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Year 9 Vocabulary Booklet

This is the complete list of vocabulary that you should be able to recognise and understand by the end of year 7 in German

You need to be able to produce a smaller range of vocabulary for your speaking and writing. Of course, the more you know, the more
confident and independent you will be.

Learning journey
Phonics

Background:
 Research into frequently used sound symbol correspondence (SSC)
suggests that a small number of common sounds and phonemes make up
a significant percentage of written and spoken language.
Process:

 Your main German Home-Based Learning is to learn and master these German sounds.
 You will be tested regularly on these sounds each half term.
 For support you can use YouTube videos: ‘German pronunciation for
beginners and any language app available to you (Language
Nut/DuoLingo).
 Grammar Glossary
TIER 3 vocabulary in Languages:

Term Explanation Example

Accent/Umlaut A mark added to a letter to change its sound. Ö
Ä
Ü

Adjective A “describing word”. The pupils did some excellent work.

He is a fast driver.
Adverb Describe or qualify a verb, adjective or another Dogs don’t usually walk backwards.
adverb. The lesson is almost done.
Antonyms Words which mean the opposite to each Up/ down
other. Tall / short
Article Is used before a noun to indicate its gender and  A cat – eine Katze
number:  A dog -einen Hund
 Definite article : specific noun (The)  A rabbit – ein Kaninchen
 Indefinite article: unspecific noun (A/an)  The cat – die Katze
 Singular article: a quantity of one  The dog der Hund
 Plural article : more than one quantity  The rabbit – das Kaninchen
Capital letter In German capital letters are used for all nouns Die Katze ist nett.
(German)
Clauses A clause is a group of words containing a verb Main clause: My sister has a dog.
; it is part of a sentence. There are two kinds of
clauses: Subordinate clause: My sister has dog who
1. A main clause makes sense on its own. is call Bingo.
2. A subordinate clause does not make sense
on its own; it depends on the main clause for
its meaning.
Cognate Words that have the same origin, or are related and Sport (Eng)/ der Sport (Ger)
(near cognate) in some way similar. It will look the same in two or Sofa (Eng) – das Sofa (Ger)
more languages.
 Term Explanation Example
Conjunction/ Links two words or phrases together.  James bought a bat and ball.
connective There arre two main types of conjunctions: [links the words bat and ball as an
 co-ordinating conjunctions (e.g. and) links two equal pair]
words or phrases together as an equal pair.  Everyone watches when Joe does
 subordinating conjunctions (e.g. when) back-flips. [introduces a
introduces a subordinate clause. subordinate clause]
Conjugate To change the verb ending to match the subject Susan meets Amra in a café.
of the sentence and inform us about the tense Susan met Amra in a café yesterday.
following a specific rule. Susan will meet Amra in a café
tomorrow.
Homophones A word which sounds the same but are  Their, there, they’re, I, eye
spelt differently and have different In French: et- and/ est- is/ ai- have
meanings.

Idiom An idiom is an expression or ‘saying’ that is not taken She’s the apple of his eye.
literally and can be heard in everyday conversations It’s raining cats and dogs.
even though on their own they don’t appear to make
any sense.
Infinitive The basic form of the verb taken from the dictionary. In To play- spielen
English it is preceded by the word ‘to’. In German the To read – lesen
verb ends in -en in the infinitive To be- sein
To have- haben
I would like to have a pen please.
I love to listen to music.
Preposition Words which show the relationship between two About, above, across, after…
things. They often tell you where one thing is as
opposed to another. The monkey is in the tree.
Pronoun Words used to replace a noun. it avoids repeating that noun. Subject pronoun: I, you, me, he, she, it, we, you all,
they
Emphatic pronoun: him, her,
Possessive: pronoun: mine, yours, his, hers
Relative pronoun: that, who, of which, which…
Synonym Words which have the same, or nearly the same meaning as Bad - awful, terrible, horrible
each other. Happy - content, joyful, pleased
Look - watch, stare, glaze Walk - stroll, crawl,
tread
Tense (past, Verbs are commonly used to:  Antonio went on holiday to Brazil. He
present, future)  talk about the past (an action is in the past) travelled by car. [an event in the past]
 talk about the present (an action that is  Paula goes to the pool every day. [an
happening now or regularly) event in the present]
 talk about the future (an action that is going to  I am going to go university. I will
happen or will or would happen). become a doctor and I would be rich.
[an event in the future]
 High-frequency vocabulary project – year 9

Background

Research into frequently used vocabulary suggests that a small number of common words
and phrases make up a significant percentage of written and spoken language.
In English, it is estimated that 100 words make up around half of what we read in our
everyday activities and just 25 words make up a third of what we read.
Similarly, in German, around 100 core words make up 50% of everyday language. You
actually need just 1300 words to understand 85% of most German texts.
It is logical, therefore, to ensure that learners of German have a secure
understanding of the most common words and phrases.

Guidelines for the project:

This booklet contains 6 blocks that are among the most commonly used words or phrases
in German.
Each block contains about 20 words.
You need to learn them from English into German and from German into English at home.
You will have a HFV and phonics test 6 times in the year and need to write the words in
English and German.
Use memorisation techniques to help you
 Block 1 Block 2

ist is
German English sind are
Wie geht's? How are you?
der/die/das the Gut danke Fine thanks
ein /eine/einen a Ich kann I can
mein/meine my es gab there was
dein/deine your es hatte it had
und and es war it was
aber but immer noch still now
auch also ich habe …. gewohnt I lived ….
sehr very ich habe … gegessen I ate …
ziemlich quite ich bin … gegangen I went …
nicht not das Vorbild role model
ich habe I have reich rich
ich bin I am erfolgreich successful
ich heiße I am called bescheiden modest
ich wohne I live ich bin … geworden I became
Hast du? Do you have? ich bin … gesegelt I sailed
Bist du? Are you? ich bin … gefahren I went
wo? where? ich bin … gelaufen I ran
wie? how?
was? what
woher? where from?
 Block 3 Block 4

German English lesen to read

Rad fahren to cycle
Er/sie/es ist he/she/it is schwimmen to swim
du kannst you can tanzen to dance
Er/sie/es kann he/she/it can springen to jump
du wohnst you live nur only
er/sie/es wohnt he/she/it lives gar nicht not at all
du hast you have ungefähr approximately
er/sie/es hat he/she/it has ab und zu from time to time
die Haare hair das nächste Mal next time
die Augen eyes das letzte Mal last time
das Einzelkind only child denn because
der Bruder brother noch still
die Schwester sister noch nicht not yet
der Vater father noch mal again
die Mutter mother nicht besonders not particularly
die Eltern parents dieses Jahr this year
die Großeltern grandparents gleich same
der Onkel uncle einfach easy
die Tante aunt leider unfortunately
kurz short
lang long
Block 5 Block 6

German English

ich mag… I like…

liebst du …. ? do you love … ?
wir haben we have
was hast du? what do you have?
vor before
nach after
an on/by
neben next
auf on (top of)
ich darf I am allowed
du darfst you are allowed
er/sie/man darf he/she/one is allowed
es gibt there is
zu too
ein bisschen a little bit
das macht Spaß that is fun
das hat Spaß gemacht that was fun
er/sie/man möchte he/she/one would like
vielleicht maybe
zusammen together
Year 9 Wichtige Wörter
A Top 10 opinions B Top 10 connectives
1 I (don’t) like ich mag lernen 1 and und
learning (nicht)
2 I (don’t) like ich lerne (nicht) 2 but aber
learning gern
3 I hate (singing) ich hasse ... 3 or oder
(singen)
4 I love (learning) ich liebe ... 4 since/as denn
(lernen)
5 it is es ist 5 however jedoch*
6 I find ich finde (lesen) 6 nevertheless trotzdem*
(reading)important wichtig
7 (Jazz) annoys (Jazz) nervt 7 because *weil
me. mich.
8 I (don’t) like Pop gefällt mir 8 if/when *wenn
pop. (nicht)
9 it was … es war … 9 which/who *der/die/das
1 it will be … es wird ... sein 1 where *wo
0 0
C Top 10 adjectives D Top 10 haben/sein
1 interesting interessant 1 I have ich habe
2 boring langweilig 2 she/he/it has sie/er/es hat
3 fun lustig 3 we have wir haben
4 useful nützlich 4 I am ich bin
5 horrendous schrecklich 5 she/he/it is sie/er/es ist
6 exciting spannend 6 we are wir sind
7 (un)important (un)wichtig 7 I will have ich werde...haben
8 (un)friendly (un)freundlich 8 I would (like) to ich hätte (gern)
have
9 stressful stressig 9 I would (like) to be ich wäre (gern)
1 difficult / easy schwierig / 1 I will be … ich werde ... sein
0 einfach 0
E Top 10 gehen F Top 10 time phrases
1 I go ich gehe 1 on Saturday (mornings) Samstag(morgen)s
2 she / he / it sie / er / es geht 2 on Sunday (afternoons) Sonntag(nachmittag)s
goes
3 I went/have ich bin ... 3 on Monday Montag(abend)s
gone … gegangen (evenings)
4 I used to go ich ging 4 sometimes manchmal
5 I will go … ich werde ... 5 every day jeden Tag
gehen
6 before going … bevor ich ... gehe 6 today heute
7 after going … nachdem ich ... 7 tomorrow morgen
gegangen bin
8 I must go … ich muss ... 8 when it rains Wenn es regnet, + VERB
gehen
9 I would go … ich würde ... 9 now and then ab und zu
gehen
1 I wanted to go ich wollte ... 1 twice a week zweimal pro Woche
0 … gehen 0
G Top 10 Perfect Tense H Top 10 Präteritum
1 I (have) played ich habe ... 1 I / he / it was ich / er / es war
gespielt
2 I (have) listened ich habe ... 2 I / he had ich / er hatte
gehört
3 I (have) ich habe ... 3 I / he found ich / er fand
watched/seen gesehen
4 I (have) ate ich habe ... 4 I / he knew ich / er wusste
(eaten) gegessen
5 I (have) took ich habe ... 5 there was
21 (were) es gab(en)
(taken) genommen
WICHTIGE VERBEN!!
Regular:
spielen to play
ich spiele I play
du spielst you play
er/sie/es spielt he/she/it plays
wir spielen we play Irregular:
ihr spielt you play (plural) haben to have
Sie/sie spielen you (formal)/they play ich habe I have
du hast you have
gehen to go er/sie/es hat he/she/it has
ich gehen I go wir haben we have
du gehst You go Ihr habt you have (plural)
er/sie/es geht Sie/sie haben You (formal)/they have
wir gehen
ihr geht sein to be
Sie/sie gehen ich bin I am
du bist you are
wohnen to live er/sie/es ist he/she/it is
ich wohne I live wir sind we are
du wohnst You live Ihr seid you are (plural)
er/sie/es wohnt Sie/sie sind You (formal)/they are
wir wohnen
ihr wohnt fahren to go/travel
Sie/sie wohnen ich I go
du you go
machen to do/make er/sie/es he/she/it goes
ich mache I make wir we go
du machst You make ihr you go (plural)
er/sie/es machen Sie/sie You (formal)/they go
wir machen
ihr macht
Sie/sie machen