German is child's play

German and English are related languages (cousins). This shows itself particularly in the vocabulary. The most basic of English words are of Germanic origin, later many words from French were added, and even later educated words from Latin came into English but are today in everyday use.

If you want to encourage your children to learn foreign languages, e.g. German, show them some very easy words and let them learn them and play with them.

Here is a list of such easy words. German nouns begin with a capital letter.

English: the finger
German: der Finger
The spelling is almost identical. The pronunciation is slightly different.

English: the hand
German: die Hand
Spelling identical. Pronunciation different

English: green
German: grün
Similar in writing, similar in speech.

Here now comes a first list of such related words. More words will be added as time goes by. We also will add more pictures to the words.

If you want a similar page in some other language (e.g. Spanish, French, Italian, or whatever) for your children or your school, please tell us which and we will endeavour to add it to the site. It will cost you nothing. Follow up e-mail by phone call.

You can click on some of the images to make them larger.

1	eine Trompete	a trumpet
2	ein Trompeter	a trumpeter
3	Musik	music
4	Wir machen Musik.	We make music.
5	ein Fuss	a foot
6	eine Hand	a hand
7	ein Ball	a ball
8	ein Fuss-ball	a football
9	ein Schuh	a shoe
10	ein Hand-schuh	a hand-shoe = a glove
11	Grass	grass
12	Schnee	snow
13	Blut	blood
14	eine Tomate	a tomato
15	Schokolade	chocolate
16	eine Banane	a banana
17	Grass ist grün.	Grass is green.
18	Schokolade ist braun.	Chocolate is brown.
19	Tomaten sind rot.	Tomatoes are red.
20	Blut ist rot.	Blood is red.
21	Schnee ist weiss.	Snow is white.
22	Die Banane ist gelb.	The banana is yellow.
23	ein Schuh	a shoe
24	eine Hand	a hand
25	ein Hand-schuh	a glove
26	ein Finger	a finger
27	eine Hand	a hand
28	ein Arm	an arm
29	ein Knie	a knee
30	meine Nase	my nose
31	ein Bus	a bus
32	Der Bus ist rot.	The bus is red.
33	Der Ball rollt.	The ball rolls.
34	ein Fisch	a fish
35	der Fisch schwimmt.	The fish swims.
36	Hans trinkt.	John drinks. Hans drinks.
37	Hans trinkt Coca Cola.	John drinks Coca Cola.
38	Hans trinkt Wasser.	John drinks water.
39	Der Fisch trinkt Wasser.	The fish drinks water.
40	Guten Morgen.	Good morning.
41	Mr Smith trinkt Tee.	Mr Smith drinks tea.
42	Mrs Straw trinkt Kaffee.	Mrs Straw drinks coffee.
43	Herr Schmidt trinkt Bier.	Mr Schmidt drinks beer.
44	eine Tür	a door
45	Die Tür ist auf.	The door is open.
46	Die Tür ist zu.	The door is closed.
47	Guten Tag.	Good day.
48	Auf Wiedersehen.	Good bye.
	ein Elephant	an elephant
	ein Affe	a monkey, an ape
	eine Kuh	a cow
	eine Maus	a mouse
	eine Ratte	a rat
	die Henne	the hen
	das Insekt	the insect
	das Schwein	the pig, the swine
	der Hund	the dog, the hound
	das Kind	the child
	die Kinder	the children
	der Garten	the garden
	der Kinder-garten	the nursery
	der Park	the park
	der Vater	the father
	die Mutter	the mother
	der Mann	the man
	die Frau	the woman
	das Auto	the car
	der Bus	the bus
	das Telefon	the telephone
	der Fisch	the fish
	das Wasser	the water
	das Netz	the net
	das Haus	the house
	die Schule	the school
	der Mann	the man
	die Frau	the woman
	das Kind	the child
	der Vater	the father
	die Mutter	the mother

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