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German Vocabulary

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Kaffee kah-fay
coffee
noun
los lohs
out, away, off
adverb
kann kun
can
verb
bezahlen buh-TSAH-len
to pay
verb
Ja yah
Yes
adverb
Mir meer
to me
pronoun
gefällt ge-felt (like guh-felt)
is pleasing/likes
verb
diese dee-zeh
this
demonstrative pronou
Stadt shtat
city/town
noun
bereit buh-ryte
ready
adjective
ja yah
yes
interjection
Toilette Toh-LEH-tuh
toilet, restroom, bathroom
noun
Was vahs
What
pronoun
dir deer
to you / yourself (dative)
pronoun
bin bin
am
verb
müde MOO-duh (like the 'u' in 'put', with a soft 'e' at the end)
tired
adjective
offen o-fuhn (like 'off-in')
open
adjective
mag Mahg
like
verb
Schau shau
Look (imperative)
verb
an ahn
at / on
preposition
Das Duss
This / That
pronoun
lassen LAH-sen
to let, to leave
verb
aussehen owss-zay-hen
to look, to appear
verb
schön shurn
nice, beautiful, lovely
adjective
Darf dahrf
May/Can
verb
hinsetzen hin-zet-sen
to sit down
verb
Hunger hoong-uh
hunger
noun
iss Iss (like 'hiss' but with a clear 'i' sound)
eat (command)
verb
schnell Shnell (rhymes with 'smell' but with a 'sh' sound)
quickly / fast
adverb
fertig fair-tish
finished, ready, done
adjective
Zeitung TSY-toong
newspaper
noun
habe hah-buh
have
verb
Durst doorst
thirst
noun
mögen mahg
to like
verb
bevorzuge Beh-fohr-tsoo-geh
prefer
verb
Tee Tay (like the letter 'T')
tea
noun
jetzt YETST
now
adverb
kochen KOH-khen
to cook
verb
arbeiten AR-by-ten
to work
verb
will vil
want
verb
Welche VEL-sheh
Which, What
article
Farbe FAR-buh
Color
noun
einen ai-nuhn (rhymes with 'eye-nun')
a
article
Korb korp (rhymes with English 'corp')
basket
noun
sind zint
are
verb
Lebensmittel LAY-bens-mit-tel
groceries / foodstuffs
noun
Brot Broht (rhymes with 'boat')
bread
noun
alles AH-less (like 'Alice' without the 'i' sound)
all / everything
pronoun
eins ayns (like 'ay' in 'say' plus 'ns')
one
numeral
die Ruhe
quiet / rest

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