A2 · 40 Wörter
School and university
Marks that run the wrong way, a school system with three tracks, and the words a course enrolment is made of.
Two facts about the German system are worth having before the vocabulary, because both surprise people. Marks run from 1 to 6 with 1 as the best — eine Eins is top and eine Fünf is a fail, which is exactly the opposite of a percentage. And secondary school splits into tracks at around ten, so Gymnasium, Realschule and Hauptschule are different schools rather than different classes in one. Studieren is university only. A school pupil lernt or geht zur Schule; saying ich studiere in der Schule is one of the reliable giveaways of a translated sentence.
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Verb (11)
bestehento pass; to consist ofVerbB1
Inseparable, so no ge-. Also "bestehen aus", to consist of.
durchfallento failVerbB1
Separable, with "sein".
übento practiseVerbA2
The noun is "die Übung".
erklärento explainVerbA1
Inseparable: no ge- in the participle.
wiederholento repeat, to reviseVerbA2
Inseparable here, so the stress is on -hol-.
studierento study at universityVerbA2
University only. No ge- in the participle.
sich anmeldento register, to sign upVerbA2
Separable and reflexive.
übersetzento translateVerbB1
Inseparable here. Separable it means to ferry across.
aufschreibento write downVerbA2
Separable.
nachschlagento look upVerbB1
Separable and strong: du schlägst nach, nachgeschlagen.
konzentrierento concentrateVerbB1
Reflexive, and takes "auf" plus the accusative.
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