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Random German Words

Translate these random German words into English.

All the answers are a single word
If multiple answers fit, guess the most common
Quiz by Quizmaster - Jul 05, 2016

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German	English
Nein
Kind
sprechen
danke
über
Zeit
Frau
Zwei

German	English
gut
Morgen
Wurst
Blitz
Geist
Volk
Nacht
Hund

German	English
Flug
Boot
Achtung
leben
verboten
Haus
Weiß
Bahn

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MayaB

(59)

If you write Leben with a capital L it becomes an noun and should be translated as life. In German it's important if the word is written with capital or a small first letter.

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Oct 6, 2014

LizzieGirl

(37)

I agree. Or if you have decided to capitalize everything anyway, at least have "life" be accepted as an answer.

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Oct 8, 2014

Quizmaster

Life will work now

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Oct 9, 2014

ander217

(71)

Oh, I was wondering why some of the words were capitalized and others weren't. Thanks for the learning moment.

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Jan 4, 2017

ajlevy

(36)

In German, all nouns must be capitalised. Since there are some nouns directly derived from a verb (e.g.; Leben, leben) it makes it easier to differentiate the two.

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Apr 19, 2017

tschutzer

(77)

So the literal translation for zeitgeist is time ghost? How very strange.

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Nov 13, 2014

LosAlamos

(38)

geist translates more appropriately with spirit, and not just in a supernatural sense. A good translation of Zeitgeist would be "the spirit of the times."

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Nov 22, 2014

dunkinggandalf

(66)

I agree on all of that. Geist is better translated as "spirit" (including the drink - Himbeergeist is raspberry spirit or raspberry schnaps), while ghost would be better translated as "Gespenst", although in certain circumstances, Geist can be used where English-speakers would use ghost (as in Geisterbahn - ghost train).

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Dec 2, 2014

plattitude

(77)

Or say, poltergeist, which is a noisy ghost.

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Dec 2, 2014

dunkinggandalf

(66)

Yes indeed!

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Dec 3, 2014

BobSaget

(74)

24/24. Alles in Ordnung.

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Dec 2, 2014

amiki

(8)

Blitz can be translated to: flash thunderbolt lightning so maybe those (or at least flash) should be accepted, too

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Dec 2, 2014

ADX31

(47)

24/24, and I never studied German...

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Dec 2, 2014

29er

(58)

Me too. I am a jelly doughnut.

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Dec 2, 2014

blinky

(60)

I saw what you did there.

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Dec 28, 2016

mlena33

(55)

Über has many other meanings, like ABOUT, AT

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Dec 2, 2014

kalbahamut

(70)

I knew Ubermensh meant superman, and then coloquially uber is used all the time to mean super, great, best, better than, ultra, or very/extreme (a.k.a. try this! It's uber good!)... and tried about 10 different words that meant something to that effect but nothing that worked.

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Dec 2, 2014

cyninoregon

(33)

Same here...uber as super...really got me then I remembered directions and uber meaning the room "over" another or something....worked...

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Dec 3, 2014

dunkinggandalf

(66)

"Superman" would be a bad translation for "Übermensch", since Übermensch is closely associated with Nietzsche, whose concept is usually translated into English as "Übermensch", while the DC comic is translated as either "Superman" or "Supermann".

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Dec 3, 2014

Carry

(57)

Superhuman might be more fitting for Übermensch.

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Dec 3, 2014

Arp2600

(72)

Über means over... isn't it obvious that it's the same word?

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Dec 2, 2014

camus

(66)

People in the US use it differently. No one in Germany would use the word "über" to express that something is great. On the other hand, we use the word "Handy" for "cell phone" ...

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Dec 2, 2014

kdc4

(46)

I agree. It's a colloquialism, but only in English. This quiz is about German - it means "over" but also "about," as in "Wir sprechen ueber Deutsch." I don't understand Mlena means when he/she says it can also mean "at." "At' is "an/ans/am" or "bei/beim" for places, and "um" for times.

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Dec 2, 2014

Kalamazoo

(38)

and more recently - taxi / cab

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Jan 4, 2017

wortblume

(9)

Übermensch means more like standing over others. Being better than. A little godcomplex. ;)

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Jan 23, 2017

kdc4

(46)

"Sprechen, Leben" should be infinitives: "to speak, to live" They are also gerunds: "living, speaking."

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Dec 2, 2014

deltadiamond

(44)

"banned" should be accepted for verboten. Almost didn't get it because of that.

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Dec 2, 2014

Quizmaster

Banned will work now.

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Dec 3, 2014

Zippy

(66)

I tried taboo. Could not think of forbidden. :/

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Aug 14, 2015

celebeth

(59)

100%. Apparently I still remember my 4 years of german classes all those years ago.

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Dec 2, 2014

ponnuki

(54)

'Achtung' also means 'respect'.

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Dec 4, 2014

Malbaby

(63)

I put FLY for flug ........but I didn't get it. .......20/24 not bad as I don't speak German.

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Dec 7, 2014

HelenO

(42)

Did French at school. Have never been taught German but got 18. Not too bad.

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Feb 6, 2015

LeBlanc

(2)

so easy. i take German as my 3rd language and guesses it all in 30 seconds

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Jun 23, 2015

Elan

(55)

Please accept "Super" for Uber, as it also means over.

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Mar 25, 2016

Quizmaster

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Jul 5, 2016

sillie

(76)

I found "Achtung!" hard because I don't think English has a single word with the exactly same meaning. I'd say "Watch out!" but it didn't accept two words. Couldn't think of "attention".

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May 20, 2016

travelfan

(68)

I tried "caution", didn't work either.

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Sep 1, 2016

Arp2600

(72)

I tried "beware".

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Nov 12, 2016

camus

(66)

"Watch out", "caution", "beware", "respect" would all be correct for "Achtung".

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Jan 4, 2017

skukka

(60)

I tried "beware" and "watch out" and "look our" and... just couldn't get to "attention"

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Mar 8, 2017

JopiXD

(37)

Shouldn't "know" be accepted for weiß since it can meen that too?

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Nov 2, 2016

McCoy

(59)

weiß = white, weiss = know. Its the way its spelled. No german with a good writing education will write "ich weiß", when we mean "I know".

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Nov 23, 2016

PaterN

(65)

Dear McCoy, you are wrong. It´s always written "weiß", for both meanings.

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Nov 25, 2016

Carry

(57)

With the capital W "Weiß" can't be translated to "know".

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Jan 4, 2017

Tramp

(65)

18/24. Quite happy with that considering I've never studied German before.

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Jan 4, 2017

kalbahamut

(70)

bahn... tried way, path, road, street, track, highway, route, etc etc etc etc etc... all of which appear in the online dictionary when I looked it up.

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Jan 4, 2017

Arp2600

(72)

As far as I know, "Bahn" is basically a synonym of "Weg", i.e. way.

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Jan 4, 2017

kalbahamut

(70)

yes makes sense. Autobahn... highway... way for autos. Infobahn.. information superhighway.. internet. Doesn't have to be a railroad track.

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Jan 4, 2017

divantilya

(40)

My understanding too. Though the German autobahn is much longer/larger/busier than a "weg", isn't it. I think in this case, it]would be more appropriate to translate it as "highway", isn't that what it is?

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Apr 19, 2017

ander217

(71)

I thought of the Autobahn and tried road, highway, freeway, etc. Somehow I eventually got it, but not sure how.

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Jan 4, 2017

bakainu

(53)

Yes, bahn is path. It's used for rail, but also road.

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Jan 6, 2017

ander217

(71)

When I saw Zwei I immediately thought of Zweiback and tried all variations of toast, bread, etc. Had to look it up to see that Zweiback means "twice baked". Now it seems so obvious.

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Jan 4, 2017

Canadian82

(57)

Studied German for 4 1/2 years. Had a brain cramp on Blitz and Flug (kept thinking "air" as in airplane and airport) and not as in flight. Love to see more of these.

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Jan 4, 2017

QParticle

(5)

Just learning German for fun, and I got 16.

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Jan 4, 2017

Sarton

(25)

Bahn means different things not only railway but also lane (of a highway) and road

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Jan 5, 2017