13 Edexcel GCSE German - International and global dimension

Vorteile/Nachteile (pl)

advantages/disadvantages

Tiere (pl)

animals

Aktion (f)

campaign

Wohltätigkeitsverein (m)

charity

Kohle (f)

coal

Land (n)

country

Katastrophe (f)/Unglück (n)

disaster

Trinkwasser (n)

drinking water

Dürre (f)

drought

Erde (f)

earth

Strom (m)

electricity

Energie (f)

energy; power

Umwelt (f)

environment

fairer Handel (m)

fair trade

(Musik)fest (n)

(music) festival

Überschwemmung (f)

flood; flooding

für/gegen

for/against

(Regen)wald (m)

(rain)forest

Gas (n)

gas

global; weltweit

global; world wide

Hunger (m); Hungersnot (f)

hunger; famine

Orkan (m)

hurricane

international

international

Mangel (m) (an)

lack (of)

Naturschätze (pl)

natural resources

Öl (n)

oil

die Olympischen Spiele (pl)

Olympic games

Menschen (pl)/Leute (pl)

people

Planet (m)

planet

Verschmutzung (f)

pollution

Armut (f)

poverty

Schutz (m)

protection

Müll (m)

rubbish

sterben

to die

leben

to live

schützen

to protect

recyceln

to recycle

Krieg (m)

war

Welt (f)

world

(Fußball)weltmeisterschaft (f)

world cup (football)

Klima-

climate (adjective)

Erdbeben (n)

earthquake

frisches Wasser (n)/Süßwasser (n)

fresh water

globale Erwärmung (f)

global warming

unmittelbar

instant

Menschenrechte (pl)

rights of man; peoples' rights

Salzwasser (n)

salt water

Sicherheit (f)

security

Solarenergie (f)

solar power

Art (f)

species

Spionage (f)

spying

kompostieren

to (make) compost

profitieren

to benefit

fehlen

to lack

verschmutzen; vergiften

to pollute; to contaminate

retten; schützen

to save; to keep safe

trennen

to sort/separate (e.g. rubbish)

in Kontakt bleiben

to stay in contact

überleben

to survive

drohen

to threaten

unglücklich; bedürftig

unfortunate; needy

Vulkan (m)

volcano