German for English Speakers

GERMAN IT VOCABULARY   A  address book (email)   s Adressbuch answer, reply (n.)  e Antwort ,  e-mail abbrev.   AW:  (RE:) "at" sign [@]   r Klammeraffe ,  s At-Zeichen Although the German for "@" (at) as part of an address should be "bei" ( pron.  BYE), as in: "XYX bei DEUTSCH.DE" (xyz@deutsch.de), most German-speakers pronounce "@" as "et" — mimicking English "at." attachment (email) (n.)   r Anhang ,  s Attachment   B back, previous (step, page)   zurück bookmark  n.    s Bookmark ,  s Lesezeichen browser   r Browser  (-),  r Web-Browser  (-) bug ( in software, etc. )   r Bug  (- s ),  e Wanze  (- n )    C cancel (an operation)  v.   ( eine Aktion )  abbrechen caps lock   e Feststelltaste check one's email   die E-Mail abrufen compose (an email message)  (...

 

Some German Prepositions bis until durch through für for gegen against wieder against (contrary to) ohne without entlang along um around

Nouns are words that describe beings, places and things e. g. die Frau – the woman, der Bahnhof – the train station, das Wetter – the weather. German nouns can be used with masculine (der), feminine (die) or neuter (das) articles and they are always written with a capital letter. German noun endings change to match the case they are in. You will learn to use German nouns and articles in their singular and plural forms as well as in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases. At the end of each page, there are exercises so you can practice using nouns and articles in German. Gender: der, die, das The grammatical gender shows if a noun is masculine, feminine, or neuter. In German, it’s often impossible to tell this just from looking at the noun, but there are some clues that can help you determine the gender. Example: der Schmetterling die Umgebung das Märchen Articles In German, we generally use nouns together with their articles. The article tells us the gender, number, and ...