German Restaurant Flashcards

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Review your German restaurant vocabulary and test your knowledge with interactive practice.

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Review German restaurant vocabulary with the full list of words and their English translations.

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Memory Hooks & Tricks

Boost your vocabulary retention with these clever, association-rich memory tricks tailored for German learners.

das Besteck (cutlery)

Memory Trick: Think of cutlery as the tools you use to best tech-nically tackle your food.

Besteck gives you the best tech for eating.

die Speisekarte (menu)

Memory Trick: Speise means food/dish, and Karte is a card or map. A map showing all the food is your menu!

The Speisekarte is your food card.

das Trinkgeld (tip)

Memory Trick: Combine Trink (drink) + Geld (money). It's literally 'drink money' given to your waiter.

Trinkgeld is money for a drink.

die Vorspeise (starter / appetizer)

Memory Trick: Vor means 'before', and Speise means 'food/dish'. The dish you eat before the main course!

Vorspeise is the dish before the main meal.

die Rechnung (bill)

Memory Trick: Think of rechnen (to calculate/reckon). The bill is the final calculation of your meal.

The Rechnung is where they reckon the cost.

der Nachtisch (dessert)

Memory Trick: Nach means 'after', and Tisch means 'table'. It's what comes after you clear the main table!

Nachtisch comes after the table is cleared.

Regional Varieties & Dialects

How restaurant vocabulary varies across Spain and Latin America.

Waiter / Server

Germany: der Kellner / die Kellnerin
Austria: der Ober / die Kellnerin
Switzerland: der Kellner / die Serviertochter (dated)

Whipped Cream

Germany: die Schlagsahne
Austria: der Schlagobers
Switzerland: der Schlagrahm

Potato Pancakes

Germany: der Kartoffelpuffer
Austria: der Erdäpfelpuffer
Switzerland: die Rösti

Pancake

Germany: der Pfannkuchen
Austria: die Palatschinke
Switzerland: die Omelette

Apricot

Germany: die Aprikose
Austria: die Marille
Switzerland: die Aprikose

Mashed Potatoes

Germany: der Kartoffelbrei / das Kartoffelpüree
Austria: das Erdäpfelpüree
Switzerland: der Stock / das Kartoffelstock

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