Writing Practice - Translation into German: Travel and Tourism
Practise translating travel and tourism language into German. Learn the key words with their gender and capital letters, then build up to translating short sentences accurately.
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Translating into German
In the writing exam you translate short English sentences into German. On the theme of travel and tourism, that means knowing the words, their gender (der, die, das) and that every noun takes a capital letter. This module builds up from single words to whole sentences. (A native speaker should review the German before launch.)
Travel words in German
Start with four key travel words:
Match each English word to its German
- trip
- holidays
- beach
- suitcase
- die Reise
- die Ferien
- der Strand
- der Koffer
Which German word?
How do you say "the airport" in German?
- der Flughafen
- der Bahnhof
- die Fahrkarte
- das Zimmer
Gender and capitals
Two things make or break a German translation: - The gender: der Zug (m), die Reise (f), das Hotel (n), and die for plurals (die Ferien) - Every noun takes a capital letter: der Strand, das Gepäck, die Fahrkarte Learn each word with its article and capital from the start, and watch for the special letters like the a-umlaut in Gepäck.
Ways to travel
Select the TWO German words that are means of transport.
- der Zug
- das Flugzeug
- der Strand
- das Hotel
Der, die or das?
Every German noun has one of three genders. Learn it with the word.
Which German verb?
How do you say "to book" (for example, a room) in German?
- buchen
- reisen
- besuchen
- fliegen
Complete the German
In den _____ reise ich gern. Ich fahre mit dem _____ und dem _____. Ich möchte ein _____ im _____ buchen.
Build the sentence
Put the German words in order to make the sentence "I travel by train".
- Ich
- reise
- mit
- dem
- Zug
Match each English word to its German
- station
- airport
- mountain
- luggage
- der Bahnhof
- der Flughafen
- der Berg
- das Gepäck
Choose the German
Three translations. Choose the correct German each time.
- Which German word means "the beach"?
- Which German phrase means "abroad"?
- Which German sentence means "I book a room"?
Translate into German
Translate these three short sentences into German. Write each one out fully.
- I am on holiday (use die Ferien or der Urlaub)
- I travel by plane (use das Flugzeug)
- I book a hotel (use buchen and das Hotel)
- Check your genders (der, die, das) and put a capital letter on every noun
Every detail scores, in German
In a translation, every detail scores. Get the vocabulary right, the gender right (der, die, das), a capital letter on every noun, and the word order right. Learn each new word as a package - article, capital and any special letters together - and re-read your German to check nothing is missing. Accurate words, correct genders, capitals and word order - top band.