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German Vocabulary Building Flashcards
54 question-and-answer cards covering Vocabulary Building as it is examined in German. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the Vocabulary Building deck
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Family and Relationships: What German prefix marks in-law and step relationships, and give an example of each?
'Schwieger-' marks in-laws (die Schwiegermutter = mother-in-law) and 'Stief-' marks step-relations (der Stiefvater = stepfather).
Family and Relationships: What are the German words for baby, adult, and family?
das Baby (baby), der/die Erwachsene (adult), die Familie (family).
High-Frequency Verbs: Conjugate 'sein' (to be) in the present tense for ich, du, er/sie/es, wir, ihr, sie/Sie.
ich bin, du bist, er/sie/es ist, wir sind, ihr seid, sie/Sie sind. It is highly irregular.
High-Frequency Verbs: Conjugate 'haben' (to have) in the present tense across all persons.
ich habe, du hast, er/sie/es hat, wir haben, ihr habt, sie/Sie haben.
High-Frequency Verbs: Conjugate the regular verb 'machen' (to make/do) in the present tense.
ich mache, du machst, er/sie/es macht, wir machen, ihr macht, sie/Sie machen.
High-Frequency Verbs: What is the general present-tense ending pattern for regular (weak) German verbs?
Stem + endings: -e (ich), -st (du), -t (er/sie/es), -en (wir), -t (ihr), -en (sie/Sie).
High-Frequency Verbs: The verb 'gehen' means what, and how is 'ich gehe / du gehst' formed?
'gehen' = to go/walk. ich gehe, du gehst, er geht, wir gehen, ihr geht, sie gehen (regular endings on the stem 'geh-').
High-Frequency Verbs: 'sprechen' (to speak) is a stem-changing verb. What vowel change occurs and in which forms?
e → i in the du and er/sie/es forms: ich spreche, but du sprichst, er/sie/es spricht (wir/ihr/sie keep 'sprech-').
High-Frequency Verbs: 'fahren' (to drive/go) is stem-changing. What change occurs and where?
a → ä in the du and er/sie/es forms: du fährst, er/sie/es fährt (ich fahre, wir fahren remain unchanged).
High-Frequency Verbs: What do the modal verbs 'können', 'wollen', and 'müssen' mean?
können = can/to be able to; wollen = to want to; müssen = to have to/must.
High-Frequency Verbs: What are the meanings of 'kommen', 'sehen', and 'essen'?
kommen = to come; sehen = to see; essen = to eat.
High-Frequency Verbs: How is the German present tense special compared to English regarding continuous action?
German has no separate continuous form: 'ich lese' means both 'I read' and 'I am reading' — context supplies the distinction.
High-Frequency Verbs: What does the verb 'heißen' mean, and how is it used to state your name?
'heißen' = to be called/named. 'Ich heiße Anna' = 'My name is Anna' (literally 'I am called Anna').
Descriptive Adjectives: What are the German adjectives for big/tall and small/short?
groß (big/tall) and klein (small/short).
Descriptive Adjectives: What are the German adjectives for good and bad?
gut (good) and schlecht (bad).
Descriptive Adjectives: What are the German adjective pairs for new/old and young/old?
neu (new) / alt (old) for things; jung (young) / alt (old) for people. 'alt' serves as the opposite of both 'neu' and 'jung'.
Descriptive Adjectives: What are the German adjectives for hot and cold, and for warm?
heiß (hot), kalt (cold), warm (warm).
Descriptive Adjectives: How do you form the comparative of most German adjectives? Give the example for 'klein'.
Add '-er' (often with an umlaut on a/o/u): klein → kleiner (smaller). Many short adjectives umlaut: alt → älter, jung → jünger.
Descriptive Adjectives: How do you form the superlative of German adjectives, e.g., 'schnell' (fast)?
Add '-st(e)', typically as 'am ...-sten': schnell → am schnellsten (fastest). Predicative: 'am schnellsten'; attributive: 'der schnellste'.
Descriptive Adjectives: Give the irregular comparative and superlative of 'gut' (good).
gut → besser (better) → am besten / der beste (best).
Descriptive Adjectives: Give the irregular comparative/superlative forms of 'viel' (much) and 'gern' (gladly).
viel → mehr → am meisten; gern → lieber → am liebsten.
Descriptive Adjectives: When do German adjectives take endings versus stay uninflected?
Predicative adjectives (after sein/werden/bleiben) stay uninflected: 'Das Haus ist groß.' Attributive adjectives (before a noun) take endings agreeing in gender, case, and number: 'das große Haus.'
Descriptive Adjectives: What are the German adjectives for beautiful/nice, expensive, and cheap?
schön (beautiful/nice), teuer (expensive), billig / günstig (cheap).
Descriptive Adjectives: What are the German adjectives for fast and slow, and for easy/light and difficult/heavy?
schnell (fast) / langsam (slow); leicht (easy or light) / schwer (difficult or heavy).
What this deck covers
The Vocabulary Building deck follows the German Vocabulary Building syllabus — 2 chapters and 5 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 27.0 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 90 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
Vocabulary Building flashcards FAQ
How many Vocabulary Building flashcards are in this German deck?
54 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these German flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 54-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the Vocabulary Building cards cover?
They follow the German Vocabulary Building syllabus — 2 chapters and 5 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.