German for Beginners 1: The Alphabet.
Hallo und willkommen bei “German for Beginners”
Lesson 1. This series is your first step to
mastering the German language. By the end
of “German for Beginners” you'll be able
to have basic conversations with native speakers,
make your way around Germany and start to
understand conversations, TV shows and simple
written texts in German. Throughout this series
you'll also get some insights into German
daily life and culture. I'll recommend popular
German music, books, movies and websites to
help immerse you in the German culture from
wherever you are in the world.
For now, let's start where all languages begin:
Das Alphabet
The German Alphabet looks similar to the English
one but is pronounced quite differently. We
also have a few extra letters that we'll get
to later on.
Lasst uns anfangen, let's begin!
A
der Apfel
B
der Ball
C
die Chemie
D
das Datum
E
das Eis
F
der Film
G
der Geist
H
das Haus
I
der Igel
J
der Jäger
K
der Kaffee
L
das Land
M
die Meerjungfrau
N
die Nummer
O
der Opa
P
der Park
Q
die Qualle
R
der Regen
S
die Sonne
T
der Tee
U
die Uhr
V
der Vogel
W
die Welt
X
das Xylophon
Y
der Yeti
Z
der Zug
Let's now move on to the special German letters:
Ä (ae)
der Ägypter
Ö (oe)
das Öl
Ü (ue)
die Überraschung
ß (ss)
der Fuß
By now you will have noticed we have three
different words for 'the': Die, der und das.
Unfortunately, there is no way to know which
article belongs to which noun, you simply
have to remember it by heart. The best way
to do this is to ensure you learn nouns with
the article, for example: der Apfel, das Haus
and die Chemie
We'll take a closer look at the articles in
future lessons, for now, let's go back to
the alphabet.
Let's go through it one more time and then
we'll try to spell our names.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Now let's try spelling out your name. My name
is Dominik:
D...O...M...I...N...I...K
Dominik
What's yours?
Let's go through the alphabet one more time
and remember to listen closely for the letters
of your name!
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y und Z
So that's it for the first lesson of German
for Beginners. Thanks for watching, vielen
Dank fürs Zusehen!
In “German for Beginners – Lesson 2”
we'll take a closer look at introductions.
Also we'll talk about asking for someone's
name and saying goodbye.
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the next lesson and don't 
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