Master body vocabulary with flashcards, audio pronunciation, and tiered difficulty levels designed to take you from beginner to advanced.
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Memory Trick: Think of shouting 'OW!' when you get poked in the eye. 'Auge' sounds like 'OW-guh'!
OW! My Auge (eye) got poked!
Memory Trick: Picture walking along a long straight vine on your legs. 'Bein' sounds like 'bine' (rhymes with line).
Walk down the line on your Bein!
Memory Trick: Imagine a police officer (a COP) wearing his uniform hat directly on his head ('Kopf').
Put the cop's hat on your Kopf!
Memory Trick: Think of taking a bow from your waist—you bow forward with your belly ('Bauch' sounds like 'bowkh').
Take a bow with your Bauch!
Memory Trick: Think of doing a deep exercise lunge! Your lungs ('Lunge') work hard to supply oxygen when you perform a lunge.
Breathe deeply into your Lunge while doing a lunge!
Memory Trick: It sounds almost identical to 'elbow'! The ending '-bogen' means 'bow' or 'bend', so it is your 'elbow bend'.
The bend in your arm is your Ellbogen!
How body vocabulary varies across Spain and Latin America.
Standard German: das Gesäß / der Hintern
Switzerland: das Füdli
Austria: der Po / der Hintern
Standard German: der Mund
Southern Germany & Austria: die Gosche
Northern Germany: die Schnute
Germany: der Fußknöchel / der Knöchel
Austria: der Knöchel
Switzerland: der Fussknöchel
Standard German: das Bein (leg) / der Fuß (foot)
Austria & Bavaria (Colloquial): der Fuß (often refers to entire leg)
Switzerland: das Bein / der Fuss
Standard German: die Nase
Germany (Colloquial): der Zinken / die Riechmuschel
Austria: der Zinken
Standard German: der Bauch
Austria: die Wampe / der Bauch
Switzerland: der Buch / der Bauch
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