🇩🇪 Day 3 – Activity 8
🌤️ Jahreszeiten & Wetter — Seasons and Weather
🎯 Learning Objective
Let’s learn to describe the seasons and the weather in German! Practice saying them out loud using the 🔊 buttons and discover how Germans talk about the weather — one of their favorite small-talk topics! 😄🌦️
🍁 Die vier Jahreszeiten – The Four Seasons
| English | German | Speak |
|---|---|---|
| Spring | der Frühling | |
| Summer | der Sommer | |
| Autumn / Fall | der Herbst | |
| Winter | der Winter |
🌦️ Wetter – Talking About the Weather
| English | German | Speak |
|---|---|---|
| It’s sunny. | Es ist sonnig. | |
| It’s raining. | Es regnet. | |
| It’s cloudy. | Es ist bewölkt. | |
| It’s snowing. | Es schneit. | |
| It’s cold. | Es ist kalt. | |
| It’s warm. | Es ist warm. |
📘 Vocabulary – Nature & Weather Words
| English | German | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| the sun | die Sonne | feminine noun ☀️ |
| the rain | der Regen | masculine noun 🌧️ |
| the snow | der Schnee | masculine noun ❄️ |
| the wind | der Wind | masculine noun 💨 |
| the cloud | die Wolke | feminine noun ☁️ |
| the temperature | die Temperatur | feminine noun 🌡️ |
🇩🇪 German Culture
Weather is a popular small-talk topic in Germany — especially when it changes five times a day! 😅 In winter, Christmas markets fill the towns with lights and Glühwein (hot spiced wine) 🍷🎄. In summer, people enjoy lakes, cycling, and barbecues in parks ☀️🚴♂️.
🎉 Fun Facts
- ❄️ In Bavaria, winter temperatures can drop below –15°C! 🧤
- 🌸 “Frühling” literally means “early thing” — the season when life begins again!
- 🌦️ Germans often joke: “Wenn du das Wetter nicht magst, warte fünf Minuten.” (“If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes.”)
🇮🇳 Useful Tip for Indian Learners
Indian students arriving in Germany often find the weather unpredictable!
Keep a light jacket handy and check the forecast before leaving. 🌂
Try saying these sentences aloud:
👉 „Heute ist es kalt.“ (Today it’s cold.)
👉 „Im Sommer ist es warm.“ (It’s warm in summer.)
👉 „Ich liebe den Frühling!“ (I love spring!) 🌸