German body parts

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die Hand

Plural: die HändeEnglish: hand

Gib mir die Hand.

Give me your hand.

Body parts are some of the first words you learn in German, and some of the most useful: at the doctor's, in sports, or when something hurts. Here you learn them on Mia, a 3D character. Tap her head, her knee or her thumb and you see the German word with its article, its plural and an example sentence.

When you know the words, test yourself. In Find it, Mia asks you to show her a body part. In Actions, she waves, jumps or claps, and you choose the sentence that says what she is doing.

German body parts with der, die, das

All 20 words from the game, with article, plural and meaning.

Singular	Plural	English
Head
der Kopf	die Köpfe	head
das Haar	die Haare	hair
das Auge	die Augen	eye
das Ohr	die Ohren	ear
die Nase	die Nasen	nose
der Mund	die Münder	mouth
der Hals	die Hälse	neck, throat
Body
die Schulter	die Schultern	shoulder
die Brust	die Brüste	chest
der Bauch	die Bäuche	belly, stomach
der Rücken	die Rücken	back
die Hüfte	die Hüften	hip
Arms and hands
der Arm	die Arme	arm
der Ellbogen	die Ellbogen	elbow
die Hand	die Hände	hand
der Daumen	die Daumen	thumb
der Finger	die Finger	finger
Legs and feet
das Bein	die Beine	leg
das Knie	die Knie	knee
der Fuß	die Füße	foot

Actions: Was macht Mia?

Sie winkt. She is waving. (winken)
Sie springt. She is jumping. (springen)
Sie läuft. She is running. (laufen)
Sie tanzt. She is dancing. (tanzen)
Sie nickt. She is nodding. (nicken)
Sie schüttelt den Kopf. She is shaking her head. (den Kopf schütteln)
Sie klatscht. She is clapping. (klatschen)
Sie schläft. She is sleeping. (schlafen)

How it works

Explore: tap a body part on Mia, or pick it from the list. Drag sideways or use the arrows to turn her around.
Find it: read or listen to "Zeig mir …" and tap the right body part. 10 questions per round.
Actions: watch what Mia does and choose the matching sentence.
After each round you see your score and the words to look at again, and you can practise just your mistakes.

Tips

Learn every noun with its article. The colors help: blue for der, pink for die, green for das.
After zeig mir (show me), der becomes den: Zeig mir den Kopf. Die and das stay the same.
Many plurals change the vowel: der Fuß – die Füße, die Hand – die Hände, der Kopf – die Köpfe.
To say something hurts, use Mein Kopf tut weh or Ich habe Kopfschmerzen.
Zoom with the buttons, with Ctrl + scroll on a computer, or with two fingers on a phone.

More ways to practise

More 3D scenes: Zoo animals, Clothes, Furniture and rooms, or see all German vocabulary in 3D. For a mix of tasks with a daily streak, try the daily German practice. Practise articles in the der / die / das quiz, or more words in the vocabulary quiz.