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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