German Time Vocabulary

The 36 beginner words (A1–A2) for time, with their English translations and part of speech, across 4 themed lists. These are the ones worth knowing first.

Time Basics

A1–A2
EnglishGermanTypeLevel
afternoonNachmittagnounA1
againwiederadvA1
alreadybereitsadvA1
dayTagnounA1
earlyfrühadvA1
eveningAbendnounA1
latespätadjA1
morningMorgennounA1
nightNachtnounA1
soonbaldadvA1
todayheuteadvA1
tomorrowmorgenadvA1
weekWochenounA1
yesterdaygesternadvA1
nowjetztadvA2
stillnochadvA2

Time Intermediate

A1–A2
EnglishGermanTypeLevel
FridayFreitagnounA1
MondayMontagnounA1
ThursdayDonnerstagnounA1
TuesdayDienstagnounA1
WednesdayMittwochnounA1
hourStundenounA1
minuteMinutenounA1
momentMomentnounA1
monthMonatnounA1
yearJahrnounA1
graduallyallmählichadvA2
middayMittagnounA2
midnightMitternachtnounA2

Time Expressions

A2
EnglishGermanTypeLevel
appointmentTerminnounA2
instantAugenblicknounA2

Seasons & Natural Time

A1–A2
EnglishGermanTypeLevel
autumnHerbstnounA1
springFrühlingnounA1
summerSommernounA1
winterWinternounA1
noonMittagnounA2

The A1–A2 words are here. The rest are in the app

Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch

These lists stop at A1–A2, the words a beginner needs first. The time 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.

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