Pocket German
German word collection
German words by topic and by level. Open a topic for ten words explained like a story.
Everyday life
- Morning routine
- Evening & bedtime
- Housework
- Home & furniture
- Weather
- Shopping
- Clothes shop
- Supermarket
- At the bakery
- At the café
- At a restaurant
- Public transport
- At the doctor's
- Pharmacy
- Dentist & eye doctor
- At the bank
- Post & parcels
- Phone & internet contract
- Hair salon
- Laundry & alterations
- Driving & parking
- Home repairs
- Time & appointments
- Days, months & dates
- Living alone
Life in Germany
- Registration & offices
- Visas & residence
- Flat hunting
- Rent & tenancy
- Neighbours & house rules
- Trash & recycling
- Insurance
- Health insurance & GP
- Taxes & payslips
- At the train station
- Language & integration courses
- Sundays & holidays
School & study
Work
- Office life
- Meetings & reports
- Work email & calls
- Job hunting & interviews
- Jobs & professions
- Quitting & new jobs
- Part-time jobs
- German work culture
- Contracts & pay
People & feelings
- Family
- Greetings & introductions
- Thanks, sorry & favours
- Emotions
- Personality
- Appearance
- Dating & love
- Friendship
- Arguments & making up
- Comfort & breakups
- Reactions
Life events
German food
- Classic dishes
- Bread & pretzels
- Sausages & meat
- Cakes & desserts
- Breakfast
- Beer & wine
- Fruit & vegetables
- Cooking & the kitchen
- Describing taste
- Allergies & diets
- Street food & snacks
- Drinks
Travel
Leisure & outdoors
- Hobbies
- Exercise & gym
- Football
- Hiking & walks
- Camping
- Beach & lakes
- Cycling
- Parks & picnics
- Theme parks & zoos
- Winter sports
- Photography
- Board & card games
German culture
- Christmas
- Christmas markets
- Easter
- Carnival
- Oktoberfest
- New Year's Eve
- Castles & historic sites
- German history
- Division & reunification
- Grimm's fairy tales
- Classical music
- Musical instruments
- Cities & regions
- German etiquette
- Religion & churches
- Literature & books
Movies, TV & music
Performances & arts
Online & digital
- Computers
- Social media & video
- Online shopping
- Messaging & group chats
- Video games
- Accounts & security
- Payments & banking apps
Society & news
- Reading the news
- Elections & politics
- Prices & the economy
- Housing & real estate
- Law & crime
- Birth rate & ageing
- AI & technology
- Migration & integration
- Environment
- Climate change
- Pandemic & hygiene
- The EU
Nature & body
- Parts of the body
- Illness & symptoms
- Animals
- Pets
- Plants & flowers
- Forests & trees
- The four seasons
- Colours & shapes
- Sky & space
- Landscapes
Emergencies & safety
Verb focus
- Separable verbs 1
- Separable verbs 2
- Reflexive verbs
- Verbs with prepositions
- Verbs with sein in the perfect
- Dative verbs
- Core verbs
- Movement verbs
Little words that matter
- Prepositions of place
- Prepositions of time
- Conjunctions
- Modal particles
- How often
- Time adverbs
- Question words
- Quantity & degree
- Numbers & units
- Giving opinions
Idioms & proverbs
- Body idioms
- Animal idioms
- Food idioms
- Feelings in idioms
- Work & study idioms
- Proverbs 1
- Proverbs 2
- Everyday phrases
- Colloquial words