Supplement: More Jobs ;o)

Sorry, that you had to wait so long for this next post but I was busy doing stuff for school. That sucks! Anyways here are some more professions I consider noteworthy. Some of them just came to my mind in the last days, others were mentioned in the comments of the last post - thanks for the feedback!

German	English
Arbeitslos	unemployed
Buchhalter	accountant
Künstler	artist
Programmierer	programmer
Hausfrau	housewife
Hausmann	househusband
Mutter	Mother
Löwenbändiger	lion tamer
Hacker	hacker
Pfarrer	minister
Richter	judge
Meeresbiologe	marine biologist
Informations Technologie	information technology

The last one is especially for for Chris ;)
Still, if you have any requests or if you want a topic to be covered with some vocab, just post it in the comments!

Lesson 4: Vocabulary: jobs

Since you already learned how to introduce yourself and  how to tell about your job in lesson 2, here are some professions you might use in tis context:

German	English
Anwalt	attorney
Apotheker	chemist
Arzt	doctor
Astronaut	astronaut
Autor/in	author/ess
Bäcker	baker
Bauarbeiter	construction worker
Bauer	farmer
Bergarbeiter	miner
Bestattungsunternehmer	undertaker
Biologe	biologist
Busfahrer	bus driver
Chirurg	surgeon
Dachdecker	roofer
Elektriker	electrician
Feuerwehrmann	fireman
Fleischer	butcher
Fliesenleger	tiler
Florist/in	florist
Forscher	research scientist
Friseur	hairdresser
Gärtner	gardener
Glaser	glazier
Hausmeister	caretaker
Ingenieur	engineer
Jäger	hunter
Kellner/in	waiter/waitress
Kindergärtnerin	nursery-school teacher
Klempner	plumber
Koch	cook
Kosmetikerin	beautician, cosmetician
Krankenschwester	nurse
Lehrer/in	teacher
Maler	painter
Maurer	bricklayer, brickie
Mechaniker	mechanic
Modell	fashion model
Physiotherapeut/in	physiotherapist
Pilot	pilot
Polizist/in	policeman/policewoman
Sänger/in	vocalist
Schäfer/in	shepherd/ess
Schauspieler/in	actor/actress
Schornsteinfeger	chimney sweep
Sekretärin	secretary
Taxifahrer	cab driver
Techniker	engineer
Tierarzt	vet
Tischler	carpenter
Trainer	trainer
Verkäufer/in	shop assistant
Zahnarzt	dentist
Zoologe	zoologist

If your profession is missing, just write it in the comments!

Yahoo! New domain!

Yahoo! WE have a new domain, from now on you can also reach this blog under

Also, I will take requests. If you know any topic you want some vocabulary about or a particular word/sentence you want me to translate, just write it in the comments!

Tip for the pronounciation

If you have trouble with the pronounciation of particular words, i just found something that could possibly help you.

Go to http://www.dict.cc/, type the word you are looking for in the search bar and press enter. Now, it will show the word and it's English translation in a table, with a speaker-sign next to each one. Click on it and you can hear the word you were looking for read out loud by a member of the dict.cc community.
There is also a Plugin for Google's  Chrome browser, so that you can look up the words quicker.

Lesson 3: How to say 'hello' and 'good bye'.

The proper German word for 'hello' is
'Hallo!'
but 'Hi' or 'Hey' are also used frequently

If you want to greet someone in a more polite way you say:
'Guten Tag.'
which means 'good day', you can also change 'Tag' to 'Morgen'(morning) or 'Abend'(evening).

Guten Tag can also be used to say goodbye, but there are also other ways:

Tschüss! (bye)
Bis bald/dann! (roughly: See you soon/later)
Auf Wiedersehen. (means roughly: let's see each other again)

Another way, which ist especially used in southern Germany and Austria is
'Grüß Gott.'
Which literally means'Salute God' and has the meaning of 'god bye' as well as 'hello'

Lesson 2: How to say 'What is your name?' in German

In Germany there are three common ways to ask for someone's name.

Wie heißt du?
This literally means 'How are you called?', the appropriate response is:

Ich heiße ______ (name).

Also, you can say:
Wie ist dein Name?
This is word by word 'What is your name?'. The answer to this question is:

Mein Name ist ______(name).

Another way to ask for someone's name is:
Wer bist du?
It actually means 'Who are you?' and in the answer to this question you can put some additional info about yourself, eg. your job:

Mein Name  _____ (name), ich bin _____ (job, etc.).

In the most cases, you can use any of these answers to respond to all of these questions, so you can talk more diversified.

Lesson 1: Pronounciation

If you want to learn German you will first of all have to know the German pronounciation which is slightly different to the English. As learning how to speak the words is hard if you do it just by reading, I found this video which, in my opinion explains the German pronounciation quite well. It also includes the umlauts ä-ö-ü, which are quite hard for most foreigners and the most difficult letter constellation "ch".

good luck ;)

Introduction / Einleitung

I'm a 18 years old  german pupil, who is right now working on his A-levels in may. Since one of my main subjects in the upcoming exams will be english I use this blog to improve my english skills by teaching you parts of my native language. In the next lessons you will get to know the german pronounciation as well as some idiomatic phrases, which may help you in everyday converations. If you have any questions or requests for next lessons, feel free to use the comment function beneath the blog's entries. Have fun - Viel Spass ;-)