Wortschatz - Was machst du gern?

Was machst du gern? - What do you like to do? Listed below are the essential vocabulary terms and phrases you will need to express your favorite leisure time activities:

Wortschatz - General Nouns and Expressions

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die Freizeit - the free time/spare time
in deiner Freizeit - in your spare time
Hast du Hobbys? - Do you have any hobbies?
das Hobby, die Hobbys - hobby
Lieblings - favorite
die Freizeit - leisure
das Wochenende - weekend
am Wochenende - on the weekend
die Eintrittskarte - the ticket
der Football - American football
der Fußball - soccer
Ich möchte gerne ins Kino gehen/ins Konzert - I would really like to go to the movies/to a concert.
Was läuft heute im Kino? What's on at the cinema today?
Was für ein Film ist das? What sort of film is that?
der Film (-e) film
die Musik - music

Wortschatz - Additional Terms

Adjectives:

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grossartig - outstanding
einfach Klasse - simply great
ganz toll - fantastic/excellent
echt gut - really good
spannend - exciting/thrilling
langweilig (stinklangweilig) - boring
ärgerlich - annoying
traurig - sad
doof - dumb
entsetzlich – awful, horrible
enttäuschend - disappointing
lustig - funny

Expressions with spielen:

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Karten spielen - to play cards
Schach spielen - to play chess
Klavier spielen - to play piano
Gitarre spielen - to play guitar

Verbs and expressions:

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einkaufen - shopping
Rad fahren - to cycle
jagen - to hunt
joggen - to jog
reiten - to ride (horses)
Ski fahren; Ski laufen - to ski
schwimmen - to swim
kochen - to cook
lesen - to read
fernsehen - to watch TV
fotografieren - to photograph
zeichnen - to draw
Spaß machen - to be fun
malen - to paint
singen - to sing
reisen - to travel
einen Ausflug machen - to go on a trip
tanzen - to dance
Musik hören - to listen to music
faulenzen - to laze about
sehen - to see
laufen - to run
anfangen - to begin
fernsehen - to watch TV
vorschlagen - to suggest
ausgehen - to go out

Movie Genres:

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Zeichentrickfilme - animated
Science Fiction Filme - sci-fi
Komödien - comedy
Krimis/Thriller - thriller
Liebesfilme - romantic movies
Horrorfilme - scary movies
Actionfilme - action
Kriegsfilme - war movies
Abenteuerfilme - adventure film

Expressions with gehen:

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Camping gehen - to go camping
schwimmen gehen - to go swimming
ins Kino gehen - go to the movies
in die Disko gehen - to go to the disco
ins Theather gehen - to go to the theater
ins Konzert gehen - to go to a concert
tanzen gehen - to go dancing
spazieren gehen - to go for a walk

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