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  1. das Alter (n., sg.)
    age

    Lisa und ihr Cousin Jan haben das gleiche Alter. — Lisa and her cousin Jan are the same age.

    Note: To ask someone's age, say Wie alt bist du?; das Alter is the noun, often on forms.
    People & family
  2. die Anrede, -n (n.)
    form of address; salutation (in a letter)

    Die Anrede im Brief ist „Sehr geehrte Frau Weber“. — The salutation in the letter is "Dear Ms Weber".

    Note: With strangers use Sie and Herr or Frau with the surname; du is for friends, family and children.
    People & family
  3. das Baby, -s (n.)
    baby

    Unser Baby ist drei Monate alt. — Our baby is three months old.
    People & family
  4. der Arm, -e (n.)
    arm

    Opa trägt den kleinen Max auf dem Arm durch den Park. — Grandpa is carrying little Max through the park in his arms.

    Homograph: arm (adj., poor) is a different word.
    Body & health
  5. der Arzt, ¨-e / die Ärztin, -nen (n.)
    doctor

    Ich habe Fieber und gehe heute zum Arzt. — I have a temperature and I'm going to the doctor today.

    Note: To the doctor's is zum Arzt; at the doctor's is beim Arzt.
    Body & health
  6. das Auge, -n (n.)
    eye

    Das Baby hat blaue Augen. — The baby has blue eyes.
    Body & health
  7. an|machen (v.)
    to turn on, to switch on (Perfekt: hat angemacht)

    Morgens mache ich als Erstes das Radio an. — In the morning the first thing I do is turn on the radio.

    Note: The opposite is aus|machen; ein|schalten is a more formal word.
    Home & daily life
  8. (sich) an|ziehen (v.)
    to put on (clothes); to get dressed (sich) (Perfekt: hat angezogen)

    Sonntags ziehen wir uns erst mittags an. — On Sundays we don't get dressed until midday.

    Watch out: etwas anziehen = to put something on; sich anziehen = to get dressed.
    Home & daily life
  9. böse (adj.)
    angry, cross; bad, evil

    Frau Brandt von nebenan ist uns böse, weil unser Hund nachts bellt. — Mrs Brandt next door is angry with us because our dog barks at night.

    Watch out: Angry with someone is jemandem böse sein (dative) or böse auf + accusative.
    Feelings & character
  10. sich freuen (v.)
    to be glad, to be pleased; to look forward to (auf) (Perfekt: hat sich gefreut)

    Meine Oma freut sich sehr auf unseren Besuch im Juli. — My grandma is really looking forward to our visit in July.

    Watch out: auf looks ahead (auf die Ferien); über is about something here or past (über das Geschenk).
    Feelings & character

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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 usage against the IDS Variantengrammatik des Standarddeutschen and the Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache; English glosses checked against the PONS and Langenscheidt German–English dictionaries; usage notes checked against the Google Books Ngram Viewer (German corpus), and the Familienstand note against Duden and the Bundesmeldegesetz (§ 3). All example sentences are original.

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