German Vocab. Practice – 2

die Liebe

Plural: die Lieben
English: Love, affection

Sounds beautiful.

Example of use in sentence:
Liebe schmeckt bitter. (Love tastes bitter.)
Du bist meine erste liebe. (You are my first love.)

das Geld

Plural: die Gelder
English: Money, currency

Money, the route of all people.

Example of use in sentence:
Zeit ist Geld. (Time is money.)
Geld ist Energie. (Money is energy.)

das Auto

Plural: die Autos
English: Car, automobile

How did this word go from ‘vehicle’ in German to ‘automatic’ in English?

Example of use in sentence:
Tom fährt Auto. (Tom drives a car.)
Er verkauft Autos. (He sells cars.)

die Frage

Plural: die Fragen
English: Question, issue

So many random questions keep me up at night.

Example of use in sentence:
Ich habe Fragen. (I have questions.)
Bitte beantwortet alle Fragen. (Please answer all questions.)

die Antwort

Plural: die Antworten
English: Answer, response

And so few answers to those questions.

Example of use in sentence:
Tom braucht Antworten. (Tom needs answers.)
Das war eine gute Antwort. (That was a good answer.)

der Mensch

Plural: die Menschen
English: Human, individual

But it is only human nature to be curious, no?

Example of use in sentence:
Wir sind Menschen. (We are human beings.)
Reisen builde jungen Menschen. (Travel builds young people.)

das Kind

Plural: die Kinder
English: Child, kid

Kids are pretty scary things.

Example of use in sentence:
Ich liebe Kinder. (I love children.)
Er hat elf Kinder. (He has eleven children.)

die Stadt

Plural: die Städte
English: City, Town

This word has an appropriately bureaucratic, concret vibe.

Example of use in sentence:
Die Stadt heißen Teheran. (The city is called Tehran.)
Paris ist eine romantische Stadt. (Parist is a romantic city.)

der Weg

Plural: die Wege
English: Path, way

Wait, I thought ‘Weg’ meant ‘lost’. The DW website lied to me?

Example of use in sentence:
Ein kurzer Weg wird lang. (A short journey becomes long.)
Das leben ein langer, langer Weg. (Life is a long, long road/way.)

der Tag

Plural: die Tage
English: Day, period

Days go by, one by one.

Example of use in sentence:
Ich zähle die Tage. (I am counting down the days.)
Gebt mir fünf Tage. (Give me five days.)


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