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Hausarbeitsverben
Household Chore Verbs

These verbs describe common actions at home, such as cleaning, folding, ironing, hanging up, putting away, building, and fixing things. Many are separable verbs, so the prefix often moves to the end in a sentence.

🧹 Ich kehre den Boden. — I sweep the floor.
🧽 Ich putze das Bad. — I clean the bathroom.
🗑️ Ich leere den Mülleimer. — I empty the trash can.

💡 Tips / Fun Fact:
👉 aufhängen is separable: Ich hänge die Jacke auf.
👉 wegräumen is separable: Ich räume die Bücher weg.
👉 rausbringen is casual; more standard is hinausbringen.
👉 More natural than aufknoten: den Knoten lösen = to untie the knot.

German Common Phrases

GERMAN VOCABULARY

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Wasserverben

Water Verbs

📘 Short Explanation
These verbs describe movement in or on water, such as swimming, diving, floating, splashing, sinking, and wading.

📌 3 Important Examples:
🚣 Ich paddle mit dem Kajak. — I paddle with the kayak.
🌊 Die Kinder planschen im Wasser. — The children splash/play in the water.
🛶 Wir rudern über den See. — We row across the lake.

💡 Tips / Fun Fact:
👉 schwimmen = to swim
👉 tauchen = to dive
👉 waten means walking through shallow water.
👉 In Perfekt, many movement verbs use sein: Ich bin geschwommen.

GERMAN VOCABULARY

Insekten und Kleintiere

Insects and Small Animals

These words name insects and small animals you often see in nature or at home. Not all of them are insects: die Spinne, der Skorpion, and die Schnecke are small animals, but not insects.

🐝 die Wespe — the wasp
🦋 die Motte — the moth
🐛 der Tausendfüßler — the centipede

💡 Tips / Fun Fact:
👉 der Schmetterling = butterfly
👉 die Biene = bee, but die Wespe = wasp
👉 die Mücke is general, while die Stechmücke specifically means mosquito
👉 German animal names are nouns, so they are always capitalized.

GERMAN VOCABULARY

Kaputt und beschädigt

Broken and Damaged

These words describe the condition of things after damage, accidents, water, heat, or use. Many of them are past participles used like adjectives.

🚗 verbeult — dented
📱 beschädigt — damaged
👟 abgenutzt — worn out

💡 Tips / Fun Fact:
👉 Use sein for conditions: Die Tasse ist zerbrochen.
👉 zerrissen = torn, usually for paper or fabric.
👉 zerbrochen = broken into pieces, often glass or dishes.
👉 durchgenässt means completely soaked, stronger than just nass.

Pflanzen-Wortschatz
Plant Vocabulary

These words describe plants, trees, and their parts. In German, plant words are nouns, so they are capitalized and should be learned with their articles: der, die, or das.

🌳 der Baum — the tree
🌿 der Stängel — the stem
🍎 die Frucht — the fruit

💡 Tips / Fun Fact:
👉 die Wurzeln is plural; singular is die Wurzel.
👉 die Kiefer can mean “pine tree,” but der Kiefer means “jaw.”
👉 die Blume = flower as a whole plant; die Blüte = blossom.
👉 das Blatt = leaf, but also “sheet of paper.”