| man | Mann | “man” (short a) | |
| woman | Frau | “frow” (like “cow”) | |
| child | Kind | “kint” (short i) | |
| friend (male) | Freund | “froynt” | |
| friend (female) | Freundin | “FROYn-din” | |
| family | Familie | “fa-MEE-lee-eh” | |
| house | Haus | “hows” (like “house”) | |
| apartment | Wohnung | “VOH-noong” | |
| hotel | Hotel | “ho-TEL” | |
| restaurant | Restaurant | “rest-au-RANG” ( nasal ng ) | |
| water | Wasser | “VAS-ser” (v like English v) | |
| bread | Brot | “broht” (long o) | |
| cheese | Käse | “KEH-zeh” (ä like “e” in “bed”) | |
| coffee | Kaffee | “KA-feh” | |
| tea | Tee | “tay” (long e) | |
| beer | Bier | “beer” (long ee) | |
| wine | Wein | “vine” (v like English v) | |
| breakfast | Frühstück | “FRUE-shtük” (ü like French “u”) | |
| lunch | Mittagessen | “MIT-tak-essen” | |
| dinner | Abendessen | “AH-bent-essen” | |
| city | Stadt | “shtat” (st → “sht”) | |
| beach | Strand | “shtrant” | |
| shop | Laden | “LAH-den” | |
| market | Markt | “markt” (rolled or tapped r) | |
| bus | Bus | “boos” (short u, but like “bus”) | |
| taxi | Taxi | “TAK-si” | |
| train | Zug | “tsook” (z = ts) | |
| car | Auto | “OW-toh” | |
| bicycle | Fahrrad | “FAHR-rat” (rolled r) | |
| map | Karte | “KAR-teh” | |
| day | Tag | “tahk” (long a) | |
| night | Nacht | “nahkt” (ch as in “Bach”) | |
| sun | Sonne | “ZON-neh” (s like z) | |
| moon | Mond | “mohnd” (long o) | |
| sea | Meer | “mare” (like English “mare”) | |
| mountain | Berg | “berk” (g often like k) | |
| road | Straße | “SHTRAH-seh” (ß like “ss”) | |
| square (town square) | Platz | “plats” | |
| shopping centre | Einkaufszentrum | “EIN-kowfs-tsent-room” | |
| money | Geld | “gelt” (hard g) | |