B2 · 23 words
Otti feels at home in Berlin
Two years ago Otti came to Berlin with one suitcase and not a word of German. Now he walks around the lake in Weißensee and notices that he no longer feels like a stranger. Learn to talk about home and roots, homesickness and belonging, and about how a place becomes yours.
Learn These 23 WordsDialogue
A short conversation with the words of this scenario. Tap "Translation" under a line to see what it means.
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Otti
Bei Ihnen und den anderen spüre ich Geborgenheit und Zugehörigkeit.
Your line. Say it in German, then check it.
Translation
With you and the others I feel safe and that I belong.
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Words and Phrases
- das Heimweh homesickness
- die Herkunft origin
- die Zugehörigkeit belonging
- die Wurzel root
- die Sehnsucht longing
- die Identität identity
- der Abschied farewell
- die Geborgenheit sense of security
- der Umzug move
- sich einleben to settle in
- sich eingewöhnen to settle in
- anpassen to adapt
- fremd strange
- vertraut familiar
- einsam lonely
- geborgen safe
- verwurzelt rooted
- sich zu Hause fühlen to feel at home
- die Heimat home
- die Gemeinschaft community
- dankbar grateful
- die Kindheit childhood
- vermissen to miss
Grammar in This Scenario
Learn these words with Otti
A few minutes a day; Otti brings each word back right before you would forget it.