Misc Verbs & Useful Phrases

Question 1

To fill up with BENZIN

Answer 1

tanken

Question 2

To fill out a request/application form (esp. government)

Answer 2

das / ein Antragsformular ausfüllen

Question 3

To hand in an application/information form

Answer 3

Antrag stellen

Question 4

To fill out a job application

Answer 4

Ein Bewerbungsformular ausfüllen

Question 5

The postman/woman put the little letter in my big mailbox

Answer 5

Der Briefträger/ die Briefträgerin stellte das kleine Paket meinem grossen Briefkasten herein.

Question 6

2 words for an official office (like post or immigration)

Answer 6

das Amt ; die Behörde

Question 7

The cost to send a letter

Answer 7

das Porto

Question 8

The receiver of a letter

Answer 8

der Empfänger

Question 9

To send a registered letter

Answer 9

Einen Brief als einschreiben verschicken

Question 10

Fee for a service (bank)

Answer 10

die Gebühr

Question 11

Credit / Bank Loan

Answer 11

der Kredit

Question 12

Do an online transfer to transfer money from one account to another

Answer 12

Mache eine online Überweisung (die), um das Geld von einem Konto auf ein anderes zu überweisen

Question 13

the Interest (bank)

Answer 13

die Zinsen

Question 14

I have to inquire, (what I need for that)

Answer 14

Ich muss mich erkundigen, (was ich dafür brauche)

Question 15

to check the ID

Answer 15

die Ausweise überprüfen

Question 16

4 words for turning on a computer

Answer 16

anmachen ; hochfahren ; einschalten ; anstellen

Question 17

to peruse the internet

Answer 17

surfen

Question 18

unter anderem

Answer 18

among others

Question 19

günstig

Answer 19

favourable / good

Question 20

all of /the whole (thing)

Answer 20

de(n) ganze(n)

Question 21

geringes Interesse

Answer 21

little interest

Question 22

geben bekannt

Answer 22

to make known

Question 23

lässt sich noch lange fortsetzen

Answer 23

the list could go on and on

Question 24

gefördet werden

Answer 24

promoted / supported

Question 25

ihrer Meinung nach

Answer 25

your opinion about

Question 26

entspricht

Answer 26

corresponds to /follows

Question 27

bearbeiten + obj

Answer 27

work on / process + an object

Question 28

werden aufgerufen

Answer 28

are being called upon (for action, for improvement)

Question 29

in fact

Answer 29

in zwar

Question 30

wurden

Answer 30

passive past = done to something

Question 31

‘would’ future conditional (not ‘wäre’)

Answer 31

würden

Question 32

to have need of (more formal than brauchen)

Answer 32

benötigen

Question 33

3 ways to say ‘because’: how does what “denn” does to the sentence order differ from “da” and “weil”?

Answer 33

with “denn”, the helper verb (like ‘kann machen’) doesn’t go to the end

Question 34

“damit” and “um..zu” both mean “so that”.

What is different about what “damit” does to the sentence order?

Answer 34

“Damit” shoves the verb to the end.

Question 35

perfekt tense of ‘have lain’

Answer 35

habe gelegen

Question 36

Translate: Put it in the cellar

Answer 36

Stell es lieber in deN Keller (accusative b/c its active)

Question 37

nachschlagen means

Answer 37

to look up

Question 38

‘gleich auf’

Answer 38

right along the way / right away / right UP

Question 39

First / Last

Answer 39

Zuerst / Zuletzt

Question 40

European Union and United States

Answer 40

Europäische Union

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