These are the 100 most useful German words from our 1000-word beginner course - the vocabulary you will hear and use most often. Learn them first and you will understand a surprising amount of everyday German.
| # | Word | German |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | the apple | der Apfel |
| 2 | the book | das Buch |
| 3 | the cat | die Katze |
| 4 | the dog | der Hund |
| 5 | the car | das Auto |
| 6 | the house | das Haus |
| 7 | the chair | der Stuhl |
| 8 | the table | der Tisch |
| 9 | the window | das Fenster |
| 10 | the door | die Tür |
| 11 | the pencil | der Bleistift |
| 12 | the paper | das Papier |
| 13 | the school | die Schule |
| 14 | the teacher | der Lehrer |
| 15 | the student | der Schüler |
| 16 | the boy | der Junge |
| 17 | the girl | das Mädchen |
| 18 | the adult | der Erwachsene |
| 19 | the friend | der Freund |
| 20 | the tree | der Baum |
| 21 | the flower | die Blume |
| 22 | the river | der Fluss |
| 23 | the mountain | der Berg |
| 24 | the beach | der Strand |
| 25 | the sun | die Sonne |
| 26 | the moon | der Mond |
| 27 | the star | der Stern |
| 28 | the cloud | die Wolke |
| 29 | the rain | der Regen |
| 30 | the snow | der Schnee |
| 31 | the wind | der Wind |
| 32 | the fire | das Feuer |
| 33 | the water | das Wasser |
| 34 | the food | das Essen |
| 35 | the drink | das Getränk |
| 36 | the cup | die Tasse |
| 37 | the bottle | die Flasche |
| 38 | the plate | der Teller |
| 39 | the spoon | der Löffel |
| 40 | the fork | die Gabel |
| 41 | the knife | das Messer |
| 42 | the breakfast | das Frühstück |
| 43 | the lunch | das Mittagessen |
| 44 | the dinner | das Abendessen |
| 45 | the fruit | das Obst |
| 46 | the vegetable | das Gemüse |
| 47 | the bread | das Brot |
| 48 | the butter | die Butter |
| 49 | the cheese | der Käse |
| 50 | the milk | die Milch |
| 51 | the coffee | der Kaffee |
| 52 | the tea | der Tee |
| 53 | the juice | der Saft |
| 54 | the soda | die Limonade |
| 55 | the chocolate | die Schokolade |
| 56 | the candy | die Süßigkeit |
| 57 | the cookie | der Keks |
| 58 | the cake | der Kuchen |
| 59 | the rice | der Reis |
| 60 | the pasta | die Pasta |
| 61 | the fish | der Fisch |
| 62 | the chicken | das Huhn |
| 63 | the beef | das Rindfleisch |
| 64 | the egg | das Ei |
| 65 | the soup | die Suppe |
| 66 | the salad | der Salat |
| 67 | the sandwich | das Sandwich |
| 68 | the pizza | die Pizza |
| 69 | the ice cream | das Eis |
| 70 | the cereal | das Müsli |
| 71 | the honey | der Honig |
| 72 | the sugar | der Zucker |
| 73 | the salt | das Salz |
| 74 | the pepper | der Pfeffer |
| 75 | the tomato | die Tomate |
| 76 | the potato | die Kartoffel |
| 77 | the onion | die Zwiebel |
| 78 | the carrot | die Karotte |
| 79 | the lettuce | der Salat |
| 80 | the cucumber | die Gurke |
| 81 | the banana | die Banane |
| 82 | the orange | die Orange |
| 83 | the grapefruit | die Grapefruit |
| 84 | the strawberry | die Erdbeere |
| 85 | the grape | die Traube |
| 86 | the lemon | die Zitrone |
| 87 | the lime | die Limette |
| 88 | the cherry | die Kirsche |
| 89 | the watermelon | die Wassermelone |
| 90 | the pineapple | die Ananas |
| 91 | the mango | die Mango |
| 92 | the kiwi | die Kiwi |
| 93 | the peach | der Pfirsich |
| 94 | the pear | die Birne |
| 95 | the plum | die Pflaume |
| 96 | the berry | die Beere |
| 97 | the melon | die Melone |
| 98 | the phone | das Telefon |
| 99 | the computer | der Computer |
| 100 | the television | der Fernseher |
The 100 most frequent words cover about half of everyday spoken language. With the full 1000-word core vocabulary you understand around 85% of typical conversations in German - enough to follow along and make yourself understood.
They are the most frequently used words of the language, selected by word frequency. Every one of them will appear again and again in real sentences, so each learned word immediately pays off.
Listen and repeat: every word in the 1000 Words course comes with native-speaker audio and an example sentence. Combined with spaced repetition in the free vocabulary trainer, most learners master the first 100 words within one to two weeks.