I bet you know at least ten words of German.
1 Ja-yes
2 Nein - no
3 Herr - Mr
4 Frau - Mrs
5 Fraulein - Miss
6 nacht - night
7 gut - good
8 mann - man
9 morgen - morning
10 ist - is
The first sentence you learn?
Ich liebe dich. I love you. Liebe herr - dear sir.
1 ich - I
2 lieber - to love
3 dich - you
du - you (memory aid 'Do you?')
4 mein - my
1 and 2
auf Wiedersehen - goodbye / see you again sehen is see, so you know goodbye and to see
3 and 4
delicatessen - delicate eating - so you know delicat and essen
5
ersatz - false, fake
6 and 7 and 8 kindergarten - literally child-garden so you know child, garden and kindergarden
gestalt
9 Kindertransport - child transport - kinder is child
transport = transport
10
wunderbar - wonderful, w pronounced v.
That's ten words of German most people would recognise.
NAMES: JOBS - COLOURS - SIZE
Here are some more easy to remember words from familiar names:
1 Mann = man
2 Kaufman = seller/merchant/shopkeeper/salesman
3 Schneider - taylor
4 kleinman - small man
5 grossman - big man
6 stein - stone
7 schwarzkopf black head - meaning black hair - singer Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
8 weiss - white
9 blau - blue
10 grun - green
NUMBERS
1 eins
2 zvei
3 drei
VERBS
gehen - to go
verlossen - lost
geshlossen - closed
halfte - half
PLACENAMES
Salzburg: salz means salt, salt fortress.
DRINKS and WINE BOTTLES
German wine bottles in your supermarket will have German words on the labels.
Liebfraumilch -
1 lieb dear/beloved
2 frau lady /woman / wife
3 milch milk
wasser - water
wein - wine
FAMILIAR FOOD
berliner - Berlin sausage (Remember President JF Kennedy's faux pas?)
frankfurter - Frankfurt sausage
viener shnitzel - meat
Salzburger knockerl - dessert (meringue - yummy but expensive big dessert dish, in peaks, imagine the size of a pavolva)
QUESTIONS
haben sie ...- have you
ich habe I have
TRAVEL
When travelling you will find German useful in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It is also understood in and countries bordering on Germany such as parts of the Netherlands and Alsace in France.
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