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PRACTICE MAKES
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German
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Contents

Preface ix

1 Family and friends 1

Die Familie 1 Die
Freunde 4

2 Occupations 11
Berufe 11
An der Arbeit 14

3 Around the house 19

Das Zimmer 19 Die
Mbel 19

4 Animals 27
Die Haustiere 27
Das Nutzvieh 29 Wilde
Tiere 31

5 Fun, recreation, and sports 36

Das Hobby 36
Die Fitness 38
Der Sport 38

6 Education 44
Das deutsche Schulsystem 44
 Das deutsche Notensystem 46 Ntzliche
Ausdrcke 47

7 Holidays 52
Der Feiertag 52 In
welchem Jahr? 56

v
8 Theater, music, radio, and television 60
Das Theater 60
Das Konzert 61
Das Kino 62
Das Radio und das Fernsehen 64

9 Transportation 70
Der Transport 70
Der Straentransport 71
Der Bahntransport 72
Der Seetransport 73
Der Lufttransport 75

10 Travel, vacation, and nationality 79

Ferien und Reisen 79
Die Sehenswrdigkeiten 81 Die
Nationalitt 82

11 Geography and history 88

Die Erdkunde 88
Geographische Merkmale 90
Die Himmelsrichtungen 91 Die
Geschichte 93

12 Farms and gardens 97

Der Bauernhof 97
Die Plantage 99
Die Bume und Strucher 99
Der Garten 101
Die Blumen 101
 13 The human body 106
Der Krper 106 Der
Kopf 108
Der Rumpf 109

14 Dining, foods, and beverages 114

Das Essen 116
Das Getrnk 119

15 Days, months, and years 124

Die Wochentage 125
Der Monat 127

vi Contents
Das Jahr 128
Das Jahrhundert 129

16 Health 133
Bleib gesund! 133
Krankheiten 134
Das Heilmittel 135 Der
Tod 138

17 Numbers, measurements, and dimensions 142

Die Kardinalzahlen 142
Die Ordinalzahlen 145
Der Meter 146
Das Gewicht 146
Die Hhe und die Tiefe 147

18 Clothing and fashion 151

Die Kleidung 152 Die
Mode 154

19 Colors and contrasts 159

Die Farbe 159
Die Gegenstze 162

20 Special expressions 169

Gar 169
Also 169
 Zwar 170 Mal
170
Doch 170

Answer Key 177

Contents vii
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Preface
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Acknowledgment
x Preface

Family and friends

Die Familie

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1
2 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
BUNG

1 1

Family and friends 3

 BUNG

1 2

4 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

 BUNG

1 3

Die Freunde

Family and friends 5

6 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
BUNG

1 4

Family and friends 7

8 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
BUNG

15

Family and friends 9

 BUNG

16

Vater

10 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

BUNG

1 7

18

Mieter

Family and friends 11

 BUNG

BUNG

1 9

12 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

110

Family and friends 13

 Occupations
2

Berufe

11
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Occupations 15
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2 1

16 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

An der Arbeit

der Arbeiter, die Arbeiterin

der Arzt, die

rztin

der Bauer, die Buerin

der Brieftrger,
die Brieftrgerin

der Brgermeister, die Brgermeisterin

der Dolmetscher, die Dolmetscherin

der Fotograf,
die Fotografi n

der Grtner, die

Grtnerin

Occupations 17
 der Kanzler,
die Kanzlerin

der Lehrer, die

Lehrerin

der
Makler, die Maklerin

der Mechaniker, die Mechanikerin

der Professor, die

Professorin

der Richter, die

Richterin

der Snger, die Sngerin

der Schaffner, die

Schaffnerin

der Schauspieler, die Schauspielerin

der Taxifahrer, die Taxifahrerin

18 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

 der Verkufer, die
Verkuferin

BUNG

2 2

BUNG

2 3

Occupations 19
 BUNG

2 4

BUNG

2 5

20 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

2 6

Occupations 21
 BUNG

2 7

22 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Occupations 23
 Around the house
3

Das Zimmer

Die Mbel

19
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Around the house 25

 BUNG

3 1

BUNG

3 2

26 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Aufhngen

Empfangen, fernsehen

Sammeln, feiern

Schlafen, ein Nickerchen machen

Frhstcken, vorbereiten, kochen

Around the house 27

 Baden, unter die Dusche gehen, waschen

Waschen, trocknen

Aufbewahren

BUNG

3 3

28 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

3 54

Around the house 29

30 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
BUNG

3 6

Around the house 31

 BUNG

3 7

32 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Around the house 33
 Animals
4

Die Haustiere

27
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BUNG

4 1

Animals 35
 BUNG

4 2

Das Nutzvieh

36 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Animals 37
 BUNG

4 3

Wilde Tiere

38 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Animals 39
 BUNG

4 4

BUNG

4 5

40 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

4 6

Animals 41
 BUNG

4 7

42 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Animals 43
44 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
 Fun, recreation, and sports
5

Das Hobby

36
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BUNG

5 1

46 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Die Fitness

Fun, recreation, and sports 47

Der Sport

48 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

5 2

Fun, recreation, and sports 49

 BUNG

5 3

50 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

5 4

Fun, recreation, and sports 51

 BUNG

5 5

52 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

5 6

Fun, recreation, and sports 53

54 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
 Education
6

Das deutsche Schulsystem

44
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56 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

6 1

Education 57
Das deutsche Notensystem

58 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

 BUNG

6 2

Ntzliche Ausdrcke

Education 59
 BUNG

6 3

60 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Education 61
 BUNG

6 4

62 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

6 5

Education 63
64 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
 Holidays
7

Der Feiertag

52
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66 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

7 1

Holidays 67
 BUNG

7 2

Geburt

68 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Tod

Holidays 69
 BUNG

7 4

In welchem Jahr?

BUNG

7 3

70 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Holidays 71
 BUNG

7 5

72 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

7 6

Holidays 73
74 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
 Theater, music, radio, and
8 television

Das Theater

60
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BUNG

8 1

Das Konzert

76 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

8 2

Theater, music, radio, and television 77

Das Kino

78 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

8 3

Theater, music, radio, and television 79

Das Radio und das Fernsehen

80 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Theater, music, radio, and television 81
 BUNG

8 4

BUNG

8 5

82 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Theater, music, radio, and television 83
 BUNG

8 6

84 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

8 7

Theater, music, radio, and television 85

 BUNG

8 8

86 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Theater, music, radio, and television 87
 Transportation
9

Der Transport

70
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Der Straentransport

Transportation 89
 BUNG

9 1

Der Bahntransport

90 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Transportation 91
Der Seetransport

92 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Transportation 93
 BUNG

9 2

Der Lufttransport

94 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

9 3

Transportation 95
 BUNG

9 4

96 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

9 5

Transportation 97
98 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
 Travel, vacation, and
nationality 10

Ferien und Reisen

79
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100 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Die Sehenswrdigkeiten

Travel, vacation, and nationality 101

 BUNG

10 1

102 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Die Nationalitt

Travel, vacation, and nationality 103

104 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
BUNG

10 2

Travel, vacation, and nationality 105

 BUNG

10 3

BUNG

10 4

106 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Travel, vacation, and nationality 107
 BUNG

10 5

108 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

10 6

Travel, vacation, and nationality 109

110 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
 Geography and history
11

Die Erdkunde

88
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BUNG

11 1

112 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Geography and history 113
 BUNG

11 2

Geographische Merkmale

114 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Die Himmelsrichtungen

Geography and history 115

116 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
 BUNG

11 3

Die Geschichte

Geography and history 117

 BUNG

11 4

118 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

11 6

BUNG

11 5

Geography and history 119

 BUNG

11 7

120 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Geography and history 121
122 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
 Farms and gardens
12

Der Bauernhof

97
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124 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

 BUNG

12 1

Die Plantage

Farms and gardens 125

Die Bume und Strucher

126 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Der Garten

Farms and gardens 127

Die Blumen

128 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Farms and gardens 129
 BUNG

12 4
2

BUNG

12 3

130 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Farms and gardens 131
 BUNG

12 5

BUNG

12 6

132 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Farms and gardens 133
 The human body
13

Der Krper

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106
The human body 135
 BUNG

13 1

Der Kopf

136 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Der Rumpf

The human body 137

 BUNG

13 2

138 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

13 3

BUNG

13 4

The human body 139

 BUNG

13 5

140 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

13 6

The human body 141

142 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
 Dining, foods, and beverages
14

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114
144 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
BUNG

14 1

Dining, foods, and beverages 145

Das Essen

146 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Dining, foods, and beverages 147
 BUNG

14 2

148 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Das Getrnk

Dining, foods, and beverages 149

 BUNG

14 3

BUNG

14 4

150 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

14 5

Dining, foods, and beverages 151

 BUNG

14 6

152 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

14 7

Dining, foods, and beverages 153

154 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
 Days, months, and years
15

124
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156 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Die Wochentage

Days, months, and years 157

 BUNG

15 1

Der Monat

158 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Das Jahr

Days, months, and years 159

160 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
 BUNG

152

Das Jahrhundert

Days, months, and years 161

 BUNG

153

BUNG

15 4

162 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

155

Days, months, and years 163

 BUNG

BUNG

15 6

164 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

 Health
16

Bleib gesund!

133

166 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Copyright 2007 by Ed Swick. Click here for terms of use.

Krankheiten
168 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
 BUNG

16 1

Das Heilmittel

Health 169
170 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
Health 171
172 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
 BUNG

16 3
2

Der Tod

Health 173
 BUNG

16 4

174 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

16 5

Health 175
176 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
Health 177
 Numbers, measurements,
17 and dimensions

Die Kardinalzahlen

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142
Numbers, measurements, and dimensions 179
Die Brche

180 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Die Dezimalzahlen

Die Potenzen

Numbers, measurements, and dimensions 181

Die Ordinalzahlen

182 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

 171

Der Meter

Numbers, measurements, and dimensions 183

 BUNG

Das Gewicht

Die Hhe und die Tiefe

184 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

172

Numbers, measurements, and dimensions 185

 BUNG

BUNG

17 3

186 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

17 4

175

Numbers, measurements, and dimensions 187

 BUNG

188 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Numbers, measurements, and dimensions 189
Clothing and fashion
18

151
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Die Kleidung

BUNG

18 1

Clothing and fashion 191

192 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
BUNG

18 2

Clothing and fashion 193

Die Mode

194 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Clothing and fashion 195
 BUNG

18 3

196 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

18 4

BUNG

18 5

Clothing and fashion 197

198 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
 Colors and contrasts
19

Die Farbe

159
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200 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Colors and contrasts 201
 BUNG

19 1

202 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Die Gegenstze

Colors and contrasts 203

204 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
BUNG

19 2

Colors and contrasts 205

 BUNG

19 3

206 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

19 4

Colors and contrasts 207

 BUNG

19 5

208 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

19 6

Colors and contrasts 209

210 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
 Special expressions
20

Gar

169
Also

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Zwar

Mal

Doch

212 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Special expressions 213
 BUNG

20 1

214 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

Special expressions 215
 BUNG

20 2

216 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

20 3

Special expressions 217

 BUNG

20 4

218 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary

BUNG

20 5

Special expressions 219

220 practice makes perfect German Vocabulary
 Answer Key

1 Family and friends

1-1

1-2

1-3

1-4

1-5

1-6

1-7
 1-8

1-9

1-10

177
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2 Occupations
2-1

2-2

222 Answer Key

 2-3

2-4

2-5

2-6

2-7

3 Around the house

3-1

3-2
3-5

-3

-4

Answer Key 223

3-6

3-7

4 Animals
4-1

4-2

224 Answer Key

4-3

4-4

4-5

4-6

Answer Key 225

 4-7

5 Fun, recreation, and sports

5-1

5-2

5-3

5-4

226 Answer Key

 5-5

5-6

6 Education
6-1

6-2

6-3

Answer Key 227

 6-4

6-5

7 Holidays
7-1

7-2

228 Answer Key

7-3

7-4

7-5

7-6

Answer Key 229

8 Theater, music, radio, and television
8-1

8-2

8-3

8-4

8-5

8-6

230 Answer Key

 8-7

8-8

9 Transportation
9-1

9-2

9-3

Answer Key 231

 9-4

9-5

10 Travel, vacation, and nationality

10-1

10-2

232 Answer Key

 10-3

10-4

10-5

10-6

11 Geography and history

11-1

Answer Key 233

 11-2

11-3

11-4

234 Answer Key

11-7

12 Farms and gardens

12-1

12-2

12-3

12-4

Answer Key 235

 12-5

12-6

13 The human body

13-1

13-2

13-3

13-4

236 Answer Key

 13-5

13-6

14 Dining, foods, and beverages

14-1

14-2

14-3

14-4

14-5

Answer Key 237

 14-6

14-7

15 Days, months, and years

15-1

15-2

15-3

15-4

238 Answer Key

 15-5

15-6

16 Health
16-1

16-2

16-3

Answer Key 239

240 Answer Key
 16-4

16-5

17 Numbers, measurements, and dimensions

17-1

17-2

17-3

17-4

17-5

Answer Key 241

18 Clothing and fashion
18-1

18-2

18-3

Answer Key

18-4

18-5

242
19 Colors and contrasts
19-1

19-2

19-3

-4

Answer Key 243

 19-5

19-6

20 Special expressions
20-1

20-2

20-3

244
20-4

20-5

Answer Key

Answer Key 245