Geisen Reclams Grund- und Aufbauwortschatz Englisch

Geisen, Herbert - Weltliteratur; Originalversion; Englisch lernen - 19872
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-15-961367-3
Verlag: Reclam Verlag
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Deutsch, 500 Seiten

Reihe: Reclams Universal-Bibliothek

Dieses handliche Lernwörterbuch enthält rund 5500 Wörter, nach Themenbereichen gegliedert und jeweils unterteilt in Grund- (rund 3000 Wörter) und Aufbauwortschatz (rund 2500 Wörter). Ausgewählt wurden sie nach ihrer Häufigkeit im Englischen/Amerikanischen und nach ihrem Vorkommen in den gängigen Lehrwerken für den Englischunterricht. Lernende mit Deutsch als Muttersprache sind beim Englischlernen im Vorteil, weil viele Wörter gleich oder ähnlich sind; diese Vorkenntnisse werden in besonderer Weise berücksichtigt. Außerdem wird Wert gelegt auf kleine, überschaubare Lerneinheiten.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Geisen, Herbert

Leseproben

1. Mensch

1.1 Allgemeine Angaben

adult ['æd?lt]    ¦    Erwachsene(r)

Once you are eighteen you are legally an adult.

age    ¦    Alter

What’s your age? – I’m sixteen.

baby    ¦    Baby, Säugling; Schatz, Liebling

Little babies sleep a lot.

Ooh, I love you, baby, I love you night and day.

to be born (was, been)    ¦    geboren sein, geboren werden

Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

birth    ¦    Geburt

After his birth, John’s parents moved into a new house.

birthday    ¦    Geburtstag

My mother’s birthday is 12 May 1980.

boy    ¦    Junge

“I’ve loved football ever since I was a little boy”, Lionel Messi said.

female    ¦    weiblich; Frau

He looks very female although he is not a female.

first name    ¦    Vorname

Shakespeare’s first name was William.

gentleman (Pl.: -men)    ¦    Herr, Gentleman

Would the gentlemen please make room for the ladies?

girl    ¦    Mädchen

Two of Liz’s children are girls.

kid    ¦    Kind

When I was a kid I liked to play in our garden.

lady    ¦    Dame; (adlige) Lady

A real lady never talks about shocking things.

May I introduce Lord and Lady Wilberforce?

last name    ¦    Nachname, Familienname

I know “Mary” is your first name. But what is your last name?

lord    ¦    Lord (englischer Adelstitel)

The lord opened his castle to the public.

?the Lord    ¦    Gott

male    ¦    männlich; Mann

In mathematics the number of male students is often bigger than that of female students.

In Britain, “Evelyn” can be the name of a male.

man [mæn] (Pl.: men [men])    ¦    Mann

The novelist Evelyn Waugh was a man, not a woman.

name    ¦    Name

Lady Gaga’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.

old    ¦    alt

How old are you? – I’m sixteen.

person    ¦    Person, Mensch

This room may be used for a maximum of thirty persons.

race    ¦    Rasse

The relationship between the various races in this country has always been difficult.

sex    ¦    Geschlecht

The sex of our baby? – It’s male.

single    ¦    ledig

Are you single or married?

teenager    ¦    Teenager

Young people between 13 and 19 are called teenagers.

title    ¦    Titel

What’s the title of the book you are reading?

In Britain academic titles are added after the name, as in Arthur Dundas, PhD.

widow    ¦    Witwe

My mother became a widow at the age of 54.

widower    ¦    Witwer

He did not remain a widower long but married again.

woman ['w?m?n] (Pl.: women ['w?m?n])    ¦    Frau

According to the bible Eve was the first woman on earth.

young    ¦    jung

He is already a young man, not a boy any longer.

youth    ¦    Jugendliche(r); Jugend

He was a youth of eighteen years.

In her youth she was an excellent sprinter.

aged    ¦    im Alter von

My daughter has two children aged 7 and 5.

alike    ¦    ähnlich, gleich

Twins are alike only if they are identical twins.

duchess    ¦    Herzogin

A woman who is a duchess holds the same rank as a man who is a duke.

duke    ¦    Herzog

The Duke of Edinburgh is Queen Elizabeth’s husband.

earl    ¦    Graf

In the UK, an earl holds a rank below that of a queen or king, duke and marquess.

ethnic    ¦    ethnisch, Volks…

Many people of different ethnic origins live in our country.

gender    ¦    Geschlecht

Which gender is the baby, please?

human    ¦    Mensch

According to research all modern humans descended from the same small group of...