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Top Twenty German Words for Absolute Beginners

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Here are a list of the top twenty words you need to know before heading to Germany or learning German. Also comes with a few facts and statistics to help you learn more.

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{ German for Beginners Top Twenty Words for Absolute Beginners!
The hall part rhymes with tull Informal greeting for younger people If you want to start a conversation with a stranger. Hallo = Hello Hallo instead of Hello
Informally saying goodbye Formal is Auf Wiedersehn or Wiederschauen Informally you can also use Servus, Tschau, (ciao) or bis bald, machs gut, lass es dir gut gehen, sch旦nen Tag, hau rein, Wiederluege Tsch端ss = bye-bye Tsch端ss rhymes with miss
Are you hungry? Do you want some beer? Was your plane on time? Ja = Yes Ja rhymes with ah
Do you like Canadian bread? Is it possible to drink too much beer? Is it easy to learn German? Nein = No Nein rhymes with pine
What do some Bavarans drink in the morning? What did they set up the Purity Law to govern? What is the best drink to have with sausage? Bier = Beer Bier rhymes with here
There are 14 main types: Bratwurst, N端rnberger, Blutwurst, Frankfurter (Bockwurst), Bregenwurst, Knackwurst, Landj辰ger, Leberwurst, Leberk辰se, Teewurst, Gelbwurst, Weisswurst, Th端ringer, Me^wurst Wurst = Sausage Wurst soft r
What is usually paired with the word Guten? There are 7 of these a week Friday is usually the favourite one Tag = Day Tag rhymes with lug
Often people add the word Gute in front of this. Only refers to the hours roughly between 11 pm until 6 am You would say lets drink a beer this evening, rather than lets drink a beer tonight Nacht = Night Nacht soft ch
Man kann auch Ozean sagen. Ferienhaus direkt am See Man kann im See Fischen gehen. See = Ocean or Sea See rhymes with way
What do you 鍖nd in Bavaria and Southern Germany? Can also be known as Alps Zugspiee is the highest mountain and belongs to the Bavarian Alps, The Northern Limestone Alps and the We^erstein Mountains Berg = soft r like baerg
Where do you live? How many bedrooms does it have? Is it made out of wood or stone? Haus = House Haus rhymes with house
Major brands are Audi, BMW, Ford-Werke, Mercedes, Opel, Porsche, Volkswagen Apparently a few weeks ago, an unnamed German premium automaker bought and dismantled a Model 3 Tesla Car There is no speed limit on the Autobahn be careful! Auto au sounds like ou(t)
Wieviel Uhr ist es? Haben sie die Uhrzeit? Germany uses the 24-hour time clock Uhr = Clock Uhr pronounced uah
Also known as WC Water Closet or Klo May use words like das stille rtchen or ich muss mal verschwinden or ich geh mich eben frisch machen In hotels will often be labelled 00 Toile^e = toilet Toile^e toy le^ah (approx)
Do you have one available? You can have an Einzelzimmer, a Doppelzimmer, a Familienzimmer, a Mehrbe^zimmer, a Zweibe^zimmer and even Zimmerdienst (room service) Where will you sleep tonight? Zimmer = room Zimmer tsimmer (soft r)
Hauptbahnhof is the name of the main train station in town There are around 4500 train stations and stops in Germany divided into 7 categories Category #1 have shops and customer service Bahnhof = train station Bahnhof bahn hoaf
Germany has bread called Br旦tchen (bread rolls), Brezel, Vollkornbrot, Milchbr旦tchen (milk roll), croissant (H旦rnchen) Types of bread include Vollkornbrot, Roggenbrot, Pumpernickel and 297 others Germans eat 87 kilos of bread a year Brot = Bread Brot rhymes with boat
Also known as Seleer Wasser or Sprudelwasser Mineralwasser is the most popular non- alcoholic beverage Germans drink around 177.3 litres per person per year Sprudel Fizzy Water Sprudel sproo dell
Currency is now the Euro Used to be DM or Deutschmarks until 2002 You can change DM at the Bundesbank (the German Central Bank) Geld = Currency/Money Geld = sounds like gelt
In case you want to perfect your pronunciation and learn how native speakers say it, head to Forvo. German is one of the langues with more than 100,000 pronunciations and here you can type a word into the search bar and then hear a native speaker say it out loud. h^ps://forvo.com
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Top Twenty German Words for Absolute Beginners

  • 1. { German for Beginners Top Twenty Words for Absolute Beginners!
  • 2. The hall part rhymes with tull Informal greeting for younger people If you want to start a conversation with a stranger. Hallo = Hello Hallo instead of Hello
  • 3. Informally saying goodbye Formal is Auf Wiedersehn or Wiederschauen Informally you can also use Servus, Tschau, (ciao) or bis bald, machs gut, lass es dir gut gehen, sch旦nen Tag, hau rein, Wiederluege Tsch端ss = bye-bye Tsch端ss rhymes with miss
  • 4. Are you hungry? Do you want some beer? Was your plane on time? Ja = Yes Ja rhymes with ah
  • 5. Do you like Canadian bread? Is it possible to drink too much beer? Is it easy to learn German? Nein = No Nein rhymes with pine
  • 6. What do some Bavarans drink in the morning? What did they set up the Purity Law to govern? What is the best drink to have with sausage? Bier = Beer Bier rhymes with here
  • 7. There are 14 main types: Bratwurst, N端rnberger, Blutwurst, Frankfurter (Bockwurst), Bregenwurst, Knackwurst, Landj辰ger, Leberwurst, Leberk辰se, Teewurst, Gelbwurst, Weisswurst, Th端ringer, Me^wurst Wurst = Sausage Wurst soft r
  • 8. What is usually paired with the word Guten? There are 7 of these a week Friday is usually the favourite one Tag = Day Tag rhymes with lug
  • 9. Often people add the word Gute in front of this. Only refers to the hours roughly between 11 pm until 6 am You would say lets drink a beer this evening, rather than lets drink a beer tonight Nacht = Night Nacht soft ch
  • 10. Man kann auch Ozean sagen. Ferienhaus direkt am See Man kann im See Fischen gehen. See = Ocean or Sea See rhymes with way
  • 11. What do you 鍖nd in Bavaria and Southern Germany? Can also be known as Alps Zugspiee is the highest mountain and belongs to the Bavarian Alps, The Northern Limestone Alps and the We^erstein Mountains Berg = soft r like baerg
  • 12. Where do you live? How many bedrooms does it have? Is it made out of wood or stone? Haus = House Haus rhymes with house
  • 13. Major brands are Audi, BMW, Ford-Werke, Mercedes, Opel, Porsche, Volkswagen Apparently a few weeks ago, an unnamed German premium automaker bought and dismantled a Model 3 Tesla Car There is no speed limit on the Autobahn be careful! Auto au sounds like ou(t)
  • 14. Wieviel Uhr ist es? Haben sie die Uhrzeit? Germany uses the 24-hour time clock Uhr = Clock Uhr pronounced uah
  • 15. Also known as WC Water Closet or Klo May use words like das stille rtchen or ich muss mal verschwinden or ich geh mich eben frisch machen In hotels will often be labelled 00 Toile^e = toilet Toile^e toy le^ah (approx)
  • 16. Do you have one available? You can have an Einzelzimmer, a Doppelzimmer, a Familienzimmer, a Mehrbe^zimmer, a Zweibe^zimmer and even Zimmerdienst (room service) Where will you sleep tonight? Zimmer = room Zimmer tsimmer (soft r)
  • 17. Hauptbahnhof is the name of the main train station in town There are around 4500 train stations and stops in Germany divided into 7 categories Category #1 have shops and customer service Bahnhof = train station Bahnhof bahn hoaf
  • 18. Germany has bread called Br旦tchen (bread rolls), Brezel, Vollkornbrot, Milchbr旦tchen (milk roll), croissant (H旦rnchen) Types of bread include Vollkornbrot, Roggenbrot, Pumpernickel and 297 others Germans eat 87 kilos of bread a year Brot = Bread Brot rhymes with boat
  • 19. Also known as Seleer Wasser or Sprudelwasser Mineralwasser is the most popular non- alcoholic beverage Germans drink around 177.3 litres per person per year Sprudel Fizzy Water Sprudel sproo dell
  • 20. Currency is now the Euro Used to be DM or Deutschmarks until 2002 You can change DM at the Bundesbank (the German Central Bank) Geld = Currency/Money Geld = sounds like gelt
  • 21. In case you want to perfect your pronunciation and learn how native speakers say it, head to Forvo. German is one of the langues with more than 100,000 pronunciations and here you can type a word into the search bar and then hear a native speaker say it out loud. h^ps://forvo.com
  • 22. { Place an AD in Das Schwarze Bre^ Magazine $150 1/3 Page $250 遜 Page $500 Full Page admin@westcoastgermann ews.com/ 604 828 8788
  • 23. Brought to you by ELKE PORTER and Westcoast German News! www.westcoastgermannews.com