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German Vocabulary Mega-Challenge

Translate these random English words into German, based on length of word and starting letters.
Enter the COMPLETE WORD. Correct spelling is required.
The words change each time you play. With enough plays, you'll master 500 words!
Quiz by kiwirage
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Last updated: June 1, 2022
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First submittedOctober 22, 2021
Times taken57,379
Average score70.0%
Rating4.96
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Picture (n.)
4
Bild
To run (v.)
6
Laufen
Third (adj.)
6
Dritte
Valley (n.)
3
Tal
To understand (v.)
9
Verstehen
Cream (n.)
5
Sahne
Cup (n.)
5
Tasse
Proud (adj.)
5
Stolz
Funny (adj.)
6
Lustig
To want (v.)
6
Wollen
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To cry (v.)
6
Weinen
Solution (n.)
6
Lösung
To keep (n.)
6
Halten
To translate (v.)
10
Übersetzen
Later (adv.)
6
Später
Empty (adj.)
4
Leer
Still; yet (adv.)
4
Noch
Violin (n.)
5
Geige
Cheers! (interj.)
5
Prost!
Today (adv.)
5
Heute
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53 Comments
kiwirage
+14
Level 63
Oct 26, 2021
If you enjoyed this quiz, try it again! The words change each time you play.
zwerth66
+4
Level 69
Nov 2, 2021
Kochen didn't work when I typed it in. Otherwise great quiz!!
JanBu
+14
Level 67
Nov 2, 2021
small correction: "Recht" means "right" or "law", but not the direction. The direction is "rechtS"
kiwirage
+3
Level 63
Nov 2, 2021
Fixed, thanks.
DarkDevil219
+2
Level 68
Nov 2, 2021
ez
MaxSomething
+4
Level 73
Nov 15, 2021
Great quiz, I'm a German born and raised in Greece, and just as I thought I was a fluent speaker, this quiz brings me new words. Great job, and a nomination from me! :)
kiwirage
+5
Level 63
Nov 21, 2021
Glad you enjoyed it!
SUPERMANTHEGOAT
+2
Level 52
Feb 10, 2022
How many words are there total?
kiwirage
+5
Level 63
Feb 10, 2022
500, as indicated at the top.
Tobbs
+4
Level 70
Apr 19, 2022
I would translate occupation more as Besetzung than Beruf. Beruf for me is profession or career much rather.
nicolasquiz
+12
Level 68
Jun 1, 2022
Both are correct.
drinkBeerBeFree
+1
Level 47
Sep 28, 2024
While occupation (as in "occupy wall street") indeed means Besetzung, that's not the most common use in English. Literally everywhere where you have to list what you do for a living, it will say "occupation: ". E.g. at the doctor's. Nobody says "job" or "career".
Stiner
+5
Level 92
Jun 1, 2022
A suggestion - since German has the letters with the umlaut, and those letters are often transliterated as ae oe ue, perhaps also accept the spelling with the added e? (Ex. "Schluessel" as well as "Schlussel", "Moeglich" as well as "Moglich")
kiwirage
+2
Level 63
Jun 1, 2022
Good suggestion, thank you. I've added these type-ins.
MayaB
+3
Level 73
Jun 3, 2022
The quiz is a great brain workout! The words themselves are quite easy for me (I live and work in Germany for almost 11 years now), but my brain still struggles for a moment with the back and fort between the languages, when the English word also has a German meaning (war as past tense of sein, still as silent etc).
sumguy
+4
Level 86
Jun 3, 2022
I got 1 because I play chess. The average is 14? How does everyone else know so much German?
Twenty4Tim
+1
Level 31
Dec 13, 2024
Maybe because there are some native speakers among them who try doing rather easy quizzes like this because they want to experience at least something like a successful achievement once in their life.
Jerry928
+3
Level 76
Jun 6, 2022
Sehr gut :)
Algarve
+2
Level 71
Jun 15, 2022
14/20 on my first try. Not bad for a A1 level :)
TanteTami
+1
Level 65
Jul 7, 2022
to keep is not "halten" but "behalten".

Otherwise, great quiz!

schnuederlue
+3
Level 68
Jul 7, 2022
both are possible translations. "keep it simple" means "es einfach halten". "keep calm" means "bleibe ruhig". and lots of other possibilities...
Nathaniel
+1
Level 75
Jul 7, 2022
That is untrue, halten is to hold, behalten is the only word meaning to keep.
CurtisNewton
+1
Level 55
Sep 28, 2024
as schnuederlue pointed out, "to keep" can be translated as "behalten". As with many words, their meaning does virtually never exclusively match the meaning of a word in another language.
camus
+2
Level 79
Jul 8, 2022
"to keep a pet" = "ein Haustier halten"
Nachtschicht
+1
Level 59
Jul 7, 2022
I like the idea of this quiz. Of course for a native german speaker this one is not a challenge at all, but are there other quizzes like this? The other way around? Or with other languages?
kiwirage
+1
Level 63
Jul 7, 2022
In this series there are - in addition to this German one - two French quizzes and an Italian one.
semyhgg
+3
Level 47
Jul 7, 2022
Not that hard as a german xd
Mari0oo
+1
Level 46
Jul 7, 2022
I'm fully german and didn't even get cream
MarcellDAvis
+2
Level 78
Jul 7, 2022
As a German I have witnessed endless discussions whether bacon should be translated as Speck, Schinkenspeck, Frühstücksspeck or Bauchspeck, or whether we should just use the word bacon because it cannot be translated. But I guess Speck is close enough.
camus
+2
Level 79
Jul 8, 2022
We just call it bacon in my family.
CurtisNewton
+1
Level 55
Sep 28, 2024
"Bacon" is a new-fangled fancypants way of saying "Speck" or, to be more precise "Frühstücksspeck" in German (as in, thinly cut, with loads of fat). I fail to understand why we must hop on any English bandwagon. The English word "bacon" translates as "Speck", the German word "Bacon" translates as "thinly cut bacon for breakfast". :P
drinkBeerBeFree
+1
Level 47
Sep 28, 2024
Bacon is very different from Speck. And Frühstücksspeck is probably a fairly new word (as in, having first appeared within this millenium), trying to eindeutsch bacon. [google it, there's very little result, and Korpora don't even list any occurrences before 2022]

There is no German word for bacon.

TheQuizzler
+1
Level 64
Jul 7, 2022
Great quiz! Only suggestion: maybe add the articles for the nouns. Definite articles are very important in German and one of the more difficult aspects of learning the language.
freshyku483
+4
Level 17
Jul 7, 2022
POV: You're german
JetpunkJovey
+1
Level 56
Jul 9, 2022
14/20
BlackAngel23
+1
Level 50
Jul 20, 2022
At emperor I thought Kanzler, although I´m German hahah
ChallengeMaster
+2
Level 27
Aug 16, 2022
I'm learning German!! (On Duolingo) I got 7/20
ChallengeMaster
+1
Level 27
Sep 7, 2022
Highest is now 9
ChallengeMaster
+1
Level 27
Sep 8, 2022
10/20!!
ChallengeMaster
+1
Level 27
Sep 13, 2022
13/20
Chazcov
+1
Level 47
Sep 28, 2022
Ich auch!
elcampeador
+1
Level 79
Jan 16, 2023
Tough for someone who has absolutely no knowledge on the German language.
EcceHomo
+1
Level 83
Apr 20, 2023
Here's your opportunity to learn 500 words then elcampeador :)
EcceHomo
+1
Level 83
Apr 20, 2023
Great quiz.
SirPhilippines
+1
Level 69
Apr 30, 2023
I got one, hospital. Because I remembered that one video which taught me ambulance was Krankenwagen. I just replaced it with Haus, and I got it correct.
Aoto327
+1
Level 78
Jul 14, 2023
I am a native speaker of German. Very easy quiz.
superfasticarus
+1
Level 35
Jul 18, 2023
for someone who doesn't know a lick of german, i would say i did quite well :)
72B
+2
Level 37
Oct 23, 2023
Great quiz. Certainly got the brain working after 20 long years of not speaking German.
1Quiz1
+1
Level 23
Dec 17, 2023
as a german guy i see this as an absolut win
Marolololol
+1
Level 47
Feb 27, 2024
everything correct on the first try :)

(i'm german)

Chowchow
+1
Level 56
May 23, 2024
small correction:

half (n.) means "Hälfte" in German

"halb" would be half(adj.)

paul1871
+1
Level 12
Nov 19, 2024
Actually, wonderful ist "wundervoll" in german
Crisstinaaaa
+1
Level 35
Feb 17, 2025
Wouldn't "to try" be "versuchen" ?
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