Vocabulary from Treffpunkt Deutsch and others The numbers are on page 5. The alphabet is on page 8. du = you, familiar singular ihr = you, familiar plural Sie = you, formal singular and plural Nomen (nouns) ß = Eszett der Apfel, -: = apple das Auto, -s = car, vehicle das Bett, -en = bed das Bild = picture die Blume, -n = flowers die Bluse = blouse das Boot = boat das Buch, "er = book die Bundesrepublik Deutschland = Fed. Repub. of Germany (Deutscher, Deutsche) die BRD = same der Computer = computer die Frau, -en = woman der Freund, -e = friend, boyfriend die Freundin, -nen = friend, girlfriend der Fußball = soccer ball der Hammer = hammer das Haus = house der Himmel = heavens, the sky die Jacke = jacket die Lampe, -n = lamp Kanada = Canada (Kanadier, Kanadierin) die Karotte = carrot die Karte, -n = card, postcard die Kassette = cassette tape die Katze, -n = cat! das Kind, -er = child die Kneipe, = the pub die Maus, "e = mouse die Mensa = university cafeteria der Mond = the Moon die Mutter, " = mother Österreich = Austria (Österreicher, Österreicherin) die Postleitzahl = postal code der Ring = the ring (see Tolkien, Wagner) die Rose = rose der Schuh = shoe die Schweiz = Switzerland (Schweizer, Schweizerin) die Sonne = sun der Taschenrechner = calculator der Teekessel = teakettle das Telefon = the phone das Thermometer = thermometer die USA = the US die Vase = vase die Vereinigten Staaten = the US (Amerikaner, Amerikanerin) die Vorlesung, -en = lecture die Vorwahl = area code das Weinglas = wine glass das Wetter = the weather der Winter = winter Verben (verbs) beginnen = to begin gehen = to go kaufen = to buy kommen = to come machen = to do, to make regnen = to rain scheinen = to shine schreiben = to write studieren = to study andere Wörter (other words) aber = but auch = too, also dann = then denn = because fast = almost gar nicht = not at all gleich = right away heute = today heute Nachmittag = this afternoon jetzt = now morgen = tomorrow (not Morgen) nicht = not noch = still nur = only oder = or oft = often schön = nice, beautiful sondern = but, rather, on the contrary und = and viel = much, a lot Wann = when windig = windy ziemlich = rather zuerst = first Ausdrücke (Expressions) Bis später! = See you later! es ist heiter = it's cloudy with some sun es ist neblig = it's foggy es ist schwül = it's humid es donnert und blitzt = it's thundering and lightning es nieselt = it's drizzling es schneit = it's snowing Grüß dich! = hello, hi. Grüezi! = hello, hi in Swiss Klar! = Of course! Mensch! = Wow, man Servus! = hello, hi in Austrian Toll! = fantastic! Tschüs! = good-bye Servus! = good-bye in Austrian Wie viel = how much? Wie bitte? = Pardon? auf Wiederhören = goodbye on the phone auf Wiedersehen = goodbye otherwise Wie geht's? = how's it going? Wie geht es Ihnen? = how are you doing? (formal) Wie heißt du? = what's your name? (informal) Wie heißen Sie? = what is your name? (formal) Wie schreibt man das? = How do you spell that? Woher kommen (sind) Sie? = where do you come from? (formal) Woher kommst (bist) du? = Where do you come from ? (informal) Die Farben (colors) blau = blue braun = brown gelb = yellow grau = gray grün = green rosarot = pink rot = red schwarz = black violett = purple weiß = white Question words: wann? = when? warum? = why? was? = what? wer? = who? wie? = how? wie viel? = how much? wie viele? = how many? wo? = where? (in what place?) woher? = where ... from? (from what place?) wohin? = where? (to what place?)