{"id":13345,"date":"2021-09-15T21:41:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T21:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=13345"},"modified":"2021-09-16T12:18:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T12:18:53","slug":"where-in-the-country-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/where-in-the-country-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Where In The Country Are You?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guten Tag! I have recently come back from a holiday (der Urlaub), and during the long drive there and back I got to thinking about all the different parts of the country we’d travelled through, and all the signs we’d seen along the way. I wondered if this might be a useful thing for German learners to know – not just the names of cities, but vocabulary to describe which part<\/em> of the country you are in geographically, and what type<\/em> of place it is. Is it countryside, a city, or a coastal area? Are you in the city centre, or deep in the woods? Well, this post will give you the vocabulary you need to express just that, in German!<\/p>\n

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Photo by Danielle Rice<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

First, let\u2019s look at what different geographical parts of a country are called:<\/p>\n

The north \u2013 der Norden
\nThe south \u2013 der S\u00fcden
\nThe west \u2013 der Westen
\nThe east \u2013 der Osten
\nThe north-west \u2013 der Nordwesten
\nThe north-east \u2013 der Nordosten
\nThe south-west \u2013 der S\u00fcdwesten
\nThe south-east \u2013 der S\u00fcdosten<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s look at types<\/em> of places within a country, such as a city centre or rural area, so you can describe the sort of place you’re travelling to, or the kind of place you might find yourself in when you go out exploring!<\/p>\n

Town \u2013 die Stadt<\/p>\n

City \u2013 die Gro\u00dfstadt (also sometimes called by its short form, die Stadt)<\/p>\n

City\/town centre – die Stadtmitte<\/p>\n

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die Stadmitte – city centre. Photo by Daniel Se\u00dfler<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Village \u2013 das Dorf<\/p>\n

A little village – Ein kleines Dorf<\/p>\n

Capital city \u2013 die Hauptstadt<\/p>\n

Countryside \u2013 die Landschaft<\/p>\n

Nature – die Natur<\/p>\n

Urban\u2013 st\u00e4dtisch<\/p>\n

Rural \u2013 l\u00e4ndlich<\/p>\n

Industrial area \u2013 das Industriegebiet<\/p>\n

The coast – die K\u00fcste<\/p>\n

Coastal area \u2013 das K\u00fcstengebiet<\/p>\n

Beach – der Strand<\/p>\n

Right on the beach – Direkt am Strand<\/p>\n

The woods – der Wald<\/p>\n

Woodlands\/woodland area \u2013 das Waldgebiet<\/p>\n

Deep in the woods – Tief im Wald<\/p>\n

Nature reserve – das Naturschutzgebiet<\/p>\n

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Tief im Wald – deep in the woods. Photo by Nachelle Nocom<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Mountainous area \u2013 das Berggebiet<\/p>\n

In the mountains – In den Bergen\/im Gebirge<\/p>\n

Spa town \u2013 der Kurort (Spa towns are famous in Germany; a doctor can even prescribe you a stay in a spa town, if they think you need it! To read more about der Kurort, click here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Camping site \u2013 der Campingplatz<\/p>\n

The state border \u2013 die Staatsgrenze<\/p>\n

Island – die Insel<\/p>\n

**<\/p>\n

What type of place do you like to stay in, or visit, when you go on holiday? Personally, I lean towards\u00a0Landschaft<\/em>, specifically der Wald<\/em>. Sometimes it can be fun to stay in a country’s Hauptstadt<\/em>, but as I live in a Gro\u00dfstadt<\/em>, I prefer being around die Natur<\/em> (nature) when I go away! Let me know your preferences in the comment box! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Bis bald!<\/em> (See you soon!)
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Guten Tag! I have recently come back from a holiday (der Urlaub), and during the long drive there and back I got to thinking about all the different parts of the country we’d travelled through, and all the signs we’d seen along the way. I wondered if this might be a useful thing for German…<\/p>\n

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