Holiday destinations
It's useful to learn the German names for some popular holiday destinations – Reiseziele.
You will see that in German some countries have the The definite article goes before a noun and indicates that the person, place or thing can be identified, ie is specific. In English it would be 'the' or 'this', eg I took the suitcase on holiday. in front of the name, eg die Schweiz (literally: the Switzerland) or die Türkei (literally: the Turkey). This only applies to feminine and plural countries.
In fact, in English we also use 'the' in front of some countries, but only when we talk about plural countries, eg the Canary Islands – die Kanarischen Inseln or the Netherlands - die Niederlande.
Question
How many countries can you recognise? Translate the names of the countries on the map, then check your answers.
- Amerika – America
- Dänemark – Denmark
- die Niederlande – the Netherlands
- die Schweiz – Switzerland
- die Türkei – Turkey
- Frankreich – France
- Griechenland – Greece
- Italien – Italy
- Österreich – Austria
- Polen – Poland
- Spanien – Spain
- Ungarn – Hungary