German Growth

German vocabulary

German the body vocabulary

33 words for body parts, health and how you feel — each with the article a published German reference prints, not one a machine guessed. Grouped by gender, because that is how you have to remember them.

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der — Masculine 14

  • der Arm 💪 arm
  • der Bart 🧔 beard
  • der Bauch 🫃 belly
  • der Daumen 👍 thumb
  • der Finger 👆 finger
  • der Fuß 🦶 foot
  • der Hals neck
  • der Knochen 🦴 bone
  • der Kopf 👤 head
  • der Krampf cramp
  • der Mund 👄 mouth
  • der Nagel 💅 fingernail
  • der Rücken 🧍 back
  • der Zahn 🦷 tooth

die — Feminine 10

  • die Faust fist
  • die Gesundheit ❤️‍🩹 health
  • die Haltung stance, posture
  • die Hand hand
  • die Haut skin
  • die Krankheit 🤒 illness
  • die Lippe 💋 lip
  • die Nase 👃 nose
  • die Schulter shoulder
  • die Zunge 👅 tongue

das — Neuter 9

  • das Auge 👁️ eye
  • das Bein 🦵 leg
  • das Blut 🩸 blood
  • das Gehirn 🧠 brain
  • das Gesicht 😀 face
  • das Haar 💇 hair
  • das Herz ❤️ heart
  • das Knie knee
  • das Ohr 👂 ear

Why the colours

der, die and das keep the same three colours everywhere in German Growth, because the article is the part worth remembering and colour is what makes it stick. If the gender is what trips you up, the rules are here; if it is the way the article changes mid-sentence, that is the four cases.

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