German Vocabulary Essentials

This deck contains 100 essential German vocabulary words including common nouns, verbs, and adjectives with their English equivalents.

der Tisch

table (noun)

die Zeit

time (noun)

das Haus

house (noun)

die Arbeit

work / job (noun)

der Freund

friend (male) (noun)

die Frage

question (noun)

die Antwort

answer (noun)

das Auto

car (noun)

die Stadt

city (noun)

das Land

country / countryside (noun)

der Tag

day (noun)

die Nacht

night (noun)

die Woche

week (noun)

das Jahr

year (noun)

der Mensch

human / person (noun)

das Kind

child (noun)

die Familie

family (noun)

das Essen

food / meal (noun)

das Wasser

water (noun)

der Weg

way / path (noun)

die Sprache

language (noun)

das Wort

word (noun)

das Buch

book (noun)

die Schule

school (noun)

der Lehrer

teacher (male) (noun)

das Geld

money (noun)

die Reise

trip / journey (noun)

das Wetter

weather (noun)

die Tür

door (noun)

das Fenster

window (noun)

der Bahnhof

train station (noun)

die Wohnung

apartment (noun)

der Grund

reason (noun)

die Hilfe

help (noun)

das Beispiel

example (noun)

sein

to be (verb)

haben

to have (verb)

werden

to become / will (verb)

machen

to do / to make (verb)

gehen

to go / to walk (verb)

kommen

to come (verb)

sehen

to see (verb)

sagen

to say (verb)

sprechen

to speak (verb)

geben

to give (verb)

nehmen

to take (verb)

finden

to find / to think (opinion) (verb)

denken

to think (verb)

wissen

to know (a fact) (verb)

kennen

to know (a person/place) (verb)

arbeiten

to work (verb)

lernen

to learn (verb)

lesen

to read (verb)

schreiben

to write (verb)

essen

to eat (verb)

trinken

to drink (verb)

schlafen

to sleep (verb)

kaufen

to buy (verb)

fahren

to drive / to go (by vehicle) (verb)

fragen

to ask (verb)

helfen

to help (verb)

brauchen

to need (verb)

verstehen

to understand (verb)

glauben

to believe (verb)

spielen

to play (verb)

wohnen

to live / to reside (verb)

bleiben

to stay (verb)

beginnen

to begin (verb)

vergessen

to forget (verb)

versuchen

to try (verb)

gut

good (adjective)

schlecht

bad (adjective)

groß

big / tall (adjective)

klein

small (adjective)

neu

new (adjective)

alt

old (adjective)

jung

young (adjective)

schön

beautiful / nice (adjective)

schnell

fast (adjective)

langsam

slow (adjective)

einfach

easy / simple (adjective)

schwierig

difficult (adjective)

wichtig

important (adjective)

richtig

correct / right (adjective)

falsch

wrong / false (adjective)

teuer

expensive (adjective)

billig

cheap (adjective)

müde

tired (adjective)

glücklich

happy (adjective)

traurig

sad (adjective)

freundlich

friendly (adjective)

interessant

interesting (adjective)

langweilig

boring (adjective)

kalt

cold (adjective)

warm

warm (adjective)

laut

loud (adjective)

leise

quiet (adjective)

sauber

clean (adjective)

gesund

healthy (adjective)

hungrig

hungry (adjective)