The new arrivals to the 4 Wing area, and some of the old ones for that matter, have many a
headache with the strange German words. Actually a great many of these words are English.
The following is a short list that may in some way help those who need such assistance

 

Schwarzwald - black forest Sonntag - Sunday Montag- Monday Dienstag - Tuesday Mittwoch - Wednesday Donnerstag - Thursday Freitag - Friday Sonnabend - Saturday Eins (ince) - one Zwei (tsvi) - two Drei (dry) - three Vier (fear) - four Funf (funf) - five Sechs (zex) - six Sieben (zeeben) - seven Acht (aCHt) - Eight Neun (noyn) - nine Zehn (tsain) - ten Elf (elf) - eleven Zwolf (tsvurlf) - twelve Abfahrt - departure Achtung - attention Allee - avenue Anfang - beginning Apotheke - drugstore Auf Wiedersehen - goodbye

Aufschreiben - to write down Ausgang - exit Bahnhof - railway station Besser - better Bier - beer Bitte - please Blumen - flower Bratkartoffeln - fried potatoes Braun - brown Brote - bread Broetchen - rolls Butter - butter Danke - thanks Dorf - village Damen - ladies toilet Ei - egg Eingang - entrance Essen - to eat Fisch - fish Flaschen - bottle Flugplatz - airfield Frau - wife Fruhstuck - breakfast Gasthaus - restaurant Geld - money Glas - glass

Gross - large Gut - good Halb - half Haus - house Herr - mister Herren - gentlemen Ja - yes Ich - I Kaffee - coffee Karte - card Kinder - children Kirche - church Klein - small Kommen - to come Kosten - to cost Krankenhaus - hospital Kuchen - cake Licht - light Links - left Mann - man Milch - milk Mit - with Mittag - noon Morgen - morning Mutter - mother Nach - after Nacht - night Namen - name Nein - no Nicht - not Pass - passport Polizei - Police Preis - Price city Rechnung - bill Rechts - right Rheinwein - Rhine wine Rot - red Rotwein - red wine Salate - salad Schlaf - sleep Schlafen - to sleep

Schloss - castle Schnell - fast Schoen - beautiful Schreiben - to write Sitz - seat Sitzen - to sit Spiegelei - fried egg Sprechen - to speak Stadt - city Strasse - street Stuecke - piece Stuhl - chair Sueden - south Suppe - soup Tag - day Tasse - cup Trinken - to drink Verboten - forbidden Vergessen - to forgot Wagen - car Was - what Waschen - to wash Wasser - water Wein - wine Weiss - white Zimmer - room Zug - train

 

 

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