100 Basic German Vocabularies
We believe in learning the most important vocabularies first to start off your learning journey on the right foot. The list below contains 100 of the most frequently used German vocabularies. For more vocabularies like that, check out our yellow vocabulary book towards the end of this page.
| English | German |
|---|---|
| I | ich |
| you | du |
| he | er |
| she | sie |
| it | es |
| we | wir |
| you | ihr |
| they | sie |
| what | was |
| who | wer |
| where | wo |
| why | warum |
| how | wie |
| which | welches |
| when | wann |
| then | dann |
| if | wenn |
| really | wirklich |
| but | aber |
| because | weil |
| not | nicht |
| this | dieses |
| that | das |
| all | alle |
| or | oder |
| and | und |
| to know | wissen (wusste, gewusst) |
| to think | denken (dachte, gedacht) |
| to come | kommen (kam, gekommen) |
| to put | legen (legte, gelegt) |
| to take | nehmen (nahm, genommen) |
| to find | finden (fand, gefunden) |
| to listen | zuhören (hörte zu, zugehört) |
| to work | arbeiten (arbeitete, gearbeitet) |
| to talk | sprechen (sprach, gesprochen) |
| to give | geben (gab, gegeben) |
| to like | mögen (mochte, gemocht) |
| to help | helfen (half, geholfen) |
| to love | lieben (liebte, geliebt) |
| to call | telefonieren (telefonierte, telefoniert) |
| to wait | warten (wartete, gewartet) |
| 0 | null |
| 1 | eins |
| 2 | zwei |
| 3 | drei |
| 4 | vier |
| 5 | fünf |
| 6 | sechs |
| 7 | sieben |
| 8 | acht |
| 9 | neun |
| 10 | zehn |
| 11 | elf |
| 12 | zwölf |
| 13 | dreizehn |
| 14 | vierzehn |
| 15 | fünfzehn |
| 16 | sechzehn |
| 17 | siebzehn |
| 18 | achtzehn |
| 19 | neunzehn |
| 20 | zwanzig |
| new | neu |
| old | alt |
| few | wenige |
| many | viele |
| wrong | falsch |
| correct | richtig |
| bad | schlecht |
| good | gut |
| happy | glücklich |
| short | kurz |
| long | lang |
| small | klein |
| big | groß |
| there | dort |
| here | hier |
| right | rechts |
| left | links |
| beautiful | schön |
| young | jung |
| old | alt |
| hello | hallo |
| ok | ok |
| of course | natürlich |
| bye bye | tschüss |
| good bye | auf Wiedersehen |
| excuse me | Entschuldigen Sie |
| sorry | entschuldigung |
| thank you | danke |
| please | bitte |
| now | jetzt |
| hour | (die) Stunde (die Stunden) |
| minute | (die) Minute (die Minuten) |
| second | (die) Sekunde (die Sekunden) |
| day | (der) Tag (die Tage) |
| week | (die) Woche (die Wochen) |
| month | (der) Monat (die Monate) |
| year | (das) Jahr (die Jahre) |
| evening | (der) Abend (die Abende) |
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