The basics of German: Vehicles & transport vocabulary list

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Here’s a complete German vocabulary list about vehicles and means of transport. Increase your German vocabulary fast and efficiently with this useful words list!

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ENGLISH	GERMAN
MEANS OF TRANSPORT	DIE VERKEHRSMITTEL
the hovercraft	das Luftkissenfahrzeug
the ambulance	der Krankenwagen
the balloon	der Ballon
the barge	der Kahn
the bicycle	das Fahrrad
the bike	das Motorrad
the bike	das Fahrrad
the boat	das Boot
the bulldozer	der Bulldozer
the bus	der Bus
the cable car	die Seilbahn
the camper	der Camper
the canoe	das Kanu
the canoe	das Boot
the car	das Auto
the caravan	die Karawane
the carrier	der Flugzeugträger
the cart	der Wagen
the catamaran	der Katamaran
the chairlift	der Sessellift
the coach	der Trainer
the convertible	das Cabriolet
the cruiser	der Kreuzer
the delivery truck	der Lieferwagen
the delivery van	der Lieferwagen
the ferry	die Fähre
the fire truck	das Feuerwehrauto
the fly boat	das bateau-mouche
the flying saucer	die fliegende Untertasse
the forklift	der Gabelstapler
the four-wheel drive	der Allradantrieb
the garbage truck	der Müllwagen
the glider	das Segelflugzeug
the golf cart	den Golfwagen
the gondola	die Gondel
the heavy vehicle	das Schwergewicht
the helicopter	der Hubschrauber
the high-speed train	der Hochgeschwindigkeitszug
the jeep	der Jeep
the jetski	Jetski
the kayak	das kajak
the lifeboat	das Rettungsboot
the liner	die Auskleidung
the metro	die U-Bahn
the moped	das Moped
the official car	der Firmenwagen
the plane	das Flugzeug
the propeller plane	die Propellerebene
the race car	das Rennauto
the rental car	den Mietwagen
the rocket	die Rakete
the rowing boat	das Ruderboot
the sailboat	das Segelboot
the scooter	der Roller
the seaplane	das Wasserflugzeug
the semi-trailer	der Sattelanhänger
the ship	das Schiff
the shuttle	das Shuttle
the skateboard	das Skateboard
the snowmobile	das Schneemobil
the sports car	der Sportwagen
the station wagon	der Kombi
the submarine	das U-Boot
the (battle) tank	die Panzer
the tank	der Tank
the tanker	der Öltanker
the tanker truck	der Tankwagen
the taxi	das Taxi
the tow truck	der Abschleppwagen
the tractor	der Traktor
the trailer	der Anhänger
the train	der Zug
the tram	die Straßenbahn
the truck	der Lastwagen
the tug	der Schlepper
the van	der Lieferwagen
the yacht	die Yacht
the zeppelin	der Zeppelin
UFO (unidentified flying object)	UFO (unidentifiziertes Flugobjekt)
USEFUL WORDS	STICHWORT
on board	an Bord
air sickness	Luftkrankheit
at full speed	rasant
autopilot	der Autopilot
aviation safety	die Flugsicherheit
broken	defekt
by car, by plane…	im Auto, im Flugzeug…
calm	Ruhe
deep/ shallow	tief/nicht tief
drunk	betrunken
first class/ second class	erste Klasse / zweite Klasse
flat/flat tire	der platte/geplatzte Reifen
free	frei
high speed flight	der Hochgeschwindigkeitsflug
mortal	sterblich
offshore	auf hoher See
on time/ late	pünktlich / zu spät
passenger safety	die Sicherheit der Fluggäste
public transport	den öffentlichen Verkehr
reckless	unvorsichtig
rough	holprig
safety	die Sicherheit
the accelerator	das Gaspedal
the access	der Zugang
the accident	der Unfall
the air disaster	die Flugkatastrophe
the air fleet	die Luftflotte
the airport	der Flughafen
the airport tax	die Flughafensteuer
the all-terrain bike	das Mountainbike
the anchor	der Anker
the arrival	die Ankunft
the average speed	die Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit
the baggage	das Gepäck
the bike path	der Fahrradweg
the boarding room	der Speisesaal
the brake	die Bremse
the breathalyzer	der Alkoholtester
the bridge	das Tor
the broomstick	der Joystick
the bumper	die Stoßstange
the buoy	die Boje
the bus station	der Busbahnhof
the business class	Business-Klasse
the cabin	die Kabine
the candle	die Kerze
the car	der Wagen
the car accident	der Autounfall
the carburetor	der Vergaser
the claw	die Klaue
the clutch pedal	das Kupplungspedal
the co*ckpit	das co*ckpit
the command deck	die Kommandobrücke
the commuter train	der Vorortzug
the compass	der Kompass
the contact key	der Zündschlüssel
the controller	der Controller
the convertible	das Cabriolet
the correspondence	die Korrespondenz
the cover	die Kapuze
the crew	die Besatzung
the crossing	der Übergang
the crossroads	die Kreuzung
the cruise ship	das Kreuzfahrtschiff
the customs	der Zoll
the dashboard	das Armaturenbrett
the dealer	der Händler
the deckhand	der Matrose
the device	die Peripherie
the direct train	der Durchgangszug
the distance	die Entfernung
the distress signal	das Notsignal
the domestic flight	der Inlandsflug
the door of departure	der Startschuss
the driver	der Dirigent
the driver’s licence	den Führerschein
the driving school	die Fahrschule
the emergency exit	der Notausgang
the emergency stop tape	das Absperrband für den Notfall
the engine	der Motor
the engineer	der Ingenieur
the exhibition hall	der Ausstellungsraum
the failed engine	der versagende Motor
the fast train	der Schnellzug
the ferry	die Fähre
the fine	die Geldbuße
the fireplace	der Schornstein
the flashing light	der Indikator
the flight area	das Fluggebiet
the freight train	der Güterzug
the front	der Vorderteil
the fuel	der Brennstoff
the gas/gas station	die Benzin-/Tankstelle
the gear lever	der Schalthebel
the gearbox	das Getriebe
the green light	das grüne Licht
the hand brake	die Handbremse
the handling of the road	die Fahrweise
the headquarters	den Sitz
the helicopter	der Hubschrauber
the helmet	der Helm
the highway	die Autobahn
the hijacker	der Entführer
the horn	das Horn
the hovercraft	das Luftkissenfahrzeug
the jack	der Wagenheber
the jet plane	das Düsenflugzeug
the key	der Schlüssel
the landing	die Landung
the licence plate	das Nummernschild
the life jacket	die Rettungsweste
the lighthouse	der Leuchtturm
the liner	die Auskleidung
the living room	das Wohnzimmer
the long-haul flight	der Langstreckenflug
the main deck	die Hauptbrücke
the maintenance	das Gespräch
the manufacturer	der Bauherr
the mast	der Mast
the mechanic	der Garagenbesitzer
the monitor	der Monitor
the motorist	der Autofahrer
the muffler	das Auspuffrohr
the Navy	die Marine
the oar	das Ruder
the odometer	der Kilometerzähler
the one-way trip	die einfache Fahrkarte
the panel	das Panel
the passenger train	der Personenzug
the passenger/ the passenger	der Passagier
the pilot	der Pilot
the pitch	das Stampfen
the platform	der Kai
the port	der Hafen
the price of the ticket	den Preis der Fahrkarte
the propeller	der Propeller
the radar	das Radar
the rails	die Schienen
the railway track	die Eisenbahn
the reactor	der Reaktor
the rear	die Rückseite
the rear-view mirror	der Spiegel
the red light	das rote Licht
the reef	das Riff
the registration	den Kraftfahrzeugschein
the reserved place	der reservierte Platz
the restaurant car	der Speisewagen
the reverse gear	rückwärts
the road	die Straße
the road network	das Straßennetz
the roll	das Rollen
the rough sea	das hektische Meer
the round trip	die Rückfahrkarte
the round trip ticket	die Rückfahrkarte
the roundabout point	das Karussell
the route	die Reiseroute, die Fahrt
the rudder	das Ruder
the runway	die Landebahn
the safe	der Kofferraum
the sail	das Segel
the sailor	der Matrose
the schedule	die Zeit
the seat belt	der Sicherheitsgurt
the service station	die Tankstelle
the ship	das Schiff
the shock absorber	der Stoßdämpfer
the shock, the bump	der Schock, die Beule
the signal	das Signal
the sleeper car	der Schlafwagen
the spare wheel	das Ersatzrad
the speed limitation	die Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung
the station master	der Bahnhofsvorsteher
the steering wheel	das Lenkrad
the steward	der Steward
the stewardess of the air	die Stewardess
the suspension	die Aussetzung
the tail	der Schwanz
the take-off	den Start
the tank	der Tank
the taxi driver	der Taxifahrer
the terminal	das Terminal
the TGV	der TGV
the tire	der Reifen
the toll	die Maut
the traffic, the traffic	den Verkehr
the trajectory	die Flugbahn
the transport	die Beförderung
the tunnel	der Tunnel
the turn	die Kurve
the upper/lower deck	das Ober-/Unterdeck
the used car	der Gebrauchtwagen
the vehicle	das Fahrzeug
the vessel	das Schiff
the visibility	die Sichtbarkeit
the waiting room	das Wartezimmer
the window	das Bullauge
the window	der Zähler
the windshield	die Windschutzscheibe
the windshield wiper	der Scheibenwischer
the wing	der Flügel
the wreck	das Wrack
the yacht	die Yacht
USEFUL VERBS	NÜTZLICHE VERBS
accelerate	beschleunigen
avoid	ausweichen
be docked	andocken
be ejected from	ausgestoßen werden
be late	im Rückstand sind
board	einsteigen
brake	bremsen
break down	versagen
burn	anbrennen
capsize	kentern
catch fire	Feuer fangen
change speed	schalten
check tire pressure	Überprüfung des Reifendrucks und
connect	verbinden
crash	abstürzen
cross the Channel	den Ärmelkanal überqueren
delay	verzögern
disembark	landen
double	verdoppeln
drain	entleeren
drift	treiben
drive	führen
drop the anchor	ankern
embark	einschiffen
explode	explodieren
fail	stranden
fly	fliegen
fly over	überfliegen
get off	absteigen
get out	herauskommen
get seasick	seekrank
get the car overhauled	überholen
go on a cruise	auf Kreuzfahrt gehen
hijack	entführen
hit	kollidieren
horn	hupen
insure the vehicle	das Fahrzeug sichern
land	landen
lose control	die Kontrolle verlieren
maintain	unterhalten
miss	verfehlen
miss/ miss flight	Flug verpassen / verpassen
move	sich bewegen
pass the first speed	den ersten Gang einlegen
pay half price	zum halben Preis bezahlen
pilot	fliegen
raise the anchor	ankern
reduce the speed	drosseln
refuel	tanken
register	registrieren
rent	mieten
repair	reparieren
repay	zurückzahlen
run out of gas	ausgelaufen sein
save	registrieren
sink	sinken
sinking	schiffbrüchig machen
slip	rutschen
slow down	verlangsamen
start	starten
strengthen security	Erhöhung der Sicherheit
take off	abheben
take the bus/ metro/ train	Bus / U-Bahn / Zug nehmen
tow	schleppen
travel	reisen
travel by boat	mit dem Boot fahren
travel by car	autofahren
travel by train	mit dem Zug reisen
troubleshoot	abschleppen
up/ down	hinauf/absteigen

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The common German words for different modes of transportation include: das Auto (car), der Bus (bus), der Zug (train), das Fahrrad (bicycle), das Flugzeug (airplane), die Straßenbahn (tram), die U-Bahn (underground or subway), and das Schiff (ship).

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Ja = Yes.
Nein = No.
Hallo = Hello (used as a casual greeting)
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Auf Wiedersehen = Goodbye (used as a more formal farewell)
Danke = Thanks.
Entschuldigung = Excuse me.
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Thank you – Danke (dan-kuh”)
You're welcome – Bitteschön (“bit-tuh-shun“)
Please, excuse me, or pardon – Bitte (“bit-tuh”)
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Goodbye – Auf Wiedersehen (“Owf Veeder-sane”)
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What does S mean in German transport? ›

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Use repetition: reading, writing and speaking words over and over again.
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Useful German phrases for beginners?

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Wie geht's?	How are you?
Vielen Dank	Thank you very much
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noun. the act of transporting or conveying; conveyance. a means of transporting or conveying, as a truck or bus. a ship or plane employed for transporting soldiers, military stores, etc.