Classroom conversations: German alphabet | German | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Which words contain the [ei] sound?
- frei ✓
- drei ✓
- die
- ein ✓
Match the German words below to the correct English translations.
- rosarot
  
  ⇔
  
  pink ✓
- blau
  
  ⇔
  
  blue ✓
- gelb
  
  ⇔
  
  yellow ✓
- rot
  
  ⇔
  
  red ✓
True or false? You use 'nicht' with nouns.
- True
- False ✓
Which sentence means 'I am not a colour.'?
- Ich bin keine Flasche.
- Ich bin eine Farbe.
- Du bist keine Farbe.
- Ich bin keine Farbe. ✓
Match each subject below to its form of 'sein'.
- du
  
  ⇔
  
  bist ✓
- ich
  
  ⇔
  
  bin ✓
- das
  
  ⇔
  
  ist ✓
Put the words below in the correct order to make a question in German.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  ist
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  das
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  klar

Exit quiz

How many extra letters does the German alphabet have compared to the English alphabet?
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4 ✓
Match the German words or sentences below to the correct English translations.
- Wie sagt man?
  
  ⇔
  
  How do you say? ✓
- Wie schreibt man?
  
  ⇔
  
  How do you write? ✓
- wissen
  
  ⇔
  
  to know, knowing ✓
- Ich weiß nicht.
  
  ⇔
  
  I don't know. ✓
- Ist das klar?
  
  ⇔
  
  Is that clear? ✓
- Das ist nicht klar.
  
  ⇔
  
  That is not clear. ✓
Match the German words or phrases below to the correct English translations.
- der Tisch
  
  ⇔
  
  table ✓
- ein Tisch
  
  ⇔
  
  a table ✓
- kein Tisch
  
  ⇔
  
  no, not a table ✓
- die Nummer
  
  ⇔
  
  number ✓
- eine Nummer
  
  ⇔
  
  a number ✓
- keine Nummer
  
  ⇔
  
  no, not a number ✓
Match the German verbs below to the correct English translations.
- sagt
  
  ⇔
  
  says, tells ✓
- sagen
  
  ⇔
  
  to say, to tell ✓
- ist
  
  ⇔
  
  is ✓
- sein
  
  ⇔
  
  to be, being ✓
- bist
  
  ⇔
  
  are ✓
Wie sagt man 'but'?
- oder
- schwarz
- aber ✓
Wie sagt man 'goodbye' auf Deutsch?
- 'Tschüs' ✓

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Lesson Details

Key learning points

'Wie sagt man das?' means 'How do you say that?'.
'Wie schreibt man das?' means 'How do you write that?'.
Knowing the German alphabet allows you to spell words out loud and write them down.

Common misconception

'J' is pronounced the same in both English and German.

In German, 'j' is pronounced like 'yot' and sounds like the English 'y'. The German letter 'y' is called 'oopsilon'. It sounds like the German 'j' at the start of borrowed words, e.g., 'Yoga', but like a short ü 'oo' in others, e.g. 'das System'.

Keywords

Wie? - how?
Wissen - irregular verb meaning 'to know' something
Weiß - 1st person singular of 'wissen', meaning '(I) know'