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German vocabulary B1: How things look and feel
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Shapes, colours, surfaces, materials, sounds and smells: “gestreift” (striped), “marineblau” (navy blue), “glatt” (smooth), “das Wachs” (wax) and “stinken” (to stink).
68 German words at level B1, with their translation.
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rein
pure
versteckt
hidden
beschädigt
damaged
rau
rough (not smooth)
dicht
thick (close together)
scharf (Messer)
sharp (able to cut)
glatt
smooth
flach
flat (level)
stabil
sturdy
die Form (Gestalt)
shape
der Streifen
stripe
gestreift
striped
das Muster
pattern (design)
still (ohne Geräusch)
silent
die Stille
silence (no sound)
die Blase
bubble
die Flüssigkeit
liquid (noun)
das Wachs
wax
der Stoff (Substanz)
stuff (a substance)
das Eisen
iron (the metal)
das Metall
metal
das Schweigen
silence (not speaking)
der Geruch
smell (an odour)
der Schatten
shadow
riesig
huge
schmal
narrow
enorm
enormous
winzig
tiny
satt (Farbe)
deep (colour)
glänzend
shiny
bunt
colourful (many colours)
auffällig
bold (easy to notice)
antik
antique (adjective)
das Design (Aussehen)
design (look of an object)
steil
steep
klebrig
sticky
gedämpft
soft (quiet or dim)
visuell
visually
stinken
to stink
donnernd
thunderous
der Rubin (Edelstein)
ruby (stone)
riechen nach (etw.)
to smell of (sth)
das Pulver
powder
der Jade
jade
der Marmor
marble (stone)
das Elfenbein
ivory
antik (aus der Antike)
ancient (Greek or Roman)
der Karton (Material)
card (stiff paper)
meergrün
sea green
brennend
burning (on fire)
altmodisch
old-fashioned
unbequem
uncomfortable (a seat or bed)
abgetragen
worn out (clothes or shoes)
heruntergefallen
fallen
flüssig
liquid (adjective)
lautstark
loudly
der Feststoff
solid (not liquid or gas)
geräuschvoll
noisily
uralt
ancient (very old)
brandneu
brand new
bernsteinfarben
amber (colour)
das Funkeln
sparkle
einfarbig
plain (one colour)
spiralförmig
spiral
das Aufblitzen
glint
gigantisch
gigantic
marineblau
navy blue
schemenhaft
shadowy (hard to see clearly)
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