What is the best way to increase my German vocabulary?
A good way to increase your German vocabulary is to start with words that are easy to remember, either because they sound like English or because they have been borrowed from English. The Linguata program provides a good basic starting vocabulary. If you have a specialized interest you will almost certainly find that many technical words are substantially the same. In computing for instance German has not struggled to create its own versions of common terms so you will find words such as ‘der Computer’, ‘der PC’, ‘das Laptop’, ‘die Hardware’, ‘die Software’ and ‘die DVD’. This makes it easier coping with less obvious renderings such as ‘die Sicherheitskopie’ (back-up copy), ‘das Fenster’ (window), and ‘das Textverarbeitung’ (word-processing).
