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First useful words: German words for beginners

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da [da] as conjunction mögen [ˈmøːgn] like verb Rücken [ˈrykən] back noun Vorderseite [ˈfɔʁdəʁˌzaɪtə] front noun hinaus [hɪˈnaʊs] out adverb nach hinten [naːx ˈhɪntən] backward adverb eventuell [əˈvɛntʊɛl] perhaps adverb jenseits [ˈjɛnzaɪts] beyond preposition daneben [daˈneːbən] beside adverb Wiedersehen [ˈviːdɐˌzeːən] See you again interjection regelmäßig [ˈʁeːgl̩ˌmɛːɪ̯ɪç] regularly adverb zwischen [ˈtsvɪʃən] between preposition zusammen [tsuˈzamən] together adverb Zu [tsuː] too adverb würde [ˈvʏʁdə] would verb Wirklich [ˈvɪʁklɪç] really adverb Wie [viː] how adverb werden [ˈvɛʁdən] will verb wenn [vɛn] if conjunction Weg [veːk] away adverb wahrscheinlich [vaːɐˈʃaɪnlɪç] probably adverb voraus [foˈʁaʊs] ahead adverb Vielleicht [fiˈlaɪçt] maybe adverb unter [ˈʊntɐ] under preposition unten [ˈʊntən] below adverb und [ʊnt] and conjunction überall [ˌyːbɐˈal] everywhere adverb trotz [tʁɔts] despite preposition stattdessen [ʃtatˈdɛsən] instead adverb sollte [ˈzɔltə] should verb sogar [zoˈgaːɐ] even adverb so [zoː] so adverb selbst [zɛlpst] oneself pronoun sehr [zeːɐ] very adverb runter [ˈʁʊntɐ] down adverb Okay [oˈkeː] okay interjection ohne [ˈoːnə] without preposition oder [ˈoːdɐ] or conjunction obwohl [ˈɔp.ˌboːl] though conjunction oben [ˈoːbən] above adverb ob [ɔp] whether conjunction nirgends [ˈnɪʁgənts] nowhere adverb Nein [naɪn] no interjection nach vorne [naːx ˈfɔʁnə] forward adverb nach [naːx] after preposition muss [mʊs] must verb mit [mɪt] with preposition links [lɪŋks] left adverb könnte [ˈkœntə] might verb kann [kan] can verb Jedoch [jeˈdɔx] however conjunction Ja [ja] yes interjection irgendwo [ˈɪʁgn̩ˌvo] anywhere adverb Inzwischen [ɪnˈtsvɪʃən] meanwhile adverb innerhalb [ˈɪnɐhalp] within preposition innen [ˈɪnən] inside adverb indem [ɪnˈdeːm] by conjunction Im [ɪm] in preposition hoch [hoːx] up adverb hinter [ˈhɪntɐ] behind preposition hinein [hɪˈnaɪn] into adverb Hier [hiːɐ] here adverb Hallo [ˈhalo] hello interjection gegen [ˈgeːgən] against preposition ganz und gar [gants ʊnt gaːɐ] completely phrase ganz [gants] quite adverb für [fyːɐ] for preposition fast [fast] almost adverb es sei denn [ɛs zaɪ ˈdɛn] unless phrase entlang [ɛntˈlaŋ] along preposition einzig [ˈaɪn̩tsɪç] single adjective einmal [ˈaɪnmaːl] once adverb einfach [ˈaɪnfax] simply adverb eigentlich [ˈaɪgəntlɪç] actually adverb dürfen [ˈdʏʁfən] be allowed to verb durch [dʊʁç] through preposition draußen [ˈdʁaʊsən] outside adverb Dort [dɔʁt] there adverb denn [dɛn] because conjunction Danke [ˈdaŋkə] thanks interjection Bitte [ˈbɪtə] please interjection besonders [bəˈzɔndɐs] especially adverb Bei [baɪ] at preposition außer [ˈaʊsɐ] except preposition aus [aʊs] out of preposition Auch [aʊx] also adverb ansonsten [anˈzɔnstən] otherwise adverb An [an] at preposition also [ˈalzoː] therefore adverb als [als] than conjunction aber [ˈaːbɐ] but conjunction werden Will verb nach oben up adverb zu too adverb obwohl Though conjunction als than conjunction einfach simply adverb ziemlich quite adverb über over preposition weg off adverb von of preposition könnte Might verb gerade just adverb wenn es Ihnen nichts ausmacht If you Don't mind phrase Auf Wiedersehen goodbye interjection überwinden Get over phrase vollständig entirely adverb Prost Cheers interjection weg away adverb auch As well phrase irgendwo anywhere adverb neben alongside preposition über across preposition

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