The German Alphabet is a vital part of the language, which is spoken by more than 130 million people in 38 countries

of the world, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Belgium, and 33 other countries. The alphabet consists of the same 26 letters as English alphabet, plus some extra ones. German pronunciation of letters is in many places the same as English, as well as how to write them, however there are some unique letters and different ways of pronouncing some other letters.

German Alphabet
Aa as in the word ask and never as in the word able Bb same as in English Cc usually in sch ch or ck rarely out of these letters. Dd same as in English Ee as in elevated Ff same as in English Gg like in the word "God", never pronounced as in the word gym. Hh same as in English. Ii as in the word ink never as in the word island Jj similar to the letter y in yacht Kk same as in English Ll same as in English Mm same as in English Nn same as in English, most of the German letters are just like English. Oo same as in English Old never as in Hot which is pronounced somehow like {hat} Pp same as in English Qq same as in English but rare. Rr same as in English but slightly like as in gh as in the French Merci Ss sounds like z. Tt same as in English but not as sharp. Uu sounds like oo or uu, never as in the word up or university Vv sounds like f Ww sounds like v Xx same as in English although rare. Yy same as in English although rare. Zz sounds like ts

Additional German letters: /, / , / . (called scharfes s) / sounds more like e / sounds more like oe / sounds more like ue sounds like ss Compound letters:

Sch: sounds like sh Ch: sounds sometimes like sh or like kh. St: sounds like sht at the beginning, and like st at the end of a word. German Numbers are easy to learn, cardinal numbers are a piece of cake if you understand the logic behind them, from 0 to 12 you will find unique words, that you just need to memorize as is. 13 to 19 are composed words meaning (3- 10) for 13 (dreizehn), (4-10) for 14 (fierzehn).(check the table below). For 16 and 17 (sechzehn instead of sechszehn) and (siebzehn instead of siebenzehen) So now you can easily count to 20. The logic that numbers from 21 to 99 is the opposite of English, for example in English we say: twenty one for 21, in German we say one and twenty, note that its not only read the opposite way, but also there is an extra and which is in German und, and all numbers are connected (einundzwanzig). From 100 on, und is not used between numbers Its easy to master this your first day if you look at the table above and read the notes following it carefully. German Cardinal Numbers einundzwanzig 60 sechzig zweiundzwanzig 70 siebzig dreiundzwanzig 80 achtzig vierundzwanzig 90 neunzig fnfundzwanzig 100 einhundert sechsundzwanzig 101 einhunderteins siebenundzwanzig 102 einhundertzwei achtundzwanzig 113 einhundertdreizehn neunundzwanzig 200 zweihundert dreiig 500 fnfhundert einunddreiig 1000 eintausend zweiunddreiig 1.000.000 eine Million dreiunddreiig 2.000.000 zwei Millionen vierunddreiig fnfunddreiig sechsunddreiig siebenunddreiig 2006 = Zweitausendsechs achtunddreiig neununddreiig vierzig fnfzig
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The table below contains: German phrases, expressions and words in German, conversation and idioms, greetings and survival phrases. Most of the sentences are used for the everyday life conversations, so they might come handy if you memorize them, if you dont know how to say something in German then check the alphabet page, to get some help.

Blue font refers to the polite form that you need to use in German with people you don't know or respect a lot. Also you will notice I used the dash / in some places in the German phrases table when we have more than one possible expression, for example Good-bye can be expressed as Auf Wiedersehen! or Tsch! So you will find a dash between the two expressions.

German Phrases
Greetings in German Hi! Good Morning! Good Evening! Welcome! (to greet someone) How Are You? I'm Fine, Thanks! And You? Good/ So-So. Thank You (Very Much)! You're Welcome! (answering "thank you") Hey! Friend! I Missed You So Much! What's New? Nothing Much Good Night! See You Later! Good Bye! Help & Directions in German I'm Lost Can I Help You? Can You Help Me? Where is the (bathroom/ pharmacy)? Go Straight! Then Turn Left/ Right! I'm Looking For John. One Moment Please! Hold On Please! (phone) How Much Is This? Excuse Me ...! ( to ask for something) Excuse Me! ( to pass by) Come With Me! Personal Info in German Do You Speak (English/ German)? Just a Little. What's Your Name? Sprechen Sie (Englisch/ Deutsch)? Nur ein bichen. Wie heien Sie? Ich habe mich verlaufen! Kann ich dir/ Ihnen helfen? Kannst du/ Knnen Sie mir helfen? Wo ist (das Badezimmer/ die Apotheke?) Gehen Sie geradeaus! Dann links / rechts abbiegen! Ich suche John. Einen Augenblick, bitte! Bleiben Sie dran, bitte! Was kostet das?/ Wie teuer ist das? Entschuldigen Sie bitte...! Darf ich mal vorbei? Kommen Sie mit! Hallo! Guten Morgen! Guten Abend! Willkommen! Wie geht's dir/ Ihnen? Danke, mir geht's gut! Und dir/ Ihnen? Gut/ So la-la Danke (vielmals)!/ Vielen Dank! Gern gescheh'n!/ Keine Ursache!/ Kein Problem! Hey! Kumpel! (only for male people) Du hast/ Sie haben mir so gefehlt! Was gibt's Neues? Nicht viel. Gute Nacht! Bis spter! Auf Wiedersehen!/ Tsch!

My Name Is . Mr.../ Mrs./ Miss Nice To Meet You! You're Very Kind! Where Are You From? I'm From (the U.S/ Germany) Im (American) Where Do You Live? I live in (the U.S/ Germany) Did You Like It Here? Germany Is a Wonderful Country What Do You Do For A Living? I Work As A (Translator/ Businessman) I Like German I've Been Learning German For 1 Month Oh! That's Good! How Old Are You? I'm (twenty, thirty) Years Old. I Have To Go I Will Be Right Back! Wishes in German Good Luck! Happy Birthday! Happy New Year! Merry Christmas! Congratulations! Enjoy! (For meals) I'd Like To Visit Germany One Day Say Hi To John For me. Bless you (when sneezing) Good Night & Sweet Dreams! Misunderstanding in German I'm Sorry! (if you don't hear something) Sorry (for a mistake) No Problem! Can You Say It Again? Can You Speak Slowly? Write It Down Please! I Don't Understand! I Don't Know! I Have No Idea. What's That Called In German? What Does " gato" Mean In English? How Do You Say "Please" In German?

Ich heie... / Mein Name ist... Herr/ Frau/ Frulein (not used anymore) Schn, Sie kennenzulernen! Du bist/ Sie sind sehr freundlich! Woher kommst du/ kommen Sie? Ich komme (aus den U.S.A./ aus Amerika / aus Deutschland) Ich bin (Amerikaner) Wo wohnst du/ wohnen Sie? Ich wohne (in den U.S.A./ in Amerika/ in Deutschland) Gefllt es dir/ Ihnen hier? Deutschland ist wunderschn. Was ist dein/ Ihr Beruf? Ich bin (bersetzer/Dolmetscher) / Geschftsmann Ich mag Deutsch Ich lerne seit einem Monat Deutsch Oh! Das ist toll! Wie alt bist du/ sind Sie? Ich bin (zwanzig, dreiig,...) Jahre (alt). Ich mu gehen/ los! Ich bin sofort wieder da! Viel Glck! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! Ein frohes neues Jahr! Frhliche Weihnachten! (Herzlichen) Glckwunsch! Guten Appetit! Ich mchte eines Tages (mal) nach Deutschland reisen Gr/ Gren Sie John von mir! Gesundheit! Gute Nacht und trum was schnes! Entschuldigung, ich habe Sie nicht verstanden! Entschuldigung!/ Es tut mir leid! Kein Problem!/ Keine Ursache! Kannst du/ Knnen Sie das nochmal wiederholen? Kannst du/ Knnen Sie (etwas) langsamer sprechen? Schreib/ Schreiben Sie es bitte auf! Ich verstehe das/ dich/ Sie nicht! (das:that, dich:you, Sie:you polite) Ich wei (es) nicht! Ich habe keine Ahnung. Wie heit das auf deutsch? Was bedeutet "nacht" auf englisch? Wie sagt man "please" auf deutsch?

What Is This? My German Is Bad. I need to practice my German Don't Worry! Expressions & Words in German Good/ Bad/ So-So. Big/ Small Today/ Now Tomorrow/ Yesterday Yes/ No Here You Go! (when giving something) Do You Like It? I Really Like It! I'm Hungry/ Thirsty. In The Morning/ Evening/ At Night. This/ That. Here/There Me/ You. Him/ Her. Really! Look! Hurry Up! What? Where? What Time Is It? It's 10 o'clock. 07:30pm. Give Me This! I Love You! I Feel Sick. I Need A Doctor One, Two, Three Four, Five, Six Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten

Was ist das (hier)? Mein Deutsch ist schlecht. Ich mu (mein) Deutsch ben. (Nur) Keine Sorge! gut/ schlecht/ so la-la gro/ klein. heute/ jetzt morgen/ gestern ja/ nein Bitte sehr!/ Bitte schn! Gefllt's dir/ Ihnen? Mir gefllt es sehr gut! Ich habe Hunger/ Durst. am Morgen/ morgens/ am Abend/ abends/ in der Nacht dies(es/er/e)/ das. hier/ dort. Ich/ Du. Er/ sie Wirklich?!/ Echt?! Guck (mal)/ Schau (mal)! Beeil dich!/ beeilen Sie sich! was?/ wo? Wieviel Uhr ist es?/ Wie spt ist es? Es ist zehn Uhr. Sieben Uhr dreiig/ halb acht. Gib mir das! Ich liebe dich/ Sie! Ich fhle mich nicht wohl. Ich brauche einen Arzt. eins, zwei, drei vier, fnf, sechs sieben, acht, neun, zehn

If you dont know it yet articles in German change depending on the case used in the sentences. If youre not familiar with that then please check the German Cases page before proceeding to this page.

German Definite Articles

The definite articles in German refer to specific persons, objects, ideasetc. and they are : der, die, das, die (plural) they all mean the expression the in English, der is used for masculine nouns, die is used for feminine nouns, das is used for neuter nouns, and finally die used also for plural nouns. German Definite Article der Mann (the man) die Frau (the woman) das Brot (the bread) die Mnner (the men), die Frauen (the women), die Brote (the breads)

Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural

Well, thats not all; the form we went through above is only for the nominative case. Now lets have a look at all the rest: German Definite Articles masculin feminin neuter plural e e der die das die den die das die dem der dem den des der des der

Nominative case Accusative case Dative case Genitive cases

the the to the of the

Here are some examples: Nominative: der Mann ist hier (the man is here) Accusative: Ich gre den Mann (I greet the man) Dative: Ich gebe dem Mann ein Buch (I give the book to the man) Genitive: Ich habe das Buch des Mannes (I have the book of the man) You may have noticed how the definite article changes each time the case changes. So try to memorize the table above by heart, Im sure its not that hard.

German Indefinite Articles

The indefinite articles in German refer to unspecified persons, objects, ideasetc. and they are: ein, eine, ein, they all mean the indefinite article a, an in English, ein is used for masculine nouns, eine is used for feminine nouns, ein is used for neuter nouns, and there is no plural for the indefinite article. German Indefinite Article ein Mann (a man) eine Frau (the woman) ein Brot (a bread)

Masculine Feminine Neuter

Again, thats not all; the form we went through above is only for the nominative case. Now lets have a look at all the rest: German Indefinite Articles masculine feminine ein eine einen eine einem einer eines einer

Nominative case Accusative case Dative case Genitive cases

neuter ein ein einem eines

a, an a, an to a, to an of a, of an

Here are some examples: Nominative: ein Mann ist hier (a man is here) Accusative: Ich gre einen Mann (I greet a man) Dative: Ich gebe einem Mann ein Buch (I give the book to a man)

Genitive: Ich habe das Buch eines Mannes (I have the book of a man) So the same thing happens to the indefinite article, it changes each time the case changes. So try to memorize the table above by heart as well. Good luck! German cases are four: the nominative case (subject of the sentence); the accusative case (the direct object); the dative case (the indirect object), and the genitive case (possessive). Cases are not something strange to English, pronouns for example use a certain kind of cases, for example we say he speaks, and give him and not give he, did you see how he became him in the second example, well the same thing happens in German, the only difference is that in German its much more widely used, not only in pronouns, even nouns/ adjectives/ articles use the same thing. The German case indicates the role of an element in a sentence.

German Nominative
The nominative is the easiest case in German and also the one dictionaries use as the standard form of nouns, adjectives, articlesand refers to the subject of the sentence. The teacher went to school, The teacher is the subject of the sentence, and therefore The teacher is nominative. So it will take the nominative form in German, which is Der Lehrer. Below is a table of some forms of Nominative, you will only know the difference when you will go through the 3 other cases (accusative, Dative, Genitive). German Nominative Case Indefinite Articles Personal Pronouns Adjectives (masc., fem, neuter, plural) Ein, Eine, Ein Ich, du, er, sie, Weier, weie, weies, weie (they all mean a, wir, ihr, sie. (all these forms mean white) an) (I, you, he, she...)

Definite Articles Der, die, das, die (they all means the)

These are just some examples to show the nominative form of some elements such as articles, pronouns, adjectives. Note that the nominative case can be used in a much wider scope such as in Nouns, interrogative pronounswhat comes next will help you notice the difference between Nominative and what the other 3 German cases.

German Accusative
Now we will learn the second case in German which is the accusative, the good news is that apart from the masculine, the other 2 genders + the plural (feminine, neuter and plural) look just like the Nominative. Now lets learn what the accusative really is. The accusative case is considered the direct object. I see the teacher, the teacher is the direct object of the sentence, and therefore would take the accusative form, and since the teacher is masculine it will become in German den Lehrer and not der Lehrer as in the nominative case. I see the teacher = Ich sehe den Lehrer. German Accusative Case Indefinite Articles Personal Pronouns Adjectives (masc., fem, neuter,

Definite Articles

Den, die, das, die (they all means the)

Einen, Eine, Ein (they all mean a, an)

mich, dich, ihn, sie, uns, euch, sie. (me, you, him, her...)

plural) Weien, weie, weies, weie (all these forms mean white)

Lets get adjectives involved as well. I see the young teacher = ich sehe den jungen Lehrer. Young in German is jung, but since were using the accusative case, then the adjective should copy the article it follows, which is den/ the = masculine, so den jungen. If you look at the table above you will understand why we added en after the adjective jung. Now lets get personal pronouns involved. I see him = ich sehe ihn. Easy, isnt it!

German Dative
Now things will get serious because the dative case is very important in German, and it also changes in all the 3 genders + the plural (masculine, feminine, neuter and plural). But first lets learn what the Dative means. The Dative in German is just like the indirect object in English, or in other words, its like the receiver of the direct object. So for example: I give the book to him, I is the subject of the sentence, the book is the direct object, and him is the receiver, therefore also called the indirect object, in which were interested when it comes to the dative case. German Dative Case Indefinite Articles Personal Pronouns Einem, Einer, mir, dir, ihm, ihr, Einem uns, euch, ihnen. (they all mean to (to me, to you, to a, to an) him, to her...)

Definite Articles Dem, der, dem, den (they all means to the)

Adjectives (masc., fem, neuter) Weien, weien, weien, weien (all these forms mean to white)

Usually the equivalent of the dative case in English would include to, like our example above, I give the book to him, I send it to him, I show it to him but in German that to is usually included in the expression used, for example to him = ihm to the = dem so its not that complicated after all.

German Genitive
Finally we will learn the genitive in German. Its not used as often as the other cases, but still has its own importance, because the genitive in German means possession, or in other words it means the expression of or s. The book of my teacher = das Buch meines Lehrers. German Genitive Case Indefinite Articles Personal Pronouns Eines, Einer, mir, dir, ihm, ihr, Eines uns, euch, ihnen. (they all mean of (to me, to you, to

Definite Articles Des, der, des, der (they all means of the)

Adjectives (masc., fem, neuter) Weien, weien, weien, weie (all these forms mean white)

a, of an)

him, to her...)

Note that nouns in the masculine and neuter take an s at the end, as in our example: The book of my teacher = das Buch meines Lehrers. Feminine and plural nouns dont take any s at the end. More detailed information would be in the German Nouns page. Also you can check out the adjectives and articles page to see how they form in different cases with some examples. Good luck! A pronoun in German as well as in English is like a shortcut to refer to a noun, a word that stands for or represents a noun or noun phrase, a pronoun is identified only in the context of the sentence in which it is used. So you must have a prior idea about who "he or she" "er or sie" is. In English we find "I, her, what, that, his", In German pronouns use is governed by cases (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive), number and gender. All these three factors can affect the pronoun. Types of pronouns include personal pronouns (refer to the persons speaking, the persons spoken to, or the persons or things spoken about), indefinite pronouns, relative (connect parts of sentences), reciprocal or reflexive pronouns (in which the object of a verb is being acted on by verb's subject), demonstrative, and interrogative pronouns.

German Personal Pronouns

The personal (subject) pronouns in German are (ich, du, er, sie, es, wir, ihr, Sie, sie.), and make the equivalent of (I, you, he, she, it, we, you people, you all, they) in English, usually they take the nominative form, since theyre the subject of the sentence. Theyre very important and therefore they must be memorized by heart. I have a pen = Ich habe einen Kugelschreiber. Personal Pronouns in German Singular I ich you (familiar) du you (formal) Sie he, she, it er, sie, es Plural we wir you (familiar) ihr you (formal) Sie they sie

German Object Pronouns

Object pronouns replace the object of a sentence; direct object pronouns take the place of the direct object nouns, lets take this example I see a man, a man can be replaced in English by the direct object pronoun him and not he, so it would be I see him, the same thing happens in German: Ich sehe einen Mann becomes Ich sehe ihn.

Note that the direct object pronoun in German is associated with the accusative case: Direct Object Pronouns in German Singular me mich you (familiar) dich you (formal) Sie him, her, it ihn, sie, es Plural us uns you (familiar) euch you (formal) Sie them sie The indirect object pronouns (IOP) are used to replace nouns (people or things) in a sentence to which the action of the verb occurs. In English usually it is preceded by a preposition, I give the book to Katja, the name Katja is an indirect object noun, to replace it with a pronoun we would say in English her, in German we would say ihr, note that since the IOP is associated with the dative, the preposition to that we would usually use in English is not used in German, or rather we would say that its mixed with the pronoun (look at the table below to understand the concept better), for example to her in German will become one word ihr. Indirect Object Pronouns in German Singular to me mir to you (familiar) dir to you (familiar) Ihnen to him, to her, to it ihm, ihr, ihm Plural to us uns to you (familiar) euch to you (formal) Ihnen to them ihnen

German Possessive Pronouns

The possessive is another aspect that you need to master in German, the possessive pronouns indicate ownership and they replace a noun just like in English, example: it is my house becomes it is mine. but while in English you can use mine to the singular and feminine, in German you have to add an e to for the feminine, Possessive Pronouns in German Singular mein/e mein/e

mine yours

yours (formal) his, hers, its our yours (familiar) yours (formal) theirs

Ihr/e sein/e Plural unser/e eur/e Ihr/e ihr/e

Now we will look at possessive adjectives, which are used more than the pronouns weve seen above. And since were talking about adjectives it means that they will take different forms in different cases. For example lets have a look at my and our in German: Possessive Adjectives in German Nominative Accusative Dative meinen meinem Masculine mein meine meiner Feminine meine mein mein meinem Neuter meine meine meinen Plural Nominative unser uns(e)re unser uns(e)re Accusative uns(e)ren uns(e)re unser uns(e)re Dative uns(e)rem uns(e)rer uns(e)rem uns(e)ren

Genitive meines meiner meines meiner Genitive uns(e)res uns(e)rer uns(e)res uns(e)rer

Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural

Note that we add an e when we deal with the feminine, either in the singular or the plural; I put it between parentheses above. As we have learned in the verbs section, reflexive verbs express an action that acts upon the subject, and with the reflexive verbs you will find reflexive pronouns, which are placed after of the conjugated verb, for example: Ich washe mich (I wash myself). Ich stelle mir vor (I imagine myself). Note that these pronouns have two forms, one with the accusative and another with the dative. When to use each one of them will depend on the verb, some reflexive verbs are associated with the accusative, and some others are associated with the dative, you can check the verbs page to learn more. German Reflexive Pronouns Accusative myself mich yourself (familiar) dich yourself (formal) sich himself, herself, itself sich ourselves uns yourselves (familiar) euch

yourselves (formal) themselves

sich sich

Dative myself mir yourself (familiar) dir yourself (formal) sich himself, herself, itself sich ourselves uns yourselves (familiar) euch yourselves (formal) sich themselves sich A brief summery of the pronouns weve learned so far: German Pronouns nominative ich du sie er es wir ihr sie Sie

1st singular 2nd singular 3rd singular feminine 3rd singular masculine 3rd singular neuter 1st plural 2nd plural 3rd plural formal (singular and plural)

accusative mich dich sie ihn es uns euch sie Sie

dative mir dir ihr ihm ihm uns euch ihnen Ihnen

genitive meindeinihrseinseinunsereurihrIhr-

German Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstratives usually refer to a previously mentioned noun in a sentence, just like adjectives they must agree with the gender and number of the noun. The equivalent to them in English would be this/these. German Demonstratives masculine feminine neuter plural dieser diese dieses diese this/ these Nominative case diesen diese dieses diese this/ these Accusative case diesem dieser diesem diesen to this/ these Dative case dieses dieser dieses dieser of this/ these Genitive cases Other Pronouns: Relative Pronouns: in German they are der, die, das (who, that, which), wer, was (who, that) and welcher (who, that). The gender, number, and case of the relative pronoun should agree with its antecedent. Interrogative Pronouns: the most important in German are: wer (who), wen (whom), wem (to whom), wessen (whose), was (what), welcher (which).

Indefinite pronouns are: all- (all), ander- (other), einig- (one), etwas (some), jed- (each), kein- (no), nichts (nothing), man (we, one), niemand (no one).

Gender in German
Nouns in German are quite different than in English; the gender is not an issue in English because all nouns have the same gender, well except humans and some animals... for example a spoon and a fork have the same gender, but in German its a little bit more diverse, for some reason the spoon is masculine (der Lffel), the fork is feminine (die Gabel), and the knife is neuter (das Messer). This may sound weird but well even in English in some rare cases we do the same thing, for example you may hear in rare occasions she is a nice car, as if a car is feminine, or when talking about a baby we use it instead of he/she. In German this happens all the time with all nouns, so the best thing to do is: when you memorize new words try to memorize them with their definite article, for example the word book in German is das Buch, note that I added the definite articles das to it, which tells me that the book is neuter in German. If you get used to doing that way you would know if nouns are masculine, feminine or neuter, the good news is that in may occasions you can guess the gender of nouns given some hints, either thanks to a suffix or to a rule: German Gender: Masuline Suffix: Most nouns ending in -en, -el, -ling, -ner, -ismus, -ig, -ich, or -er are masculine: der Boden (ground), der Vogel (bird), der Frhling (spring), der Vater (father). Rules: Days, months, and seasons, weather (rain, snow) are usually masculine in German. der Sonntag (Sunday), der Winter (winter), der Februar (February, der Regen (rain), der Schnee (snow), but das Wetter (the weather). Note that these suffixes and rules can only assist you in increasing your chance of guessing what the gender would be, but its still guessing, because there are some exceptions that can be found time to time. German Gender: Feminine Suffix: Nouns ending in -heit, -ie, -ik, -age, -ei ,-ion, -itis, -keit, -ur, -schaft, -tt, and -ung are feminine: die Freiheit (freedom), die Garage (garage), die Operation (operation), die Mglichkeit (possibility), die Natur (nature), die Freundschaft (friendship), die Qualitt (quality), die Ehrung, (honor). Rules: Trees, flowers, fruit, and cardinal numbers are most of the time feminine: die Fhre (pine tree), die Rose (rose), die Orange (Orange), die Sieben (the seven). German Gender: Neuter Suffix: Nouns ending in -ett, -chen, -lein, -il, -ium, -ma, -ment, -nis, -tel, -tum, -um and -o are neuter: das Bett (bed), das Kaninchen (Rabbit), das Stadium (stage), das Klima (climat), das Geheimnis (secret), das Viertel (quarter), das Album (album), das Frulein (young lady). Rules: Names of towns, countries, colors, infinitives used as nouns, and the diminutives that weve seen above ending in -chen or -lein, theyre all usually neuter: das Berlin (Berlin), das

Deutschland (Germany), das Rot (Red), das Schwimmen (swimming), das Hndchen (little dog), das Kindlein (little child). Note that you should check the other pages of German Cases and Articles to have a better idea on how nouns can change depending on the case, and what articles they take in each case.
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The Plural in German

German is more diverse in its plural than in English, to express the plural in English we simply add s or es to the end of the noun, well in German its not the case. Some nouns add e to their end: der Freund (friend) becomes die Freunde (friends), der Schuh (a shoe) becomes die Schuhe (shoes). Other nouns add en to their end: der Student (student) becomes die Studenten (students), die Zeit (time) becomes die Zeiten (times). The other forms of plural in German are: (-n) for example: die Schule becomes die Schulen (schools). (no diffrence) for example: das Fenster (window) stays die Fenster (windows). (-) for example: der Bruder becomes die Brder (brothers). (-er or -er) for example: das Haus becomes die Huser (houses), or das Kind becomes die Kinder (childen). (-s) for example: das Radio becomes die Radios (this form can be used usually with foreign words) das Baby becomes die Babys Tips: Note that most nouns ending in the suffixes (-heit, -ie, -ik, -age, -ei ,-ion, -itis, -keit, -ur, schaft, -tt, and -ung) add -en in the plural. Feminine nouns ending in (-in) add -nen to form their plural. Note that most German plurals add an extra -n or -en to the plural form in the dative case. Finally note that while English takes capital letter only in countries names or days in German all nouns take a capital letter as you may have noticed in this lesson. Verbs in German are more diverse than in English; in this page we will learn their categories, and the most used tenses in German, note that this page is including only the important information you should know about in German verbs, and it doesnt include details about each category or each tense. German Verbs In German verbs are categorized into three categories: weak verbs, strong, and mixed verbs. Weak verbs (schwache Verben) do not change the stem vowel in the past tense and the past participle and theyre considered like regular verbs in English, examples: arbeiten (to work), spielen (to play). Strong verbs (starke Verben) do change the stem vowel in both the past tense and the past participle, examples: sprechen (to speak), fahren (to drive, go) Mixed verbs contain parts of both weak and strong verbs. Theyre used very often and therefore they should not be overlooked, examples: bringen (to bring), senden (to send)

Some verbs in the 3 categories above may contain separable (trennbar) or inseparable (untrennbar) prefixes. The point of using these prefixes is to create new meanings from the original verb. This concept is not strange to English, lets look at the verb to stand if we add the prefix under it will give us a whole new verb to understand, the same thing in German, stehen means to stand, verstehen means to understand. Easy, right! Well not exactly, because German uses these prefixes more often. And some prefixes can be detached from the original verb and take a specific spot in the sentences, sometimes even far from the verb. Separable prefixes (trennbar) are (ab, bei, ein, vor, an, auf, mit, weg, etc.) can stand independently as words, or can stay connected to the verb, Kann ich mitkommen? (Can I come with you?), kommen Sie mit ans Meer? (are you coming with to the sea), here the verb is mitkommen, see how in the first example it was connected, and in the second example the prefix mit was placed after Sie. The meaning of mitkommen is to accompany or come with. The inseparable prefixes (untrennbar) are (be-, emp-, ent-, er-, ver-, zer-). These kind of prefixes cannot be removed from their verbs, The most common inseparable prefix verbs are: verkaufen (to sell), bekommen (to get), empfangen (to receive), empfehlen (to recommend), entdecken (to discover), verstehen (to understand), versagen (to fail), zerstren (to destroy).

German Tenses
Below you will find the most used tenses in German, with the verb endings in each tense, as well as some examples, try to master them if you can, that would help you a lot and makes you feel comfortable expressing yourself in German, we will start with the present tense, which is a very important and a must to learn tense:

Present Tense in German

Its the first tense we will learn, weak German verbs take the following endings to form the present tense: ich -e, du -st, er (sie, es) -t, wir -en, ihr -t, Sie -en, sie -en. These endings can help you a lot, because with them you can conjugate most of weak verbs into the present tense, you only need the stem of the verb, for example the stem of spielen (to play) is spiel. Strong verbs change in the singular second person familiar and third person forms, for example the verb nehmen to take, look at the side of the table. Usually strong verbs changes are regular and predictable: a becomes , e becomes ie or i, au becomes u, o becomes . Note that the plural form is regular. Mixed verbs are irregular and are best learnt by heart, because theyre unpredictable. The good news is that te most common conjugation is the one for the weak verb. But like any other language there are some exceptions for all three types of verbs. Weak verb spielen (to play) ich spiele du spielst (familiar) er, sie, es spielt wir spielen ihr spielt (familiar) Sie spielen (formal) sie spielen

Stro neh ich n du n er, s wir ihr n Sie sie n

German Past Tense (Imperfect)

Now we will have a look at the past tense, also called the imperfect, another very important fact in knowing how to conjugate verbs in German:

In German as well as in English the simple past tense (imperfect) is used to describe past events, more literal than conversational, regularly used when writing about the past. The endings for the weak verb are: ich -te, du -test, Sie -ten, er (sie, es, man) -te, wir -ten, ihr -tet, Sie -ten, sie -ten. So just take any weak verb stem and add it to the endings above, for example our previous verb spielen (to play), its stem is spiel, plus the endings above we will get: ich spielte, du spieltest, er spielte, wir spielten, ihr spieltet, Sie, sie spielten To form the past tense with strong verbs, the trickiest part is knowing the stem, for example in English, you dont say I comed, but you say I came to refer to the past of the verb to come, strong verbs in German change their stem vowels and add the following endings: ich (-nothing added to the stem), du -st, Sie -en, er, sie, es (nothing added to the stem), wir -en, ihr -t, Sie -en, sie -en. (look at the example on the side) For the irregular verbs, theyre tricky too in forming their stem, sometimes the stem doesnt look like the original verb at all, just like I go and I went, but these German irregular verbs change the vowel in the stem and, in addition, they take weak verb endings in the past tense.

Strong verb kommen (to come) ich kam du kamst (familiar) Sie kamen (formal) er, sie, es kam wir kamen ihr kamt (familiar) Sie kamen (formal) sie kamen

Irregular verb wissen (to know) ich wusste du wusstest (familiar) Sie wussten (formal) er, sie, es wusste wir wussten ihr wusstet (familiar) Sie wussten (formal) sie wussten

Now we will learn the future tense, which is considered the easiest, because you only need to learn the conjugated form of werden plus the infinitive of the verbs you want to conjugate:

Future Tense in German

There are two ways to express the German future. The easiest and most common method is to use the present tense with an appropriate time marker; Wir gehen morgen nach Berlin (were going to Berlin tomorrow). The other method is to use the appropriate present tense form of werden with the infinitive of the main verb, note that the main verb in this method comes at the end of the sentence, relatively far from the future verb werden. Wir werden Schach und Kreuzwortrtsel spielen (we will play chess and cross puzzels). Did you see how the verb spielen was kicked to the end of the sentence, its like youre saying in English: we will chess and cross puzzles play. Remember this structure, because this is how you will be forming verbs in the future if you use the verb werden with it. Note that if you choose to use the first method, which is present tense you have to mention the time marker such as morgen/ tomorrow, nchstes Jahr/ next yearnot using them will make people think that youre talking about the present and not the future tense. ich werde spielen du wirst spielen er, sie, es wird spielen wir werden spielen ihr werdet spielen sie werden spielen Sie werden spielen

Adjectives in German as well as in English describe or modify nouns, but in German they should agree in gender and number with the noun they modify. Adjectives forms vary depending on the case (nominative, accusative, dative and genitive).

Note how adjectives take an extra e when theyre placed before nouns and a definite article is placed before them in the nominative: German Adjectives Masculine: (schnell/ fast): der schnelle Tiger (the fast tiger). Feminine: (jung/ young): die junge Dame (the young lady). Neuter: (klug/ smart): das kluge Kind (the smart child). Plural: (gut/ good): sie sind gute Bcher (theyre good books). For all the rest of the cases (accusative, dative and genitive) adjectives ending take en in the masculine, and e in the feminine and neuter. Accusative: Ich habe den schnellen Tiger gesehen (I have seen the fast tiger), Ich habe die junge Dame gesehen. (I have seen the young lady). The same thing happens with dative and genitive where the adjective take en in the masculine, and e in the feminine/ neuter/plural. Remember that this happens only when we add a definite article der, die, das (the) or the pronouns dieser (this), jener (that), solcher (such), jeder (each), welcher (which). The plural ending for these weak adjectives is en in ALL cases (nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive), which is good news. Ich habe die schnellen Katzen gesehen (I have seen the fast cats). Ich habe die jungen Damen gesehen (I have seen the young ladies). Adjectives proceeded by the indefinite articles (ein/ eine/ ein) or the pronouns such as mein (my, mine), sein (his) kein (no) have an irregular declension: Adjetives in German masculine feminine ein guter Mann eine schne Rose einen guten Mann eine schne Rose einem guten Mann einer schnen Rose eines guten Mannes einer schnen Rose

singular nominative accusative dative genitive

neuter ein altes Buch ein altes Buch einem alten Buch eines alten Buches

The plural endings for strong adjectives are the same for all three genders: Plural adjectives keine guten Mnner nominative keine guten Mnner accusative keinen guten Mnnern dative keiner guten Mnner genitive Below is a list of some common adjectives in German, theyre in their original form, so theyre not yet influenced by any other cases like (accusative, dative, and genitive), so take that into consideration when you put these adjectives in a non nominative case. For example: Er ist schnell (he is fast). (but) Er ist ein schneller Mann.(note how in the first setences the adjective schnell wasnt influenced by anything and therefore stayed in its original

form, but in the second example ein made it take er at the end). The same thing may occur to the adjectives below:
List of German Adjectives ehrgeizig Amerikaner rgerlich schlecht schn gro blondine langweilig tapfer unbesonnen vorsichtig bestimmt charmant frhlich Chinesisch eingebildet herkmmlich feigling verrckt, Nsse grausam schwierig unangenehm dumm, langweilig leicht Englisch unecht Fett wenige, ein wenig Franzsisch hufig freundlich lustig, amsant komisch, komisch General grozgig Deutsch gut hbsch fleiig hoch, hoch ehrlich intelligent interessant

ambitious American annoying bad beautiful big, large blonde boring brave careless cautious certain charming cheerful Chinese conceited conventional coward crazy, nuts cruel difficult disagreeable dull, boring easy English fake fat few, a little French frequent friendly fun, amusing funny general generous German good handsome hard-working high, tall honest intelligent interesting

kind laid-back lazy little, small low, short mean modest moody naive narrow-minded new nice (person) old perfect personal pious polite poor possible pretty proud rapid, fast realistic recent reliable rich sad selfish sensitive shy silly, dumb skinny slender, slim slow small Spanish strict strong stubborn talkative trustworthy ugly various weak weird white young

Art entspannend faul wenig, klein niedrig, kurz niedrig bescheiden launisch naiv engstirnig neu nett alt vollkommen Persnlicher fromm hflich schlecht mglich ziemlich stolz schnell, schnell realistisch neu zuverlssig reich jmmerlich egoistisch empfindlich schchtern dumm, stumm dnn schlank langsam klein Spanisch streng stark strrisch gesprchig vertrauenswrdig hsslich verschieden schwach unheimlich wei jung

These German expressions are commonly used in the everyday life of Germans, so they might help you a lot if you understand them and memorize them, we will add more expressions soon, so please check for updates later. German is a deep sea, but if you focus mainly on the things you might need most in your daily life, then you will be able to take part in daily life conversations with little effort, and below is an example of the smart learning strategy, which exists throughout our website. Enjoy!

Wie heien Sie? (What's your name?), Ich heie Speak7 , Mein Name ist Speak7 (my name is Speak7 ), Wie bitte? (I'm sorry, literally: how please?), Wie gehts? (How is it going? how are things going with you?), Es geht, und Ihnen? (things are going okay, how about you? It's the answer to "Wie geht's") Danke, gut! Good, thanks (literally: Thanks, good) Tsch (bye) Woher kommen Sie? (Where are you from?) Ich komme aus Marokko. (I'm from Morocco) Wo wohnen Sie? (Where do you live?) Wo ist das? (Where is that?) Ich verstehe nicht (I don't understand) Oh, Entschuldigung! (Oh sorry) Macht nichts (don't worry about it, .or., it's okay) Danke schn (Thanks a lot) Es tut mir leid (I'm sorry) Was machen Sie? (What do you do?) Was sind Sie von Beruf? (What do you do for a living?) Ich bin ... (I'm a "your job") Ich meine. (I mean.) Wirklich? (Really?) Ich bin in Frankfurt geboren (I was born in Frankfurt) Ich bin verheiratet (I.m married) Ich bin solo (I'm single) Ja, richtig (yes that's true, or that's correct) Das stimmt! (exactly!) Das stimmt nicht (that's not true) Ich spreche mit einem Akzent (I speak with an accent) Was ist das? (What is that?) Sie sprechen zu schnell fr mich (you.re speaking too fast for me) Was ist los? (What is going on?) Gar nichts (nothing at all) Warum nicht? (Why not?) Wie spt ist es? (What time is it?) Zehn vor sieben (6:50), zwanzig nach fnf (5:20), viertel vor zehn (9:45)

Kommst du mit? (Are you coming along?) Kann ich Sie duzen? (Can I use the informal form used in German with you?) Hier kann man viel Geld ausgeben (you can spend a lot of money here; note that "man" here means "people, you, one...") Ich schlage vor, wir gehen ins Kino (I suggest, we go to the movies/ cinema) Wie lange leben Sie schon hier? (How long have you been living here?) Wie finden Sie Amerika? (How do you like the U.S?) Ich habe in Amerika Deutsch gelernt (I learned German in the U.S) Er hat Sie verstanden (he understood you). Wie gro ist es? (How big is it?) Wie viel kostet das? (How much is it?) Das ist sehr wichtig (it's very important) Haben Sie Geschwister/ Kinder? (Do you have sisters/ kids?) Knnen Sie mir helfen? (Can you help me?) Haben Sie eine Nachricht? (Do you have a message for me?) Legen Sie nicht auf (don't hang up! "On the phone") Was kann ich fr Sie tun? (What can I do for you?) Sag mal! (Tell me!) Jeden Tag studiere ich Deutsch (every day I study German) Um wie viel Uhr...? (At what time ...?) Bis wann? (Till what time?) Morgen, Nachmittag, Abend (morning, afternoon, evening) Wann kommen Sie heute? (When are you coming today?) Von neun bis sechs (from nine to six) Das wei ich nicht (I don't know about that) Noch nicht (not yet) Also, bis dann! (So, see you!) Toll! (Wow, "or" Awesome!) Mach schnell! (Hurry up!) Was haben Sie heute Abend vor? (Do you have any plans for this evening?) Ich kann Deutsch nur lesen und schreiben, aber nicht sprechen (I can only read and write German, but cannot speak it) Darf ich hereinkommen? (Can I come in?) Ja, natrlich, kommen Sie bitte! (Of course, come in please!) Nehmen Sie doch bitte Platz! Mgen Sie etwas trinken? (Have a seat, would you like to drink something?) Nein, danke, ich will nicht lange bleiben (no, thanks, I will not stay for long) Darf ich etwas fragen? (Can I ask you something?) Morgen habe ich wieder Freizeit (tomorrow I have free time again) Was fehlt Ihnen? (What's wrong? are you okay?) Auf keinen Fall (by no means) Auf jeden Fall (by all means) Viel Erfolg (good luck!)

Please note that the translation provided next to each of German expressions is not a literal translation but the whole meaning of the expression, for example Was fehlt Ihnen literally means whats missing you but usually used to express whats wrong or are you okay. Writing letters is a good way to learn German. Having new penpal friends who speak the language youre learning will give you a chance to put into words what youve learned in grammar, vocabulary , the point is to make an effort constructing phrases and expressions, both by using a dictionary and from what youve learned in general, in many ways writing letters to penpals will certainly help you a lot in your learning path. Below is a sample of an English/ German letter that you may take as an example to your first step in having pen pals, or simply for the purpose of introducing yourself in German, you will notice that I sometimes include more than one possibility, for example you will find more than one nationality in the same phrase (English/ British), that way you can choose the most appropriate to you, modify it, delete, or add whatever you want, if you need some more vocabulary check the home page, also you will be able to find some additional phrases at the phrases page

The English Letter Sample Dear.... My name is Speak7 , I started learning German lately, and I thought it's a good idea to have some penpal friends who speak the language, that way I can practice what I learned in German, and make new friends at the same time. Let me tell you more about myself, I'm 26 years old, Im a young (1) American / British (2) male (3), I live in Washington/ London (4), I study languages (5), I work as a surgeon/ carpenter/ mechanic (6), English (7) is my native language, I have one brother (8), one sister (9), I have one son (10), one daughter (10), I live with my parents (11), I live by myself (12), I'm single (13), Im married (14). In my free time I like to listen to music (15), watch movies, documentaries... I like to travel and meet new people...and much more. I want to learn German because I love it, I also want to learn it for my job/ my husband/ my wife (16)/ my sons (17), and above all I think it's a nice language. As you can see, I can already write in German, but I still need to improve, because my vocabulary is limited, and I also use a dictionary a lot. I hope to receive a letter from you soon, with information about yourself and what you like to do ...I also hope that you can help me improve my level in German.

The German Letter Example Lieber .../ Liebe (if youre addressing a female) Ich heie Speak7 . Vor kurzer Zeit habe ich angefangen Deutsch zu lernen und ich dachte es wre keine so schlechte Idee deutschsprachige Brieffreunde zu haben, damit ich die Sprache ben und zugleich neue Freunde finden kann. Ich erzhle dir etwas ber mich. Ich bin 26 Jahre alt, bin ein junger (1) Amerikaner/Brite (2, 3), ich lebe in Washington/ London (4), und lerne Sprachen (5). Ich arbeite als Chirurg/Tischler/Mechaniker (6). Englisch (7) ist meine Muttersprache. Ich habe einen Bruder (8), eine Schwester (9), einen Sohn, eine Tochter (10). Ich lebe zusammen mit meinen Eltern (11), Ich lebe allein (12), ich bin Single (13), Ich bin verheiratet (14). In meiner Freizeit hre ich gerne Musik (15), gucke Filme, Dokumentationen, ich reise gerne, lerne neue Leute kennen und vieles mehr. Ich mchte Deutsch lernen, weil ich die Sprache mag und auerdem knnte sie fr meinen Job ntzlich sein/ im Umgang mit meinem Mann/ meiner Frau (16)/ meinen Shnen (17). berdies finde ich die Sprache schn. Wie du siehst, ich kann schon etwas auf Deutsch schreiben, aber es ist immer noch verbesserungsbedrftig, weil mein Wortschatz noch begrenzt ist und ich hufig auf das Wrterbuch angewiesen bin. Ich hoffe auf deine baldige Antwort. Erzhle doch etwas ber dich und deine Vorlieben. Hoffentlich kannst du mir dabei helfen mein Deutsch zu verbessern. Ich glaube das war es. Mit freundlichen Gren. Speak7

Note: I tried to put numbers at the end of some expressions so that you would know which is which in case youre confused, obviously you need to delete the expressions that dont correspond to your personality, also some numbered expressions may have other alternatives, for example: (1, 3) = a young = eine junge (nationality+ in for feminine), for example: American/ British (female) = eine Amerikanerin/ eine Britin Man = Mann. Woman = Frau. (2) for nationalities you can check the vocabulary pages. (4) = for countries, check the vocabulary pages or look them up online if your country is not listed here.

(5, 7) = for other professions and languages check out my vocabulary pages. (8 - 17) = delete the ones that dont apply to you. As mentioned before, some nouns/ and adjectives may take an extra e or in to form the feminine, like the professions, nationalities, for more information check the grammar pages on my homepage. This is a list of 1700 English to German words, you can go through all of them if you want, you will realize that I listed only commonly used German vocabulary, I tried to avoid including words that you use rarely, I hope this little German dictionary will help, please try to memorize as many as you can, because the vocabulary is as important as grammar, even more important. if youre looking for a specific word just go to the toolbars on the top of this page and click on Edit then click on Find (on this page), type the word youre looking for, once you hit enter the word will be highlighted for you! This list is following an alphabetical order. So if youre looking for how to say or what does a German word mean just look below. This page will only have letters from A-E in order minimize the loading time, for the rest of the list click here: F-O P-Z m = masculine which means that a der or ein before it should be used as an article. f = feminine and therefore should have die or eine before it if you want to use it with articles. n = neuter and should have das or ein before it if you want to use it with articles. pl = plural and should have a die in case you need to use an article.

German Vocabulary
a (indefinite article) a (indefinite article) ability able, capable about (circa) about (concerning) above abroad absent accept accident account achieve across (through) act (verb) action activity actor actress eine (for feminine) ein (for masculine & neuter) Fhigkeit, f fhig etwa ber ber, darber im Ausland abwesend annehmen Unfall, m Konto, n erreichen durch handeln Handlung, f Ttigkeit, f Schauspieler, m Schauspielerin, f

actual actually add added additional address adequate administration adult advanced advantage advertising advice affairs (plural) afraid after after that afternoon afterwards again against age ago agree agreement aid (help) aim air airplane airport alarm clock alcohol alive all allow almost alone along already also (too) although always among amount amuse ancient and

tatschlich eigentlich hinzufgen zustzlich beigefgt Adresse, f angemessen Verwaltung, f erwachsen fortgeschritten Vorteil, m Werbung, f Rat, m Geschfte, pl besorgt nach darnach Nachmittag, m nachher wieder gegen Alter, n vor zustimmen Vereinbarung, f Hilfe, f Ziel, n Luft, f Flugzeug, n Flughafen, m Wecker, m Alkohol, m lebendig alle erlauben fast allein entlang schon auch obwohl immer unter, zwischen Betrag, m vergngen alt und

and so on angle angry animal ankle announce annual another answer ant any anyone anything anywhere apartment appear appetite apple apply approach appropriate approval approximately apricot April area argument arm armchair arms (plural) army around arrival arrive art article artist (feminine) artist (masculine) as (like) as (when) ask (beg) ask (question) aspect assembly assignment assistance association

und so weiter (or simply usw.) Winkel, m wtend Tier, n Fessel, f ankndigen jhrlich ein anderer,-e,-es Antwort, f Ameise, f jeder, e, -es irgend jemand irgend etwas irgendwo Wohnung, f erscheinen Appetit, m Apfel, m anwenden sich nhern passend Billigung, f ungefhr Aprikose, f April, m Gebiet, n Beweis, m Arm, m Sessel, m Waffen, pl Armee, f herum Ankunft, f ankommen Kunst, f Artikel, m Knstlerin, f Knstler, m, wie als bitten fragen Anblick, m Versammlung, f Zuweisung, f Beistand, m, Assistenz, f Verband, m

assume at (hour) at (place) at last at least at most at the same time attack attempt attention attitude attorney August aunt author (feminine) author (masculine) autumn available avoid awake aware away baby back back (body) background bacon bad badly bag baggage bake baker bakery balcony ball banana band bank bank note bar base based basement basic

annehmen um an endlich wenigstens hchstens zur gleichen Zeit angreifen Versuch, m Achtung, f Haltung, f Anwalt, m August, m Tante, f Schriftstellerin, f Schriftsteller, m, Herbst, m kuflich vermeiden erwachen aufgeweckt weg

More German Words Baby, n zurck Rcken, m Hintergrund, m Speck, m schlechter,-e,-es schlecht Tasche, f Gepck, n backen Bcker, m Bckerei, f Balkon, m Ball, m Banane, f Band, n Bank, f Banknote, f Bar, f Grundlage, f beruhen auf Keller, m grundlegend

basket bath bathroom battle bay be be called be valid beach bean bear beard beat beautiful beauty because become bed bedroom bee beef beefsteak beer before begin beginning behavior behind belief believe bell (door) below belt beneath benefit beside besides best bet better between beverage beyond bible bicycle big bill

Korb, m Bad, n Badezimmer, n Schlacht, f Bucht, f sein heissen gltig sein Strand, m Bohne, f Br, m Bart, m schlagen schn Schnheit, f weil werden Bett, n Schlafzimmer, n Biene, f Rindfleisch, n Steak, n Bier, n vor beginnen Anfang, m Benehmen, n hinter Glauben, m glauben Klingel, f unter Gurt, m unter Nutzen, m neben ausserdem bester,-e,-es Wette, f besser zwischen Getrnk, n jenseits Bibel, f Fahrrad, n gross Rechnung, f

bird birth birthday biscuit bit bitter black black blanket blind block blood blouse blue board boat body boil bone book bookshop boring both bottle bottom bowl box boy brain brake bread break breakfast breast breath bridge brief bright brilliant bring broad broke broom brother brown brush budget

Vogel, m Geburt, f Geburtstag, m Biscuit, n Stck, f bitter schwarz schwarz Decke, f blind Block, m Blut, n Bluse, f blau Brett, f Boot, n Krper, m kochen Knochen, m Buch, n Buchhandlung, f langweilg beide Flasche, f Boden, m Schale, f Schachtel, f Junge, m Gehirn, n Bremse, f Brot, n brechen Frhstck, n Brust, f Atem, m Brcke, f kurz hell strahlend bringen breit pleite Besen, m Bruder, m braun Brste, f Budget, f

build building burn burning bus business busy but butcher butter butterfly button buy buy by (a person) by chance by heart by the way

bauen Gebude, n brennen Verbrennung, f Bus, m Geschft, n beschftigt aber Metzger, m Butter, f Schmetterling, m Knopf, m kaufen kaufen durch, von zufllig auswendig brigens

This is a list of 1700 English to German words, you can go through all of them if you want, you will realize that I listed only commonly used vocabulary, I tried to avoid including words that you use rarely, I hope this little German dictionary will help, please try to memorize as many as you can, because the vocabulary is as important as grammar, even more important. if youre looking for a specific word just go to the toolbars on the top of this page and click on Edit then click on Find (on this page), type the word youre looking for, once you hit enter the word will be highlighted for you! This list is following an alphabetical order. So if youre looking for how to say or what does a German word mean just look below. This page will only have letters from A-E in order minimize the loading time, for the rest of the list click here:

A-E P-Z
m = masculine which means that a der or ein before it should be used as an article. f = feminine and therefore should have die or eine before it if you want to use it with articles. n = neuter and should have das or ein before it if you want to use it with articles. pl = plural and should have a die in case you need to use an article.

German Vocabulary
face facilities fact factor factory fail failure fair Gesicht, n Mglichkeiten Tatsache, f Faktor, m Fabrik, f fehlschlagen Versagen, n ehrlich

fairly fairy tale faith fall false, familiar family far farm fashion fast fat father fault favor fear features February feed feel (good) feeling felicitate female fetch few field fifteen fifty fig fight figure out file fill film finally find fine finger finish (verb) fire first fish five flat flat (adj.) flesh (body) floor

eher Mrchen, n Glauben, m fallen falsch gewohnt, vertraut Familie, f weit Bauernhof, m Mode, f schnell fett Vater, m Fehler, m Gefallen, m Angst, f Eigenschaften Februar, m ernhren, fttern sich fhlen Gefhl, n beglckwnschen weiblich holen wenig Feld, n fnfzehn fnfzig Feige, f Kampf, m herausfinden Akte, f fllen Film, m endlich finden fein, schn Finger, m beenden Feuer, n erster,-e,-es Fisch, m fnf Wohnung flach Fleisch Boden, m

flour flow flower fly (insect) fly (verb) follow food foot for forbidden force foreign forest forget forgive fork form former forty fountain four fourteen fox frame free free (not occupied) frequently fresh Friday friend friendly frighten from front full fundamental funny furniture further future

Mehl, n fliessen Blume, f Fliege, f fliegen folgen Nahrung, f, Essen, n Fuss, m fr verboten Kraft, f fremd, auslndisch Wald, m vergessen vergeben Gabel, f Form, f frherer vierzig Brunnen, m vier vierzehn Fuchs, m Rahmen, m gratis frei hufig frisch Freitag, m Freund, m, freundin, f freundlich erschrecken von Vorderseite, f voll grundlegend lustig Mbel, pl weiterer, -e, -es Zukunft, f

gain game garden gas gasoline

Gewinn, m Spiel, n Garten, m Gas, n Benzin, n

general get girl give glad gladly glass glasses go goal God gold goldfish good good-bye goods goose government gradually grandfather grandmother grass gray green green greetings grey ground group grow guess guest gun guy hair half hall ham hammer hamster hand handbag handkerchief handle hang happen happy

allgemein bekommen Mdchen, n geben frhlich, froh gerne Glas, n Brille, f gehen Ziel, n Gott, n Gold, n Goldfisch, m gut auf Wiedersehen Waren, pl Gans, f Regierung, f allmhlich Grossvater, m Grossmutter, f Gras, n grau grn grn Wnsche, pl grau Boden, m Gruppe, f wachsen vermuten Gast, m Gewehr, n Kerl, m Haare, pl halb Halle, f Schinken, m Hammer, m Hamster, m Hand, f Handtasche, f Taschentuch, n umgehen mit hngen geschehen glcklich

hard hardly harvest hat hate have he head health healthy hear heart heat heavy hell help (noun) help (verb) hen here hero high highway hill him,her, it his history hit hold hole holiday home, at home honor hope horrible horse hospital hot hotel, inn hour house how however huge human hundred hungry hurry

hard kaum Ernte, f Hut, m hassen haben er Kopf, m Gesundheit, f gesund hren Herz, n Hitze, f schwer Hlle, f Hilfe helfen Huhn, n hier Held, m hoch Landstrasse, f Hgel, m ihn, sie, es sein Geschichte, f schlagen halten Loch, n Ferien, pl zuhause Ehre, f Hoffnung, f schrecklich Pferd, n Spital, n heiss Hotel, n Stunde, f Haus, n wie wie auch immer riesig menschlich hundert hungrig sich beeilen

hurt, injure husband I ice ice cream idea ideal if image imagine immediately impact important impossible improve in in front of in spite of inch include increase indeed independent index index finger influence initial inner insect inside instead interest interesting interior into invite involve iron island issue it it's cold it's foggy it's freezing it's hot it's nice it's rainy

verletzen Ehemann, m ich Eis, n Eiskrem, Eis Idee, f ideal wenn Bild, n sich vorstellen sofort Einfluss, m wichtig unmglich verbessern in vor trotz Zoll, m beinhalten zunehmen tatschlich unabhngig Inhaltsverzeichnis Zeigefinger Einfluss, m anfnglich innerer, -e, -es Insekt, n drinnen anstatt Interesse interessant Innere, f in.....hinein einladen verwickeln Eisen, n Insel, f Problem, n es es ist kalt es ist neblig es friert Klte ein es ist hei es ist nett es ist regnerisch

it's snowy it's sunny it's windy

es ist schneebedeckt es ist sonnig es ist windig