Popular foods: Popular German food
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Key Phrases
Wie man in einem Restaurant bestellt
How to order food in a restaurant
Deutsche traditionelle Gerichte beschreiben
Describing traditional German dishes
Eine Einkaufsliste für deutsche Küchenzutaten erstellen
Making a shopping list for German cuisine ingredients
Skills You'll Learn
Understanding basic German culinary terms
Grundlegende deutsche kulinarische Begriffe verstehen
Communicating preferences in a German cultural context
Präferenzen in einem deutschen kulturellen Kontext kommunizieren
Identifying and categorizing common German foods
Häufige deutsche Nahrungsmittel identifizieren und kategorisieren
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Wurst
voorst
Sausage
Sauerkraut
zow-er-krowt
Fermented cabbage
Schnitzel
shnitz-uhl
Breaded cutlet
Bratwurst
braht-voorst
Grilled sausage
Kartoffelsalat
kar-toff-el-sah-laht
Potato salad
Apfelstrudel
ahp-fel-stroo-dell
Apple strudel
Brezel
breh-tzell
Pretzel
Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte
shvahrts-veld-er keer-sh-tor-tuh
Black Forest cake
💬 German often packs food names into one long noun. In [Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte], the first part describes the cake, like [Apfelkuchen] for apple cake.
See breakdown →Spätzle
shpeht-sluh
Egg noodles
💬 The [ä] in [Spätzle] is not like English [a]; say it more like (eh). The ending [‑le] is typical in southern German words and is said lightly, about (leh).
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