Can you name the phrases that a beginner might need in German?

English	German
German (Language)
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October

English	German
November
December
Red
Blue
Green
Black
White
Who
What
Where
When
Why
Hello
Goodbye
How are you?
Good
Bad
Please
Thanks
Yes
No
My name is...
Sorry!
I don't know
I don't understand
Big
Small
Zero

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Language Basics: German Quiz

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	jpahk:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 18:59 GMT		10 points
	kept trying schadenfreude, with no success. you may all laugh at my misfortunes now.

	hodgetiger:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 20:08 GMT		9 points
	I bitte off more than I could chew with this quiz!

	Magnavox:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 20:50 GMT		5 points
	An alternate answer for "My name is" should be "Meine name ist." :)

	sporklemeister:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 20:53 GMT		11 points
	well in fact 'name' is masculine so 'meine name ist' would be grammatically incorrect ... ;) In any case, fun quiz but way too deutsch-zentrisch! Not all of us are from Baden-Wuttenberg!

	oklaclarinet:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 22:32 GMT		4 points
	Considering how long lit's been since my college German class, I'm surprised what came back to me. Especially the spellings...

	Ulkomaalainen:	Jul 16th, 2012 at 23:18 GMT		8 points
	But "Mein Name ist" would be correct - and it's common in phone conversations with institutions. "Hello, my name is X, and I have the following problem" would be preferrably translated with "Guten Tag, mein Name ist X, es geht um folgendes:" not with "Ich heiße X" (though both work perfectly well - when these are your only German problems you should get by fine and easily).

	Koltrane:	Jul 17th, 2012 at 03:09 GMT		8 points
	I just got back from Germany and everyone said auf wiedershen when they left. I think it should be an alternative for goodbye.

	VikingDevil53:	Jul 17th, 2012 at 03:31 GMT		0 points
	god. i spent a whole semester in vienna. and after not being there for a two years. my german is gone to **** but @koltrane, although auf wiedersehen is used as a way to say bye. it technically means see you again.

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	WeaselKing1000:	Jul 17th, 2012 at 06:34 GMT		2 points
	@itsacon Literally you're right, since that could mean 'I don't know'...more in the sense of 'I'm not familiar with...', though, if I'm not mistaken.

	Tongueforker:	Jul 17th, 2012 at 06:50 GMT		3 points
	I just think it's good that the phrase that the fewest people understood was 'I don't understand'.

	dancariaz:	Jul 17th, 2012 at 12:18 GMT		9 points
	wow, 100%. I guess being German helped a bit ;)

	HoosierDaddy:	Jul 17th, 2012 at 13:36 GMT		9 points
	The only German I know is "Die Bart Die"

	milgita:	Jul 17th, 2012 at 14:35 GMT		1 point
	Obviously I need to work on the basics....

	Christophee:	Jul 17th, 2012 at 14:42 GMT		0 points
	I got an A in my German GCSE, but that was 8 years ago. I still got every single answer though. I'm surprised how much I remembered. Very enjoyable quiz.

	sporklemeister:	Jul 17th, 2012 at 15:20 GMT		2 points
	first of all 'auf wiedersehen' (spelled correctly) was accepted for goodbye and it might most accurately be translated to: until we see each-other again. second of all 'ich kenne nichts' with an s after 'nicht' means 'i know nothing' not 'i don't know' so i'm not surprised it wasn't accepted. sporkle'meister' out!

	Bobman1:	Jul 17th, 2012 at 17:23 GMT		1 point
	@HoosierDaddy, that means "the Bart, the", right? The things we learn from Sideshow Bob....

	Bobman1:	Jul 17th, 2012 at 17:28 GMT		2 points
	Really enjoyed this, though I took it without ever having studied German--just wanted to see how much I picked up over the years (and how tough it will be when an Austrian exchange student arrives at my house in a week!). I got 18, which is not bad considering, but that spelling.... damn, that sure is something I have not quite picked up by osmosis. Could have doubled my score if I had a clue about spelling. Kept slapping my forehead as I went down the answer list. Live and learn.

	VinceNet:	Jul 17th, 2012 at 21:41 GMT		-1 points
	I thought it was "Ich weisse nicht" not "Ich weiss nicht"... but since my german classes are dating way back I'll trust this

	tndawg:	Jul 18th, 2012 at 01:03 GMT		2 points
	^ mine, too, but I think wissen is an irregular verb?

	Ubbiebubbie:	Jul 18th, 2012 at 22:11 GMT		3 points
	My favorite German word is still Bürgermeister.

	redhawk87:	Jul 22nd, 2012 at 20:08 GMT		0 points
	is "wie bist du?' not ok for "how are you?" its been a long time since my german class in hs but I do remember wie geht's now that sporcle reminded me. I cant believe I didnt get es tut mir leight. All in all I was surprised I only missed 2.

	pixiecorpse:	Aug 3rd, 2012 at 22:09 GMT		1 point
	"Wiess ich nicht" and "dass weiss ich nicht" should be alternatives for "I don't know", as both of them are used in Germany. I used auf wiedersehen as I can't for the life of me spell Tschüss. I got them all right. 8 years of speaking German and living in Germany for a year sure paid off.

	Ulkomaalainen:	Aug 25th, 2012 at 23:54 GMT		1 point
	@pixiecorpse: Of course you are right - albeit two typos, you spell the first one "Weiss ich nicht" and the second "Das weiss ich nicht". @redhawk: While "Wie bist Du?" is a correct literal translation of "How are you?", it doesn't carry the meaning of asking for health or as a greeting. It would normally be used in longer sentences and not on its own though. And I cannot think of a direct translation using those two right now, where not at least one of the phrases is changed ever so slightly. As in "Wie (gut) bist Du im Fußball?" - "How (good) are you at football?"