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German A1 — Beginner Vocabulary

77 A1 words in “Everyday Actions”.

77 A1 words in “Everyday Actions”

German wordEnglish meaning
abgebenhand in, submit
abholenpick up, collect
anfangenbegin, start
ankreuzencheck, tick off
aufstehenget up
ausout/from
aus seinbe over/finished
ausfüllenfill out
ausmachenturn off
beginnenbegin/start
beiat/near/by
bekommenget/receive
benutzenuse
besetztoccupied/taken
bisschena bit, little
bleibento stay, remain
brauchento need
bringento bring, take
drückento press; squeeze
dürfenmay; to be allowed
duschenshower
endento end
erlaubento allow; permit
fertigfinished, ready
gebengive
gehengo, walk
gehörenbelong to
geöffnetopened, open
geradestraight, just now
geschlossenclosed
die Größesize
habenhave
haltenhold, stop
helfento help
die Hilfehelp
holento fetch/get
kleinsmall, little
könnencan, be able to
kriegenget, receive
kurzshort, brief
langlong
langsamslow, slowly
laufenrun, walk
lebenlive, exist
legenlay, put, place
leichteasy, light
liegenlie, be located
machenmake, do
mitbringenbring along
mitkommencome along
mitnehmentake along
müssenmust, have to
nehmentake
die Nummernumber
öffnenopen
rauchensmoke
die Reparaturrepair
reparierenrepair
der Schaltercounter, switch
schlafento sleep
schließento close
schnellfast, quick
seinto be
sitzento sit
stehenstand
stellenput, place
suchensearch, look for
tundo, make
umziehenmove house
wartenwait
weg seinto be gone
werdenbecome, will
die Zigarettecigarette
zuto, too
zu seinto be closed
zurückback
zusammentogether

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und sie haben es in dieser Maschine gezüchtet
and they grew it inside this machine
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machine · in context
noun
machine · engine · device
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