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German Course Glossary: Sd-Sm

This is the glossary of all vocabulary used in this online German course. Plurals are indicated in brackets, as is additional information about the lexical items such as whether a verb is separable (sep.) or inseparable (insep.). The cases taken by prepositions and verbs are also indicated in brackets - accusative (Acc.), dative (Dat.) or genitive (Gen.). Please use the navigation panels in the left-hand column of this glossary to move forwards and backwards through the alphabet.

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Learn this German word   sechs     six
  - sechzehn     - sixteen
  - sechsundzwanzig     - twenty-six
  - sechzig     - sixty
  - sechshundert     - six hundert
Learn this German word   der/die sechste     the sixth
Learn this German word   segeln     to sail
Learn this German word   sehen     to see; to watch
Learn this German word   sehenswert     worth seeing
Learn this German word   die Sehenswürdigkeit (-en)     attraction; sight
Learn this German word   sehr     very
Learn this German word   die Seifenoper (-n)     soap opera
Learn this German word   sein (= possessive)     his
Learn this German word   sein (= verb)     to be
Learn this German word   seit (+ Dat.)     since
  - seit fünf Wochen     - for five weeks
  - seit wann?     - since when?
Learn this German word   die Seite (-n)     side; page
  - auf der rechten Seite     - on the right-hand side
  - die Gelben Seiten     - Yellow Pages
Learn this German word   der Seitenflügel (-)     side wing of building
Learn this German word   der Sekretär (-e)     secretary (male)
Learn this German word   die Sekretärin (-innen)     secretary (female)
Learn this German word   die Sekunde (-n)     second
Learn this German word   selbst     oneself
Learn this German word   selbstverständlich     of course
Learn this German word   selten     seldom; rarely
Learn this German word   das Semester (-)     semester; term
  - das Wintersemester     - winter semester
  - die Semesterferien     - university vacation
Learn this German word   der Seminarraum (pl. -räume)     seminar room
Learn this German word   das Sendegebiet (-e)     broadcasting area
Learn this German word   die Senioren (pl.)     senior citizens
Learn this German word   sensibel     sensitive
Learn this German word   separat     separate
Learn this German word   (der) September     September
  - im September     - in September
Learn this German word   servieren     to serve
Learn this German word   servus!     hello!; goodbye!
Learn this German word   der Sessel (-)     armchair
Learn this German word   sich setzen     to sit down
  - setz dich!     - sit down!
Learn this German word   die Shorts (pl.)     shorts
Learn this German word   die Sicherheit     certainty
  - mit Sicherheit     - certainly
Learn this German word   sie     she; they
Learn this German word   Sie     you (polite form)
Learn this German word   sieben     seven
  - der/die siebte     - the seventh
  - siebenundzwanzig     - twenty-seven
  - siebzig     - seventy
Learn this German word   siebzehn     seventeen
  - der/die siebzehnte     - the seventeenth
Learn this German word   der Signalton (pl. -töne)     tone; beep
Learn this German word   silbern     silver (adj.)
Learn this German word   singen     to sing
Learn this German word   die Situation (-en)     situation
  - die Wohnungssituation     - accommodation situation
Learn this German word   der Sitzungssaal (-e)     conference room
Learn this German word   skateboarden     to skateboard
Learn this German word   der Ski alpin     downhill skiing
Learn this German word   Ski fahren;
Ski laufen
    to go skiing
  - ich fahre Ski     - I go skiing
Learn this German word   das Skispringen     ski-jumping
Learn this German word   der Sklave (-n)     slave (male)
Learn this German word   die Sklavin (-innen)     slave (female)
Learn this German word   der Slip (-s)     (pair of) briefs
Learn this German word   der Slowake (-n)     Slovak (male)
Learn this German word   die Slowakei     Slovakia
Learn this German word   die Slowakin (-innen)     Slovak (female)
Learn this German word   slowakisch     Slovakian; Slovak (adj.)
Learn this German word   der Slowene (-n)     Slovene (male)
Learn this German word   Slowenien     Slovenia
Learn this German word   die Slowenin (-innen)     Slovene (female)
Learn this German word   slowenisch     Slovenian; Slovene (adj.)
Learn this German word   der Smoking (-s)     dinner-jacket



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