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level: Level 4

Questions and Answers List

level questions: Level 4

Question	Answer
the symbol	das Symbol, das Sinnbild
the slang	die Umgangssprache
empty	leer
lonely, solitary	einsam
central	zentral
the family	die Familie
the departure (at an airport or train station)	die Abfahrt
the travel season	die Reisesaison
the magnificent sunshine, the sunny weather	das Kaiserwetter
to tidy up, to clean up	aufräumen
to push, to squeeze, to press	drücken
the flour	das Mehl
the chest (furniture, not body part)	die Truhe
the pillow	das Kissen
the hell	die Hölle
the cave	die Höhle
tropical	tropisch
the bacon, the lard, the blubber	der Speck
the ham	der Schinken
to gain weight	zunehmen
the adventure	das Abenteuer
to turn (while driving)	abbiegen
the nickname	der Spitzname
rich	reich
the heavy traffic, the traffic jam	der Stau
the vacation	die Ferien (pl), der Urlaub
to repeat, to reiterate	wiederholen
the cemetery, the graveyard	der Friedhof
the bicycle, the bike	das Fahrrad
the wedding	die Hochzeit, die Trauung
the divorce	die Scheidung
the cross	das Kreuz
the pine tree	die Kiefer
the oak tree	die Eiche
the driver's license	der Führerschein
the game, the match, the play (in the theater)	das Spiel
the stop sign	das Stoppschild
the anarchy	die Anarchie
the landscape	die Landschaft
the economy (This is not a cognate!)	die Wirtschaft
to brake	bremsen
the brakes	die Bremse
the lion	der Löwe
the hostage	die Geisel
single, not married	ledig
the fence	der Zaun
the giant	der Riese
the majority	die Mehrheit
the victory	der Sieg
the filter	der Filter
the stability	die Stabilität, die Standfestigkeit
the scar	die Narbe
the poverty	die Armut
because	weil, denn
dark (adj)	dunkel
light (in weight)	leicht
to fall asleep	einschlafen
to hunt	jagen
the bookkeeper	der Buchhalter
generous (freely giving)	großzügig, spendabel
the pasta	die Nudeln
the noodle	die Nudel
the break, the recess, the intermission	die Pause
the bargain (good value that you get at a store)	das Schnäppchen
the middle finger	der Mittelfinger
the thumb	der Daumen
the ringfinger	der Ringfinger
the jewelry	der Schmuck
to profile (sth or sb. Ex. to profile someone on a TV show)	profilieren
the snack	der Imbiss
the assassin	der Attentäter
the neighborhood (where people live)	die Nachbarschaft, (der Kiez)
the bone	der Knochen
the devil	der Teufel
negotiable	verhandelbar
the performance, the achievement, the accomplishment	die Leistung
according to (Hint: appear mostly in written news articles. Preposition)	zufolge, laut
cash (as an adjective, ex. a cash payment)	bar
the cash	das Bargeld, die Kohle (ugs), das Bares (Geld)(rare)
to steal	stehlen, klauen (ugs)
to come to mind, to cross one's mind, to think of, to occur to oneself, to collapse	einfallen
vertical (ex. vertical blinds)	senkrecht
horizontal	waagerecht
transparent	durchsichtig
opaque	undurchsichtig
the thirst	der Durst
the lack, the shortage, the deficiency, the flaw	der Mangel
to abolish	abschaffen
to concern, to affect	betreffen
to decide (in any context: ex. I can't decide which ice cream I like...OR... ex. They decided to pass the new rule.)	entscheiden
the east (culturally)(Hint: No need for der-die-das on this one)	Morgenland
the west (culturally)(Hint: No need for der-die-das on this one)	Abendland
the button (on an elevator), the key (on a keyboard)	die Taste
the speed	die Geschwindigkeit
the skepticism	die Skepsis
absent	abwesend
the bedsheet, the sheet	das Laken
the sofa	das Sofa
the armchair	der Sessel
the epidemic	die Epidemie, die Seuche