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Can you talk about your feelings in German ?

Talk About Feelings in German

Most of us don’t even know how to express our feelings in our native tongue, much less in a second language – but don’t worry. We’ll make it very easy for you, so you’ll learn how to talk about your feelings in German using the suitable phrases .

We’ve collected the basic German emotions vocab to help you get started as you learn German . You can find them in the table below . And if German pronunciation is something you struggle with, click on the play buttons to hear how each word is pronounced by a native speaker !

German emotions and feelings Vocab :

English	German
the emotion	die Emotion
the mood	die Laune
happy	glücklich
sad	traurig
excited	begeistert
the love	die Liebe
the hate	der Hass
angry	wütend
the hope	die Hoffnung
depressed	deprimiert
lonely	einsam
satisfied	zufrieden
proud	stolz
disappointed	enttäuscht
upset	aufgebracht

phrases you can use to express your different feelings in german :

First , the most common way to express an feelings in German is to use “ich bin” , which means “I am”. Just like in English, all you have to do is add any adjective in front of it! . Read and hear the phrases below as examples :

I’m excited	Ich bin begeistert
I’m angry	Ich bin böse
I’m happy	Ich bin glücklich

Some emotions are better expressed in German using “Mir ist” rather than Ich bin, and that will largely depend on set phrases rather than logic. You’ll get used to them as you practice listening more often. It starts becoming natural after a while!

I’m bored	Mir ist langweilig
I feel sick	Mir ist übel

“Ich fühle mich” literally means “I feel myself”. However, this expression won’t make sense in German unless you add adjectives in front of it:

I feel good	Ich fühle mich gut
I feel lonely	Ich fühle mich einsam

“Mir geht’s“… literally translates to “it goes to me…” and is often used to talk about how you’re doing . When somebody asks you what you’ve been up to or how you’ve been lately, you can reply using :

Mir geht’s gut	literally “It goes to me good”, which means “I’m doing well”
Es geht so	Not too bad, doing okay

You should be really thrilled , because now you can better express yourself and your feelings in German !

As a revision , read and listen to the phrases below :

to feel like / want to	L— h—- Lust haben
We feel like. / We want to.	W– h—- L—. Wir haben Lust.
We don’t feel like. / We do’t want to.	W– h—- k—- L—. Wir haben keine Lust.

to be afraid	A—- h—- Angst haben
I’m afraid.	I– h— A—-. Ich habe Angst.
I am not afraid.	I– h— k—- A—-. Ich habe keine Angst.

to have time	Z— h—- Zeit haben
He has time.	E- h– Z—. Er hat Zeit.
He has no time.	E- h– k—- Z—. Er hat keine Zeit.

to be bored	L——— h—- Langeweile haben
She is bored.	S– h– L———. Sie hat Langeweile.
She is not bored.	S– h– k—- L———. Sie hat keine Langeweile.

to be hungry	H—– h—- Hunger haben
Are you hungry?	H— i– H—–? Habt ihr Hunger?
Aren’t you hungry?	H— i– k—– H—–? Habt ihr keinen Hunger?

to be thirsty	D—- h—- Durst haben
They are thirsty.	S– h—- D—-. Sie haben Durst.
They are not thirsty.	S– h—- k—– D—-. Sie haben keinen Durst.

Talk About Feelings in German

German emotions and feelings Vocab :

phrases you can use to express your different feelings in german :

As a revision , read and listen to the phrases below :

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