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Illustration of the A1 German word “die Wortstellung”, which translates to “word order”. A child happily arranging magnetic words on a fridge, creating silly sentences.

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

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dieWortstellung, -en

word order

/ˈvɔʁtˌʃtɛlʊŋ/

Examples — Wortstellung in a sentence

Die deutsche Wortstellung ist manchmal schwierig.

German word order is sometimes difficult.

Wir lernen heute etwas über die Wortstellung.

Today we are learning something about word order.

How to remember it

WORT-stellung sounds like 'word stew-long.' Imagine trying to untangle a 'stew-long' string of words to get the correct

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on (days/times)

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Wir treffen uns am Dienstag.

We meet on Tuesday.

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On the weekend, I sleep late.

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article

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Ich lese einen interessanten Artikel online.

I am reading an interesting article online.

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"Der" is a definite article in German.

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/aʊ̯f ˈviːdɐˌzeːən/

Goodbye!

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Auf Wiedersehen! Bis nächste Woche!

Goodbye! See you next week!

Auf Wiedersehen! Ich gehe jetzt.

Goodbye! I am leaving now.

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from, out of

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Ich komme aus der Schweiz.

I come from Switzerland.

Nimm das Buch bitte aus der Tasche.

Please take the book out of the bag.

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/aʊ̯toˈmaːt/

machine, vending machine

Examples

Der Automat nimmt keine Zehn-Euro-Scheine an.

The machine does not accept ten-euro notes.

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I'll get a cola from the vending machine.

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/ˈbaŋkʔaʊ̯toˌmaːt/

ATM

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Wo ist der nächste Bankautomat hier bitte?

Where is the nearest ATM here, please?

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I need money from the ATM for dinner.

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