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German A1 — Core Words: Food, Shopping & Nature flashcards

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72 Goethe A1 words: food and drink, meals and the restaurant, shops, money and paying, then nature, countries and nationalities, each with an original example sentence and its translation.

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  1. der Appetit (n., sg.)
    appetite

    Opa hat seit Montag kaum Appetit. — Grandpa has hardly had any appetite since Monday.

    Note: Guten Appetit! is what people say before they start eating: enjoy your meal!
    Food & shopping › Food & drink
  2. die Banane, -n (n.)
    banana

    Mein Sohn isst jeden Morgen eine Banane. — My son eats a banana every morning.
    Food & shopping › Food & drink
  3. bestellen (v.)
    to order (Perfekt: hat bestellt)

    Wir bestellen eine Pizza für heute Abend. — We're ordering a pizza for tonight.

    Watch out: No ge- in the Perfekt: verbs with the prefix be- make it like hat bestellt.
    Food & shopping › Food & drink
  4. das Bier, -e (n.)
    beer

    Nach der Arbeit trinken wir ein Bier zusammen. — After work we have a beer together.
    Food & shopping › Food & drink
  5. die Birne, -n (n.)
    pear; light bulb

    Die Birnen aus unserem Garten sind sehr süß. — The pears from our garden are very sweet.

    Note: In everyday speech it is also a light bulb: Die Birne ist kaputt.
    Food & shopping › Food & drink
  6. die Welt, -en (n.)
    world

    Lukas schickt Postkarten in die ganze Welt, sogar nach Chile. — Lukas sends postcards all over the world, even to Chile.

    Note: In the world is often auf der Welt: das beste Essen auf der Welt.
    Nature & the world
  7. der Ausländer, - / die Ausländerin, -nen (n.)
    foreigner

    In meinem Deutschkurs sind alle Ausländer. — Everyone in my German class is a foreigner.

    Note: im Ausland = abroad; the adjective is ausländisch.
    Nature & the world › Countries & nationalities
  8. ausländisch (adj.)
    foreign

    Meine Kollegin hat einen ausländischen Pass. — My colleague has a foreign passport.

    Watch out: A foreign language is eine Fremdsprache, not eine ausländische Sprache.
    Nature & the world › Countries & nationalities
  9. deutsch (adj.)
    German

    Ich mag das deutsche Brot sehr. — I really like German bread.

    Watch out: The adjective has a small letter; the language has a capital: Ich lerne Deutsch.
    Nature & the world › Countries & nationalities
  10. der/die Deutsche, -n (n.)
    German (person)

    Mein Nachbar ist Deutscher, seine Frau ist Italienerin. — My neighbour is German, his wife is Italian.

    Watch out: It takes adjective endings: ein Deutscher, eine Deutsche, die Deutschen.
    Nature & the world › Countries & nationalities

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  • Word selection follows the Goethe-Institut word lists for the Goethe-Zertifikat A1 (Start Deutsch 1, Wortliste 2012) and A2 (Wortliste 2016), alphabetical lists and word groups, reference only (apart from a few set phrases and short everyday sentences, their example sentences are not used); gender, plural, conjugation, Perfekt auxiliary and regional marks checked against the Duden online dictionary (duden.de) and DWDS (dwds.de), Austrian and Swiss variants against the IDS Variantengrammatik des Standarddeutschen, and English glosses against the PONS and Langenscheidt German–English dictionaries. All example sentences are original.

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