Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
TRANSPORT AND SIGNS
Abflug
Kein Eingang
No entrance
Departure (airport)
Nicht rauchen/
No smoking
Abreise/Abfahrt
Departure (more generally)
Rauchen verboten
Notausgang
Ankunft
Arrivals
Emergency exit
Ausfahrt
Motorway exit
Plakette
Colour-coded sticker for cars,
Ausgang
Exit
needed if travelling in the
Ausgang freihalten
Keep clear/no parking in
city centre (see p.23).
front of exit
Reisepass/Pass
Passport
Autobahn
Motorway
Tankstell
e
Petrol station
Baustelle
Roadworks (on Autobahn etc)
Umleitung
Diversion
Einbahnstraße
one-way street
Unfall
Accident
Eingang
Entrance
Verboten
Prohibited
Fähre
Ferry
Vorsicht!
Attention!/Take care!
Führerschein
Driver's licence
Zoll
Customs
A FOOD AND DRINK GLOSSARY
BASIC TERMS
Breakfast
geschmort
braised, slow-cooked
Frühstück
gutbürgerlich
traditional German
Lunch
Mittagessen
hausgemacht
home-made
Coffee and cakes
Kaffee und Kuchen - a
heiss
hot
mid-afternoon ritual
lauwarm
lukewarm
Supper, dinner
Abendessen/Abendbrot
kalt
cold
(bread with cold toppings)
roh
raw
Knife
Messer
am Spiess
skewered
Fork
Gabel
Topf, Eintopf
stew, casserole
Spoon
Löffel
überbacken
with a hot topping
Plate
Teller
(especially cheese)
Cup
Tasse
zart
tender (eg of meat)
Mug
Becher
Bowl
Schüssel
BASICS
Belegtes Brot
Glass
Glas
sandwich
Menu
Speisekarte
Bio
organic
Wine list
Weinkarte
Brot
bread, loaf
Set menu
Menü
Brötchen
bread roll
Course
Gang
Butter
butter
Starter
Vorspeise
Ei
egg
Main course
Hauptgericht
Essig
vinegar
Dessert
Nachspeise
Fisch
fish
Restaurant bill
Rechnung
Fleisch
meat
Tip
Trinkgeld
Gemüse
vegetables
Vegetarian
vegetarisch
Honig
honey
Joghurt
yoghurt
COOKING TERMS
blau
Kaffee
coffee
boiled
Käse
cheese
eingelegt
pickled
Marmelade
jam
frisch
fresh
Milch
milk
gebacken
baked
Obst
fruit
gebraten
fried, roasted
Öl
oil
gedämpft
steamed
Pfeffer
pepper
gefüllt
stuffed
Sahne
cream
gegrillt
grilled
Salatsoße
salad dressing
gekocht
boiled (also more generally
Salz
salt
means “cooked”)
scharf
spicy
geräuchert
smoked
Schrippe
bread roll (in Berlin)
