Lesson 5: Days, Months & Seasons in German

📅 Days of the Week (Wochentage)

• Montag 🔊 – Monday
• Dienstag 🔊 – Tuesday
• Mittwoch 🔊 – Wednesday
• Donnerstag 🔊 – Thursday
• Freitag 🔊 – Friday
• Samstag 🔊 – Saturday
• Sonntag 🔊 – Sunday

🗓️ Months of the Year (Monate)

• Januar 🔊 – January
• Februar 🔊 – February
• März 🔊 – March
• April 🔊 – April
• Mai 🔊 – May
• Juni 🔊 – June
• Juli 🔊 – July
• August 🔊 – August
• September 🔊 – September
• Oktober 🔊 – October
• November 🔊 – November
• Dezember 🔊 – December

🌤️ Seasons (Jahreszeiten)

• der Frühling 🔊 – Spring
• der Sommer 🔊 – Summer
• der Herbst 🔊 – Autumn / Fall
• der Winter 🔊 – Winter

💬 Usage in Context

Heute ist Montag. 🔊
Today is Monday.
🗓️ “Heute” 🔊 = today

Mein Geburtstag ist im Juli. 🔊
My birthday is in July.
🎉 “im” 🔊 is used for months and seasons → “im Juli” 🔊, “im Sommer” 🔊

Im Herbst sind die Blätter bunt. 🔊
In autumn, the leaves are colorful.
🍂 “bunt” 🔊 = colorful, “Blätter” 🔊 = leaves

Wir fahren im Winter in die Berge. 🔊
We go to the mountains in winter.
🏔️ “fahren” 🔊 = travel/go by vehicle, “Berge” 🔊 = mountains

🧠 Did You Know?

• Days and months are not capitalized in English, but they are in German!
• All seasons in German are masculine nouns → der Frühling 🔊, Sommer 🔊, Herbst 🔊, Winter 🔊
• The preposition “im” 🔊 is short for “in dem” 🔊 and is used with months and seasons.