German Greetings & Basics Vocabulary
The 40 beginner words (A1–A2) for greetings & basics, with their English translations and part of speech, across 2 themed lists. These are the ones worth knowing first.
The 40 beginner words (A1–A2) for greetings & basics, with their English translations and part of speech, across 2 themed lists. These are the ones worth knowing first.
| English | German | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| family | Familie | noun | A1 |
| friend | Freund | noun | A1 |
| goodbye | Auf Wiedersehen | interj | A1 |
| hello | hallo | interj | A1 |
| here | hier | adv | A1 |
| house | Haus | noun | A1 |
| no | nein | interj | A1 |
| please | bitte | interj | A1 |
| sorry | Entschuldigung | interj | A1 |
| thank you | danke | interj | A1 |
| there | dort | adv | A1 |
| yes | ja | interj | A1 |
| excuse me | Entschuldigen Sie | interj | A2 |
| English | German | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| age | Alter | noun | A1 |
| all | alle | det | A1 |
| always | immer | adv | A1 |
| and | und | conj | A1 |
| answer | Antwort | noun | A1 |
| because | weil | conj | A1 |
| birthday | Geburtstag | noun | A1 |
| but | aber | conj | A1 |
| every | jeder | det | A1 |
| inside | drinnen | adv | A1 |
| many | viele | adj | A1 |
| name | Name | noun | A1 |
| never | niemals | adv | A1 |
| often | oft | adv | A1 |
| or | oder | conj | A1 |
| outside | draußen | adv | A1 |
| phone | Handy | noun | A1 |
| some | einige | det | A1 |
| together | zusammen | adv | A1 |
| usually | normalerweise | adv | A1 |
| address | Adresse | noun | A2 |
| noun | A2 | ||
| enough | genug | adv | A2 |
| few | ein paar | adj | A2 |
| help | helfen | verb | A2 |
| so | also | conj | A2 |
| understand | verstehen | verb | A2 |
Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch
These lists stop at A1–A2, the words a beginner needs first. The greetings & basics packs keep going through B1, B2 and C1 inside Watch Your Language, along with every other topic.
The app shows them to you a few at a time, in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and brings back the ones you keep forgetting.
