German Vocabulary Worksheet – Family, Weather, School

All 48 words

Family 12

das Kind Child.
der Bruder Brother.
der Großvater Grandfather. The father of your father or mother.
der Onkel Uncle.
der Sohn Son.
der Vater Father.
die Eltern Parents. A word used only in the plural.
die Großmutter Grandmother. The mother of your father or mother.
die Mutter Mother.
die Schwester Sister.
die Tante Aunt.
die Tochter Daughter.

Weather 12

das Gewitter Thunderstorm. Bad weather with lightning and thunder.
das Wetter Weather.
der Blitz Lightning. One bright flash of it.
der Donner Thunder. The rumble that follows lightning.
der Himmel Sky.
der Nebel Fog.
der Regen Rain.
der Regenbogen Rainbow. Regen is rain and Bogen is bow.
der Schnee Snow.
der Sturm Storm. Wind that blows very hard.
die Sonne Sun.
die Wolke Cloud.

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School 12

das Buch Book.
das Heft Notebook. An exercise book for schoolwork.
das Klassenzimmer Classroom.
das Lineal Ruler. For drawing straight lines.
das Wörterbuch Dictionary. Built from Wort, word, and Buch, book.
der Bleistift Pencil.
der Lehrer, die Lehrerin Teacher. Der Lehrer is a man and die Lehrerin a woman.
der Radiergummi Eraser. Das Radiergummi is correct too.
der Stuhl Chair.
die Hausaufgabe Homework. Work the teacher sets to do at home.
die Schule School.
die Tafel Blackboard. Also other boards made to be written on.

Food 12

das Brot Bread.
das Fleisch Meat.
das Frühstück Breakfast. The morning meal.
das Gemüse Vegetables.
das Obst Fruit.
das Salz Salt.
das Wasser Water.
der Käse Cheese.
der Kuchen Cake.
der Zucker Sugar.
die Milch Milk.
die Suppe Soup.

How this list was compiled: Own list of German nouns, chosen for this site on 2026-10-13, in four sets of twelve. Every word was read that day in two references: the Duden dictionary (https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Regenbogen, the same address pattern for each word) for the spelling, the article and gender, and the senses with their usage labels, and the word's German entry at Wiktionary, the free dictionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/), whose text is under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Regenbogen, the same pattern), for the gender a second time and the English meaning. The note after a meaning is our own wording of what those entries say. The answers under the list rest on the articles German orthography, German articles, German nouns and ß of English Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/), read the same day. Licence: own work

How it works

This German vocabulary worksheet prints twelve nouns down the left, each with its article, and the English meanings in another order down the right. As an introductory German vocabulary worksheet it starts with the family; weather, school and food follow.

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German vocabulary worksheets for family, school and food

Set opens on Family: die Mutter, der Vater, die Schwester, der Bruder, die Großmutter, der Großvater, die Tante, der Onkel, die Tochter, der Sohn, das Kind and die Eltern. School goes from die Schule and das Buch to das Wörterbuch, and Food from das Brot and der Käse to das Frühstück.

German weather vocabulary worksheets

Weather prints das Wetter, die Sonne, der Regen, der Schnee, die Wolke, der Nebel, das Gewitter, der Sturm, der Himmel, der Regenbogen, der Blitz and der Donner.

Der Radiergummi, the eraser, may also be das Radiergummi: the Duden dictionary gives the noun both genders.

Questions and answers

What do der, die and das mean in German?

All three mean the. German nouns have three genders, and the article shows which one: der for a masculine noun, die for a feminine one and das for a neuter one. In the plural the article is die for all three, as in die Eltern.

Are all nouns capitalized in German?

Yes. German writes the first letter of every noun as a capital, not only names and the first word of a sentence. So die Sonne and das Buch have capitals on the sheet, and the articles do not.

What is the letter ß in German?

It is called Eszett or scharfes S, sharp S, and it stands for an s sound after a long vowel or a diphthong. Großmutter and Großvater are written with it. In Switzerland and Liechtenstein ss is written in its place.