Here are some words for all who like to learn a bit German.
German is spoken in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
* New entry
man = Mann
woman = Frau
boy = Junge
girl = Maedchen
child = Kind
husband = Ehemann
wife = Ehefrau
father = Vater
mother = Mutter
brother = Bruder
sister = Schwester
grandfather = Grossvater
grandmother = Grossmutter
grandchild = Enkel
nephew = Neffe
niece = Nichte
friend = Freund
to answer = antworten
to ask = fragen
to be = sein
to buy = kaufen
to change = wechseln
to dance = tanzen
to do = machen
to draw = zeichnen
to drink = trinken
to drive = fahren
to eat = essen
to find = finden
to fly = fliegen
to get = bekommen
to give = geben
to go = gehen
to have = haben
to help = helfen
to jump = springen
to laugh = lachen
to make = machen
to move = bewegen
to pay = zahlen
to read = lesen
to run = laufen
to say = sagen
to search = suchen
to sell = verkaufen
to sing = singen
to sit = sitzen
to sleep = schlafen
to speak = sprechen
to swim = schwimmen
to take = nehmen
to talk = reden
to think = denken
to understand = verstehen
to wash = waschen
to work = arbeiten
to write = schreiben
address = Adresse
aeroplane = Flugzeug
air = Luft
airport = Flughafen
animal = Tier
answer = Antwort
arrival = Ankunft
bad = schlecht
bank = Bank
bath tub = Badewanne
bed = Bett
big = gross
bird = Vogel
book = Buch
breakfast = Fruehstueck
bus = Bus
car = Auto
cat = Katze
cheap = billig
check = Scheck
clouds = Wolken
Christmas = Weihnachten
cinema = Kino
city centre = Innenstadt
closed = geschlossen
clothing = Kleidung
cold = kalt
color = Farbe
computer = Computer
depature = Abfahrt
dinner = Abendessen
doctor = Arzt
dog = Hund
dream = Traum
Easter = Ostern
expensive = teuer
fast = schnell
fax = Fax
fire = Feuer
flower = Blume
food = Essen
forest = Wald
funny = lustig
good = gut
help = Hilfe
hour = Stunde
house = Haus
hot = heiss
hotel = Hotel
information = Information
internet = Internet
joke = Witz
lake = See
* letter = Brief
light = Licht
little = klein
love = Liebe
lunch = Mittagessen
map = Karte
menu = Speisekarte
minute = Minute
money = Geld
month = Monat
mountain = Berg
museum = Museum
music = Musik
new = neu
newspaper = Zeitung
no = Nein
old = alt
open = offen
petrol = Benzin
please = Bitte
post office = Post
present = Geschenk
price = Preis
question = Frage
railway = Bahn
rain = Regen
restaurant = Restaurant
sad = traurig
ship = Schiff
shoes = Schuhe
shower = Dusche
sky = Himmel
slow = langsam
snow = Schnee
sport = Sport
soap = Seife
street = Strasse
subway = Untergrundbahn
* suitcase = Koffer
sun = Sonne
telephone = Telephon
television = Fernsehen
thank you = Danke
time = Zeit
today = heute
tomorrow = morgen
train = Zug
tree = Baum
underground railway = Untergrundbahn
valley = Tal
watch = Uhr
water = Wasser
weather = Wetter
week = Woche
year = Jahr
yes = Ja
yesterday = gestern
young = jung
this = das
these = diese
a = ein (male), eine (female)
the = der (m), die (f), das (neuter)
I = Ich
You = Du
He = Er
She = Sie
It = Es
We = Wir
You = Ihr
They = Sie
Questions?
What = Was
Where = Wo
Who = Wer
Why = Warum
How = Wie
Numbers
one = Eins
two = Zwei
three = Drei
four = Vier
five = Fuenf
six = Sechs
seven = Sieben
eight = Acht
nine = Neun
ten = Zehn
Colors
black = Schwarz
blue = Blau
brown = Braun
green = Gruen
grey = Grau
red = Rot
yellow = Gelb
white = Weiss
Pronounciation of vowels in German:
"a" as in father
"e" as in bed
"i" as in it
"o" as in long
"u" as in boot
You will often read these letters in German
which stand for sounds formed of two vowels:
ä = ae
ö = oe
ü = ue
That's easy, isn't it.
Now you have a basic knowledge of some important austrian keywords -
...to be continued
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