German household vocabulary: 299 words
Rooms, furniture and the objects around you at home (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese). This page lists 40 of them with their German translations, then lets you practise the full set in either direction with spaced repetition.
English to German: the first 40 words
| English | German | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| home | Zuhause | The feeling of belonging and comfort, not the building itself. |
| house | Haus | A building where people live, usually one family's home. |
| room | Zimmer | A separate enclosed space inside a building, with its own walls and entrance. |
| bedroom | Schlafzimmer | The space in a home where you sleep. |
| kitchen | Küche | The part of a home where meals are prepared and cooked. |
| bathroom | Badezimmer | The space in a home with a tub, sink and toilet for washing. |
| hallway | Flur | A narrow passage inside a building that connects the other spaces. |
| stairs | Treppe | A set of steps leading from one level of a building to another. |
| door | Tür | The hinged panel you open to go into or out of a space. |
| window | Fenster | An opening in a wall fitted with glass to let in light. |
| wall | Wand | A vertical surface enclosing a building or dividing its inner spaces. |
| ceiling | Decke | The overhead surface above you when you are indoors. |
| floor | Boden | The flat surface you walk on indoors. Not a storey of a building. |
| roof | Dach | The covering on top of a building that keeps out rain. |
| basement | Keller | A level of a building lying below ground level. |
| attic | Dachboden | The space just under a building's top covering, often used for storage. |
| closet | Schrank | A storage room or cabinet for clothes, not a private space. |
| furniture | Möbel | Tables, chairs, beds and similar movable items that fill a home. |
| table | Tisch | A flat top on legs at which you eat or work. |
| chair | Stuhl | A seat with a back, made for one person. |
| bed | Bett | The piece of furniture you lie down on to sleep. |
| sofa | Sofa | A long padded seat with a back, for two or more people. |
| couch | Couch | Informal word for sofa; the words are interchangeable. |
| desk | Schreibtisch | A piece of furniture with a top and drawers, used for writing or study. |
| shelf | Regal | A flat board fixed horizontally to hold books or other objects. |
| cabinet | Schrank | Furniture for storage, not a government body. |
| drawer | Schublade | A sliding box-like compartment that pulls out of a chest or cabinet. |
| cupboard | Schrank | A piece of furniture with doors and shelves for storing dishes or food. |
| counter | Arbeitsplatte | The flat work surface in a kitchen where food is prepared. |
| sink | Spülbecken | A basin for washing, not something that goes down in water. |
| oven | Ofen | An enclosed compartment that heats food, used for baking and roasting. |
| refrigerator | Kühlschrank | A cooled cabinet that keeps food and drink fresh, above freezing point. |
| freezer | Gefrierschrank | An appliance that keeps food well below zero so it stays solid for months. |
| microwave | Mikrowelle | A small kitchen appliance that heats food fast using electromagnetic waves. |
| dishwasher | Spülmaschine | A machine that washes plates, glasses and cutlery automatically. |
| faucet | Wasserhahn | The fitting on a sink or pipe that you turn to let water flow. |
| bathtub | Badewanne | A large basin you fill with water and lie in to wash yourself. |
| shower | Dusche | A washing spot where water sprays down on you from above while you stand. |
| mirror | Spiegel | A glass surface with a reflective backing in which you see yourself. |
| lamp | Lampe | A movable household device that gives light, standing on a table or the floor. |
259 more words in the full “Home & Everyday Objects” library, each aligned across seven languages and scheduled for you by spaced repetition. Add it to your account and start drilling English to German in one click.
What to watch out for in German
- Accents count. Answers are graded accent-sensitively, so you need
äöüßÄÖÜ— LinguaSwap shows a one-tap keypad for them while you type. - Capitalisation counts. German nouns are capitalised, and answers in German are graded that way —
hausis notHaus. - 299 words carry a usage note in the full library, for the cases where a direct translation would mislead you.
Practise German household vocabulary
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