German Practice

Bitte (“bitt-er”)

Please

Und

And

Brot

Bread

Danke or Danke Schön (“Dahn-kah shh-uhn”)

Thank you or thank you very much

Oder

Or

Tschüss (“choo-s”)

Bye

Nein

No

Hallo

Hello

Ja (“ya”)

Yes

ein/eine (“ein-uh”)

A (masculine/femine)

mein/meine (“mine-uh”)

My (masculine/femine)

Vater (“fat-her”)

Father

Mutter

Mother

Vier sounds like “fier”

Ich (“ish”) bin

I am

Mann

Man/Husband

Bruder

Brother

Schwester

Sister

Sohn (“so-ohn”)

Son

Tochter (“tauh-ter”)

Daughter

Du bist (“do-bist”)

You are

Frau

Woman/Wife

Nett

Nice

Sehr

Very

GroB (“gross”)

Tall

eB (it’d sound)

“es”

Ist klug (“clue-gh”)

Is smart

Bis bald (“bahl-t”) and Bis später (“shh-pet-ta”)

See you soon and see you later

Der (“dare”), Die (“dee”)

The (masculine/feminine)

Der Hund (“who-nd”), Die Katze (“kat-ze”)

The dog, the cat

Jung (“you-uh”)

Young

Schön (“sch-un”)

Beautiful

Der Junge (“yung-e”)

The boy

Wo? (“Voh”)

Where?

Guten Morgen (“goo-tin mahr-gin”)

Good Morning

Guten Tag (“goo-tin tah-g“)

Good afternoon

Guten Abend (“goo-tin ah-bint”)

Good evening

Silent h rule

Vowels before the h are emphasized

Ex. Sohn (“so-ohn”)

Es geht

I’m alright

Wie geht’s (“vee gay-ts”)

How are you?

Gut

Good

Prost

Cheers

Bis bald

See you soon

Auf Wiedersehen (“oaf vee-der-sen”)

Goodbye

Natürlich (not-ture-lih)

Of course

Bis später

See you later

Kein problem

No problem

Es tut Mir leid

I’m sorry

Lecker

Delicious

Ei (“eye”)

Egg

Hier ist (“here”)

Here is

Die Speisekarte (“shh-pie-sah-cart-a”)

The menu

Der Kellner (“Kay-nuh”)

The waiter

Entschuldigung (“ent-shul-dee-goon”)

Excuse me

Das Essen

The food

Die Rechnung (“rekh-noon”)

The check/bill

Zu (“s-ooo”)

To or too

Heiß

Hot

Was?

What?