Food & Drinks in German

Food and drinks are a recurring talking point, not only while eating out on vacation. So let’s learn the most common words and phrases related to this topic.

Contents

Basic Food & Spices
Basic Words & Phrases
Dishes
Dishes & Cutlery
Drinks
Flavors
Fruit & Vegetables
Meat & Sausages
Sweets
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Basic Food & Spices

English	German	Pronunciation (Audio)
bread [Sg]	(das) Brot
breads [Pl]	(die) Brote
roll [Sg]	(das) Brötchen
rolls [Pl]	(die) Brötchen
butter	(die) Butter
cheese	(der) Käse
honey	(der) Honig
jam [Sg]	(die) Marmelade
jams [Pl]	(die) Marmeladen
egg [Sg]	(das) Ei
eggs [Pl]	(die) Eier
noodles	(die) Nudeln
rice	(der) Reis
yoghurt [Sg]	(der) Joghurt
yoghurts [Pl]	(die) Joghurts
sugar	(der) Zucker
salt	(das) Salz
pepper	(der) Pfeffer
spice [Sg]	(das) Gewürz
spices [Pl]	(die) Gewürze
oil [Sg]	(das) Öl
oils [Pl]	(die) Öle

Basic Words & Phrases

English	German	Pronunciation (Audio)
(to) eat	essen
food [Sg]	(das) Essen
foods [Pl]	(die) Essen
(to) drink	trinken
drink [Sg]	(das) Getränk
drinks [Pl]	(die) Getränke
hungry	hungrig
hunger	(der) Hunger
thirsty	durstig
thirst	(der) Durst
(to) cook	kochen
(to) taste	schmecken
tasty	lecker
delicious	köstlich
Bon appetit! / Enjoy your meal!	Guten Appetit
Cheers! / To your health!	Prost! Zum Wohl!
breakfast [Sg]	(das) Frühstück
breakfasts [Pl]	(die) Frühstücke
lunch [Sg]	(das) Mittagessen
lunches [Pl]	(die) Mittagessen
dinner [Sg]	(das) Abendessen
dinners [Pl]	(die) Abendessen
restaurant [Sg]	(das) Restaurant
restaurants [Pl]	(die) Restaurants
bar [Sg]	(die) Bar
bars [Pl]	(die) Bars
café [Sg]	(das) Café
cafés [Pl]	(die) Cafés

Dishes

English	German	Pronunciation (Audio)
soup [Sg]	(die) Suppe
soups [Pl]	(die) Suppen
salad [Sg]	(der) Salat
salads [Pl]	(die) Salate
french fries / chips	(die) Pommes Frites

Dishes & Cutlery

English	German	Pronunciation (Audio)
cutlery	(das) Besteck
fork [Sg]	(das) Gabel
forks [Pl]	(die) Gabeln
spoon [Sg]	(der) Löffel
spoons [Pl]	(die) Löffel
knife [Sg]	(das) Messer
knives [Pl]	(die) Messer
plate [Sg]	(der) Teller
plates [Pl]	(die) Teller
glass [Sg]	(das) Glas
glasses [Pl]	(die) Gläser
cup [Sg]	(die) Tasse
cups [Pl]	(die) Tassen
mug [Sg]	(der) Becher
mugs [Pl]	(die) Becher

Drinks

English	German	Pronunciation (Audio)
water	(das) Wasser
mineral water	(das) Mineralwasser
soda water / sparkling water	(das) Wasser mit Kohlensäure (das) Sprudel
still water	(das) Wasser ohne Kohlensäure stilles Wasser
juice [Sg]	(der) Saft
juices [Pl]	(die) Säfte
beer [Sg]	(das) Bier
beers [Pl]	(die) Biere
wine [Sg]	(der) Wein
wines [Pl]	(die) Weine
champagne [Sg]	(der) Champagner Sekt
champagnes [Pl]	(die) Champagner Sekte
cocktail [Sg]	(der) Cocktail
cocktails [Pl]	(die) Cocktails
milk	(die) Milch
cocoa	(der) Kakao
coffee [Sg]	(der) Kaffee
coffees [Pl]	(die) Kaffees
tea [Sg]	(der) Tee
teas [Pl]	(die) Tees

Flavors

English	German	Pronunciation (Audio)
sweet	süß
sour	sauer
spicy	scharf
salty	salzig
bitter	bitter

Fruit & Vegetables

English	German	Pronunciation (Audio)
fruit	(das) Obst (die) Früchte
vegetables	(das) Gemüse
apple [Sg]	(der) Apfel
apples [Pl]	(die) Äpfel
orange [Sg]	(die) Orange
oranges [Pl]	(die) Orangen
strawberry [Sg]	(die) Erdbeere
strawberries [Pl]	(die) Erdbeeren
banana [Sg]	(die) Banane
bananas [Pl]	(die) Bananen
potato [Sg]	(die) Kartoffel
potatoes [Pl]	(die) Kartoffeln
cucumber [Sg]	(die) Gurke
cucumbers [Pl]	(die) Gurken

Meat & Sausages

English	German	Pronunciation (Audio)
meat	(das) Fleisch
sausage [Sg]	(die) Wurst
sausages [Pl]	(die) Würste
small sausage [Sg]	(das) Würstchen
small sausages [Pl]	(die) Würstchen
ham [Sg]	(der) Schinken
hams [Pl]	(die) Schinken
chicken [Sg]	(das) Huhn
chicken [Pl]	(die) Hühner
fish [Sg]	(der) Fisch
fish [Pl]	(die) Fische
beef	(das) Rindfleisch
lamb	(das) Lammfleisch

Sweets

English	German	Pronunciation (Audio)
chocolate	(die) Schokolade
pie [Sg]	(die) Torte
pies [Pl]	(die) Torten
cake [Sg]	(der) Kuchen
cakes [Pl]	(die) Kuchen
biscuit [Sg]	(der) Keks
biscuits [Pl]	(die) Kekse
icecream	(das) Eis (die) Eiskrem

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