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Illustration of the A1 German word “das Foto”, which translates to “photo”. Oma Trude — tiny round old woman, silver bun, round wire glasses, lilac cardigan — poses bolt upright as a huge old box camera on a tripod, lens pointed straight at her, flashes white; eyes squeezed shut in dismay.

Foto is part of German nouns A1–B1 and Goethe A1 vocabulary.

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German nouns A1–B1 — PDF

dasFoto, -s

photo

/ˈfoːto/

Examples — Foto in a sentence

Ich mache ein Foto.

I am taking a photo.

Das ist ein altes Foto.

That is an old photo.

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FOTO sounds just like "photo" in English! Super easy to remember.

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der Fotograf , -en

/fotoˈɡʁaːf/

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Illustration of the A1 German word “die Freundin”, which translates to “friend (female)”. Yoko — sleek black bob with bangs, oversized cream sweater — leaps into the arms of Dana — blonde bob, red cardigan, lanyard — at an airport arrival gate, Yoko sobbing happy tears, Dana laughing, head thrown back.
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/ˈfʁɔɪ̯ndɪn/

Illustration of the A1 German word “Fußball (spielen)”, which translates to “to play football”. Close-up of a determined badger in a striped jersey, mid-kick, striking a huge glowing football that fills half the frame and bursts into a spray of grass and light on contact.
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masculine Fotograf — photographer

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