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Introduction

Eating out

108

Sightseeing

146

Emergencies

CONTENTS 3

Essentials	Getting around
60	78

Places to stay	Shopping
118	134

Sports and leisure Health

156	164
	English–German
	Dictionary
	178
	German–English
	Dictionary
	192
Menu guide	Acknowledgments

4INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

This book provides all the key words and phrases you are likely to need in everyday situations. It is grouped into themes, and key phrases are broken down into short sections, to help you build a wide variety of sentences.

A lot of the vocabulary is illustrated to make it easy to remember, and “You may hear” boxes feature questions you are likely to hear. At the back of the book there is a menu guide, listing about 500 food terms, and a 2,000word two-way dictionary. Numbers and the most useful phrases are listed on the jacket ﬂaps for quick reference.

Nouns

All German nouns (words for things, people, and ideas) are masculine, feminine, or neuter. The gender of singular nouns is shown by the word for “the”: der (masculine), die (feminine), or das (neuter). Die is also used with plural nouns. You can look up the gender of words in the German–English dictionary at the back of the book. Some nouns, such as people’s jobs or nationalities, change endings according to whether you are talking about a man or woman. In this book the masculine form is usually shown, followed by the feminine form:

I’m American Ich bin Amerikaner/ Amerikanerin

“A”

The word for “a” or “an” also changes according to gender. It is ein for masculine and neuter words and eine for feminine words. Alternatives are shown as below: Another…please Noch ein/eine…bitte

“You”

There are two ways of saying “you” when addressing someone in German: Sie (polite) and du (familiar). In this book we have used Sie throughout as this is what you normally use with people you don’t know.

INTRODUCTION 5

Pronunciation guide

Below each German word or phrase in this book, you will ﬁnd a pronunciation guide. Read it as if it were English and you should be understood, but remember that it is only a guide and for the best results you should listen to and mimic native speakers. Some German sounds are different from those in English, so take note of how the letters below are pronounced.

a like a in father ä like e in get

au like ow in how äu, eu like oy in toy

blike b at the beginning of a word like p at the end of a word

ch pronounced at the back of the throat, like ch in the Scottish word loch

dlike d in dog at the beginning of a word like t in tin at the end of a word

ei like y in by, or i in pile

i like i in hit, or ee in see ie like ee in see

j like y in yes ö like ur in burn

qu like kv

rrolled at the back of the throat

s like s in see, sh in ship, or z in zoo sch like sh in shop

ß like ss in grass u like oo in boot ü like ew in dew v like f in foot w like v in van

zlike ts in pets

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