C1 · 40 words
Physics and engineering in German
Force, energy and measurement — the vocabulary of a German school physics lesson and a technical manual alike.
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From these 40 words, as many per round as you like — up to all of them: first what is due today, then new ones. First you choose, then you fill the gap, then you write it yourself. Mistakes come back again shortly.
More about this list
German keeps two everyday words apart that English blurs. Die Spannung is voltage — and also suspense in a novel and tension between people, all from the same idea of something being stretched. And die Leistung is power in the physical sense, as well as performance and an achievement; the unit is the same watt as everywhere else.
The words
Verb (4)
beschleunigento accelerateVerbB2
bremsento brake, to slowVerbB2
beobachtento observeVerbB2
berechnento calculateVerbB2
Noun (34)
Grammar for these: The three genders · The plural
die PhysikphysicsNounB2
die TrägheitinertiaNounC1
Also sluggishness in a person.
die BeschleunigungaccelerationNounC1
die MassemassNounB2
Also a crowd, and dough.
die SchwerkraftgravityNounC1
die ReibungfrictionNounC1
Also friction between people.
der Druckpressure, printingNounB2
Also printing, and pressure on a person.
der HebelleverNounC1
das Gleichgewichtbalance, equilibriumNounB2
die Spannungvoltage, tension, suspenseNounB2
Voltage, tension and suspense are all one word in German.
die StromstärkecurrentNounC1
der WiderstandresistanceNounB2
Also resistance in the political sense.
der StromkreiscircuitNounC1
der MagnetmagnetNounB2
das Magnetfeldmagnetic fieldNounC1
die FrequenzfrequencyNounC1
die Schwingungoscillation, vibrationNounC1
der SchallsoundNounC1
das LichtlightNounA2
die BrechungrefractionNounC1
die ReflexionreflectionNounC1
die Linselens, lentilNounC1
The same word as the pulse you cook.
die Wärmeheat, warmthNounB2
die AusdehnungexpansionNounC1
die StrahlungradiationNounC1
die Halbwertszeithalf-lifeNounC1
das VakuumvacuumNounC1
der Auftriebbuoyancy, liftNounC1
der WirkungsgradefficiencyNounC1
das Messgerätmeasuring instrumentNounC1
die KonstanteconstantNounC1
die BeobachtungobservationNounB2
das WattwattNounB2
Stays singular after a number. Also the tidal mudflats, das Wattenmeer.
die Ausbreitungpropagation, spreadNounC1
Adjective (1)
Grammar for these: Adjectives after sein · Comparative and superlative
radioaktivradioactiveAdjectiveC1
Phrase (1)
das Gesetz der Physiklaw of physicsPhraseC1
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