Dictionary and reading rules for tourists. Learning German in one day, or What a tourist needs to know about the German language. Dictionary and reading rules for tourists How to tell with whom and how long you live in this place

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Tourists planning to visit Germany and Austria on a package tour or on their own should know at least a few words and expressions that they may need in everyday life. In this article I will tell you how to read German and also provide a list of expressions for tourists.

A small retreat

My first country that I visited was Austria: I went to a Russian-language seminar, we were met by Russian-speaking owners of the guest house, all my colleagues also spoke Russian, so at that time I was not afraid and went. But I decided to improve my English by studying the topics: tourism, airport, hotel, illness, help, travel and some other topics. Of course, I took German and English dictionaries with me just in case.

In 2014, I visited twice, also on my own, but I didn’t choose any Russian-language hotels. And, living for the last time in Cologne, I went to Paris, Strasbourg (), Brussels () and Amsterdam () and was able to answer the question of why I go to Germany (my friends asked me: why do you go to Germany, because there is more attractive countries like France or ). And I realized: in Germany everything is clear to me. Of course, at that time I already knew a little German at level A 1.1 (that is, I could read and tell a few words about myself, I knew some of the most popular words), but what is good in Germany for a tourist:

• The inscriptions are not only in German, but also in English
• announcements on trains are also at least in German and English, on international trains - in other languages
• at stations and crossings, in the metro there are terminals in German and English, with an interface that is convenient and understandable to our people. See.
• There are many Russian-speaking residents in Germany: both “our” Germans and indigenous ones.

Inscriptions in German and English at Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles

In France, in crowded tourist places, I had problems buying tea in a cafe and a cocktail at McDonald's! And the machines are all different colors and formats; they sell tickets, as I understand it, only for local destinations, and for long-distance ones you need to buy tickets at the box office.

So, I will share some phrases of a simple Russian tourist in Germany that may be useful.

How to read German

Poster in four languages ​​with images of castles

Before we talk about phrases, let's look at how to read German. If you know English, then this is great, because many words are written the same or similar, but pronounced slightly differently. Just listen and try to understand.

For example,

• tea: tea - in English, Tee - in German,
• house: house - Haus,
• egg: egg - Ei
• hello: hello - hallo
• colors: red - rot, green - gr?n, etc.
• fresh: fresh - frische
• and a huge number of other words.

Also in the Russian language there are many borrowings from German and other languages ​​- use this too: for example, Wagen on a train - carriage, Teater, Museum, Cafe, Restaurant, Lift, Luft (air, Luftgansa, Luftwaffe), Etage (floor), Garage ( garage) - these words will not cause you problems. Just be careful: in German, many words are combined to form a new word, so don’t let Hochgarage scare you - it’s just a high (multi-story) garage, Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station.

The words should also be clear: hoch - high (H?nde hoch), haupt - chief (guardhouse - main guard (and “watch” there too).

Well, “krank” (krank) - sick, Dr?cken (druken) - violence, pressure, push (push, sorry for the expression), kaputt (kaput) - spoiled, broken, Gluck (glitch) - happiness, etc. .

Rules for reading German

The basic rule of reading German for a tourist is: how it is written is how it is read. The letters you see are the ones you read:

• Musik - not “music”, but “musik”
• Garage - not “garage”, but “garage”
• Museum - not a “musium”, but a “museum”
• etc. Don't make German words English, read them as they are.

But there are letter combinations and letters that are not read like in English:

• ch - "x", for example, i ch(“uh”) - I
• sch - “sh”, Sch warzkopf - Schwarzkopf
• ie - “and”
• ei - “ay”, Rammst ei n - “Ramstein”, “Raiff” ei senbank - Raiffeisen Bank
• The letter v is read as “f”, remember V olkswagen - Volkswagen (Das Auto - here is also an example of reading “auto”, not “auto”), people's car ( V olk - people, remember: folklore - folk art and immediately V oklsteater in Vienna - folk theater)
• Letter s - “z”, remember S iemens, but it's not Siemens, it's Siemens
• The letter z - “ts”, for example, Z winger
• ja, jo - “I”, “yo, yo”

Features of the language

The German language has some features compared to the English language:

• all nouns are written with a capital letter
• words have genders that affect the endings of adjectives
• there are cases that also “give” new endings to other words
• words have definite and indefinite articles that change according to gender and case (:-))

Basic words and expressions in German for tourists. Phrasebook for tourists

• Yes - Ja (ya)
• No - Nein (nein)
• No (meaning: I don’t have) - Kein (kain). Example: Ich habe keine Kinder (I have no/lack of children - that is: I have no children)
• Thank you - Danke (danke)
• Thank you very much - Vielen Dank (filen dank)
• Please - Bitte (bitte)
• I understand - Ich verstehe (ikh verstehe)
• I don’t understand - Ich verstehe Sie nicht (ikh verstehe zi nicht)
• Nothing - Nichts (nihts). For example, a salesman came up to a store and asked how he could help.
• OK - OK (okay)
• I'm lost - Ich habe mich verlaufen
• Sorry (as Excuse me) - Entschuldigung (entschuldinug)
• Wait a minute - Einen Moment, bitte (Einen moment bitte)
• Why not (Why not) - Warum nicht? (Varum nihit?)

Greetings and farewells

• Hello, hello - Hallo (halyo)
• Hello (in Austria and Southern Germany) - Gruss Gott (gluss gott(t))
• Goodbye - Auf Wiedersehen
• See you soon - Bis bald (bis balt) or Bis sp?ter (bis späte).
• Tschuss (schu(yu)s) - Bye
• Good morning - Guten Morgen (guten morgen)
• Good afternoon - Guten Tag (guten tag)
• Good evening - Guten Abend (guten abend)
• Good night - Gute Nacht (Gute Nacht)
• All the best - Alles gute

Help

• Please write here - Schreiben Sie das hier, bitte (Schreiben sie das hie bitte)
• Please repeat - Wiederholen Sie es, bitte (fideolen sie es bitte)
• What is this? - Was it das? (Vas ist das?)
• Where is the toilet? - Wo ist die Toilette? (In East Di Toilette?)
• Where... ? Wo ist...? (In ist...?)
• Help me please - Helfen Sie mir bitte (Helfen sie mir bitte)
• I need a doctor (dentist) - Ich brauche einen Arzt (Zahnarzt) (ich brauche einen Arzt (Zahnarzt)

In the shop

• Euro (currency) - Euro (oiro)
• What is the price...? - Was kostet...?
• You have...? - Haben Sie...?
• I'm looking... (need) - Ich brauche... (ich brauche...)
• I'm looking for... - Ich suche (ikh zuhe)
• I want, I would like... - Ich m?chte... (ikh möhte...). For example, in a cafe: Ich m?chte ein Hamburger fur zwei euro - I want (one) hamburger for two euros)
• Give me... - Geben Sie mir... (geben sie mir...)
• Dear - teuer (toye(r))
• Cheap - billig
• Size (of clothes, shoes) - Gr??e (gröse); Nummer (numer)
• More - gr??er (gröse)
• Less - kleiner (kleine)
• Fitting room - Anprobekabine
• It's too expensive - Das ist zu teuer
• Is this available in a different size (color)? - Gibt es das in einer anderen GruBe (Farbe)? (Gibt es das in eine anderen grübe (farbe))?
• I take (buy) this - Ich nehme es (ikh nehme es)
• Kreditkarte - credit card, card (if you bought a ticket with a card, then, in addition to the ticket, you may be asked to present a card and a passport so that the card owner and the ticket bearer match)
• Account, check - Rechnung (rechnung)
• Do you have batteries? - Haben Sie Batterien? (Haben zi batteryien)?

In the city, on the street

• City - Stadt
• City map - Stadtplan
• Castle (fortress) - Schlo? (schloss)
• Mountain - Berg
• Handsome - sch?n (schön), h?bsch (hubsh)
• Where... - Wo ist...?

In transport

• Next stop - n?chster halt (nehste halt)
• Do you have a ticket/pass? - Haben Sie ein Ticket / Karte / Fahrkarte? (haben zi ain ticket / card / farkarte)
• Credit card, card - Kreditkarte (if you bought a ticket using a card, then, in addition to the ticket, you may be asked to present a card and a passport so that the card owner and the ticket bearer match)
• Place (for sitting) - Sitzplatz (sitzplatz)
• Bus - Autobus (bus), Bus (bus)
• Tourist bus (long-distance) - Reisebus
• Train - Zug
• Elevator - Aufzug, Lift (elevator)
• Airplane - Flugzeug
• Airport - Flughafen
• Schedule - Fahrplan
• Platform - Gleis
• At the window - am Fenster (am Fenster)
• How much does a ticket cost to? - Was kostet eine Fahrkarte nach M?nchen? (Are you bothered by aine farkarte nach Munich?)
• In... (some city, country) - nach... (nah)
• I need a ticket to Nuremberg - Ich brauche eine Fahrkarte nach N?rnberg (ich brauche eine farkarte nach Nuremberg)
• Do I need to have a transplant? - Soll ich umsteigen? (Soll their umsteigen?)
• Where should I get a transplant? - Wo soll ich umsteigen? (Where should I transfer?)

These are the basic words and expressions that a tourist may need in Germany and. German is also spoken in Switzerland, but as far as I know, there is such a strong dialect there: different pronunciation and different words that I cannot say whether it is possible to communicate with German there, or whether it is necessary to compile a Swiss German phrasebook.

Abbreviations: city – city, r. – river, peninsula – peninsula, lake. – lake, state – state, ist. - historical name.

Transcriptions of individual words are given after them in Russian in parentheses.In my opinion, the method of conveying in Russian letters the sound of letters and letter combinations of geographical names, of course, is not ideal and carries a number of significant inaccuracies in pronunciation, but it is more convenient than classical transcription.

In order to find the geographical name you need, for now we use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F(type in the desired name in the search bar that appears (usually at the top right) and press Enter). A more convenient search method will appear a little later.

A

Aachen n Aachen
Abijan n (Abidjan) Abidjan (capital of the state of Cote d'Ivoire)
Abu Dhabi n (-Dhabi) Abu Dhabi (capital of the United Arab Emirates)
Accra n Accra (capital of Ghana)
Addis Abeba n Addis Ababa (capital of Ethiopia)
Adelaide n Adelaide
Aden n Aden
Adria f, Adriatisches Meer Adriatic Sea
Afghanistan n (-ga-) Afghanistan, Republik Afghanistan Republic of Afghanistan
Africa n Africa
Ägäis f Aegean Sea
Ägypten n Egypt
Alaska n Alaska Peninsula
Albanien n Albania
Alеuten pl (Aleuten) Aleutian Islands
Alexandria n Alexandria
Algerien n Algeria (state)
Algier n (Algeria) Algiers (capital of Algeria)
Al-Kuweit n Kuwait city (capital of Kuwait)
Alma-Ata n Alma-Ata
Alpen pl Alps (mountains)
Alster f Alster river
Altai m Altai, Altai region; Altai Mountains
Amazonas m r. Amazon
America n America
Aman n Amman (capital of Jordan)
Amsterdam n Amsterdam
Amudarja m Amu Darya river
Amur m Amur river
Anden pl Andes (mountains)
Andorra n Adorra
Andorra la Vella n (-lya) Adorra and Andorra la Vella (capital of Andorra)
Angara f Angara river
Angola n Angola
Anhalt n Anhalt and Anhalt (original region in Germany)
Ankara n Ankara
Antananarivo n(-in) Antananarivo (capital of Madagascar)
Antarktika f Antarctica
Antarktis f Antarctica
Antillen pl Antilles
Antwerpen n Antwerp
Apennin m, Apenninen pl Apennines, Apennine Mountains
Apenninenhalbinsel f Apennine Peninsula
Apia n Apia (capital of Western Samoa)
Äquatorial-Guinea n (guinea) Equatorial Guinea
Arabien f, Arabische Halbinsel Arabia, Arabian Peninsula
Aralsee m Aral Sea
Archangelsk n (-kang-) Arkhangelsk
Argentina n Argentina
Arktik m see Arktischer Ozean
Arktis f Arctic
Arktischer Ozean Arctic Ocean
Ärmelkanal m English Channel (strait)
Armenien n Armenia
Aschgabat n Ashgabat
Aserbaidschan n (-jan) Azerbaijan
Asian n Asia
Asowisches Meer Sea of ​​Azov
Assyrien n ist. Assyria
Asuncion n (-zion) Asuncion (capital of Paraguay)
Athen n Athens
Äthiopien n Ethiopia
Atlantik m, Atlantischer Ozean Atlantic Ocean
Ätna m Etna (volcano)
Australian n (Australia)
Azoren pl (Azores)

B

Babel n, Babylon ist. Babylon
Baden n, Baden (part of Baden-Württemberg)
Baden-Baden n Baden-Baden
Baden-Würtemberg n Baden-Württemberg (state in Germany)
Bagdad n Baghdad
Bahamaseln pl Bahamas
Bahamas pl Bahamas (state)
Bahrein n Bahrain
Baikal m, Baikalsee Lake Baikal
Baku n Baku
Balaton n Lake Balaton
Balearen pl Balearic Islands
Balchaschsee m Lake Balkhash
Balkan m Balkans (peninsulas and mountains)
Balkanhalbinsel f Balkan Peninsula
Bamako n Bamako (capital of Mali)
Bandung n Bandung
Bangkok n Bangkok (capital of Thailand)
Bangladesh n (-dash) Bangladesh
Bangui n (bangui) Bangui (capital of the Central African Republic)
Banjul (-jul) Banjul (capital of Gambia)
Barbados n (island and state)
Barcelona n (-tse-) Barcelona
Barentssee f Barents Sea
Basel n Basel
Basse-Terre n (Basseterre) Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)
Beyerische Alpen pl Bavarian Alps
Bayern n Bavaria (state in Germany)
Beirut n (berut) Beirut
Belgium n Belgium
Belgrade n
Belize n (belize) Belize (state)
Belingshausensee f Bellingshausen Sea
Belorußland n, see Weißrußland Belarus
Bengasi n Benghazi (capital of Libya)
Benin n Benin (state)
Beringmeer n Bering Sea
Beringstrasse f Bering Strait
Berlin n Berlin
Bermudainseln pl Bermuda
Bermudas f Bermuda (state)
Bern n Bern
Beskiden pl Beskydy (mountains)
Bethlehem n ist. Bethlehem
Birmindham n Birmingham
Bischkek n Bishkek
Bissau n Bissau (capital of Guinea Bissau)
Bodensee m Lake Constance
Bogota n Bogota (capital of Colombia)
Böhmen n Czech Republic, East Bohemia
Böhmerwald m Bohemian Forest (mountains)
Bolivien n (-vi-) Bolivia
Bologna n (-logna) Bologna
Bombay n (-bay) Bombay (Mumbai)
Bonn n Bonn
Bordeaux n (-to) Bordeaux
Borneo n Borneo, see Kalimantan
Bosnien und Herzegowina f Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosporus m Bosporus (strait)
Boston n (-ten) Boston
Botswana n Botswana
Brahmaputra m Brahmaputra river
Brandenburg n Brandenburg
Brasilia n Brasilia (capital of Brazil)
Brasilien n Brazil
Bratislava n (-va) Bratislava
Braunschweig n Braunschweig (city and historical region of the state of Lower Saxony)
Brazzaville n (-zavil) Brazzaville (capital of Congo)
BRD see Bundesrepublik Deutschland Germany, Federal Republic of Germany
Bregenz n Bregenz
Bremen n Bremen (city and state in Germany)
Breslau n Breslau (former German name of Wroclaw)
Brest n Brest
Bretagne f (-tanier) Brittany (historical region in France)
Bridgetown n (Bridgetown) Bridgetown (capital of Barbados)
Bristol n (-steel) Bristol
Brno n Brno
Brocken m Brocken (peak in Harz)
Brünn n German name of the city of Brno
Brussel n Brussels
Buchara n Bukhara
Budapest n Budapest
Buenos Aires n Buenos Aires
Bug m Bug river
Bujumbura n Bujumbura (capital of Burundi)
Bukarest n Bucharest
Bukowina f Bukovina
Bulgarien n Bulgaria
Bundesrepublik Deutschland (BRD) Federal Republic of Germany
Burgenland n Burgenland (land in Austria)
Burkina-Faso n Burkina Faso (state)
Burma n, see Myanmar
Burundi n Burundi (state)
Byzanz n ist.Byzantium

C

Calais n (calais) Calais
Cambridge n (Cambridge) Cambridge
Canberra n Canberra
Cannes n (kan) Cannes
Caracas n Caracas (capital of Venezuela)
Cayenne n (Cayenne) Cayenne (administrative center of Guiana)
Celebes n Celebes, see Sulawesi
Ceylon n (Caylon) Ceylon, see Sri Lanka
Champagne f (shapanie) Champagne (historical region in France)
Changjiang n (tshan jian), see Jangtsekiang
Charkow n Kharkov
Chemnitz n (cam-) Chemnitz (1953-1990 Karl-Marx-Stadt)
Chicago n (chi-) Chicago
Chile n (Chile) Chile
China n (china) China, Volksrepublik China People's Republic of China
Chisinau n Chisinau, see Kischinjow
Colombo n Colombo
Conakry n (-kri) Conakry (capital of Guinea)
Cookinseln pl (cook-) Cook Islands
Cookstraße f (cook-) Cook Strait
Cote d'Ivore n (kotdivoar) Cote d'Ivoire (state)
Cotonou n (-well) Cotonou (Benin)
Cottbus n Cottbus
Curacao n (Ciracao) island in Curacao

D

Dacca n (dakka) see Dakka
Dahome n Dahomey, see Benin
Dakar n Dakar (capital of Senegal)
Dakka see Dacca
Damaskus n Damascus
Dänemark n Denmark
Danzig n Danzig (former German name of Gdansk)
Dardanellen pl Dardanelles (strait)
Daressalam n Dar es Salaam (capital of Tanzania)
DDR GDR
Delhi n (Delhi) Delhi
Den Haag n (hack) The Hague
Dessau n Dessau
Deutsche Demokratische Republik ist. German Democratic Republic
Deutschland n Germany
Djakarta Jakarta see Jakarta
Djawa see Java
Djibouti n (Djibouti) Djibouti (city and state)
Dnepr m Dnepr river
Dnepropetrovsk n Dnepropetrovsk
Dnestr m Dniester river
Doha n Doha (capital of Qatar)
Dominica n Dominican Republic (island and state in the West Indies)
Don m river Don
Donau f Danube river
Donezbecken n Donbass
Donezk n Donetsk
Dortmund n Dortmund
Dover n Dover
Dresden n Dresden
Dschibuti see Djibouti
Dublin n (yes-) Dublin
Duisburg n (dus-) Duisburg
Duna f Duagava river
Dunkerque n (dekerk) Dunkirk
Duschanbe n Dushanbe
Düsseldorf n Düsseldorf
Dwina, die Nördliche Dwina – Northern Dvina

E

Edinburgh n (-bourke) Edinburgh
Eifel f Eifel and Eifel (mountains)
Eisenach n Eisenach and Eisenach
Eisenstadt n Eisenstadt and Eisenstadt
Ekuador n Ecuador
Elba n Elba Island
Elbe f Elbe river
Elbrus m Elbrus
Elfenbeinküste f Ivory Coast
El Salvador n El Salvador (state)
Elsaß n Alsace (original region in France)
Elsaß – Lothringen n ist. Alsace-Lorraine
Ems f river Ems
England n England
Erfurt n Erfurt
Erlangen n Erlangen
Er-Riad n Riyadh (capital of Saudi Arabia)
Erzgebirge n Ore Mountains
Essen n Essen
Estland n Estonia
Etsch f German name of the Adige river
Euböa n Euboea (island in Greece)
Euphrat m Euphrates river
Europa n Europe

F

Färöer pl Faroe Islands
Ferner Osten Far East
Feuerland n Tierra del Fuego
Fichtelgebirge n Fichtelgebirge (mountains in Germany)
Fidschi n Fiji (islands and state)
Finnischer Meerbusen Gulf of Finland
Finnland n Finland
Flandern n Flanders
Florenz n Florence
Florida n Florida (Peninsula and US State)
Franken n Franconia (original region in Germany)
Frankfurt am Main n Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt (Oder) n, Frankfurt an der Oder Frankfurt an der Oder
Fränkische Alb Franconian Alb, Fränkischer Jura Franconian Jura (mountains)
Frankreich n France
Franz-Joseph-Land n islands of Franz Joseph Land
Freetown n (freetown) Freetown (capital of Sierra Leone)
Frisco open cm San Francisco
Fudschi, Fudschijama m Fuji (volcano)

G

Gaborone n Gaborone (capital of Botswana)
Gabun n Gabon (state)
Gambia n Gambia (state)
Ganges m river Ganges
Gdansk n Gdansk
Gdynia n (gdina) Gdynia
Gelbes Meer Yellow Sea
Genf n Geneva
Genfer See m Yellow Lake
Genua n Genoa
Georgetown n (Georgetown) Georgetown (capital of Guyana)
Georgien n Georgia
Gera n Gera
Ghana n (ga-) Ghana (state)
Ghasa n (ha-) Gaza City
Gibraltar n Gibraltar
Glasgow n (Glasgow) Glasgow
Gobi f Gobi (desert)
Golfstrom m Gulf Stream
Golf von Bengalen m Bay of Bengal
Golf von Biscaya m Bay of Biscay
Golf von Mexico m Gulf of Mexico
Gorki n Gorky
Görlitz n Görlitz
Goteborg n Gothenburg
Gotha n Gotha
Göttingen n Göttingen
Graz n Graz
Greenwich n (greenich) Greenwich
Grenada n Grenada (island and state)
Griechenland n Greece
Grönland n Greenland island
Großbritanien n Great Britain
Grusinien, Georgien (more often)
Guadeloupe n (guadalupe) Guadeloupe
Guatemala n (gwa-) Guatemala (state)
Guayana n (guayana) Guiana
Guinea n (gi-) Guinea (state)
Guinea-Bissau n (gi-) Guinea-Bissau (state)
Guyana n (Guyana) Guyana (state)
Györ n (Gyor) Gyor

H

Haidarabad n (-baht) Hyderabad (India)
Haidarabad n (-baht) Hyderabad (Pakistan)
Haiti n Haiti (island and state)
Halbinsel Kola f Kola Peninsula
Halbinsel Malakka f Malacca
Halle n Halle
Halligen pl Halligen Islands (in the North Sea, Germany)
Hamburg n Hamburg (city and state in Germany)
Hannover n Hannover
Hanoi n Hanoi
Harare n Harare (capital of Zimbabwe)
Harbin n Harbin
Harz m Harz (mountains)
Havanna n (-va-) Havana
Havel f (-f-) r. Havel
Hawaii n Hawaii (islands and US state)
Hebriden pl Hebrides
Heidelberg n Heidelberg and Heidelberg
Helgoland n Helgoland island and Helgoland
Hellas n east Hellas
Helsinki n Helsinki
Hermannstadt n German name of Sibiu (Romania)
Hessen n Hesse (state in Germany)
Himalaja m Himalayas (mountain system)
Hindukusch m Hindu Kush (mountain system)
Hinterindien n half of Indochina
Hiroshima n (-shi-) Hiroshima
Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt n (ho-tshi-min) Ho Chi Minh City
Holland n Holland
Hollywood n (holivut) Hollywood
Holstein n Holstein (original region in Germany)
Honduras n Honduras (state)
Hongkong n Hong Kong
Honiara n Honiara (capital of the Solomon Islands)
Honolulu n Honolulu (administrative center of the state of Hawaii, USA)
Houston n (Houstn) Houston
Huanghe m Huanghe River
Hudson m (hadsn) Hudson River
Hudsonbai f Hudson Bay
Hudsonstraße f Hudson Strait
Hwangho (Huanghe) see Huanghe

I

Iberische Halbinsel Iberian Peninsula
Ijsselmeer n (IJssel-) IJsselmeer (bay in the Netherlands)
Indian n India
Indik m see Indischer Ozean
Indischer Ozean m Indian Ocean
Indonesia n Indonesia
Indus m Indus river
Innsbruck n Innsbruck
Ionisches Meer n Ionian Sea
Iraq m Iraq
Iran m Iran
Ireland n Ireland
Irtysch m Irtysh river
Isar f river Isar
Islamabad n Islamabad (capital of Pakistan)
Island n Iceland
Israel n Israel
Istanbul n (Istanbul) Istanbul
Italien n Italy
Izmir n (Ismir) Izmir

J

Jaffa n Jaffa
Jakarta (Djakarta) n Jakarta (capital of Indonesia)
Jamaika n Jamaica (island and state)
Jamossoukro (yamoussoukro) n Yamoussoukro (capital of Côte d'Ivoire)
Jangon n Yangon (capital of Myanmar)
Jangtsekiang m Yangtze River, Yangtzejiang
Japan n Japan
Java n islands of Java
Jemen Yemen
Jena n Jena
Jenissej m Yenisei river
Jerewan n Yerevan
Jerusalem n Jerusalem
Jokohama n Yokohama and Yokohama
Jordan m Jordan River
Jordanien n Jordan (state)
Jugoslawien n ist.Yugoslavia, Bundesrepublik Jugoslawien Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Jura m Jura (mountains)
Jütland n half of Jutland

K

Kabul n Kabul
Kairo n Cairo
Kalifornien n California Peninsula
Kalimantan n Kalimantan island
Kaliningrad n Kaliningrad
Kalkutta n Kolkata
Kama f Kama river
Kambodscha n Cambodia
Kamerun n Cameroon
Kampala n Kampala (capital of Uganda)
Kamtschatka n Kamchatka Peninsula
Canada n Canada
Kanal m English Channel
Kanaren pl, Kanarische Inseln Canary Islands
Kap Canaveral n (canaveral) Cape Canaveral
Kap der Guten Hoffnung n Cape of Good Hope
Kap Hoorn n Cape Horn
Kapstadt n Cape Town
Kap Verde n (verde) Cape Verde (state)
Kapverden pl, Kapverdische Inseln (-ver-) Cape Verde Islands
Karakum f Karakum
Karasee f Kara Sea
Karatschi n Karachi
Karibik f see Karibisches Meer
Karibisches Meer n Caribbean Sea
Karl-Marx-Stadt n see Chemnitz
Karlovy Vary n Karlovy Vary
Kalsbad n German name of the city of Karlovy Vary
Karlsruhe n Karlsruhe
Kärnten n Carinthia (state in Austria)
Karolinen pl Caroline Islands
Karpaten pl Carpathians (mountains)
Kathago n Carthage
Kazakhstan n Kazakhstan
Kasan n Kazan
Kasbek m Kazbek (mountain)
Kaspisches Meer m, Kaspisee Caspian Sea
Kassel n Kassel
Qatar n Qatar (state)
Katmandu n Kathmandu (capital of Nepal)
Kattegat n Kattegat (strait)
Kaukasus m Caucasus, Caucasus Mountains
Kaunas n Kaunas
Kenya n Kenya (state)
Khartum n (kartum) Khartoum (capital of Sudan)
Kiel n Kiel
Kiew n Kiev
Kigali n Kigali (capital of Rwanda)
Kilimandscharo m Kilimanjaro (mountain range)
Kingston n (-ten) Kingston (capital of Jamaica)
Kinshasa n (-sha-) Kinshasa (capital of Zaire)
Kirgisien n see Kyrgysstan
Kiribati n Kiribati (state)
Kischinjow n see Chisinau Chisinau
Klagenfurt n Klagenfurt
Kleinasien n Asia Minor Peninsula
Koblenz n Koblenz
Köln n Cologne
Colombia n Colombia
Komoren pl Comoros (state)
Kongo m Congo river and Congo (state)
Königsberg n Könisberg (since 1946 Kaliningrad)
Konstantinopel n source Konstantinople, see Istanbul
Kopenhagen n Copenhagen
Kordilleren pl (dillera) Cordillera (mountains)
Korea n Korea, Republik Korea – Republic of Korea, South Korea
Koreanische Demokratische Volksrepublik – Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Korinth n ist.g. Corinth
Korsika n Corsica peninsula
Kosovo m Kosovo (state)
Kostarika n Costa Rica
Krakau n German name of Krakow
Krakow n (-kuf) Krakow
Kreta n Crete peninsula
Krim f Crimea
Kroatien n Croatia
Kronstadt n Kronstadt
Kronstadt n German name Brasov (Romania)
Kuala Lumpur n Kuala Lumpur (capital of Malaysia)
Kuba n, Republik Kuba Cuba, Republic of Cuba
Kuban m Kuban river
Kuibyschew n Kuibyshev, see Samara
Kurilen pl Kuril Islands
Kurland n east Kurland
Kusnetzkbecken n, Kusbass Kuznetsk basin, Kuzbass
Kuweit n (-wet) Kuwait
Kyrgysstan n Kyrgyzstan

L

Labrador n Labrador Peninsula
Ladogasee m Lake Ladazh
Lagos n Lagos (capital of Nigeria)
Lahor n Lahore
Laos n Laos
La Paz n (pass) La Paz (actual capital of Bolivia)
Laptewsee f Laptev Sea
Las Palmas n Las Palmas
Lateinamerika n Latin America
Lausanne n (lausanne) Lausanne
Lausitz f Lausitz (region in East Germany)
La Valetta see Valetta
Leeds n (lits) Leeds
Leipzig n Leipzig
Lena f Lena river
Leningrad n see Sankt Petersburg
Lesotho n Lesotho
Lettland n Latvia
Lhasa n (lasa) Lhasa
Libanon m Lebanon (mountains), Lebanon (state)
Liberia n Liberia
Libreville n (-ville) Libreville (capital of Gabon)
Libyen n Libya (state)
Lichtenstein n Liechtenstein
Lilongwe n ​​Lilongwe (capital of Malawi)
Lima n Lima (capital of Peru)
Linz n Linz
Lisbon n Lisbon
Litauen n Lithuania
Liverpool n (Liverpool) Liverpool
Livland n (lif-) source Livlandia
Ljubljana n Ljubljana
Lodz n (lots) Lodz
Loire f (loar) Loire river
Lombardei f Lombardy (region in Italy)
Lome n Lome (capital of Togo)
London n London
Los Angeles n (Los Angeles) Los Angeles
Lothringen n Lorraine (original region in France)
Luanda n Luanda (capital of Angola)
Lübeck n Lübeck
Luneburger Heide f Luneburg Heath
Lusaka n Lusaka (capital of Zambia)
Lüttich n German name of the city of Liege
Luxemburg n Luxembourg (city and state)
Lyon n (lyo) Lyon

M

Maas f. Meuse river, Meuse
Madagaskar n Madagascar (island and state)
Madras n Madras
Madrid n Madrid
Magdeburg n Magdeburg
Magellanstrasse f Strait of Magellan
Maghreb m Maghreb (name of a group of countries in North Africa west of Libya/Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco/)
Mähren n Moravia (original region in the Czechoslovak Republic)
Mailand n Milan
Main m Main river
Mainz n Mainz
Makedonien n, Mazedonien Macedonia
Malabo n Malabo (capital of Equatorial Guinea)
Malaiischer Archipel Malay Archipelago
Malakka n Malacca Peninsula
Malawi n Malawi (state)
Malaysia n Malaysia (state)
Male n Male (capital of the Republic of Maldives)
Malediven pl (van) Maldives (island and state)
Mali n Mali (state)
Malmö n Malmö
Malta n Malta (island and state)
Managua n Managua (capital of Nicaragua)
Manama n Manama (capital of Bahrain)
Manchester n (Manchester) Manchester
Mandschurei f Manjuria (region in China)
Manila n Manila (capital of the Philippines)
Mannheim n Mannheim
Maputo n Maputo (capital of Mozambique)
Marmarameer n Sea of ​​Marmara
Marne f Marne river
Marokko n Morocco (state)
Marseille n (-sey) Marseille
Martinique n (nickname) Martinique Island
Maseru n Maseru (capital of Lesotho)
Maskat n Muscat (capital of Oman)
Mauretanien n Mauritania (state)
Mauritius n Mauritius (island and state)
Mazedonien n see Makedinien Macedonia
Mbabane n Mbabane (capital of Swaziland)
Mecklenburg n Mecklenburg
Meklenburgische Seeplatte Mecklenburg Lake District
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern n Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (state in Germany)
Meißen n Meissen and Meissen
Melanesien n Melanesia Islands
Melbourne n (Melburne) Melbourne
Memel n Memel (since 1923 the city of Klaipeda); German name of the Neman river
Meneng n Meneng (capital of Nauru)
Mesopotamien n ist. Mesopotamia, Muzhdureche
Mexico n Mexico (state), Mexico City (capital of Mexico)
Minsk n Minsk
Mississippi m Mississippi river
Missouri m (-su-) Missouri river
Mittelamerika n Central America
Mitteleuropa n Central Europe
Mittelmeer n Mediterranean Sea
Mitlerer Osten Middle East
Mocambique n Mozambique
Mogadischu n Mogadishu (capital of Somalia)
Moldau f Vltava river; ist.Moldova
Moldavien n see Moldova
Moldova n (va) Moldova
Monaco n Monaco (state and capital)
Mongolei f Mongolia
Monrovia n (-in-) Monrovia (capital of Liberia)
Montblanc m (mobla) Mont Blanc mountain
Monte Carlo n Monte Carlo
Montenegro n Montenegro
Montevideo n (-vi-) Montevideo (capital of Uruguay)
Moroni n Moroni (capital of the Comoros Islands)
Mosel f Mosel river
Moskau n Moscow
Moskwa f Moscow River
Mount Everest m (Mount Everist) Everest, see Tschonolungma
Munich n Munich
Murmansk n Murmansk
Myanmar n Myanmar (state)

N

Nagasaki n Nagasaki
Naher Osten, Nahost Middle East
Nairobi n Nairobi (capital of Kenya)
Namibia n Namibia
Nanking n (-dying) Nanjing
Nantes n Nantes
Nassau n Nassau (capital of the Bahamas)
Nauru n Nauru (island and state)
N’Djamena (-j-) n N’Djamena (capital of Chad)
Neapel n Naples
Neckar m Neckar
Neiße f river Neisse
Neman m (nye-) Neman river
Nepal n Nepal (state)
Neubrandenburg n Neubrandenburg
Neufundland n Newfoundland Island
Neuguinea n (-guinea) island of New Guinea
Neuseeland n New Zealand (island and state)
Newa f Neva River
New Orleans n (New Orleans) New Orleans
New York n (New York) New York City
Niamey n (Niame) Niamey (capital of Nigeria)
Netherlands pl Netherlands
Niederösterreich n Lower Austria (state in Austria)
Niederrhein m Bas-Rhin
Niedersachsen n Lower Saxony (state in Germany)
Niederschlesien n Lower Silesia (original region in Poland)
Niger m Niger (river)
Niger n Niger (state)
Nigeria n Nigeria
Nishni Nowgorod n Nizhny Novgorod
Nikaragua n Nicaragua (state)
Nikosia n Nicosia (capital of Cyprus)
Nil m river Nile
Ninive n (-ve) Nineveh
Nizza n Nice
Nordamerika n North America
Norddeutsche Tiefebene North German Lowland
Nordliche Dwina Northern Dvina
Nordrhein-Westfalen n North Rhine-Westphalia (state in Germany)
Nordsee f North Sea
Norway n Norway
Nouakchott (Nouakchott) n Nouakchott (capital of Mauritania)
Nowosibirsk n Novosibirsk
Nuakschott see Nouakchott
Nuku'alofa n Nuku'alofa (capital of Tonga)
Nürnberg n Nuremberg

O

Ob m Ob river
Oberösterreich n Upper Austria (state in Austria)
Oberreinische Tiefebene Upper Rhine Lowland
Oberschlesien n Upper Silesia (original region in Poland)
Ochotskisches Meer, Ochotsker Meer Sea of ​​Okhotsk
Ödenburg n German name of the city of Sopron (Hungary)
Odenwald m Odenwald (mountains in Germany)
Oder f Oder river
Odessa n Odessa
Odra f Odra, Polish and Czech name of the Oder river
Oka f Oka river
Olymp m Olympus (mountain)
Oman n Oman (state)
Omsk n Omsk
Onegasee m Lake Onega
Öresund m Öresund (strait)
Osaka n Osaka
Oslo n Oslo
Ostchinesisches Meer East China Sea
Osterinsel f Easter Island
Österreich n Austria
Ostindien n East Indies
Ostpreußen n ist.East Prussia
Ostrava n Ostrava
Ostsee f Baltic Sea
Ottawa n Ottawa
Ouagadougou n Ouagadougou (capital of Burkina Faso)
Ozeanien n Oceania

P

Pakistan n Pakistan
Palästina n Palestina
Palermo n Palermo
Pamir m Pamir
Panama n Panama (state and capital)
Panamakanal m Panama Canal
Papeete n Papeete (capital of Tahiti)
Papua-Neuguinea n (-guinea) Papua New Guinea
Paraguay n (-guai) Paraguay
Paramaribo n Paramaribo (capital of Suriname)
Paris n Paris
Pazifik m Pacific Ocean
Peking n Beijing
Pergamon n Pergamon
Perm n Perm
Persischer Golf Persian Gulf
Peru n Peru
Petersburg n Petersburg, see Sankt Petersburg
Pfalz f Palatinate (original region on the territory of Germany, part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate)
Pfälzer Wald m Palatinate Forest (German mountains)
Philadelphia n Philadelphia
Philippinen pl Philippines (state)
Phnom-Penh n (Phnom Penh) Phnom Penh (capital of Cambodia)
Phonikien n, Phonizien Phenicia
Pilsen n Pilsen
Piräus n Piraeus
Pjongjang n Pyongyang
Plattensee m German name of Lake Balaton
Plowdiw n Plovdiv
Plzen n (Plzen) Pilsen
Po n r.Po
Polen n Poland
Polynesien n Polynesia
Pommern n Pomerania (original region in territorial Poland)
Port-au-Prince n (port-au-Prince) Port-au-Prince (capital of Haiti)
Port Louis n (Port Louis) Port Louis (capital of Mauritius)
Port Moresby n (port of Moresby) Port Moresby (capital of Papua New Guinea)
Port of Spain n (port of Spain) Port of Spain (capital of the state of Trinidad and Tobago)
Porto Novo n Porto Novo (capital of Benin)
Port Said n (-seet) Port Said
Portsmouth n Portsmouth
Portugal n Portugal
Posen n former German name of Poznań
Potsdam n Potsdam
Poznan n (posnan) Poznań
Prag n Prague
Praia n Praia (capital of Cobo Verde)
Preßburg n Presburg (German name for Bratislava)
Pretoria n Pretoria (capital of South Africa)
Preußen n East Prussia
Provence f (-you) Provence (historical region in France)
Puerto Rico n Puerto Rico
Pyrenäen pl Pyrenees, Pyrenees Mountains
Pyrenäenhalbinsel f Iberian Peninsula

Q

Quezon City n (Quezon City) Kaezon City (Philippines)
Quito n (Quito) Quito (capital of Ecuador)
Rabat n Rabat (capital of Morocco)
Rangun n see Jangon
Rawalpindi n Rawalpindi (Pakistan)
Republik Südafrika Republic of South Africa
Reunion n (reunion) Reunion Island
Reykjavik n Reykjavik
Rhein m Rhine river
Rheinische Schiefergebirge Rhine Slate Mountains
Rheinland n Rhineland
Rheinland-Pfalz n Rhineland-Palatinate (state in Germany)
Rhodos n Rhodes (island and city)
Rhone f Rhone river
Riga n Riga
Rigaer Bucht f Gulf of Riga
Rio de Janeiro n (Rio de Janeiro) Rio de Janeiro
Rom n Rome
Roseau n Roseau (capital of Dominica)
Rostock n Rostock
Rostow am Don n Rostov-on-Don
Rotes Meer Red Sea
Rotterdam n Rotterdam
Rwanda n Rwanda (state)
Rügen n Rügen islands
Ruhr f.Ruhr
Ruhrgebiet n Ruhr Basin
Romania n Romania
Russian Federation Russian Federation
Russia n Russia

S

Saale f r.Sale
Saar f Saar river
Saarbrücken n Saarbrücken
Saarland n Saar (land in Germany)
Sachalin n Sakhalin island
Sachsen n Saxony (state in Germany)
Sachsen-Anhalt n Saxony-Anhalt, etc. Saxony-Anhalt (state in Germany)
Sächsische Schweiz Saxon Switzerland
Sahara f (zakha- and sakha-) Sahara (desert)
Saigon n see Ho-chi-Minh-Stadt
Saint George's n (Saint George's) St. George's (capital of Grenada)
Salomonen pl Salomon Islands (state)
Salomoninseln pl Salomon Islands
Thessaloniki n Thessaloniki (city) and Thessaloniki
Salzburg n Salzburg (city and state in Austria)
Samara n Samara
Sambesi m Zambezi river
Sambia n Zambia
Samoainseln pl Samoa Islands
Sana n Sanaa (capital of the Republic of Yemen)
San Francisco n (Saint Francisco) San Francisco
San Jose n (Jose) San Jose (capital of Costa Rica)
Sankt Helena n Saint Helena
Sankt Petersburg n St. Petersburg
San Marino n San Marino (state and capital)
San Salvador n (-va-) San Salvador (capital of El Salvador)
Sansibar n Zanzibar island
Santiago de Chile n Santiago (capital of Chile)
Santiago de Cuba n Santiago de Cuba
Santo Domingo n Santo Domingo (capital of the Dominican Republic)
Sao Paulo n (Sao Paolo) Sao Paulo
Sao Tome n Sao Tome (capital of Sao Tome and Principe)
Sao Tome und Principi n (Sao Tome und Principe) Sao Tome and Principe
Sapporo n Sapporo
Sarajevo n Sarajevo
Sardinien n island of Sardinia
Saudi-Arabien n Saudi Arabia
Shanghai n Shanghai
Schlesien n Silesia (original region in Poland)
Schleswig n (Schleswig) Schleswig
Schleswig-Holstein n (Schleswig) Schleswig-Holstein (land in Germany)
Schottland n Scotland
Schwaben n Swabia (original region in the Federal Republic of Germany)
Schwäbische Alb Swabian Alb, Schwäbischer Jura Swabian Jura (mountains)
Schwarzes Meer Black Sea
Schwarzwald m Black Forest (mountains in Germany)
Schweden n Sweden
Schweiz f Switzerland, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Swiss Confederation
Schwerin n Schwerin
Seattle n (Seattle) Seattle
Seeland n Zealand island
Seine f (zen(e) and sen) river Seine
Senegal n Senegal
Seoul (Seoul), see Söul
Serbien n Serbia
Sewansee m Lake Sevan
Sevastopol n Sevastopol
Seychellen (seshelen) pl Seychelles (state)
Sheffield n Sheffield
Sibirien n Siberia
Siebenbürgen n Transylvania (original region in Romania)
Sierra Leone n Sierra Leone (state)
Simbabwe n (Zimbabwe) Zimbabwe (state)
Sinai m, Sinaihalbinsel f Sinai Peninsula
Singapore n (Singapore) Singapore (state and capital)
Sizilien n island of Sicily
Skandinavien n (-vi-) Scandinavia
Skopje n Skopje (Skoplje)
Slowakei f Slovakia
Slowenien n Slovenia
Soest n (Sost) Soest (Germany)
Sofia n Sofia
Solingen n Solingen
Somalia n Somalia
Söul n (soul) Seoul
Sowjetunion f Soviet Union
Spain n Spain
Spessart m Spessart (mountains in Germany)
Spitzbergen n Spitsbergen islands
Spree f Spree and Spree
Sri Lanka n Sri Lanka (state)
Steiermark f Styria (state in Austria)
Stettin n Stettin (German name for the city of Szczecin)
Stiller Ozean Pacific Ocean
Stockholm n Stockholm
Strasbourg n (Strasbourg), Straßburg (Stras-) Strasbourg (g)
Straße von Calais f (calais) Pas de Calais (strait)
Straße von Gibraltar f Strait of Gibraltar
Straße von Malacca f Strait of Malacca
Stuttgart n Stuttgart
SU (Sowjetunion) Soviet Union
Sucre n Sucre (the official capital of Bolivia)
South America n South America
Sudan m Sudan (state)
South China Sea
Sudeten pl Sudeten Mountains
Südkorea n South Korea
Suez n (zuets) Suez
Suezkanal m (Zuets) Suez Canal
Suhl n Suhl
Sulawesi n Sulawesi Peninsula
Sumat(e)ra n Sumatra island
Sund m Oresund, Sound (strait)
Sundainseln pl Sunda Islands
Surabaja n Surabaya
Suriname n Suriname (state)
Suva n Suva (capital of Fiji)
Swasiland n Swaziland (state)
Swerdlowsk n Sverdlovsk
Sydney n Sydney
Sylt n Sylt island
Syrdarja m Syrdarya river
Syria n Syria
Szczecin n (Szczecin) Szczecin

T

Tadschikistan (-ji-) n Tajikistan
Tahiti n Tahiti
Taiwan n (taeuan) ​​island of Taiwan
Tallinn n Tallinn
Tanganjikasee m Tanganyika island
Tanger n Tangier
Tansania (Tanzania) Tanzania
Tarawa n Tarawa (capital of Kiribati)
Taschkent n Tashkent
Tasmanien n Tasmania Island
Tatra f Tatras (mountains)
Taunus m Taunus (mountains)
Taurien n east Tavrida
Tbilissi n Tbilisi
Tegucigalpa n (-si-) Tegucigalpa (capital of Honduras)
Teheran n Tehran
Tel Aviv n (tel a vif) Tel Aviv
Teutoburger Wald m Teutoburg Forest (mountains)
Thailand n Thailand
Theben n Thebes
Theiß f r.Tisa
Themse f river Thames
Thessalien n East Thessaly (region in Germany)
Thimbu n Thimphu (capital of Bhutan)
Thrakien n, Thrazien east Thrace (region in Greece)
Thüringen n Thuringia (state in Germany)
Thüringer Wald m Thuringian Forest (mountains)
Tiber m Tiber river
Tibet n Tibet
Tienschan m Tien Shan
Tigris m river Tiger
Tilsit n source Tilsit (since 1946 Soviet)
Timor n Timor island
Tirana n Tirana
Tirol n Tyrol (state in Austria)
Togo n Togo (state)
Tokyo (Tokyo) n Tokyo
Tonga n Tonga (islands and states)
Toronto n Toronto
Totes Meer Dead Sea
Toulouse n (Tulus) Toulouse
Trier n Trier
Trinidad und Tobago n Trinidad and Tobago
Tripolis n Tripoli (capital of Libya)
Tschad m ​​Chad (lake), f state
Tschechoslowakei f Czechoslovakia
Tschomolungma m Chomolungma (mountains) see Mount Everest
Tschuktschenhalbinsel f half of Chukotka
Tschuktschensee f Chukchi Sea
Tsushima n (-shi-) Tsushima Island
Tübingen n Tübingen
Tunesien n Tunisia
Tunis n Tunis (capital of Tunisia)
Turin n Turin
Türkei f Türkiye
Turkmenistan n Turkmenistan
Tuvalu n Tuvalu (islands and state)
Tyrrhenisches Meer Turrine Sea

U

Ufa n Ufa
Uganda n Uganda (state)
Ukraine f Ukraine
Ulan-Bator n Ulaanbaatar
Uljanowsk n Ulyanovsk
Ungarn Hungary
Union der Sozialistischen Sowjetrepubliken (UdSSR) USSR
Ural m Ural, Ural Mountains
Urugvay n (-guai) Uruguay
USA pl USA
Usbekistan n Uzbekistan

V

Vaduz n (va-) Vaduz (capital of Liechtenstein)
Valencia n (va-) Valencia
Valletta n (va-) Valletta (capital of Malta)
Valparaiso n (va-) Valparaiso
Vanuatu n Vanuatu (state)
Vatikan m (va-) Vatican (city-state)
Venedig n (ve-) Venice
Venezuela (ve-) Venezuela
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate pl United Arab Emirates
Vereinigtes Königreich von Großbritanien und Nordirland n United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Vereinigte Staaten (von Amerika) (USA) pl USA
Versailles n (Versai) Versailles
Vesuv n (ve-) Vesuvius (volcano)
Vierlande pl Vierlande (area in the vicinity of Hamburg)
Vierwaldstätter See m (walt-) Lake Vierwaldstätter
Vietnam n (viet-), Sozialistische Republik Vietnam Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Vilnius n (Vilnius) Vilnius
Vogtland n Vogtland (region in Saxony)
Vorarlberg n (for-) Vorarlberg (land in Austria)
Vorderindien n Hindustan Peninsula
Vorpommern n Vorpommern (original region of Germany)
Wagadugu Wagadugu, see Ouagadougou
Walachei f Wallachia (original region in Romania)
Wales n (wels) Wales
Warna n Varna
Warschau n Warsaw
Washington (Washinten) n Washington
Weichsel f Vistula river
Weißes Meer White Sea
Weißrußland n Belarus
Wellington n (Wellington) Wellington (capital of New Zealand)
Weser f Weser river
Westfalen n Westphalia (part of North Rhine-Festphalia)
Westsahara f Western Sahara
Westsamoa n Western Samoa
Wien n Vienna (capital and state in Austria)
Wiesbaden n Wiesbaden
Windhoek (-hook-) n Windhoek (capital of Namibia)
Wisla f Vistula river
Wladiwostok n (-stock) Vladivostok
Wolga f Volga river
Wolgograd n Volgograd
Wroclaw n Wroclaw
Württemberg n Werttemberg (part of Baden-Württemberg)
Xianggang n (khiangan) Hong Kong
Yamoussoukro (yamoussoukro) n Yamoussoukro (capital of Cote d'Ivoire)
Yangon n see Yangon
Yaounde n (Yaounde) Yaounde (capital of Cameroon)
Yokohama see Jokohama

Z

Zahreb n (for-) Zagreb
Zaire n (zaire) Zaire (state)
Zaragoza n (Zaragoza) Zaragoza
Zentralafrikanische Republik (ZAR) Central African Republic
Zurich n Zurich
Zypern n Cyprus (island and state)

Who, whose. TAKE THE PLACE of someone, whose. Razg. Replace someone. I remembered the witch stepmother, who deceitfully took the place of my own mother, and promised the Ovsyannikov brothers: My dear one will return, just wait (M. Gorky. Childhood) ... Phraseological Dictionary of the Russian Literary Language

to take place- come to replace, make the difference, have weight, have a meaning, play a role, settle down, take over, weigh, settle down, place, replace, replace, settle down, place, replace, mean, replace Dictionary of Russian synonyms ... Synonym dictionary

to take place- tok... Dictionary Russian-na"vi

OCCUPY Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary

OCCUPY- 1. OCCUPY1, borrow, occupy, imperfect. (to borrow1), same as without additional. 1. Borrow. There is not enough money: you have to constantly borrow. He borrowed money from many people. 2. to whom? To lend to someone (reg., incorrect). “And all because it’s not... ... Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary

TAKE YOUR PLACE- (To take up one s station) refers to a ship entering its designated place in the formation. Samoilov K.I. Marine dictionary. M. L.: State Naval Publishing House of the NKVMF of the USSR, 1941 ... Marine Dictionary

PLACE- Wed space occupied by any body or object; a known space in general, occupied or empty; vastness, space, emptiness. | In the womb of a pregnant woman: placenta, placenta, vascular cake, from which, through the umbilical cord, the embryo communicates... ... Dahl's Explanatory Dictionary

take first place- to be in first place, to prevail, to have the greatest distribution, to be in first place, to have a predominant distribution Dictionary of Russian synonyms ... Synonym dictionary

Location- (also residence, Latin domicilium) the place where a person (citizen) permanently or primarily resides. He can occupy the premises in which he lives as the owner, under a lease (sublease), lease agreement... ... Wikipedia

occupy- [borrow] verb., nsv., used. very often Morphology: I occupy, you occupy, he/she/it occupies, we occupy, you occupy, they occupy, occupy, occupy, occupied, occupied, occupied, occupied, occupying, occupied, occupied,... ... Dmitriev's Explanatory Dictionary

occupy- OCCUPY1, nesov. (owl. occupy), whom. To interest (interest) someone l. than l., strongly captivating and completely capturing what l. time .… … Large explanatory dictionary of Russian verbs

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3. Important for the region climate and landscape: Bei uns sind die Temperaturen im Winter sehr niedrig. Wir haben kontinentales Klima. Die schönste Jahreszeit bei uns ist.... Die Landschaft ist abwechslungsreich. Bei uns gibt es viele Seen, Flüsse, Wälder.
4. If you have information about stories foundations of the city, then inform them: Die Stadt wurde... gegründet.
5. Many cities have symbols, known throughout the world: Das Wahrzeichen der Stadt ist .... Der Ort ist bekannt für ....
6. Attractions can be found in any city or region: Es gibt viele Sehenswürdigkeiten: Besonders berühmt ist: Es gibt viele Kirchen zu sehen.
7. Many regions are famous for their dishes: Eine Spezialität der Region ist .... Wer zu uns kommt, sollte ... probieren.
8. You can talk about what attracts tourists to these places: Zu uns kommen viele Menschen, weil.... Der Ort ist ideal für den Wintersport.
9. It is possible that this city is home of famous people: In dieser Stadt wurde...geboren.
10. If we are talking about your hometown, then it’s good to end the story own advice and recommendations: An meiner Heimatstadt liebe ich besonders.... Mir selbst gefällt am besten.... Man sollte am besten eine Schifffahrt auf dem See machen.

A story about Berlin

Die deutsche Hauptstadt ist Berlin. In Berlin gibt es viele verschiedene Sehenswürdigkeiten. Hier ist das Branderburger Tor. Es ist besonders toll. Die Quadriga an dem Tor ist groß und interessant. Sie ist sehr schön. An dem Alexanderplatz können vershidene Menschen Pantomima sehen.

The German capital is Berlin. Berlin has a wide variety of attractions. The Brandenburg Gate is located here. They are incredibly beautiful. The chariot on the gate is large and interesting. She is very beautiful. On Alexander Square (Alexanderplatz) various people can see pantomime.

Das Berliner Rathaus ist rot. Es gibt sechs-und-dreißig Terakottareliefs an diesem Gebaude. Die Berliner nenen es “Rotes Rathaus”.

Berlin City Hall is red. There are thirty-six terracotta reliefs on this building. Berliners call it the "Red Town Hall".

Die Nikolaikirche hat im zwölfte Jahrhutdert wurde gebautet. Im zweite Weltkrieg schwer zerstört, wurde die Kirche von neunzehnhudert-ein-und-achtzig till neunzehnhudert-sieb-und-achtzig aufgebautet.

The Church of St. Nicholas was built in the twelfth century. Heavily damaged during the Second World War, the church was restored in nineteen eighty-one - nineteen eighty-seven.

Der Reichstag - Sitz der deutschen Regirung - wurde auch im zweite Weltkrieg stark zerstört. Hier hat russische Flagge gehangen.

The Reichstag, the seat of the German government, was also heavily damaged during World War II. The Russian flag hung here.

Den Berliner Zoo be suchen die Kinder besonders gern. Das ist einer grössten Zoo in der Welt. Es ist besonders groß und mit verschiedenen Tieren, schön, weltberümt und interessant.

The Berlin Zoo is incredibly popular with children. It is the largest zoo in the world. It is large and with various animals, beautiful, world famous and interesting.

Künfürstendamm ist eine Prachtstraße Berlins. Der Ku'damm ist für seine Kabaretts, Cafes und Luxusgeschäfte bekannt.

Kunfürstendamm is one of the fashionable streets (boulevards) of Berlin. Ku'damm is famous for its cabarets, cafes and expensive shops.

Unter den Linden ist die Hauptstraße Berlins. Hier befinden sich viele Botschafte, Büros, Kaufhäuser, Cafes, den weltberümte Humbold-Universität und die Staatsbibliothek.

The street under the linden trees (Unter den Linden) is the main street of Berlin. There are many government buildings, offices, department stores, cafes, the famous Humboldt University and the state library.

Berliner Wappen ist Schön. Auf dem Wappen ist ein Bär. Es ist sehr groß.

The coat of arms of Berlin is beautiful. The coat of arms depicts a bear. It is very big.

Ich rate Ihnen Berlin zu besuchen, weil diese Stadt einer schönsten Städte in der ganzen Welt ist.

I advise everyone to visit Berlin because this city is one of the most beautiful cities in the whole world.

Story about Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main liegt in der Mitte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Frankfurt nennt man oft „das deutsche Chicago“ - und das ist nicht nur wegen seiner Hochhäuser. Diese Stadt ist eine Bankmetropole. Hier sind über drei hundert in- und ausländische Banken, die deutsche Bundesbank und die wichtigsten deutschen Börsen. Wegen der Wolkenkratzer und der Banken nennt man sie auch „das deutsche Manhattan“.

Frankfurt am Main is located in the center of the Federal Republic of Germany. Frankfurt is often called the “German Chicago” - and not only because of its skyscrapers. This city is a banking center. More than three hundred national and international banks, the German State Bank and the most important German stock exchanges are located here. Because of its high-rise buildings and banks, it is also called “German Manhattan.”

In der Stadt leben rund sechs hundert fünf und fünfzig Tausend Einwohner. Frankfurt ist seit vielen Jahren auch als Messestadt bekannt. Hier finden die größten Ausstellungen und Messen statt. Kein Wunder: die Stadt steht in der Mitte der Verkehrswege. Nach Frankfurt kommen sehr viele Menschen, so Frankfurter Bahnhof ist der größte in ganzem Europa. Hier befinden sich der zweitgrößte Flughafen Europas und ein größer Binnenhafen.

The city is home to about six hundred fifty-five thousand inhabitants. Frankfurt has also been known for many years as a fair city. The largest exhibitions and fairs take place here. No wonder: the city is located in the very center of trade routes. So many people come to Frankfurt that Frankfurt Station is the largest in all of Europe. Here is the second largest airport in Europe and one of the largest ports.

Und wie ist die Industrie von Frankfurt? Im Rein-Main-Gebiet dominiert die chemische Industrie. In der Stadt werden elektronische Geräte, Maschinen, Fahrzeuge, Bekleidung, Lebensmittel und viele anderes hergestellt.

And what is the industry like in Frankfurt? The Rhine-Main region is dominated by the chemical industry. Electronic devices, machine tools, cars, clothing, food and much more are manufactured in the city.

Frankfurt ist das Zentrum des deutschen Buchhandels. Hier gibt es viele Buchverlage, und jedes Jahr findet hier die große internationale Buchmesse statt.

Es gibt viele Sehenswürdigkeiten in diese berühmte Stadt. Hier befinden sich verschiedene Museen, Theaters, Denkmäler. In dieser alten Stadt lebten berühmte Menschen: Dichter, Schriftsteller, Musikanten, Spieler… Aber der berühmteste ist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Das Goethe-Haus gehört zu den Sehenswürdigkeiten Frankfurts. Hier können Menschen viel über den großen Dichter erfahren. Sie können in Frankfurt verschiedene Souvenirs für seine Familie und Freunde kaufen.

This famous city has many attractions. There are various museums, theaters, monuments here... Famous people lived in this old town: poets, writers, musicians, actors... But the most famous is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The Goethe Museum is one of the attractions of Frankfurt. Here people can learn a lot about the life of the famous writer. You can buy various souvenirs for your family and friends in Frankfurt.

Meiner Meinung nach ist Frankfurt am Main zu besuchen sehr interessant.

In my opinion, Frankfurt am Main is a very interesting place to visit.

A story about Leipzig

Leipzig ist die Stadt der Sehenswürdigkeiten. Es ist weltberühmt und weltbekannt. Diese Stadt ist heute so populär, so viele verschiedene Menschen aus der ganzen Welt gehen nach Deutschland um seine Attraktionen zu besuchen.

Leipzig is a city of attractions. He is famous all over the world. This city is so popular today that many different people from all over the world travel to Germany to visit its attractions.

Leipzig ist die berühmte deutsche Stadt. Jedes Jahr finden hier Messen statt, deswegen nennt man sie die Messestadt. Diese Stadt liegt im Bundesland Sachsen. Leipzig ist reich an den Sehenswürdigkeiten, zum Beispiel, die Leipziger Universität. Sie wurde im Jahre vierzehn hundert und neun gegründet. Das Gebäude ist vier-und-dreißig-stockig.

Leipzig is a famous German city. Fairs are held here every year, which is why people call it a fair town. This city lies in the federal state of Sachsen. Leipzig is rich in attractions, such as the University of Leipzig. It was built in one thousand four hundred and nine. The building consists of thirty-four floors.

Leipzig hat einige Namen. Man nennt es die Stadt der Musik, weil Johann Sebastian Bach den Knabenchor in der Thomaskirche von siebzehn hundert drei und zwanzig bis siebzehn hundert fünfzig leitete. Seine Grabstätte befindet sich in der Kirche. Vor der Thomaskirche steht das eindrucksvolle Bachdenkmal.

Leipzig has several names. People call it the city of music because Johann Sebastian Bach led the boys' choir at St. Thomas' Church from 1723 to 1750. His burial place is located in the church itself. There is an impressive monument to Bach in front of St Thomas' Church.

Der Mittelpunkt Leipzigs ist der Marktplatz mit dem Alten Rathaus. Bis zum zwanzigste Jahrhundert war das Alte Rathaus Sitz der Stadtverwaltung. Jetzt befindet sich hier das Stadtgeschichtliche Museum.

The center of Leipzig is the Market Square with the Old Town Hall. Until the twentieth century, the Old Town Hall was the meeting place of the city administration. Now there is a city historical museum here.

Zu den bekanntesten Bauten gehören der imposante Leipziger Hauptbahnhof mit sechs und zwanzig Bahnsteigen, das neue Rathaus mit dem ein hudert und acht Meters hohen Turm, das Völkerschlachtdenkmal gegen die Armee Napoleons, das Museum der bildenden Künste.

The most famous buildings include the impressive Leipzig Station with twenty-six railway tracks, the new Town Hall with a tower one hundred and eight meters high, a monument to the people's militia against Napoleon's army, and the Museum of Fine Arts.

Leipzig hat die größte Bibliothek in dem ganzen Europa - die Deutsche Bücherei, deshalb nennt man es die Stadt des Buches. In den Räumen befinden sich das Deutsche Buch und das Schriftmuseum. Neunzehn hundert sechzig wurde in der Stadt das Gebäude des Opernhauses gegründet.

Leipzig has the largest library in Europe - the German Book Depository (Detsche Bucherei), which is why people call it the city of books. The premises house the "German Book" (the oldest book on German history) and the Museum of Writing. In nineteen sixty, the Leipzig Opera was built in the city. Back