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Environment and Local Area: Vocabulary and Compound Nouns

Learn German words for where people live and the environment, then practise compound nouns and location phrases.

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What you'll cover

Where people live

This topic covers homes, towns, villages, countryside and the environment. German is especially good at making compound nouns, where smaller words join together.

Key local-area words

Learn the German nouns with capital letters.

leben or wohnen?

Both can translate as live, but they do slightly different jobs.

Match the local word

  • das Haus
  • die Wohnung
  • die Stadt
  • das Dorf
  • house
  • flat
  • town or city
  • village

Which is environment?

Which German word means environment?

  • die Umwelt
  • die Umgebung
  • die Landschaft
  • die Energie

Compound nouns

German often joins nouns together. Wohnzimmer combines wohnen/live with Zimmer/room to mean living room. The final part usually controls the main meaning and article.

Match the environment words

  • die Umwelt
  • die Natur
  • die Energie
  • der Müll
  • environment
  • nature
  • energy
  • rubbish

Correct local-area German

Select the TWO correct German phrases.

  • ich wohne in der Stadt
  • das Wohnzimmer
  • die umwelt
  • ich gehe in der Stadt

Build the location sentence

Put the words in order to say: I live in the town.

  • ich
  • wohne
  • in der
  • Stadt

Complete the local-area sentences

House is das _____. Flat is die _____. Environment is die _____. Living room is das _____.

Haus Wohnung Umwelt Wohnzimmer Stadt Dorf Natur

Spot environment words

Tap the THREE words linked to the environment or nature.

  • Umwelt
  • Beruf
  • Natur
  • Schule
  • Energie

Motion into town

Which sentence means: I go into town?

  • ich gehe in die Stadt
  • ich wohne in der Stadt
  • ich gehe in der Stadt
  • ich gehe in das Dorf

Choose the local phrase

Pick the phrase that fits each situation.

  • You live in a flat.
  • You want to say environment.
  • You go into town.

Your local area

Write two or three sentences in German about where you live and the environment.

  • Mention a home or place word
  • Use wohnen or leben
  • Include one environment word such as Umwelt, Natur or Energie