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These 50 words cover ~40% of everyday German
Pronouns(8)
es
it
/ɛs/
sich
oneself (reflexive pronoun)
/zɪç/
ich
I
/ɪç/
er
he
/eːɐ̯/
sie
she, they, you (formal)
/ziː/
was
what
/vas/
man
one, you (impersonal)
/man/
wir
we
/viːɐ̯/
Articles(8)
die
the (feminine/plural)
/diː/
der
the (masculine)
/deːɐ̯/
den
the (masculine accusative/dative plural)
/deːn/
das
the (neuter); that
/das/
ein
a, an (masculine/neuter)
/aɪ̯n/
eine
a, an (feminine)
/ˈaɪ̯nə/
dem
the (masculine/neuter dative)
/deːm/
einem
a, an (masculine/neuter dative)
/ˈaɪ̯nəm/
Core Verbs(7)
ist
is
/ɪst/
werden
to become; will (auxiliary)
/ˈveːɐ̯dən/
hat
has
/hat/
haben
to have
/ˈhaːbən/
war
was
/vaːɐ̯/
sein
to be; his
/zaɪ̯n/
kann
can, is able to
/kan/
Adverbs(9)
nicht
not
/nɪçt/
auch
also, too
/aʊ̯x/
noch
still, yet
/nɔx/
wie
how, like, as
/viː/
so
so, such, like this
/zoː/
nur
only, just
/nuːɐ̯/
da
there, since, because
/daː/
schon
already
/ʃoːn/
mehr
more
/meːɐ̯/
Prepositions(13)
in
in, into
/ɪn/
von
from, of
/fɔn/
zu
to, too
/tsuː/
mit
with
/mɪt/
auf
on, upon, onto
/aʊ̯f/
für
for
/fyːɐ̯/
an
at, on, to
/an/
nach
after, to, according to
/naːx/
bei
at, near, with
/baɪ̯/
aus
from, out of
/aʊ̯s/
um
around, at (time), in order to
/ʊm/
über
over, above, about
/ˈyːbɐ/
am
at the (contraction of an + dem)
/am/
Connectors(5)
und
and
/ʊnt/
dass
that (conjunction)
/das/
oder
or
/ˈoːdɐ/
aber
but, however
/ˈaːbɐ/
wenn
if, when
/vɛn/