German Growth

German vocabulary

German geography vocabulary

29 words for countries, regions, water and landforms — 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 12

  • der Breitengrad latitude
  • der Kompass compass
  • der Kontinent continent
  • der Längengrad longitude
  • der Norden north
  • der Nordpol North pole
  • der Osten east
  • der Polarkreis polar circle
  • der Süden south
  • der Wendekreis tropic
  • der Westen west
  • der Äquator equator

die — Feminine 12

  • die Bank 🏦 bank, bench
  • die Erdzone climate zone
  • die Grenze border
  • die Halbinsel peninsula
  • die Halbkugel hemisphere
  • die Nation 🏳️ nation
  • die Nordsee North Sea
  • die Ostsee Baltic Sea
  • die Region region
  • die Stadt 🏙️ city
  • die Tropen tropics
  • die Weltkarte world map

das — Neuter 5

  • das Gebirge mountains
  • das Gebäude 🏗️ building
  • das Land 🌏 country
  • das Mittelmeer Mediterranean
  • das Zentrum 🎯 center

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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