10.22 Vocabulary 16: Leisure - Verbs

Here is a list of words and phrases connected with general hobbies and leisure activities. Note again that there are two ways of saying what your favourite hobby is. You can either:

 

use "am liebsten" followed by the verb OR

say "mein Lieblingshobby ist" followed by a verbal noun or the noun describing the activity

the translation of "my favourite leisure activity" shows you just how long German compound nouns came be - "meine Lieblingsfreizeitsbeschäftigung"!

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Sein Lieblingshobby ist Angeln 

Am liebsten angelt er 

His favourite hobby is fishing.

Mein Lieblingssport ist Eishockey 

Am liebsten spiele ich Eishockey 

My favourite sport is ice hockey.

Lieblings- 

favourite

was machen Sie gern in Ihrer Freizeit? 

what do you like doing in your spare time?

Haben Sie Hobbys? 

Do you have any hobbies?

Am Abend liest Kai gern 

Kai likes reading in the evening

Ich spiele gern Fußball, Karten usw. 

I like playing football, cards etc.

sich interessieren für (+ Accusative) 

to be interested in (see Chapter 10.8)

wir interessieren uns für Musik 

we're interested in music

er interessiert sich für Lesen 

he's interested in reading

wofür interessierst du dich? 

wofür interessieren Sie sich? 

what are you interested in?