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Ninety words for A2 learners: travel, health, work and school, shopping, weather and nature, home, free time; fifteen verbs with Perfekt forms (ten with stem changes) and ten adjectives with comparatives. Nouns have article and plural or a singular-only mark, an original example and the usual trap.

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  1. vergessen (v., du vergisst, er vergisst)
    to forget (Perfekt: hat vergessen)

    Lena hat ihre Turnschuhe in der Umkleide vom Schwimmbad vergessen. — Lena left her trainers in the changing room at the swimming pool.

    Watch out: No ge- in the participle because of the inseparable prefix ver-.
    Everyday verbs
  2. der Kopf, ¨-e (n.)
    head

    Mir tut der Kopf weh. — My head hurts.

    Watch out: Plural die Köpfe. A headache is Kopfschmerzen (plural).
    Body & health
  3. die Kleidung (n., sg.)
    clothing, clothes

    Für die Wanderung brauchst du warme Kleidung. — You need warm clothes for the hike.

    Watch out: A collective singular. die Kleider (plural) also means clothes, but das Kleid on its own is a dress.
    Home & daily life
  4. die Reise, -n (n.)
    trip, journey

    Die Reise nach Rom war wunderschön. — The trip to Rome was wonderful.

    Watch out: Gute Reise! = Have a good trip. The verb reisen takes sein in the Perfekt: Wir sind viel gereist.
    Town & travel
  5. der Termin, -e (n.)
    appointment; (fixed) date

    Mein Termin beim Friseur ist um zehn. — My hairdresser's appointment is at ten.

    Watch out: Not a term (a university term is das Semester). einen Termin vereinbaren = to make an appointment.
    Time & weather
  6. der Wald, ¨-er (n.)
    forest, woods

    Im Wald hinter unserem Dorf haben wir gestern drei Rehe gesehen. — Yesterday we saw three deer in the woods behind our village.

    Watch out: Plural die Wälder.
    Nature & the world
  7. der Beruf, -e (n.)
    job, profession, occupation

    Was sind Sie von Beruf? — What do you do for a living?

    Watch out: von Beruf names the job, with no article: Ich bin Koch von Beruf.
    Work & study
  8. traurig (adj.)
    sad (trauriger, am traurigsten)

    Nach dem verlorenen Finale waren alle Spieler traurig. — After losing the final, all the players were sad.

    Watch out: Sad about = traurig über + accusative.
    Feelings & character
  9. denken (v., du denkst, er denkt)
    to think (Perfekt: hat gedacht)

    Im Urlaub denke ich nie an die Arbeit. — On holiday I never think about work.

    Watch out: To think of / about (have in mind) = denken an + accusative; for an opinion, denken über. A mixed verb: dachte, gedacht.
    Talking & thinking
  10. laut (adj.)
    loud, noisy (lauter, am lautesten)

    Der alte Rasenmäher meines Opas ist furchtbar laut. — My grandpa's old lawnmower is terribly loud.

    Watch out: The opposite is leise (quiet). As a preposition, laut means according to: laut Fahrplan.
    Describing words

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  • Checked against the Duden online dictionary (duden.de) and the DWDS (dwds.de) for gender, plural and conjugation; English glosses against the PONS and Langenscheidt German–English dictionaries; level placement against the Goethe-Institut word lists (Goethe-Zertifikat A2 Wortliste 2016, Start Deutsch 1 Wortliste 2012) and the Council of Europe CEFR A2 descriptors (reference only; no text copied). All example sentences are original.

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