And if you're currently learning German and could use a powerful study tool to help you bank that vocab more efficiently, check out Brainscape's certified German flashcards, as well as the German flashcard collections other. Don’t worry, if you study with me, you’ll understand it all step by step. So, in the spirit of discovery, we put together a list of 20 German words used in English and translated them for you. In German we often have several possibilities to express something. You should also check out 15 ways to say thank you in German. We are going to follow Anika through her day and see which different emotions she experiences.
*Oh, and just because many students have already asked this: No, it’s not a mistake on my website.īitte schön, Keine Ursache, Gern geschehen and Nichts zu danken really mean the same. Step by step you will add more words to you vocabulary. It is enough if you understand the rough meaning. That’s why it is important not to learn only individual words, but whole phases!Īnd on the other hand, don’t try to understand every German word (at the beginning). So, it is important to know that you should never try to translate something word by word into another language! When you translate B) literally into English it would be something like: „It does me sorrow“. In most cases you cannot translate literally (word by word)! Either it wouldn’t make sense or you wouldn’t say it that way in the other language. What is the difference between A and B when you look at the English translation?Ī) is literally translated (word by word) I want you to be aware of a very important aspect.
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