German Days and Months

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You need to know how to say German days and months because if you go to Germany and you need to know what day it is, it will be useful. If you are in Germany and you have to go home on Friday, you need to know how to say Friday in German. Also, you need to know which days are school days. You need to know the days in case you get invited to a party on Saturday, so you don't end up going on Friday by mistake. If your aunt in Germany has a birthday, you need to know what she's talking about.

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UNABHÄNGIGKEITSTAG Independence Day	SANKTPATRIKSTAG St. Patrick's Day	SOMMERFERIEN summer vacation	ERTENDANKFEST Thanksgiving
FEBRUAR February	JULI July	DEZEMBER December	FREITAG Friday
MÄRZ March	AUGUST August	MONTAG Monday	WOCHENENDE weekend
APRIL April	SEPTEMBER September	DIENSTAG Tuesday	SAMSTAG Saturday
MAI  May	OKTOBER October	MITTWOCH Wednesday	WEIHNACHTEN Christmas
KALANDER calendar	OSTERN Easter	HERBST Autumn	ABEND VOR ALLERHEILIGEN Halloween
FRÜHLING  Spring	SOMMER  Summer	VALENTINSTAG  Valentine's Day	WINTER  Winter
JANUAR  January	JUNI  June	NOVEMBER November	DONNERSTAG Thursday

You can remember July because in America it is July and in Germany it is Juli. Just change the 'y' to an 'i'.

You can remember February because in America it is February and in Germany it is Februar. It is almost spelled the same way, just take off the 'y'.

You can remember March because in Germany it is spelled März and the planet Mars is almost spelled the same.

You can remember June because in America it is June and in Germany it is Juni. Change the 'e' to 'i'.

You can remember August because it is spelled the same way.

You can remember Dezember by how close it is to English. Make the 'c' a 'z'.

You can remember Montag because Monday and Montag both have Mon in them.

 

Unscramble these words and find the answers below:

1. runaja

2. rbuaref

3. ramz

4. lipar

5. ima

6. jinu

7. jilu

8. saugut

9. mebersept

10. tookber

11. bernovem

12. zemedber

 

Answers:

Januar, Februar, März, April, Mai, Juni, Juli, August, September, Oktober, November, Dezember