Vocabulary The plural of nouns is given in brackets, e.g.

Akademiker (-) no change in plural: Akademiker Abend (e) add e: Abende Anfang C'e) add e and stem vowel takes Umlaut: Anfiinge Mutter (""-) no change except for Umlaut in stem vowel: Mdtter Bank (en) add en: Banken Brdcke (n) add n: Brdcken Dorf (""er) add er and stem vowel takes Umlaut: Dorfer Anschlufi (""sse) add e, put Umlaut on stem vowel and modify 8 to ss:

Anschldsse Genie (s) add s: Genies Datum (Daten) irregular plural

If nothing is given in brackets, there is no plural for that particular word, or the plural is hardly ever used, e.g.

Benzin petrol

If (pI.) appears in brackets, the word is used in the plural only, e.g.

Leute (pI.) people

The gender of nouns is given after the brackets: m. means masculine, f. feminine and n. neuter, e.g.

Besuch (e) m. visit Dame (n) f. lady Haus (""er) n. house

ab off, away ab departing

ab UIm 14.05 departing Ulm 14.05

ab und zu every now and then Abend (e) m. evening

abends in the evening Abendessen (-) n. supper aber but abfahren to depart Abfahrt (en) f. departure abwaschen to wash up acht eight Achtel (-) n. one eighth Adler (-) m. eagle Adria f. Adriatic coast Aha! (exclamation) I see! Akademiker (-) m. person with

academic qualifications akademisch academic allein (e) alone alles all, everything

alles Gute all the best (die) Alpen the Alps also that is (to say) alt old; alter Knabe (colloquial)

old fellow Altbau (ten) m. old building Altbauwohnung (en) f. flat in an

old house

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Altstadt (""e) f. old part of town am (an + dem) at

am Bahnhof at the station am besten best

Ampel (n) f. traffic lights amdsant amuusing an at an arriving

Ulm an 13.05 arriving Vim 13.05

an sich actually andere other

die andern the others Anfang (""e) m. beginning anfangen to begin, to start angenehm pleasant Angestellte (n) m.lf. employee ankommen to arrive Ankunft (""e) f. arrival Anschlu8 (""sse) m. connection Ansichtskarte (n) f. picture

postcard Apfel n m. apple Appetit m. appetite

guten Appetit enjoy your meal April m. April Arbeit (en) f. work arbeiten to work Art (en) f. species, kind Aschenbecher (-) m. ashtray

AtmosphAre (n) f. atmosphere auch also, as well, too auf on, in

auf dem 1. Stock on the Ist floor auf englisch in English

auf open authaben to be open auth6ren to stop aufinachen to open aufpassen to be careful, to look after aufriulllen to tidy up Aufschnitt m. selection of cheeses

(KAseaufschnitt) or sausage (Wurstaufschnitt)

aufstehen to get up August m. August aus from, out of Ausfahrt (en) f. exit Auskunft Ce) f. information Ausland n. foreign country

im. Ausland abroad auBer except Ausstellung (en) f. exhibition Ausstieg (e) m. exit (in trams,

buses or trains) Autobahn (en) f. motorway

Biickerei (en) f. bakery Bad Cer) n. bath Bahn (en) f. train Bahnhof Ce) m. station Balkon (e) m. balcony Banane (n) f. banana Bank (en) f. bank Bar (s) f. bar BAr (en) m. bear BauernhofCe) m. farm Baumwolle f. cotton Bayern n. Bavaria bayerisch Bavarian bedeckt overcast begeistert enthusiastic, thrilled bei near, at beide both Beilage (n) f. side dish Beispiel (e) n. example

z.B. = zum Beispiel for example Beitz (en) f. (colloquial) pub bekannt famous bekomlllen to get belegte Brote sandwiches beliebt popular Benzin n. petrol bereits already Berg (e) m. mountain Berghdtte (n) f. mountain cabin Bergkristall (e) n. rock crystal Beruf (e) m. profession

von Beruf by profession

berdhmt famous besetzt taken, occupied besichtigen to visit, to have a

look at besonders especially besser better beste, r, s best bestimlllt cettainly Besuch (e) m. visit besuchen to visit, to go and see bew6lkt cloudy bezahlen to pay Bier ( e) n. beer bieten to offer Bild (er) n. picture, painting Bime (n) f. pear bis until, till

bis jetzt so far bis dann till then

(ein) biBchen a bit, a little bitte please, you're welcome, beg

your pardon bitter bitter blau blue bleiben to stay Blick (e), m. view bloB only Blume (n) f. flower Blumenkohl (e) m. cauliflower Bluse (n) f. blouse Blut n. blood Bodensee m. Lake Constance Bootsfahrt (en) f. boat trip Bouillon (s) n. clear broth Braten (-) m. roast braten to fry Brathiihnchen (-) n. roast

chicken Bratwurst Ce) f. fried/grilled

sausage Brauerei (en) f. brewery braun brown BRD f. (Bundesrepublik

Deutschland) Federal Republic of Germany

breit broad Brief (e) m. letter Briefmarke (n) f. stamp bringen to take, to bring Brot (e) n. broad Br6tchen (-) n. roll Bmcke (n) f. bridge Buch Cer) book buchen to book Butter f. butter

Campingplatz ("e) m. campsite Creme f. cream

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da because, there, then dahin (to) there Dame (n) f. lady damit so that danach after that clanke (schon) thank you (very

much) vielen Dank many thanks

clanken to thank dann then darf: was darf's sein? can I help

you? (see also diirfen) das the (neuter nouns), that, this Datum (Daten) n. date dauern to take (time)

wie lange dauert es? how long does it take?

dazu with it DDR f. (Deutsche

Demokratische RepubJik) German Democratic Republic

denken to think, to believe der the (masculine nouns) deutsch German Deutschland n. Germany Dezember m. December dick fat die the (feminine nouns) Dienstag (e) m. Tuesday dies this

dies ist this is diese, r, s this Ding (e), n. thing

vor allen DingeD above all things Diskothek (eD) f. discotheque Donnerstag (e), Thursday Doppelzimmer (-), n. double

room Dorf Cer), n. village dort there dorthin (to) there drauGeD outside, outdoors drei three dritte, r, s third drlibeD: da driibeD over there du you (familiar address, sing.) durch through diirfeD may, to be allowed to Dusche (D) f. shower D-Zug Ce) m. express train

ebenfalls also Ei (er) n. egg eigentlich in fact, really, actually eilig in a hurry Eilzug Ce) fast train einfach simple; single (ticket)

Dach U1m einfach a single to VIm

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einmal once, one einmal U1m einfach one single

(ticket) to Vim eine, e a

ein Mann a man eine Frau a woman

eins one einsteigeD to board Einwohner (-) m. inhabitant Einzelfahrschein (e) m. single

ticket einzeln single Eis n. ice, ice cream elegant elegant elf eleven Elfenbein n. ivory empfehieD to recommend Endstation (en) f. terminus England n. England EnglAnder (-) m. Englishman Engliinderin (nen) f.

Englishwoman ich bin EnglAnder(in) I am

English eDgHsch English Entdeckung (en) f. discovery entfernt distant, away entschuldigen to excuse

entschuldigen Sie bitte excuse me please

Entschuldigung (en) f. excuse Entwerter (-) m. ticket

cancelling machine er he Erdbeere (n) f. strawberry (sich) erholen to rest, to relax erreichen to reach erst at first erste, r, s first erwarten to expect es it essen to eat Etage (n) f. floor etwas some, a little, something Europa n. Europe europAisch European

fahren to go (by bus, tram, train), to drive

Fahrer (-) m. driver Fahrgast Ce) m. passenger Fahrkarte (n) f. ticket Fahrschein (e) m. ticket Fahrzeit (en) f. length of journey Familie (D) f. family fangeD to catch Farbe (n) f. colour fast nearly, almost faulenzen to laze about

Februar m. February Feld (er) n. field Ferien (pI.) holidays Ferienhaus Cer) n. holiday house Ferienwohnung (en) f. holiday flat Ferne Osten m. the Far East Femgesprich (e) n. long-distance

telephone call Femsehen n. television femsehen to watch TV finden to find Firma (Finnen) f. firm Fisch (e) m. fish fischen to fish fit fit Flasche (n) f. bottle Fleisch n. meat Oiegen to fly Flug Ce) m. flight Flughafen (Flughafen) m. airport Flugschein (e) m. air ticket Flugticket (s) n. air ticket Flugzeit (en) f. flying time Flugzeug (e) n. plane FluB Csse) m. river Forelle (n) f. trout Frage (n) f. question fragen to ask Frankreich n. France franzosisch French Frau (en) f. wife, woman, Mrs Friulein (-) n. Miss frei free freiberuOich freelance Freitag (e) m. Friday Freizeit f. spare time Fremdenverkehrsamt Cer) n.

tourist office Freund (e) m. friend (male) Freundin (nen) f. friend (female) freundlich friendly frisch fresh Friseur (e) m. hairdresser Frost Ce) m. frost Frucht Ce) f. fruit Fruchtsaft Ce) m. fruit juice Frilhjahr n. spring Frilhstiick n. breakfast fiinf five fUr for FuB Ce) m. foot

zu FuR on foot FuBball m. football FuBgingerzone (n) f. pedestrian

precinct

ganz quite, whole ganz durch straight through

Gasse (n) f. alleyway

Gast n m. guest GasthofCe) m. inn Gastitte (n) f. inn, pub Gastwirtschaft (en) f. pub geben to give gebietsweise in places gefallen to plaes

es gefiillt mir I like it gegen against, round about

gegen 7 Uhr round about 7 o'clock

gehen to go, to walk wie geht es Ihnen? how are you?

gelb yellow Geld (er) n. money Geldwechsel (-) m. exchange

(money) gemeinsam together gemischt mixed Gemuse (-) n. vegetable genial ingenious Genie (s) n. genius geof61et open(ed) Gepick n. luggage Gepickautbewahrung f. left

luggage geradeaus straight on Geriit (e) n. tool, gadget Gericht (e) n. dish gering few gem with pleasure Geschift (e) n. business, shop Geschiftsreise (n) f. business trip Geschenk (e) n. present geschieden divorced geschlossen shut Getrink (e) n. drink getrennt separately gewiB certainly Gewitter (-) n. thunderstorm gewittrig thundery Glas Cer) n. glass Glatteis n. black ice glauben to believe, to think gleich immediately, equal Gleis (e) n. platform, track Gluck n. luck, happiness glucklich happy Goldn. gold golden golden Gott Cer) m. god

Gott sei Dank thank God Grapefruit (s) f. grapefruit Grenze (n) f. border Griechenland n. Greece griechisch Greek groB big

im groBen und ganzen on the whole

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Gr6Be (n) f. size gr6Ber bigger GroBstadt ("e) f. big city griin green Gruppe (n) f. group GruB ("e) m. greeting

viele GrUBe many greetings griiBen to greet GrOB Gott hello (South German,

Swiss, Austrian) Gulasch m. goulash g6.nstig reasonable (price) Gurke (n) f. cucumber gut good

guten Tag/Morgen/Abend good day/morning/evening

gute Nacht goodnight Gymnasium (Gymnasien) n.

grammar school

Haar (e) n. hair haben to have halb half Hals ("e) m. throat, neck halten to stop, to keep Haltestelle (n) f. stop hassen to hate hAtte would have

was hlitten Sie gem? what would you like to have?

Hauptbahnhof ("e) m. main station

Hauptspeise (n) f. main dish HauptstraBe (n) f. main street,

high street Haus ("er) n. house Hausarbeit f. housework HAuschen (-) n. little house Hausfrau (en) f. housewife Hausmann ("er) m. house

husband Hausmannskost f. home cooking heiB hot (temperature) heiBen to be called

ich heiBe Anton my name is Anton

heiter bright, fair Hektik f. frenzy hektisch hectic helfen to help Hemd (en) n. shirt herb dry (of wines) Herbst m. autumn Herr (en) m. Mr, gentleman heute today

heute morgen this morning heute abend this evening

bier hier bin und her to and fro

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hin und zurilck return, there and back

hinter behind hiniiber over hinunter down historisch historical Hobby (s) n. hobby Hochhaus ("er) n. high-rise

building Hochsttemperatur (en) f.

maximum temperature hofTen to hope H6he (n) f. altitude, height holen to fetch Honig m. honey Hose (n) f. (pair ot) trousers Hotelfiihrer (-) m. hotel guide

(book)

ich I ideal ideal ihr you (familiar address, pI.) ImbiB (sse) m. snack ImbiBstube (n) f. snack bar immer always Indien n. India Industrie (n) f. industry Information (en) f. information Ingenieur (e) m. engineer inklusiv inc1usive(1y) Inland n. within a country

im Inland at home Insektenstich (e) m. insect bite Insel (n) f. island (sich) interessieren (fUr) to be

interested in international international intim intimate Italien n. Italy italienisch Italian

ja yes Jacke (n) f. jacket, cardigan Jackett (s) n. (men's) jacket Jahr (e) n. year Jahrhundert (e) n. century Januar m. January jawohl yes, indeed! certainly! jede, r, s each, every jetzt now Joghurt (e) m. yoghurt Jugendherberge (n) f. youth

hostel Jugendliche (-) m.lf. youth Jugo'ilawien n. Yugoslavia Jull n::. July Junge (n) m. boy Junim. June

Kaffee m. coffee Kaiser (-) m. emperor Kakao m. cocoa Kalb (""er) n. calf, veal kalt cold kalte Karte snack menu KAnnehen (-) n. small pot, jug Kanne (n) f. (tea, coffee) pot Karotte (n) f. carrot Karte (n) f. card, ticket, menu KAse m. cheese KAsesahnetorte (n) f. rich

cheesecake Kasse (n) f. cash desk kaum scarcely kegeln to play skittles kein, e no, none

kein Kind no child keiner nobody

Kenntnis (se) f. knowledge Kind (er) n. child Kinder(fahr)karte (n) f.

children's ticket Kindheit f. childhood Kino (s) n. cinema Kiosk (e) m. kiosk Kirche (n) f. church Kirsehe(n)£ cherry klappen to work out

es klappt gut it works well klar clear Klasse (n) f. class Klavier (e) n. piano Klee m. clover Kleid (er) n. dress klein small Kleinstadt (""e) f. small town kleinstAdtiseh provincial ldingen to sound Klub (s) m. club Kneipe (n) f. (colloquial) pub Kntidel (-) m. dumpling koehen to cook Kollege (n) m. colleague (male) Kollegin (nen) f. colleague (female) komiseh comical, funny kommen to come Konditorei (en) f. patisserie Ktinig (e) m. king ktinnen can, to be able to

ktinnte could Konzert (e) n. concert Kope(""e) m. head Kopfsalat (e) m. lettuce salad Kopfsehmerz (en) m. headache

ich habe Kopfsehmerzen I've got a headache

kosten to cost Kote1ett (s) n. cutlet, chop

krAftig strong, bright (colours) krank ill Kuehen (-) m. cake kUhl cool kuldviert cultured Kultur (en) f. culture kulture1l cultural Kurs (e) m. exchange rate

Lage (n) f. location, situation Lamm (""er) n. Iamb Land C·er) n. land, country

auf dem Land in the country landen to land Landschaft (en) f. countryside,

scenery, landscape Landung (en) f. landing langsam slow(ly) langweilig boring LArm m. noise laufen to run

wir laufen we/we'll walk laut loud, noisy leben to live Lebensmitte1gesehAft (e) n. food

shop Leberwurst C·e) f. liver sausage ledig single Lehrer (-) m. teacher leieht light leid: es tut mir leid I'm sorry leider unfortunately lesen to read Leute (pI.) people Heben to love Heber preferably

ieh nehme Heber Tee I'd rather have tea

Hegen to lie Liegewagen (-) m. couchette Linie (n) f. tramline, bus route

Ich1anke Linie slim line, slim figure

Hnks left Lokal (e) n. pub Lodon (en) f. lotion Luftpost f. airmail Lust f. (lit.) lust

hast du Lust ••• ? do you feel like ... ?

lusdg jolly lutsehen to suck

machen to do, to make MAdehen (-) n. girl mager lean, skimmed (milk) Maim. May Mal (e) n. time(s)

ein anderes Mal another time dreimal three times

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malen to paint man one

man kann das Dicht machen one can't do that

manchmal sometimes Mann ('"er) m. man, husband Mantel ('"-) m. coat Markt ('"e) m. market Marmelade (n) f. jam, marmalade Marz m. March Maschine (n) f. engine, plane maBig moderate Mehl n. flour Mehrfahrtenkarte (n) f. ticket for

several trips meine my meistens in most cases Mensch (en) m. man (= human

being) Menschheit f. mankind Messe (n) f. trade fair Metzgerei (en) f. butcher's mieten to rent, to hire Milch f. milk mild mild Minute (n) f. minute mit with mitgehen to come along, to go

along Mittagessen (-) n. lunch Mittel (-) n. remedy, means mittlere medium Mittwoch m. Wednesday m6chten to like (to do)

ich m6chte gerne I'd very much like

Moment (e) m. moment im Moment at the moment

Monat (e) m. month Montag m. Monday Morgen (-) m. morning morgen tomorrow

morgen abend tomorrow evening

morgen friih early tomorrow morgens in the morning Mosel f. Moselle river Mosel m. Moselle wine Motiv (e) n. motif Mund ('"er) m. mouth Museum (Museen) n. museum Musikhochschule (n) f. academy

of music mussen must, to have to

nach to, after nach London to London nach 6 Uhr after 6 o'clock

Nachmittag (e) m. afternoon

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nachmittags in the aftetnoon nAchste, r, s next, nearest

der nAchste Zug the next train die nAchste Bank the nearest

bank Nacht ('"e) f. night Nachdeben n. nightlife nachts at night NAhe f. proximity

in der NAhe von near Name (n) m. name naB wet Nebel (-) m. fog Nebelfeld (er) n. foggy patch neben next to neblig foggy nee (colloquial) no nehmen to take nein no nennen to mention, to name nett nice neu new Neubau (ten) m. new building neun nine Dicht not

Dicht wahr? isn't that true? Die never Niederschlag ('"e) m. rainfall Diederschlagsfrei free of rainfall Nobelpreis (e) m. Nobel prize noch still, as yet

noch Dicht not yet Norden m. north n6rdlich north normal normal November m. November Nudel (n) f. noodle

oben above, on top Ober (-) m. waiter

Herr Ober! waiter! Ochse (n) m. ox Ochsenmaulsalat (e) m. ox

muzzle salad oder or offen open OfTnungszeit (en) f. opening

hour(s) Oh je! (exclamation) oh dear! ohne without Oktober m. October 01 m. oil Orange (n) f. orange Ort (e) m. town, place 6rdich in places Osten m. east Ostern Easter Osterreich n. Austria 6sterreichisch Austrian

Paar (e) n. pair Packung (en) f. packet Park ~s) m. park Parkplatz (""e) m. parking space,

car park Parterre ground floor

im Parterre on the ground floor passen to fit passieren to happen Patentatnt (""er) n. patent office Patrizier (-) m. patrician Pause (n) f. break Pension (en) f. boarding house perfekt perfect Personlichkeit (en) f. personality Pfirsich (e) m. peach Pfund (e) n. pound Pinte (n) f. (colloquial) pub Plakat (e) n. poster Plan (""e) m. plan planen to plan

plantna6ige Abfahrt scheduled departure

Platz (""e) m. square, seat, place Platzkarte (n) f. seat reservation Pomtnes Crites (pI.) chips Portugal n. Portugal Post f. post office, mail Postbeatnte (n) m. post office

official Posten (-) m. post Postkarte (n) f. postcard Praparat (e) n. medication,

medicine Preis (e) m. price, prize Preislage (n) f. price range preiswert good value, reasonable Prestige n. prestige prima great, super Probe (n) f. trial, test probieren to try (out)

anprobieren to try on (clothes) Professor (en) m. professor (male) Professorin (nen) f. professor

(female) Prospekt (e) m. prospectus,

brochure Pullover (-) m. pullover, sweater

Querstrafie (n) f. crossroads

Rathaus (""er) n. town hall rauchen to smoke rechts (to the) right Regen m. rain reif mature Reis m. rice Reise (n) f. journey

gute Reise have a good journey

reisen to travel Rentner (-) m. pensioner (male) Rentnerin (nen) f. pensioner

(female) reservieren to reserve richtig (that's) right Richtung (en) f. direction

in Richtung U1m in the direction of Ulm

Rind (er) n. beef, cattle Rindfleisch n. beef Rippchen (-) n. spare rib Rock (""e) m. skirt roh raw, fresh rot red Rotwein (e) m. red wine Riickfahrkarte (n) f. return ticket ruben to rest Ruhetag (e) m. day off ruhig quiet rund round rundwn all round Russische Eier (lit. Russian eggs)

eggs in mayonnaise

Saft (""e) m. juice sagen to say, to tell Sahne f. cream Sa1atni f. salami Salat (e) m. salad, lettuce Salatplatte (n) f. salad platter Salz (e) n. salt salzig salty Salzkartoffeln potatoes boiled in

salted water Samtnelkarte (n) f. ticket for

several trips samtneln to collect Satnstag m. Saturday Sandale (n) f. sandal S-Bahn (en) f. suburban train scharf sharp, hot (spicy) Schauer (-) m. shower Scheck (s) m. cheque Scheibe (n) f. slice

Fensterscheibe (n) f. window pane

Schein (e) m. (bank)note schick chic Schinken (-) m. ham schlafen to sleep Schlafwagen (-) m. sleeper schlank slim schlecht bad schlie8en to shut Schlie8fach Cer) n. luggage

locker schlucken to swallow Schliissel (-) m. key

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schmecken to taste schmeckt es Ihnen? are you

enjoying your food? Schmerz (en) m. pain, ache Schmuck m. jewellery Schnee m. snow Schneider (-) m. tailor schnell quick SchneUimbiB (sse) m. snack bar Schnellzug Ce) m. fast train Schnitzel n. slice of pork or veal Schokolade (n) f. chocolate schon already schon beautiful schreiben to write Schuh (e) m. shoe Schule (n) f. school Schwaben n. Swabia schwilbisch Swabian schwach light, weak schwarz black Schwarzwald m. Black Forest Schwein (e) n. pig, pork Schweinebraten (-) m. roast pork Schweinshaxe (n) f. knuckle of

pork (die) Schweiz f. Switzerland schwer difficult, heavy schwierlg difficult schwimmen to swim sechs six See (n) m. lake sehen to see Sehenswdrdigkeit (en) f. sight sehr very sein to be seit since, for

seit 14 Jahren for 14 years seit November since November

Seite (n) f. side, page Sekt m. sparkling wine Sekunde (n) f. second Selbstbedienung f. self-service selbsttAtig automatically selbstverstiindlich of course selten seldom September m. September Serbisches Reistleisch Serbian

meat and rice dish Serle (n) f. series sie she, they Sie you (polite form of address,

sing. and pI.) sieben seven SUber n. silver skifahren, skllaufen to ski Skigebiet (e) n. skiing area/resort -Socke (n) f. sock sogar even

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Sohn Ce) m. son sollen shall, ought to

soll ich? shall I? SODllIler (-) m. summer sODllIlerlich summery Sonderangebot (e) n. special offer Sonderfahrkarte (n) f. special

ticket Sonne (n) f. sun sonnig sunny Sonntag m. Sunday sonst else

sonst noch etwas? anything else? sonstiges other items Souvenir (s) n. souvenir Spanien n. Spain spanisch Spanish spilt late

zu spilt too late Spiltzle (-) n. type of pasta

popular in Swabia spazieren gehen to go for a walk

ich gehe spazieren I'm going for a walk

Speise (n) f. food, dish Speisekarte (n) f. menu Spezialitiit (en) f. speciality speziell special Spiel (e) n. game, play spielen to play

Fu8baU spielen to play football Spielzeug (e) n. toy Sport m. sport sportlich sporty, casual (clothes) Spottfigur (en) f. figure offun Sprache (n) f. language Spray (s) n. spray sprechen to speak Stadt Ce) f. town, city Stadthalle f. municipal hall stiidtisch municipal Start (s) m. start, take off starten to start, to take off Station (en) f. stop Stecken (-) m. stick (S. German) stehen to stand Stein (e) m. stone Stelle (n) f. post, job sterben to die Stern (e) m. star still quiet stiDllIlt so keep the change Stock (Stockwerke) n. floor,

storey Strand Ce) m. beach StraBe (n) f. street StraBenbahn (en) f. tram Streifenkarte (n) f. ticket for

several trips

Stiick (e) n. play, piece ein StUck Kuchen a piece of cake ein modernes Stiick a modern

play Stunde (n) f. hour stdrzen to fall Suden m. south

im Suden in the South in den SOden to the South, south

Supermarkt Ce) m. supennarket Suppe (n) f. soup suB sweet sOBlich sweetish

Tablette (n) f. tablet, pill Tag (e) m. day Tagessuppe (n) f. soup of the day Tagestour (en) f. day trip tAglich daily tanzen to dance Tanzlokal (e) n. dance hall TaritZone (n) f. fare stage Taschentuch Cer) n. handkerchief Tasse (n) f. cup Taxi (s) n. taxi TEE Trans Europ Express (train) Teem. tea Teewurst Ce) f. smoked sausage

spread Ten (e) m. part

zum Ten partly teuer expensive Theater (-) n. theatre Tiefstwert (e) m. lowest

temperature Tier (e) n. animal Toast (s) m. toast Tochter C-) f. daughter toll super, terrific Tomate (n) f. tomato Topf Ce) m. pot Torte (n) f. gateau tragisch tragic Traum Ce) m. dream treffen to meet trennen to divide Tribdne (n) f. stand Trimm-Dich-Pfad (e) m. keep-

fit trail trinken to drink trocken dry trotzdem nevertheless tschOB (colloquial) goodbye Turnier (e) n. tournament typisch typical

U-Bahn (en) m. underground Ober via, over Oberall everywhere

uberhaupt at all Uhr (en) f. watch, clock

um 6 Uhr at 6 o'clock Umleitung (en) f. diversion umsteigen to change (buses,

trains) umwechseln (or wechseln) to

change money umziehen to move und and

und so weiter and so on ungefilhr approximately ungewiB uncertain unglOcklich unhappy UniversitAt (en) f. university unklar unclear unter under, below

unter Null below zero Unterfilhrung (en) f. underpass unternehmen to do, to undertake unterrichten to teach Urlaub (e) m. holiday

im Urlaub on holiday

verbannen to ban Verbindung (en) f. connection verbringen to spend vereinzelt occasional vereist icy vergessen to forget verheiratet married verkaufen to sell VerkAufer (-) m. shop assistant

(male) VerkAuferin (nen) f. shop

assistant (female) Verkehrsbfiro (s) n. tourist office verkehren to run (between places) vermissen to miss verschieden various verstehen to understand Vertrag Ce) m. contract viel much, many

vielen Dank many thanks vielleicht perhaps vier four Viertel (-) n. quarter

Viertel nach vier a quarter past four

voll full VollmUch f. milk (unskimmed) volltanken to fill up (the tank) von of, from vor in front of vor allem above all vorher before that Vorhersage (n) f. forecast vorlAufig in the near future Vorname (n) m. first name

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Vorort (e) m. suburb Vorsicht f. attention, caution

wahrscheinlich probably Wald Cer) m. wood, forest Waldlauf Ce) m. (cross-country)

jogging wandern to hike, to ramble Wanderung(en) ( hilcingtour wann when wAre: das ware gut that would be

good warten to wait warum why was what

was fUr Kuchen? what kind of cake?

Wasser (-) n. water Wechsel (-) m. change wechselhaft changeable wechseln to change wecken to wake Weg (e) m. way, path weg away weich soft Weihnachten n. Christmas weil because Wein (e) m. wine weill white weiter further welche, r, s which

welcher Tag? which day? Welle (n) f. wave Welt (en) ( world wenig few werden to become, to get

es wird dunkel it's getting dark ich werde gehen I'll go

wesentlich substantially Westen m. west

Westdeutschland W. Germany Wetter n. weather wichtig imponant wie how

wie geht's? how are things? wieder again (Auf) Wiederschauen goodbye

(South German) (Aut) Wiedersehen goodbye wieviel how much, how many Wild n. venison, game Willkommen n. welcome Winter (-) m. winter wir we wirklich really Wirtschaft (en) ( inn wissen to know wo where Woche (n) f. week Wochenende (n) n. weekend woher where from

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wohin where (to) wohnen to live Wohnung (en) f. flat, apanment Wolke (n) f. cloud wolkig cloudy Wolle (n) f. wool wollen will, to want Wort Cer and e) n. word wiinschen to wish wiirde would Wurst Ce) f. sausage Wiirstchen (-) n. small sausage Wiirstchenbude (n) f. sausage

stand

Zahn Ce) m. tooth Zahnpasta ( toothpaste Zahnschmerzen (pI.) toothache zart delicate zehn ten Zeit (en) f. time

zur Zeit at the moment/time Zeitschrift (en) f. magazine Zeitung (en) f. newspaper Zentrum (Zentren) n. centre ziemlich rather Zimmer (-) n. room Zinn m. pewter zirka approximately Zitrone (n) f. lemon Zoo (s) m. zoo zu shut zu to

zur Bank to the bank zum Hauptbahnhof to the

main station zu too

zu groB too big zu Hause at home zu zweit with someone else Zucker m. sugar Zug Ce) m. train Zukunft f. future zumachen to shut zUrUck back zusammen together Zuschlag Ce) m. surcharge zwar: und zwar and that is to say zwei two zweimal twice

zweimal Bonn einfach two single tickets to Bonn

zweite, r, s second Zwiebel (n) ( onion Zwiebelrostbraten (-) m. roast

beef with onions zwischen between zwo two zw6lf twelve

Index addresses 12, 13,239 adjectives 51, 101, 115,225 age 22,23 alphabet 12, 13 articles 45, 224 Austria 33, 173

banks 39,40,41 47 bill 54,55 booking

hotels Unit 3 travel Unit 9

breakfast 50,51,61 business 10, 11

camping 47, 67 car travel 131 cases 45,224

nominative 224 accusative 45,224,225 dative 73, 224, 225

centigrade 166 chemist 108, 109, 117 clothes 107, 117 comparisons 115, 171 courtesies (Sie, du) 9, 11

daily routine 180,204,205 dates 84 days of the week 84 der, die, das 45 dies/das 9 directions Unit 5 dislikes Unit 11 drinks Units 4 & 10; pp. 107, 150

153 e~,e~e 23,51,224 es gibt 143

family Unit 2 Federal Republic of Germany 33,

158,201 filler words 165 food Units 4 & 10; pp. 94, 95, 151 future tense 213,223

garage 131 gefaUen 148-151, 156 gender 5, 224 Germany 33

geography 33, 158 history 187,201

gem 37, 156 going out 204, 205 greetings 8, 9, 109

haben 31, 185, 199 health 117 holidays 89, 152, 158, 173, 181,

206

hotels Unit 3 housing 178, 179

Ihr, ihr 11, 13223 imperfect 199 intentions Unit 15

ke~ 67 k6nnen 129

languages 25 leisure activities 165,176,177,

206,207 likes Unit 11

marital status 19, 23 markets 103 meals Units 4 & 10; p. 89 medicine 11 m6chte 37, 129 money 41,47 months 81, 84 mussen 129

name 12, 13, 19 negative 67,87 Dicht 87 noun 31,45,59,224 numbers 24,27,70,84

object 45, 224 ordering drinks and snacks Units

4 & 10; p. 89

past Units 13 & 14 perfect tense 185 plural 59, 226 post office 103 prepositions 65, 73, 225 professions 23, 24, 25, 31 pronouns 224 public transport 75 pubs 53,89

questions 11

restaurants Unit 10; p. 89 rooms (hotel) Unit 3

seaside 158, 173 seasons 81, 84 se~ 17,185,199 seit 27 separable verbs 205, 207 shopping Units 7 & 8

food 94,95 clothes 107 souvenirs 92, 93, 96, 97

sizes 107, 110 snacks Unit 4 specialities 135-137

INDEX 237

sports 165, 176 subject 224 supermarket 103 Switzerland 33, 173

thanks 12, 13 tickets 75, 121 time Unit 6; pp. 120-123 titles 19 tourist information 75 towns 163 travel 191-193

trains 120-124 planes 124

umlaut 9,59

238 INDEX

verbs 223 regular 31 irregular (or strong) 199 modal 129 separable 81 perfect of 185 imperfect of 199 future of 213

weather 166, 167 week 84 weights and measures 98 werden 213 wines 137, 145 wollen 129 word order 37,55,67, 152,225 work 23,25,204,205

Useful addresses Gennan National Tourist Office 65 Curzon Street London W1Y 7TB 071-4953990

Austrian National Tourist Office 30 St. George Street London W1ROAL 071-6290461

Swiss National Tourist Office Swiss Centre 1 New Coventry Street London W1V 3HG 071-7341921

Goethe Institut (Gennan Cultural Institute) 50 Princes Gate London SW7 2PH 071-581 3344

(There are also Goethe Institutes in Manchester, York and Glasgow)

Gennan Embassy (UK) 23 Belgrave Square London SW1X8PZ 071-2355033

Austrian Embassy (UK) 18 Belgrave Mews West London SW1X8HU 071-2353731

Swiss Embassy (UK) 16-18 Montagu Place London W1H2BQ 071-7230701

Austrian Institute 28 Rutland Gate

London SW7 071-5848653

GennanRail Suite 118, Hudsons Place Victoria Station London SW1 V 1JL 071-2336558

Gennan Wine Information Chelsea Chambers 262a Fulham Road London SW10 9EL 071-3763329

British Embassy (Gennany) 77 Friedrich-Ebert-Allee D-5300 Bonn 1 (01049) 228234061

British Embassy (Austria) 40 Reisnerstrasse A-1030 Vienna 3 (01043) 1 731575

British Embassy (Switzerland) Dufourstrasse 56

CH-8008 Zurich (01041) 1471520/6

Deutscher Fremdenverkehrsverband (Gennan Tourist Association) Beethovenstrasse 61 D-6000 Frankfurt/Main

Deutscher Camping-Club (Gennan Camping Association) Mandlestrasse 28 D-8000 MUnchen 40

ADAC (Gennan Automobile Association) West Park 8 D-8000 MUnchen 70

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