10.5 Das Wetter-Glossary

das Wetter (-) weather 

wie ist das Wetter? what's the weather like?

heiß hot 

trocken dry

der Winter winter

im Winter in winter

neblig foggy; misty

in der Nacht in the night

ab und zu now and then

das Glatteis (black) ice

sich etwas vorstellen We have already met the verb "vorstellen" when it takes a direct object and means "to introduce somebody". When it takes a reflexive pronoun in the dative case however it means "to imagine something".

der Frühling spring

im Frühling in spring

warm warm

stürmisch stormy 

der Herbst autumn

im Herbst in autumn

kühl cool; cold

wolkig cloudy

fast almost

die ganze Zeit the whole time

der Regen rain

schlecht bad 

mild mild

sonnig sunny

windig windy

die Wolke (-n) cloud

der Grad (-e) degree

wie viel Grad sind es? "What is the temperature?" Literally: "How many degrees is it?"

weiß ich nicht don't know

wohl probably

etwa approximately

hoffentlich hopefully 

sich etwas anhören This means "to listen to something". The thing that you are listening to is in the accusative case, wheras the reflexive pronoun referring back to the person doing the listening is in the dative case.

die Wettervorhersage (-n) weather forecast

das Radio radio

im Radio on the radio

anmachen (sep.) This means "to switch on". It is a separable verb.

bis morgen abend until tomorrow evening

der Norden the north

im Norden in the north 

der Regenschauer (-) rain shower

stark This normally means "strong", but when used in weather phrases it can also mean "heavy".

bewölkt cloudy

stark bewölkt with heavy clouds

das Gewitter (-) (thunder-)storm

der Wind (-e) wind

der Nordosten the north-east

aus Nordost This means "from the north-east". Note that the shorter form of the part of the compass without "-en" is used in this construction.

die Mitte (-n) middle; centre

in der Mitte in the middle (i.e. between North and South Germany)

bedeckt overcast

wiederholt repeatedly

der Tropfen (-) drop

schwach weak

der Osten the east

der Südosten the south-east

aus Ost bis Südost from the east to the south-east

Süddeutschland This means "South Germany". The shorter form of the part of the compass is used in the compound noun.

heiter fine; clear

trocken dry

der Niederschlag (pl. -schläge) This means "precipitation". It is used very commonly in weather forecasts but not in conversational German.

die Temperatur (-en) temperature

die Höchsttemperatur (-en) This means "highest temperature". It is often used in the plural in weather forecasts.

das Sendegebiet (-e) broadcast area (i.e. the area to which the radio station is broadcasting)

die Tiefsttemperatur (-en) This means "lowest temperature". It is often used in the plural in weather forecasts.

in der Nacht zum Montag This literally means "in the night to Monday", but equates to "Sunday night and early Monday morning".

der Gefrierpunkt This means "freezing point". You might also hear "null Grad" used to translate this.

um den Gefrierpunkt around the freezing point

Norddeutschland North Germany

leicht light

der Frost frost

minus drei Grad minus three degrees

vereinzelt isolated; occasional

der Gewitterschauer (-) thundery shower