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German Vocabulary

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Unterschrift oon-ter-shrift
signature
noun
Morgen MOR-gen
Tomorrow
adverb
Heute HOY-teh (like 'hoy' in 'ahoy')
today
adverb
Laptop LAHP-top
laptop
noun
Drucker DROO-kuh
printer
noun
Schlüssel shlue-sul
key
noun
anfangen AHN-fahng-ehn (infinitive) / FAHNG-eh (fange) / AHN (an)
to start / to begin
verb
besser BESS-er
better
adjective
nehmen NAY-men
to take
verb
tollen toll (rhymes with 'roll')
great, awesome
adjective
Erdbeere AIRD-beh-ruh
strawberry
noun
brauchen brow-khen
to need
verb
Pause pow-zuh
break / rest / pause
noun
Vollzeit foll-tsite
full time
noun
Teilzeit Tyle-tsite
part time
noun
lang lahng (rhymes with 'song')
long
adjective
hasse hah-seh
hate
verb
Montage mon-tah-guh
Mondays
noun
den dehn
the
article
funktionieren funk-tsee-o-NEE-ren
to function / to work
verb
Bis biss
Until
preposition
hatten hat-ten
had
verb
schließen shlee-sen
to close
verb
Tür teer
door
noun
ausruhen ows-ROO-hen
to rest
verb
Ruh roo
Rest (imperative)
verb
dich dish
yourself
pronoun
aus ows
out / off
adverb
Sport shport
sport, exercise
noun
Essen ess-en
food / meal
noun
trinken TRINK-en
to drink
verb
Schlaf shlaf
sleep
noun
Wasser vahs-ser
water
noun
warm varm
warm
adjective
atmen AHT-muhn
to breathe
verb
tief teef
deep, deeply
adverb
rauchen ROW-khn (kh as in Scottish 'loch')
to smoke
verb
morgen mor-gen
tomorrow
adverb
schlecht shlekht
poorly, badly
adverb
geschlafen guh-SHLAH-fun
slept
verb
durch doork
through
separable prefix
langsam LAHN-gzahm
slowly
adverb
aufladen OWF-lah-den
to charge (electrically)
verb
Setz Zets
Sit (down)
verb
Ladegerät lah-duh-ge-rate
charger
noun
verloren fair-loh-ren
lost
verb
Knopf knopff
button
noun
Ganz gants
Quite/Completely
adverb
Bildschirmzeit BILT-sheerm-tsite
screen time
noun
die Ruhe
quiet / rest

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