2000 Most Common German Words in Context: Get Fluent & Increase Your German Vocabulary with 2000 German Phrases

by Lingo Mastery

Have you been trying to learn German and simply can’t find the way to expand your vocabulary?Do your teachers recommend you boring textbooks and complicated stories that you don’t really understand?Are you looking for a way to learn the language quicker without taking shortcuts?If you answered “Yes!” to at least one of those previous questions, then this book is for you! We’ve compiled the 2000 Most Common Words in German, a list of terms that will expand your vocabulary to levels previously unseen.Did you know that — according to an important study — learning the top two thousand (2000) most frequently used words will enable you to understand up to 84% of all non-fiction and 86.1% of fiction literature and 92.7% of oral speech? Those are amazing stats, and this book will take you even further than those numbers!In this A detailed introduction with tips and tricks on how to improve your learningA list of 2000 of the most common words in German and their translationsAn example sentence for each word – in both German and EnglishFinally, a conclusion to make sure you’ve learned and supply you with a final list of tipsDon’t look any further, we’ve got what you need right here! In fact, we’re ready to turn you into a German speaker… are you ready to get involved in becoming one?

Genres: German Literature, Language, Nonfiction, Linguistics, Reference, Audiobook

265 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 27, 2018

Reviews

[Robin Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received a Mobi.file copy of this book a while back from the publisher through a giveaway they had on LibraryThing and the following is my honest opinion.

During my college days about 45 years I had Sociology as my major for which I’d received my BA and for my minor I wound up taking German. Back in those days my oral comprehension had been excellent [I’d received an A], reading comprehension had been a B+ with my writing being somewhat lower. It is the oral capabilities which is the most important that one needs to communicate to others in German.

While my oral comprehension of German going from German to English after all of these years is still relatively quite decent after all of these years; these days I’ve got problems trying to formulate what I’d like to say in German. The reason I’m mentioning this is that my dear OH and I might be traveling to Europe this summer with the possibility of spending a day or two in either Germany or Austria.

This being said I found this book to be an Ausgezeichnet [excellent] resource with which I regain much of the vocabulary I once had. The manner is which the book has been formatted with the 2,000 most commonly used words it contains is straight-forwarded; giving each word in German and their English translation; which is aptly followed by a sentence for each word, first in German and then in English. The book also gives its readers a list of tips which should enhance their use of the book. There’s also a FREE Audibook available which I would recommend getting so your German pronunciation will be on par with your improved vocabulary.

For wanting its readers to increase their German vocabulary without any real hassles, as it’s doing for me, I’m giving this book 5 STARS.

[Charlotte · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating: 4.5 stars

This book is definitely useful to study German. It gives you the top 2000 words in order of frequency. It can be used when you don't know where to start learning, or as a tool to see if you know the most common words. Like this you learn a lot of new vocabulary. I liked that each word has an example sentence. Like this you can understand the context where it's used. I would definitely recommend this to people who study German or who want to start studying German.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Samichtime · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very practical book, and includes curse words! 🥳
Will probably read later to compare my progress 🗿

[João Pedro · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book HELPED ME A LOT in the German language world. I decided to study German by myself once I didn't have enough money to start a course and from a completely beginner I could pass to an intermediate level in roughly one year. The words and phrases presented in this book were thoroughly chosen, and they cover the essential vocabulary very well. I tried to use this book with a SRS software, and that worked really fine. I recommend every book of Lingo Mastery to everyone, they're undoubtly the best low-price resources you're going to find in the Internet to learn any language.

[Tara Rhoseyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

According to some research, knowing the most popular 2000 words in a language will allow you to understand about 85% of everything you read in that language. Since studying the best language-learning methods, I’ve been interested in learning frequency lists over lexicon sets. This book was part of that effort. It’s not enough to just read the book cover to cover, you have to learn to take its words and really apply them in practice for you to take them in. This takes time and is a huge task of language learning! But the great thing about this book is that it’s done the big administrative task for you; getting the words ready for you to take and learn.

Good points:
- Includes the English meaning and an example sentence
- covers a wide range of words, including curse words and everyday sayings
- lots of space on the page for you to write your own notes and put some practice writing in
- saves you having to make your own frequency lists

Bad points:
- I think at least two sentences should be included for each entry. There are so many common German words that have multiple meanings depending on context
- the same word can be repeated multiple times throughout the book just in a different conjugation
- some words needed more explanation. For instance, when there’s more than one word that are given the exact same meaning in English - some further notes explaining the differences between them would have been helpful

[Amin Rezaei · Rating 5 out of 5]

Appearance:
This book was an eBook, but currently, you can order Paperback for $14.41 on Amazon.

Content:
I Have studied the German(Deutsch) language for almost a year and a half, when I saw this ebook is available for a giveaway on LibraryThing I became so excited to receive and read it. Unfortunately, I had to contact the publisher, Lingo Mastery to get my copy.
as this title clears this book is for beginners and it’s a dictionary type of book which has examples of German and English for each letter.

There are some misspellings and the capitalization issues such as god instead of God. overall I recommend it to whoever is trying to learn the German language which is the international business language in the world. This book has been written by a native German author and is recommended for A2+ level learners.

There is also a German Short Stories for Beginners, which is good for whoever finished and mastered The 2000 Most Common Words in German. The Audiobook is also available on Amazon which will be a great help as the pronunciation of German words is not easy.


I’d like to thank Oscar and Lingo Mastery for providing me a copy of this book along in exchange for honest and unbiased feedback for the book.
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[Claudia · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is a list of words, the most common words in German and I agree with the author that learning vocabulary is one of the most important things to learn. But I would think it better not to go according to frequency in the listing, as the list seems to be random. Personally, I like to learn according to topic, to have a logical connection between the words.
Another point I am not so happy with is that all words listed are capitalised. In German only nouns are capitalised and I think it is confusing to the learner to see everything in capital letter, when in reality it is more likely to encounter the word not capitalised.
(I am a German teacher myself, and unlike the author I think a little grammar here and there can be useful to the learner...)
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Vicky Hunt · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good tool for passive learning of vocabulary. The speaking quality is average. Of course, that's probably a good thing, because the average person you speak with in any language will not be a voice actor. So I was fine with some realistic listening practice.

This alone is worth very little. I recommend it to augment "all the things" you are already doing to learn your target language. It's perfect for repeat listening.

The vocabulary reinforced here is what you will encounter in the average adult conversation. It's not just geared for students.

[Pat Eroh · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love languages and is the language of my husband and his family. We took German together in college a few years ago and I learned a lot. This book has helped me get some of that back. I really was able to glean a lot of additional information from this book although I know when learning a language it is important to hear it so it is up to me to seek out those who speak this language.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Riz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not really sure if these book adds a true value for learning German. I would treat this book as a revision for commonly used German words and sentences that you have already come across. Can't see any other use case for this book.

[Abdullah Shams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it, diverse collection

[Michael Schoenhofer · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book

These are Important words to know. I found it very useful. Well worth the time and effort. Glad I found it.