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German Vocabulary
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versinken fair-ZINK-en
to sink, to be engrossed/lost in
verb finden FIN-den
to find
verb kommen KOH-muhn
to come
verb brauche brou-khuh
need
verb war vahr
was
verb kann kun
can
verb bezahlen buh-TSAH-len
to pay
verb gefällt ge-felt (like guh-felt)
is pleasing/likes
verb bin bin
am
verb mag Mahg
like
verb Schau shau
Look (imperative)
verb lassen LAH-sen
to let, to leave
verb aussehen owss-zay-hen
to look, to appear
verb Darf dahrf
May/Can
verb hinsetzen hin-zet-sen
to sit down
verb iss Iss (like 'hiss' but with a clear 'i' sound)
eat (command)
verb habe hah-buh
have
verb mögen mahg
to like
verb bevorzuge Beh-fohr-tsoo-geh
prefer
verb kochen KOH-khen
to cook
verb arbeiten AR-by-ten
to work
verb will vil
want
verb sind zint
are
verb sehen zay-en
see
verb geben GAY-bun
to give
verb warten VAR-tuhn
wait
verb bist bist
are
verb fahre fah-ruh
drive/go
verb Haben HAH-ben
to have
verb besuchen buh-ZOO-khen
to visit
verb vermisse fair-MISS-uh
miss
verb braucht broucht (like 'brou' in 'browse' + 'kt')
needs
verb liebe lee-buh
love
verb wohnen VOH-nun
to live / to reside
verb arbeite ar-bye-teh
work
verb machen MAH-khen
to do, to make
verb essen ESS-en
eat
verb anfangen AHN-fahng-ehn (infinitive) / FAHNG-eh (fange) / AHN (an)
to start / to begin
verb nehmen NAY-men
to take
verb brauchen brow-khen
to need
verb hasse hah-seh
hate
verb funktionieren funk-tsee-o-NEE-ren
to function / to work
verb hatten hat-ten
had
verb schließen shlee-sen
to close
verb ausruhen ows-ROO-hen
to rest
verb Ruh roo
Rest (imperative)
verb trinken TRINK-en
to drink
verb atmen AHT-muhn
to breathe
verb rauchen ROW-khn (kh as in Scottish 'loch')
to smoke
verb reparieren reh-pah-REE-ren
to repair/fix
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