Random Common German Nouns Quiz #2

Type the English translation of these common German nouns. 50 nouns are listed every time you play, out of a total of 100. The nouns and their order change every time!

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German	English
das Meer	sea, ocean
der Abend	evening
das Feld	field, country(side)
der Bahnhof	railway station
das Recht	law, right
der Schmerz	pain
die Haut	skin
das Land	country
die Dame	lady
die Tasche	bag, pocket
die Szene	scene
die Mama	mum
das Zentrum	centre
die Gruppe	group
der Sommer	summer
das Spiel	game, play
die Bar	bar
das Bild	picture
die Rechnung	calculation, bill
der Himmel	sky, heaven
der Traum	dream
der Vater	father
der Staat	state, country
der Nachmittag	afternoon
das Pferd	horse

German	English
die Anzahl	number
der Bildschirm	screen
das Elternteil	parent
der Fels	rock
der Lastkraftwagen (Lkw)	lorry
die Hölle	hell
die Party	party
die Waffe	weapon
das Gefühl	feeling, sensation
der Grund	reason, ground
der Schatten	shadow, shade
die Wahrheit	truth
die Kleidung	clothes
die Person	person
die Nase	nose
die Chance	chance
die Klasse	class
das Ohr	ear
die Polizei	police
der Berg	mountain, hill
das Ehepaar	married couple
die Musik	music
das Alter	age
die Schwierigkeit	difficulty, trouble
die Halle	hall

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4 Comments

Level 80

Nov 26, 2019

The source from which I got these nouns is far from perfect. It sometimes gives the wrong gender for the German noun, and it is almost perfectly clear that the author must have got the German word and translated it into English via Google Translate. While this might not seem too bad, it is also almost certain that he then added an 's' or 'es' to end of the English words, then translated those to German via Google Translate, so that the German 'plural form' of each noun often greatly differs from the singular form.

Level 80

Nov 26, 2019

For instance, the word for 'tear' in German was given as 'die Reiß' - the translation is incorrect, as 'reiß' is the root form of 'reißen', which is the verb that means 'tear', as in 'pull something apart by force'. The correct German noun for that sense of 'tear' should be 'der Riss' - the noun is masculine (and thus uses 'der'), not feminine. The author then found the 'plural' for the word by adding an 's' to the English word 'tear' and translating it via Google Translate, which gave 'Tränen', meaning 'tears' as in 'teardrops'.

Level 80

Nov 26, 2019

That is just one example of the wealth of errors present in the list. Still, I believe it is a good source for commonly-used German nouns (I'm not sure where the author got these nouns from though, or if he actually found a list of common English words, then translated them into singular and plural forms in German separately (via Google Translate). A particularly bizarre instance is noun #215 - 'die Lebenden', translated as '(the) living' in English. I don't know what the author was thinking - he must added an 's' after 'living' (thus producing 'livings'), then translated it to give the German plural 'die Livings', which makes no sense and does not exist in the German language.

Level 80

Nov 26, 2019

That's why I always check whether the given gender of each noun is correct and the definitions of each noun if I am not sure, and also to find multiple definitions. Note that many of these German words have multiple definitions and therefore and be translated to multiple words in English. I decide to accept only the most popular translation with the addition of perhaps (usually) one or two more if that German noun is commonly used to refer to those words in English. I may also accept some common synonyms. However, if I find that some English translations are more often referred to in German by some other term, then those translations are not accepted. For instance, I accept 'ground' and 'reason' for 'der Grund', but not 'bottom', as the latter word is more commonly referred to by 'der Boden'.