Essential Beginners (A1)
100 most common basic German words for absolute beginners
A1
99 words
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| Word | PoS | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| alt | adj | aged |
| die Arbeit | noun | toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation |
| arbeiten | verb | function |
| auch | adv | as well |
| das Auge | noun | eye |
| Auto | noun | car; automobile |
| bitte | intj | come again |
| brauchen | verb | to want |
| das Buch | noun | book |
| danke | intj | no, thanks |
| dann | adv | in that case |
| denken | verb | believe |
| du | pron | thou |
| dürfen | verb | may; might |
| er | pron | it |
| es | pron | her |
| essen | verb | chow |
| finden | verb | to think |
| die Frau | noun | woman |
| die Freund | noun | friend |
| geben | verb | to perform sth |
| gehen | verb | ambulate |
| Geld | noun | money |
| gern | adv | willingly |
| groß | adj | ample; extensive |
| gut | adj | doctoral examination |
| haben | verb | to hold; to have ; to own; to possess sth. ; to have possession of sth. |
| das Hand | noun | hand |
| das Haus | noun | house |
| helfen | verb | to befriend |
| heute | adv | nowadays |
| hier | adv | here |
| hören | verb | to find out sth. ; to learn sth. |
| ich | pron | I pronoun) |
| ihr | pron | her |
| immer | adv | always |
| ja | intj | as if |
| das Jahr | noun | year |
| jetzt | adv | now |
| jung | adj | young |
| kaufen | verb | bribe |
| das Kind | noun | kid; child |
| klein | adj | small |
| kommen | verb | orgasm |
| Kopf | noun | mind; spirit |
| kurz | adj | momentarily; momently |
| können | verb | be able to |
| das Land | noun | country |
| lang | adj | oblong |
| lassen | verb | to let |
| leben | verb | dwell |
| lernen | verb | learn |
| lesen | verb | read |
| lieben | verb | to love |
| machen | verb | tender ; bid |
| man | pron | one |
| die Mann | noun | man, male human being |
| die Mensch | noun | human, human being, person, man |
| müssen | verb | to want |
| Name | noun | name |
| nehmen | verb | drug; medication; medicine; medicament |
| nein | intj | d'oh |
| neu | adj | recent |
| nicht | adv | not even |
| noch | adv | again |
| nur | adv | alone |
| sagen | verb | say |
| schlafen | verb | to sleep ; to kip |
| schnell | adj | fast |
| schon | adv | already |
| schreiben | verb | book |
| die Schule | noun | school; department/institute at a college or university; art movement; followers of a particular doctrine) |
| schön | adj | fair |
| sehen | verb | behold |
| sehr | adv | canny |
| sein | verb | be |
| sie | pron | her |
| sollen | verb | shall; should |
| spielen | verb | act |
| sprechen | verb | converse |
| das Stadt | noun | city |
| stehen | verb | abide by |
| die Straße | noun | street; road |
| das Tag | noun | day |
| trinken | verb | to suckle |
| die Tür | noun | door |
| viel | adv | much, a lot |
| was | pron | what |
| das Wasser | noun | water |
| die Welt | noun | world |
| wer | pron | anybody |
| werden | verb | be |
| wieder | adv | again |
| wir | adj | we |
| wissen | verb | know |
| wollen | verb | will |
| das Wort | noun | word as an isolated unit |
| die Zeit | noun | time |
| zusammen | adv | summarily |