German Survival Terms

This page contains a table including the following: German Survival Terms to help you with your German vocabulary and expressions. Try to memorize the way they're used because they're very important in communication, and might be very helpful to convey your most important expressions. Make sure to check our Learn German page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.

The following table contains important survival terms in German as well as in English.

English Phrases German Phrases
 

Emergency!

Notfall

We need a doctor!

Wir brauchen einen Arzt!

Distress signal

Notrufzeichen

Help!

Hilfe!

Evacuate the area!

Evakuieren Sie das Areal!

Antibiotics

Antibiotika

Bandage

Verband

Blood

Blut

Burn

Verbrennung

Clean

Sauber

Dead

Tot

Doctor

Doktor

Fever

Fieber

Hospital

Krankenhaus

Infection

Infektion

Injured

Verletzt

Malnutrition

Mangelernährung

Medic

Sanitäter

Medicine

Medizin

Nurse

Krankenschwester

Poison

Gift

Sick

Krank

Vitamins

Vitamine

Wound

Wunde

I am a doctor.

Ich bin Arzt.

I am not a doctor.

Ich bin kein Arzt.

I am going to help.

Ich werde helfen.

Can you walk?

Können Sie laufen?

Can you sit?

Können Sie sitzen?

Can you stand?

Können Sie stehen?

Are you in pain?

Haben Sie schmerzen?

You will get a shot.

Sie werden eine Spritze bekommen.

I will take you to the hospital.

Ich werde Sie zum Krankenhaus bringen.

What is wrong?

Was haben Sie?

Are you injured?

Sind Sie verletzt?

Can you feed yourself?

Können Sie selber essen?

Open your mouth.

Öffnen Sie Ihren Mund.

Are you pregnant?

Sind Sie schwanger?


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