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German Sky and Space

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Some of us may become pilots, astronauts, weather people, astronomers, German teachers, or get kidnapped by aliens. The last one could be lots of fun! All six things require you to have a good understanding of words dealing with sky and space in German. Even if you don't become any of those things, learning German is cool and lots of words are similar. Take Asteroid and Astronaut for example. Those are exactly the same words. We'll give you some more tips down towards the bottom of our site, and oh yeah, a quiz!

 

Flugzeug

airplane

Asteroid

asteroid

Astronaut

astronaut

Atmosphäre

atmosphere

Grosse Bär

Big Dipper

Vogel

bird

Schwarzes Loch

black hole

Wolke

cloud

Komet

comet

Sternbild

constellation

Krater

crater

Erde

Earth

Ausserirdischer

extra terrestrial

Jupiter

Jupiter

Blitz

lightning

Mars

Mars

Mond

moon

Mondbuggy

moon buggy

Nordlicht

northern lights

Planet

planet

Pluto

Pluto

Regen

rain

Regenbogen

rainbow

Rakete

rocket

Satellit

satellite

Sternschnuppe

shooting star

Stern

star

Übermensch

Superman

Überfrau

Superwoman

Donner

thunder

Wirbelsturm

tornado

UFO

UFO

Tips to remember some of the words

If you try playing tennis with a Rakete, you're playing with the wrong thing. A Rakete is a rocket, but that might help you actually win the game since it's fast.

 

Donner. One of the reindeer is named Donner. Donner comes from the sky like thunder. Donner means thunder.

 

The man on the moon told us that he likes to watch James Bond movies. He wanted to change is name to Bond, but was afraid nobody would recognize him, so he compromised and kept the first initial - M. Now his name is Mond, James Mond.

 

Have you ever seen geese fly above you in a giant 'V' shape? Well, V is also the first letter of the word for bird in German!!! In German it's called a Vogel.

 

Planets are often the same in German! Notice: Jupiter, Mars, and Pluto!

 

Clouds are white as wool (when wool is white that is). Cloud is Wolke in German, kind of like 'wool'.

 

If pilots have the flu, they should think twice about flying a FLUgzeug because they could make everybody else sick. Flugzeug is airplane.

 

Quiz

Fill in the blanks with the right word. Use German.

1. Regen and Sonne make a _________________________.

2. The Planet we live on is called ______________________.

3. A famous Sternbild is called the _____________________.

4. Something you drive in to explore the Mond is called a _________________.

5. Soon after you see Blitz, you may hear ____________________.

 

(Answers)

1. Regenbogen

2. Erde

3. Grosse Bär

4. Mondbuggy

5. Donner