B2 · 40 words
Behaviour and the mind in German
Attention, habit, stress and trust — the words for describing what people do and why.
These words describe behaviour and feeling; the page is not clinical advice and nothing on it diagnoses anybody. Two of them need care in translation. Der Stress was borrowed from English and behaves as a German noun, but die Belastung is the wider word and is what a German report actually uses. And empfindlich means sensitive in the sense of easily hurt or easily damaged, not perceptive.
The words
Verb (8)
sich verhaltento behaveVerbB2
wahrnehmento perceive, to take upVerbC1
Also to keep an appointment: einen Termin wahrnehmen.
sich konzentrierento concentrateVerbB1
sich gewöhnento get used toVerbB2
Takes an plus accusative.
reagierento reactVerbB2
sich entspannento relaxVerbB1
erwartento expectVerbB1
verdrängento repress, to displaceVerbC1
Noun (26)
die PsychologiepsychologyNounB2
das VerhaltenbehaviourNounB2
No plural.
die WahrnehmungperceptionNounC1
das GedächtnismemoryNounB2
The faculty; a single memory is die Erinnerung.
die KonzentrationconcentrationNounB2
die AufmerksamkeitattentionNounB2
die MotivationmotivationNounB2
der Antriebdrive, motivationNounC1
Also the drive mechanism of a machine.
die GewohnheithabitNounB2
der Reizstimulus, appealNounC1
Also charm or appeal: der Reiz des Neuen.
die ReaktionreactionNounB2
der StressstressNounB1
die Belastungstrain, burdenNounC1
die EntspannungrelaxationNounB2
die FurchtfearNounC1
More formal and more specific than die Angst.
die Wutanger, rageNounB2
die EnttäuschungdisappointmentNounB2
die ErwartungexpectationNounB2
das VertrauentrustNounB2
das Selbstbewusstseinself-confidenceNounC1
Not self-awareness: it means confidence in oneself.
die PersönlichkeitpersonalityNounB2
der Charakterzugcharacter traitNounC1
der KonfliktconflictNounB2
die TherapietherapyNounB2
der TherapeuttherapistNounC1
A weak noun: dem Therapeuten.
die Beratungcounselling, adviceNounB2
Adjective (6)
introvertiertintrovertedAdjectiveC1
extrovertiertextrovertedAdjectiveC1
empfindlichsensitive, delicateAdjectiveB2
Easily hurt or easily damaged, never perceptive.
bewusstconscious, deliberateAdjectiveB2
unbewusstunconscious, unawareAdjectiveC1
gelassencalm, unruffledAdjectiveC1
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From these 40 words, as many per round as you like — up to all of them: first what is due today, then new ones. First you choose, then you fill the gap, then you write it yourself. Mistakes come back again shortly.