German Body Parts with Mr. Potato Head

Introduction to German Body Parts

One of my most loved videos is also a very old video. Therefore I decided to reboot this video. I enlisted the help of Mr. Potato Head to help me teach you German body parts vocabulary. This video is a great way to learn German body parts vocabulary while checking your listening comprehension in German. In addition to that, I also included a bunch of verbs you can use with those German body parts.

For those of you who thought I should have said things slower or wanted to see the images I had in the video in more detail on your own time, I have uploaded the images here so you can see them all in a row.

German Body Parts Vocabulary List

Now that you have an overview, here is a complete list of the German body parts vocabulary in the order it is used in the video with the plurals and English versions of each.

• der Körperteil, die Körperteile – body part
• der Mund, die Münder – mouth
• der Zahn, die Zähne – tooth
• die Lippe, die Lippen – lip
• die Zunge, die Zungen – tongue
• das Bein, die Beine – leg
• der Fuß, die Füße – foot
• die Zehe, die Zehen – toe
• die Hüfte, die Hüften – hip
• das Knie, die Knie – knee
• das Auge, die Augen – eye
• das Augenlid, Augenlider – eyelid
• die Nase, die Nasen – nose
• der Schnurrbart, die Schnurrbärte – mustache
• das Gesicht, die Gesichter – face
• das Ohr, die Ohren – ear
• die Hand, die Hände – hand
• der Arm, die Arme – arm
• der Finger, die Finger – finger
• die Schulter, die Schultern – shoulder
• der Ellenbogen, die Ellenbogen – elbow
• das Haar, die Haare – hair
• der Bauch, die Bäuche – stomach
• die Brust, die Brüste – chest

Useful Verbs

In addition to the vocabulary you can learn about the body parts, there is also a lot of vocabulary used about the things that each of the body parts do. With this goal in mind, I incorporated a lot of verbs that illustrated the things Mr. Potato Head can’t do without those particular body parts. Here is a list of those verbs in the order that they show up in the video with the body parts required to use that verb.

• sprechen – to speak (der Mund – die Zunge, die Zähne, die Lippen)
• stehen – to stand (die Beine, die Füße, die Zehen)
• laufen – to run (die Beine, die Füße, die Zehen)
• Fahrrad fahren – to ride a bicycle (die Beine, die Füße, die Zehen)
• pfeifen – to whistle (die Lippen)
• sehen – to see (die Augen)
• zwinkern – to wink (die Augenlider)
• riechen – to smell (die Nase)
• hören – to hear (die Ohren)
• ziehen – to pull (die Hände, die Arme, die Ellenbogen, die Schultern)

Watch the Classic Version of the Video with Mr. Potato Head Teaching You the Parts of the Body in German!