EDEXCEL IGCSE GERMAN 9-1: The World Around Us

Angst haben (v)

to be afraid

sauber (ad)

clean

(Atom)kraft (f)

(nuclear) energy

saurer Regen (m)

acid rain

Benzin (n)

petrol s

chmutzig (ad)

dirty

Dürre (f)

drought

steigen (v)

to go up (temperature)

Energie (f)

energy

töten (v)

to kill

Erdbeben (n)

earthquake

Tierart (f)

animal species

Erde (f)

earth, world

Tornado (m)

tornado

Erdöl (n)

crude oil, petroleum

Treibhauseffekt (m)

greenhouse effect

Erwärmung (f)

warming

Überschwemmung (f)

flood

global (ad)

global

Umwelt (f)

environment

Holz (m)

wood, timber

umweltbewusst (ad)

environmentally aware

Kapitalanlage (f)

investment

Verkehr (m)

traffic

Katastrophe (f)

catastrophe

Verkehrsstau (m)

traffic jam

Kohle (f)

coal

verschmutzt (ad)

polluted

Öl (n)

oil

Ölteppich (m)

oil slick

vom Aussterben bedroht (ad)

endangered (species, plants etc.)

ökologisch (ad)

ecological (Wald)

brand (m)

(forest) fire

Opfer (n)

victim

Welle (f)

wave

organisch (ad)

organic

Welt (f)

world

Recycling (n)

recycling

zerstören (v)

to destroy

Regenwald (m)

rainforest

retten (v)

to save

bedeckt (ad)

overcast

Regenschirm (m)

umbrella;

bewölkt (ad)

cloudy

regnen (v)

to rain

Donner (m)

thunder

schlecht (ad)

bad

donnern (v)

to thunder

Schnee (m)

snow

Eis (n)

ice

schneien (v)

to snow

Grad (m)

degree

Sonne (f)

sun

gut (ad)

good

sonnig (ad)

sunny

heiß (ad)

hot

stark (ad)

strong

Himmel (m)

sky

Stern (m)

star

Hitze (f)

heat

Sturm (m)

storm

Jahreszeit (f)

season

Süd (m)

south

kalt (ad)

cold

Temperatur (f)

temperature

Kälte (f)

cold

warm (ad)

warm

Klima (n)

climate

wechseln (v)

to change

Klimaänderung (f)

climate change

West (m)

west

Mantel (m)

coat

Wetter (n)

weather

Nebel (m)

fog

Wetterbericht (m)

weather report

nebelig (ad)

foggy

Wettervorhersage (f)

weather forecast

Nord (m)

north

Wind (m)

wind

Ost (m)

east

windig (ad)

windy

Regen (m)

rain

Wolke (f)

cloud

Regenmantel (m)

raincoat

wolkig (ad)

cloudy

Regenschauer (m)

shower

abbiegen (v)

to turn (off)

ehren (v)

to turn, to sweep

Abfahrt (f)

departure

kaputt (ad)

broken

abfliegen (v)

to depart (by plane)

Karte (f)

ticket

Abflug (m)

departure (by plane)

Kilometer (m)

kilometre

Abreise (f)

departure

Kofferraum (m)

boot (of car)

abreisen (v)

to depart

Kontrolleur (m)

inspector

ankommen (v)

to arrive

kontrollieren (v)

to check