Essential Beginners (A1)
100 most common basic German words for absolute beginners
A1
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| Word | PoS | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| alt | adj | old |
| die Arbeit | noun | toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation |
| arbeiten | verb | to work |
| auch | adv | also, too, as well |
| das Auge | noun | eye |
| Auto | noun | car |
| bitte | intj | you're welcome |
| brauchen | verb | to need, to be in need of, to require |
| das Buch | noun | book |
| danke | intj | thanks, thank you |
| dann | adv | then, after that |
| denken | verb | to think |
| du | pron | you, thou |
| dürfen | verb | to be allowed; to be permitted; may |
| er | pron | it) |
| es | pron | nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun |
| essen | verb | to eat |
| finden | verb | to find; to discover |
| die Frau | noun | woman |
| die Freund | noun | friend |
| geben | verb | to give |
| gehen | verb | to go, to walk |
| Geld | noun | money |
| gern | adv | willingly; gladly; with pleasure; usually expressed verbally in English, with like, enjoy etc. |
| groß | adj | big, large, large-scale |
| gut | adj | good |
| haben | verb | forms the perfect aspect |
| das Hand | noun | hand |
| das Haus | noun | house |
| helfen | verb | to help; to assist; to aid |
| heute | adv | today |
| hier | adv | here; in this place; refers to an environment one is currently in, or to something within reach |
| hören | verb | to hear through the ear) |
| ich | pron | I pronoun) |
| ihr | pron | you, ye |
| immer | adv | always; at all times without exception |
| ja | intj | yes; yea; yeah; aye |
| das Jahr | noun | year |
| jetzt | adv | now |
| jung | adj | young |
| kaufen | verb | to buy, to purchase |
| das Kind | noun | kid; child |
| klein | adj | small, little, tiny, wee, small-scale |
| kommen | verb | to come; to arrive |
| Kopf | noun | head |
| kurz | adj | short, quick, brief |
| können | verb | to be able, to have the possibility of, can. |
| das Land | noun | country |
| lang | adj | long; lengthy |
| lassen | verb | to allow; to permit; to let |
| leben | verb | to live, to be alive |
| lernen | verb | to learn, to acquire knowledge |
| lesen | verb | to read |
| lieben | verb | to love, to have a strong affection for |
| machen | verb | to make, to produce, to create |
| man | pron | one, you, they |
| die Mann | noun | man, male human being |
| die Mensch | noun | human, human being, person, man |
| müssen | verb | to have to; must; to be obliged; to need. |
| Name | noun | name |
| nehmen | verb | to take |
| Nein | noun | a no |
| neu | adj | new |
| nicht | adv | not, non- |
| noch | adv | still, yet |
| nur | adv | only, just, merely, simply |
| sagen | verb | to say |
| schlafen | verb | to sleep |
| schnell | adj | quick, fast |
| schon | adv | already |
| schreiben | verb | to write, to write out |
| die Schule | noun | school; department/institute at a college or university; art movement; followers of a particular doctrine) |
| schön | adj | beautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome |
| sehen | verb | to see; to have sight |
| sehr | adv | very |
| sein | verb | to be |
| sie | pron | she |
| sollen | verb | should; to be obligated; ought; shall |
| spielen | verb | to play |
| sprechen | verb | to speak |
| das Stadt | noun | city |
| stehen | verb | to stand |
| die Straße | noun | street; road |
| das Tag | noun | day |
| trinken | verb | to drink by mouth) |
| die Tür | noun | door |
| viel | adv | much, a lot |
| was | pron | what |
| das Wasser | noun | water |
| die Welt | noun | world |
| wer | pron | who |
| werden | verb | will, to be going to, forms the future tense |
| wieder | adv | again; indicates that the action taking place has happened before |
| wissen | verb | to know; to be aware of |
| wollen | verb | to want; to wish; to desire; to demand |
| das Wort | noun | word as an isolated unit |
| die Zeit | noun | time |
| zusammen | adv | together, jointly |