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Willkommen! Learn Basic German
Greetings, everyday words with pictures, a little grammar — and a quiz to test yourself.
1. Greetings & Everyday Phrases
Start with these — they cover most first conversations. The italic text shows roughly how to say it.
👋HalloHelloHAH-loh
🌅Guten MorgenGood morningGOO-ten MOR-gen
☀️Guten TagGood dayGOO-ten TAHK
🌙Gute NachtGood nightGOO-teh NAKHT
🙏DankeThank youDAHN-keh
🤝BittePlease / You’re welcomeBIT-teh
😊Wie geht’s?How are you?vee GAYTS
👍Gut, danke!Good, thanks!GOOT DAHN-keh
🙋Ich heiße …My name is …ikh HIGH-seh
✅Ja / NeinYes / Noyah / nine
😅EntschuldigungExcuse me / Sorryent-SHOOL-di-goong
👋Auf WiedersehenGoodbyeowf VEE-der-zayn
2. Numbers — die Zahlen
1️⃣einseyns
2️⃣zweitsvy
3️⃣dreidry
4️⃣vierfeer
5️⃣fünffuenf
6️⃣sechszeks
7️⃣siebenZEE-ben
8️⃣achtakht
9️⃣neunnoyn
🔟zehntsayn
3. Colors — die Farben
rotred
blaublue
grüngreen
gelbyellow
schwarzblack
weißwhite
orangeorange
braunbrown
4. Food & Drink — Essen und Trinken
🍞das Brotbread
💧das Wasserwater
☕der Kaffeecoffee
🍎der Apfelapple
🥛die Milchmilk
🧀der Käsecheese
🍵der Teetea
🥨die Brezelpretzel
5. Animals — die Tiere
🐕der Hunddog
🐈die Katzecat
🐦der Vogelbird
🐟der Fischfish
🐄die Kuhcow
🐎das Pferdhorse
6. Family — die Familie
👩die Muttermother
👨der Vaterfather
👧die Schwestersister
👦der Bruderbrother
👶das Kindchild
👪die Familiefamily
7. A Little Grammar — der, die, das
Every German noun has a gender, shown by its article. There’s no shortcut — learn each noun together with its article.
der — masculine
- der Hund (dog)
- der Kaffee (coffee)
- der Apfel (apple)
die — feminine
- die Katze (cat)
- die Milch (milk)
- die Familie (family)
das — neuter
- das Brot (bread)
- das Kind (child)
- das Wasser (water)
💡 Tip: Gender is grammatical, not logical — das Mädchen (the girl) is neuter! Always learn noun + article as one unit.
Simple sentences follow Subject – Verb – Object, just like English:
| Deutsch | English |
|---|---|
| Ich trinke Kaffee. | I drink coffee. |
| Du hast einen Hund. | You have a dog. |
| Wir essen Brot. | We eat bread. |
| Sie ist meine Schwester. | She is my sister. |
8. Test Yourself — das Quiz
Eight quick questions. Pick an answer, then hit Next.