Morning Essentials

Morning Essentials

This set covers essential German verbs and nouns for daily life: morning routine, eating, work, leisure, and shopping. Perfect for A1 beginners starting to talk about their day.

This A1 German vocabulary set prepares learners for Start Deutsch 1 and covers everyday words like aufwachen (wake up), sich duschen (shower), frühstücken (have breakfast), and aufräumen (tidy up). Flashcards come with example sentences and pronunciation guides, making it easy for absolute beginners to talk about their daily routine and household activities in German from day one.

The Morning Essentials set teaches 20 German vocabulary items at CEFR A1, focused on Home & Daily Life.

Word list (20) — audio and IPA

  • der Wecker vɛkɐ — alarm clockder Wecker
  • die Zahnbürste tsaːnˌbʏʁstə — toothbrushdie Zahnbürste
  • die Kaffeetasse kafeˌtasə — coffee cupdie Kaffeetasse
  • das Brot bʁoːt — breaddas Brot
  • der Schlüssel ʃlʏsl̩ — keyder Schlüssel
  • aufstehen ˈaʊ̯fʃteːən — steht auf — stand auf — aufgestanden · to get upaufstehen
  • frühstücken ˈfʁyːʃtʏkən — to have breakfastfrühstücken
  • duschen ˈduːʃən — to showerduschen
  • kochen ˈkɔxən — to cookkochen
  • essen ˈɛsən — isst — aß — gegessen · to eatessen
  • trinken ˈtʁɪŋkən — trank — getrunken · to drinktrinken
  • schlafen ˈʃlaːfən — schläft — schlief — geschlafen · to sleepschlafen
  • arbeiten ˈaʁbaɪ̯tən — to workarbeiten
  • lernen ˈlɛʁnən — to learnlernen
  • waschen ˈvaʃən — wäscht — wusch — gewaschen · to washwaschen
  • putzen ˈpʊtsn̩ — to cleanputzen
  • einkaufen ˈaɪnˌkaʊfn̩ — to shopeinkaufen
  • die Tasche ˈtaʃə — bagdie Tasche
  • das Handy ˈhɛndi — cell phonedas Handy
  • fernsehen ˈfɛʁnˌzeːən — sieht fern — sah fern — ferngesehen · to watch TVfernsehen

Frequently asked questions

What CEFR level is “Morning Essentials”?

“Morning Essentials” is a CEFR A1 set. It targets learners at the A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

How many words does “Morning Essentials” contain?

The set contains 20 German vocabulary items with translations in five languages. Most words include native-speaker audio and IPA transcription.

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