentials
If you have to study or work in Germany, these words will be
helpful when you’re in class or at the office.
English German
pen Kugelschreiber
notebook Notizbuch
computer Computer
headphones Kopfhörer
mouse Maus
keyboard Tastatur
wifi WLAN
charger Ladegerät
cable Kabel
backpack Rucksack
desk Schreibtisch
copybook Heft
Body Parts
English German
eye Auge
nose Nase
ear Ohr
face Gesicht
arm Arm
chest Brust
cheek Wange
forehead Stirn
mouth Mund
chin Kinn
armpit Achselhöhle
abdomen Bauch
leg Bein
toe Zeh
finger Finger
ankle Knöchel
hip Hüfte
forearm Unterarm
elbow Ellbogen
wrist Handgelenk
Food
English German
ٍٍvegetables Gemüse
fruit Obst
meat Fleisch
milk Milch
egg Ei
coffee Kaffee
yogurt Joghurt
bread Brot
bacon Speck
pie Kuchen
ham Schinken
chicken Huhn
juice Saft
sausage Wurst
4. Verbs
English German
to get up aufstehen
to eat essen
to drink trinken
to go gehen
to work arbeiten
to study studieren
to drive fahren
to ride reiten
to sleep schlafen
to wake up aufwachen
to hang hängen
to go out ausgehen
to prepare vorbereiten
to cook kochen
to clean putzen
to wash waschen
to tidy up aufräumen
to connect verbinden
to communicate kommunizieren
to wear tragen
to warm up aufwärmen
to grab greifen
to mix mischen
to hold halten
to freeze einfrieren
to change wechseln
to move bewegen
Other Common Verbs
English German
to give geben
to get bekommen
to do tun
to make machen
to let lassen
to ask fragen
to smile lächeln
to find finden
to use benutzen
to take nehmen
to come kommen
to look schauen
to hear hören
to smell riechen
to talk sprechen
to exit gehen
to call rufen
to feel fühlen
to answer antworten
to laugh lachen
to cry weinen
to steal stehlen
to run rennen
to walk gehen
to meet treffen
to create erschaffen
to finish beenden
5. Adjectives
Describing Objects
English German
big groß
small klein
long lang
short kurz
round rund
rectangular rechteckig
smooth glatt
rough rau
Describing People
English German
pretty hübsch
handsome gutaussehend
tall groß
short klein
disgusting ekelhaft
sociable kontaktfreudig
funny lustig
beautiful schön
lovely lieblich
caring fürsorglich
selfless selbstlos
arrogant arrogant
humble bescheiden
courageous mutig
weak schwach
strong stark
quirky schrullig
Describing Emotions
happy glücklich
sad traurig
joyful freudig
angry sauer
depressed depressiv
anxious ängstlich
jolly fröhlich
Describing Weather
English German
rainy regnerisch
wet nass
humid feucht
dry trocken
arid dürr
cool kühl
frigid kalt
foggy neblig
windy windig
stormy stürmisch
breezy luftig
windless windstill
calm ruhig
6. Conjunctions
English German
and und
but aber
then dann
because weil
so so / also
7. Others
English German
sure klar
simply halt
well tja
already schon
8. Conclusion
Memorize the 200+ from our list, and you’ll only be 800 words
away from fluency.
You can also opt for 1-on-1 guidance from a language expert to
answer your questions. Your private tutor can even give you a
personalized learning program to match your learning goals.
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