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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)
