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Practise learning a range of vocabulary in a category of your choosing, from common words to more obscure ones. These videos also help you pick up on the pronunciation of the language.

Beginner: Focus on learning some of the basic words in the vocabulary list, and try to pick up on the pronunciation by reciting the words after they're read out.

Intermediate: Try expanding your vocabulary by learning some of the more obscure words in the vocabulary list, and try pronouncing them before they're read out.

Advanced: Aim to learn all the words in the vocabulary list, thinking of a sentence that includes some of the words.

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German Vocabulary List (Part 1)

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a close up of a pocket watch

ancestor

Vorfahre (m)

a group of women smiling and holding a baby

aunt

Tante (f)

people hugging

boyfriend

Freund (m)

two people sitting on the roof of a car

brother

Bruder (m)

a group of people posing for a photo

cousin

Cousin (m)

a child standing on a rocky beach

daughter

Tochter (f)

a black and white photo album

descendant

Nachkomme (m)

a paper heart with a broken piece of paper attached to a string

divorce

Scheidung (f)

a group of people walking on a street

family

Familie (f)

a tree in a field

family tree

Stammbaum (m)

a person and child walking on a beach

father

Vater (m)

a person and child with sparklers

father-in-law

Schwiegervater (m)

a group of people hugging on a hill

friend

Freund (m)

a group of people sitting on a ledge with their arms around each other

friendship

Freundschaft (f)

an old person holding a baby's hand

generation

Generation (f)

a person standing in a grassy area

girlfriend

Freundin (f)

a person holding a baby

godfather

Patenonkel (m)

a baby and a person making dough

godmother

Patentante (f)

a person kissing another person's forehead

granddaughter

Enkelin (f)

a person holding a child

grandfather

Großvater (m)

a person holding a child

grandmother

Oma (f)

a person and child walking on a path

grandson

Enkel (m)

two children looking out a window

half-brother

Halbbruder (m)

two women standing next to each other

half-sister

Halbschwester (f)

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