10.1 Der Alltag: Glossary

das Leben (-) life 

der Alltag everyday life

wie ist Ihr Alltag? what's your everyday life like? 

aufstehen (sep.) This separable verb means "to get up". (Literally: "to stand up")

Sie haben es gut! "You're lucky!" (Literally "You have it good".) The "es" is invariable.

frühstücken This means "to have breakfast". It is an inseparable verb.

gegen sieben "At about seven o'clock". The word "Uhr" is often omitted in the German construction.

aus dem Haus gehen to leave the house

die Grundschule (-n) primary school

auf einer Grundschule This means "in a primary school". Although the preposition "auf" usually means "on", it can also be used with certain nouns to mean "to" (with the accusative case) or "in" (with the dative case).

der Vorort (-e) suburb 

die Schule (-n) school 

ich fahre zur Schule "I travel to school". Mareike doesn't say in die Schule, because the bus isn't actually entering the school.

etwa 10 minuten about 10 minutes; approximately 10 minutes.

ziemlich fairly

ich hab's ziemlich gut I'm pretty lucky

denn for; because

die Stunde (-n) This also means "a school class" as well as "an hour".

frei haben to have off

das heißt this means... 

erst um Viertel vor neun not until a quarter to nine

jeden Tag This means "every day". It is one of many German time phrases which is in the accusative case no matter wher it comes in the sentence.

fertig It means "finished" in this context. It can also mean "ready" of a meal.

verlassen (insep.) to leave

die Stadt ist mir zu groß I find the city too big 

Schularbeiten machen to do school work

dabei A very useful word which means "while I'm/you're (etc.) doing it".

das mache ich nicht so gerne I don't really like doing that

abholen (sep.) This separable verb means "to fetch". What you are fetching is in the accusative case.

der Freund (-e) This means "boyfriend" here - you have to work it out from the context.

das Abendbrot evening meal; tea 

normalerweise normally

das Wohnzimmer (-) living room

fernsehen (sep.) This is a separable verb meaning "to watch television". The prefix "fern" is invariable but the "sehen" element of the verb declines in exactly the way which we have already encountered.

zweimal twice

zweimal in der Woche twice a week

die Aerobicstunde (-n) aerobics class

Aerobic machen to do aerobics

der Spaß fun

es macht Spaß it's fun

fit fit (!) 

Sport treiben to do sport

jeden Mittwoch every Wednesday 

das Sportzentrum (pl. -zentren) sports centre

spielen to play

der Federball badminton

der Handball Handball is a much more popular sport in German-speaking countries than it is in Britain.

unternehmen (insep.) to undertake; to do

zum Beispiel (z.B.) for example

jeden Freitagabend "Every Friday evening". Another time phrase which is always in the accusative case. Note too that "Friday evening" is one word in German.

kegeln to go bowling; to play skittles

wir treffen uns zum Kegeln "We meet to go bowling." The grammatical construction with the second verb will be explained in a later section.

trinken to drink

wir gehen ein Bier trinken we go and have a beer

die Kneipe (-n) bar; pub

es ist viel los there's a lot going on

meistens mostly

vor zwei Uhr before two o'clock

nie never

zu Hause at home

das Bett (-en) bed

ins Bett gehen to go to bed