Health & Medical

head

"Kopf" — imagine a cop (Kopf) tipping his hat, showing his head.

throat / neck

HALS sounds like 'hauls'. Imagine someone trying to HAUL something heavy, straining their NECK and throat.

chest / breast

BROOST sounds like "roost." A bird's chest expands as it "roosts" comfortably on a branch.

stomach / belly

'BAUCH' sounds like 'ouch'. If you get hit in the BELLY, you'll say 'OUCH!'

back

A ROOK chess piece is always looking INto the board, with its BACK facing the player.

arm

'ARM' sounds just like the English 'arm'. Simple! Imagine an ARMed guard.

leg

BINE sounds like 'BONE.' Your *leg* contains many bones, the biggest one being a thigh bone.

hand

"Hand" — the same as English! A helpful hand.

foot

FUẞ sounds like 'foos' – like a FOOSEball table where you kick the ball with your FOOT.

eye

"Auge" — the eye that sees the aura of everything.

ear

OHR sounds like "oar." Imagine listening with your EAR to the rhythmic splash of an OAR in water.

nose

NAH-zuh sounds like 'noisy'. Imagine a *noisy* child pointing to their *nose*.

mouth

MUND sounds like 'mound'. Imagine a tiny mound of food inside your mouth, ready to be chewed.

tooth

ZAHN sounds like 'sahn' (as in 'dawn'). Imagine the SUN (dawn) shining on a sparkling, clean TOOTH.

fever

FIE-ber sounds like 'fiber'. When you have a fever, you feel so weak you have no *fiber* left in your body!

cough

HOO-sten sounds like 'who's then?' — someone asks 'Who's then coughing so loudly?'

cold

ER-KHEL-TOONG sounds like "air-cooling." When you catch a cold, you feel "air-cooling" and shivery.

flu / influenza

GRIPPE sounds like 'GRIP PEA'. The FLU gives you such a strong GRIP, you can't even hold a PEA!

allergy

ALLERGIE sounds just like 'allergy'. It's an easy one! Imagine a huge red 'A' for *allergy*.

tired

MÜ-de sounds like 'moody' – when you're tired, you often feel quite moody!

sick / ill

CRANK sounds like a cranky, sick person complaining loudly, feeling unwell and out of sorts.

doctor (male)

'ARTZT' sounds like 'arts'. A skilled DOCTOR practices the healing ARTS.

doctor (female)

ÄRZTIN sounds like 'air-stein'. A female doctor examining a patient with a stethoscope made of 'air-stein'!

hospital

KRANKEN-HAUS sounds like 'CRANK-N-HOUSE'. Imagine a cranky, house-sized nurse in a giant hospital, needing a crank to mo

doctor's practice / clinic

PRAXIS sounds like "PRACTICE." A doctor's office is where a doctor "practices" medicine.

pharmacy

APOTHEKE sounds like 'a pot take-eh'. You go to the *pharmacy* to take a pot (of medicine).

appointment

"TER-meen" sounds like "terminate." You need to *terminate* your old plans for a new *appointment*!

prescription

'Re-SEPT.' A doctor hands you a PRESCRIPTION for medication to help you 're-sept' your system.

bandage / dressing

Ver-BAND sounds like 'fair band.' A FAIR BANDAGE applied carefully around a wound.

medication / medicine

MEDIKAMENT sounds like "medicament" – which is an older word for medicine!

to examine

UNTERSUCHEN sounds like 'oon-ter-zoo-ken'. An 'under-zoo-hen' (a secret chicken in a zoo) needs to be EXAMINED by a vet!

to prescribe

FER-shry-ben sounds like 'for shribbling,' which a doctor does on a prescription pad. You get a prescription!

to measure (temperature/blood pressure)

MESS-en sounds like "mess in". You need to MEASURE carefully to avoid a MESS IN your crafting project.

to rest

AUS-ruhen is like 'out to rest.' Go *out* into the fresh air and *rest*!