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*Two digit numbers that do not end with zero are made as follows:
*Two digit numbers that do not end with zero are made as follows:
  first digit + und + second digit
  second digit + und + the number as it would be said if it ended in zero (English Example: 42 / Two and Fourty / twoandfourty / Zwei und vierzig / zweiundvierzig)
 
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Revision as of 20:41, 6 May 2007

Welcome to Introduction to German.

Unit Summary

Content summary

Intended outcome

Unit materials

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.

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Learning materials and learning projects are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a link to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the main namespace) and start writing!

Texts

An open-ended German book.

Lessons

  • The Pronouns <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

Typing German characters into a computer

For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following:
ß - alt+0223
ä - alt+0228
ö - alt+0246
ü - alt+0252

On a Mac, the commands are as follows:
ß - ⌥ + s
ä - ⌥ + u, a
ö - ⌥ + u, o
ü - ⌥ + u, u

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

Vocabulary

Expressions of Time

Specific Time
German English
die Zeit time
die Stunde hour
die Minute minute
die Sekunde second
Generic Times
German English
der Tag day
der Morgen morning
der Mittag midday/noon
der Nachmittag afternoon
der Abend evening
die Nacht night
die Mitternacht midnight
Past/Future/Present
German English
gestern yesterday
heute today
morgen tomorrow

Common Greetings

German English
Hallo! Hello!
guten Morgen Good Morning
guten Abend Good Evening
guten Nacht Good Night (Only say if you're going to bed! Use 'Guten Abend' until bedtime. Regardless of the hour.)
guten Tag Hello/Good Day
Tag! (shorter version of above)
grüß dich! Hello (informal/regional)
Ich heiße... My name is...
wie geht's? How are you?
was gibt's? What's up? (Literally: What gives it?) (informal/regional)
grüß gott! Hello (Literally: Greet god) (informal/regional, southern germany/austria mainly)

Numbers

Cardinal Numbers
German English
eins one
zwei two
drei three
vier four
fünf five
sechs six
sieben seven
acht eight
neun nine
zehn ten
  • Eleven and twelve are irregular:
German English
elf eleven
zwölf twelve
  • Numbers 13 through 19 are created as follows:
First digit number + 'zehn'
German English
dreizehn thirteen
vierzehn fourteen
fünfzehn fifteen
sechzehn sixteen
siebzehn seventeen
achtzehn eighteen
neunzehn nineteen

Note: The "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination.

Double Digits
  • In German, two digit numbers are created by:
 adding the suffix "-zig." (similar to English "-ty").
German English
zwanzig twenty
dreißig thirty
vierzig forty
fünfzig fifty
sechzig sixty
siebzig seventy
achtzig eighty
neunzig ninety

Note: The spellings of zwanzig (20), dreißig (30), sechzig (60), and siebzig (70) are irregular.

  • Two digit numbers that do not end with zero are made as follows:
second digit + und + the number as it would be said if it ended in zero (English Example: 42 / Two and Fourty / twoandfourty / Zwei und vierzig / zweiundvierzig)

Examples:

German English
einundzwanzig 21
siebunddreißig 37
sechsundvierzig 46
vierundsechzig 64
neunundneunzig 99
  • Large numbers are similar to English:
German English
hundert 100
tausend 1.000
Million 1.000.000
Milliarde 1.000.000.000
Trillion 1.000.000.000.000

Note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three, as opposed to commas (,).

  • Commas are used as decomal points:
1.001 = "one thousand"
1,001 = "one point zero zero one"

Sports

German English
der Amerikanische Fußball American football
der Fußball football/soccer
der Tischtennis tabletennis/Pingpong

Important verbs

Verb tables below


Other Verbs

  • gehen to go
  • machen to do
  • brauchen- to need
  • essen- to eat
  • heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
  • wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
  • kennen- to know (acquaintance)
  • spielen- to play
  • besuchen- to visit
  • laufen- to run
  • radfahren- to ride a bike (Separable prefix. Ex. Ich fahre rad. (I ride a bike.))
  • lachen = to laugh
  • sehen = to see (Stem-changer... for du, er, sie, and es change the first 'e' to 'ie'): Ex. Siehst du mich? (Do you see me?)
  • möchten = to would like
  • fliegen = to fly
  • lieben = to love
  • schlafen = to sleep (Stem-changer. Change 'a' to umlauted 'a'.)
  • weinen = to cry
  • mögen = to like (Stem changer, change umlauted 'o' to 'a' in du, er, sie, and es forms. (Ex. Ich mag Katzen: I like cats.))

Assignments

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

Active participants

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