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German Vocabulary
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zählen TSEY-len (the 'Z' sounds like 'ts')
to count
verb scheinen SHY-nen
to seem
verb genau guh-NOW
exactly
adverb suchen ZOO-khen
to look for
verb etwa EHT-vah
about, approximately
adverb fünfzig FOONF-tsikh
fifty
adjective Stuhl Shtool
chair
noun bestätigt buh-SHTEH-tee-gut
confirmed
verb wird veert
will (be)
verb sollen zoll-en
should, ought to
verb Veranstaltung fehr-AN-shtal-tung
event
noun fünfundvierzig foonf-unt-feer-tsikh
forty-five
number vier fear
four
number ankommen AN-kom-en
arrive
verb damit dah-mit
so that, in order to
conjunction Fernseher fairn-zay-er
TV set, television
noun perfekt pair-fekt
perfectly, perfect
adverb passt pas-st
fits
verb die Zeit dee TSITE
the time
noun früh froo (like French 'rue' with a leading 'f')
early
adverb Haus howss
house
noun verlassen fair-lahs-en
to leave, to abandon
verb 1995 neun-zehn-fünf-und-neun-zig
1995
number geboren geh-BO-ren
born
verb deshalb DESS-halp
therefore / so
adverb gerade geh-RAH-deh
just / right now
adverb neunundzwanzig noyn-unt-TSVAN-zig
twenty-nine
number geworden geh-VOR-den
turned / become
verb Tage tah-guh
days
noun Urlaub oor-lowp
vacation / leave
noun fünfzigstöckiger FOONF-tsik-shtuh-kih-ger
fifty-story
adjective Wolkenkratzer VOL-ken-kratz-er
skyscraper
noun Innenstadt IN-en-shtat
downtown, city center
noun bauen BAU-en
to build
verb Wand vant
wall
noun Jahr yar
year
noun gehört ge-HEURT
heard
verb messen mess-en
to measure
verb warte VAR-tuh
wait / am waiting
verb zwanzig TSVAN-tsikh (with a soft 'ch')
twenty
number man man
one, you (impersonal)
pronoun Spaß shpahss
fun
noun paar paar
couple/few
quantifier Bruchteil BROOKT-tile
fraction, part
noun Sekunde Zeh-KOON-duh
second (unit of time)
noun bis Biss
until, by
conjunction Unfall Oon-fall
accident
noun passieren Pah-SEER-en
to happen, to occur
verb ihn een
him/it
pronoun die Ruhe
quiet / rest
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