German Dictionary - German words

The German language is spoken in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Find out how to say hallo in german and tell someone "i love you" in german. Learn how to pronounce basic words and phrases. See this translation of the basics.

Greetings in German

English	German	Pronunciation
Hello!	Hallo!	halloh
Good morning	Guten Morgen!	guten morgan
Good afternoon!	Guten Tag!	guten tah_g
Good evening!	Guten Abend!	guten ahbend
Welcome!	Willkommen!	vilcomen
How are you?	Wie gehts?	we gates

Farewell in German

English	German	Pronunciation
Bye!	Tschüß!	shuess
Good Bye!	Auf Wiedersehen!	auf weederzean
Good night!	Gute Nacht!	guteh nacht
See you!	Auf Wiedersehen!	auf wedersein
See you later!	Bis später!	bis shpaiter
See you tomorrow!	Bis morgen!	bis morgan
See you soon!	Bis bald!	bis bald
Take care!	Mach's gut!	machs gut
Sleep well! / Sleep tight!	Schlaf gut!	shlaf gut

Important phrases

English	German	Pronunciation
I love you.	Ich liebe dich.	ich leebeh dich
I like you.	Ich mag dich.	ich mahg dich
Happy birthday!	Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag!	heartslichan glykwunsh tsoom geburtstahg
Congratulations!	Herzlichen Glückwunsch!	heartslichan glykwunsh
Thank you! / Thanks!	Danke! / Dankeschön!	dankeh / dankehshon
Have a good journey!	Gute Reise!	guteh riseh
Thank you very much!	Vielen Dank!	feelan dunk
I miss you!	Ich vermisse dich!	ich fair-misseh dich
Bless you! (after sneezing)	Gesundheit!	gezundheit
Get well soon! (when someone is ill)	Gute Besserung!	guteh besserung
Enjoy your meal!	Guten Appetit!	guten appetit
Merry Christmas!	Frohe Weihnachten!	fro-he why-nach-ten
Happy Easter!	Frohe Ostern!	fro-he ostern
Cheers!	Prost!	prost
Have fun!	Viel Spaß!	feel spass

Weekdays in German

English	German	Pronunciation
Monday	Montag (m)	montak
Tuesday	Dienstag (m)	deenstak
Wednesday	Mittwoch (m)	mitwoch
Thursday	Donnerstag (m)	donnairstak
Friday	Freitag (m)	freytak
Saturday	Samstag (m) / Sonnabend (m)	zamstak
Sunday	Sonntag (m)	sontak

Months in German

English	German	Pronunciation
January	Januar (m)	ianua
February	Februar (m)	februa
March	März (m)	mairts
April	April (m)	ahpril
May	Mai (m)	my
June	Juni (m)	jooni
July	Juli (m)	jooli
August	August (m)	ougust
September	September (m)	zeptember
October	Oktober (m)	october
November	November (m)	november
December	Dezember (m)	detsember

Numbers in German

English	German	Pronunciation
zero	null	nool
one	eins	ains
two	zwei	tswai
three	drei	dry
four	vier	fear
five	fünf	funf
six	sechs	seks
seven	sieben	seeban
eight	acht	acht
nine	neun	noin
ten	zehn	tsen

Colors in German

English	German	Pronunciation
black	schwarz	shwarts
white	weiß	wais
red	rot	rot
yellow	gelb	gelb
green	grün	grun
blue	blau	blau
orange	orange	orangsh
brown	braun	brown
grey	grau	grau
turquoise	türkis	turquees
lilac, violet	lila, violett	leela, veeolet
pink	rosa	rosa

Times of the year in German (seasons)

English	German	Pronunciation
spring, springtime	Frühling	fruling
summer, summertime	Sommer	sommer
autumn, fall	Herbst	hairbst
winter, wintertime	Winter	winter

Members of the family in German

English	German	Pronunciation
mother	Mutter	mutter
father	Vater	fater
brother	Bruder	bruder
sister	Schwester	shwester
grandmother, grandma	Großmutter, Oma	grosmutter / oma
grandfather, grandpa	Großvater, Opa	grosfater / opa
husband	Ehemann	ehemann
wife	Ehefrau	ehefrau
son	Sohn	son
daughter	Tochter	tochter
uncle	Onkel	onkel
aunt	Tante	tanteh
cousin (male)	Cousin	couzin
cousin (female)	Cousine	couzineh
nephew	Neffe	neffe
niece	Nichte	nichte
great-grandfather	Urgroßvater	urgrosfater
great-grandmother	Urgroßmutter	urgrosmutter
great-uncle	Großonkel	grosonkel
great-aunt	Großtante	grostante
father-in-law	Schwiegervater	shweegerfater
mother-in-law	Schwiegermutter	shweegermutter
son-in-law	Schwiegersohn	shweegerson
daughter-in-law	Schwiegertochter	shweegertochter
brother-in-law	Schwager	shwahger
sister-in-law	Schwägerin	shwaigerin
grandson	Enkel	enkel
granddaughter	Enkelin	enkelin
great-grandson	Großenkel	grosenkel
great-granddaughter	Großenkelin	grosenkelin

Parts of the body in German

English	German	Pronunciation
ankle	Knöchel
arm, arms	Arm, Arme
back	Rücken
beard	Bart
bellybutton	Bauchnabel
body	Körper
bone	Knochen
bottom	Hintern
brain	Gehirn
cheek	Wange
chest	Brust
chin	Kinn
ear, ears	Ohr, Ohren
earlobe	Ohrläppchen
elbow	Ellenbogen
eye, eyes	Auge, Augen
face	Gesicht
finger, fingers	Finger, Finger
fingernail, fingernails	Fingernagel, Fingernägel
foot, feet	Fuß, Füße
forehead	Stirn
hair	Haar
hand, hands	Hand, Hände
head	Kopf
heart	Herz
hip	Hüfte
knee, knees	Knie, Knie
leg, legs	Bein, Beine
lip	Lippe
lung	Lunge
mouth	Mund
neck	Hals
nose	Nase
shoulder, shoulders	Schulter, Schultern
stomach	Bauch
thumb	Daumen
toe, toes	Zeh, Zehen
tongue	Zunge

Introducing yourself in German

English	German	Pronunciation
What's your name?	Wie heißt du? / Wie heißen Sie?
My name is ...	Ich heiße ...
Where do you live?	Wo wohnst du? / Wo wohnen Sie?
I live in ...	Ich wohne in ...
How old are you?	Wie alt bist du? / Wie alt sind Sie?
I am ... years old.	Ich bin ... Jahre alt.

Question words (interrogative pronouns)

English	German	Pronunciation
who	wer
how	wie
what	was
why	warum, wieso
where	wo
when	wann

Asking for directions in German

English	German	Pronunciation
right	rechts	rechts
left	links	links
straight ahead	geradeaus	grahde_aus

Learning the language

English	German	Pronunciation
basic vocabulary	Grundwortschatz
conjugation	Konjugation
dictionary	Wörterbuch
encyclopedia	Lexikon
foreign language	Fremdsprache
grammar	Grammatik
language course	Sprachkurs
mother tongue	Muttersprache
practice, exercise	Übung / Übungen
private lessons	Nachhilfe
word	Wort / Vokabel

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