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1. Mensch
1.1 Allgemeine Angaben
adult [ˈædʌlt] ■ Erwachsene(r)
Once you are eighteen you are legally an adult.
age ■ Alter
What’s your age? – I’m sixteen.
baby ■ Baby, Säugling; Schatz, Liebling
Little babies sleep a lot.
Ooh, I love you, baby, I love you night and day.
to be born (was, been) ■ geboren sein, geboren werden
Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
birth ■ Geburt
After his birth, John’s parents moved into a new house.
birthday ■ Geburtstag
My mother’s birthday is 12 May 1980.
boy ■ Junge
“I’ve loved football ever since I was a little boy”, Lionel Messi said.
female ■ weiblich; Frau
He looks very female although he is not a female.
first name ■ Vorname
Shakespeare’s first name was William.
gentleman (Pl.: -men) ■ Herr, Gentleman
Would the gentlemen please make room for the ladies?
girl ■ Mädchen
Two of Liz’s children are girls.
kid ■ Kind
When I was a kid I liked to play in our garden.
lady ■ Dame; (adlige) Lady
A real lady never talks about shocking things.
May I introduce Lord and Lady Wilberforce?
last name ■ Nachname, Familienname
I know “Mary” is your first name. But what is your last name?
lord ■ Lord (englischer Adelstitel)
The lord opened his castle to the public.
►the Lord ■ Gott
male ■ männlich; Mann
In mathematics the number of male students is often bigger than that of female students.
In Britain, “Evelyn” can be the name of a male.
man [mæn] (Pl.: men [men]) ■ Mann
The novelist Evelyn Waugh was a man, not a woman.
name ■ Name
Lady Gaga’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.
old ■ alt
How old are you? – I’m sixteen.
person ■ Person, Mensch
This room may be used for a maximum of thirty persons.
race ■ Rasse
The relationship between the various races in this country has always been difficult.
sex ■ Geschlecht
The sex of our baby? – It’s male.
single ■ ledig
Are you single or married?
teenager ■ Teenager
Young people between 13 and 19 are called teenagers.
title ■ Titel
What’s the title of the book you are reading?
In Britain academic titles are added after the name, as in Arthur Dundas, PhD.
widow ■ Witwe
My mother became a widow at the age of 54.
widower ■ Witwer
He did not remain a widower long but married again.
woman [ˈwʊmən] (Pl.: women [ˈwɪmɪn]) ■ Frau
According to the bible Eve was the first woman on earth.
young ■ jung
He is already a young man, not a boy any longer.
youth ■ Jugendliche(r); Jugend
He was a youth of eighteen years.
In her youth she was an excellent sprinter.
aged ■ im Alter von
My daughter has two children aged 7 and 5.
alike ■ ähnlich, gleich
Twins are alike only if they are identical twins.
duchess ■ Herzogin
A woman who is a duchess holds the same rank as a man who is a duke.
duke ■ Herzog
The Duke of Edinburgh is Queen Elizabeth’s husband.
earl ■ Graf
In the UK, an earl holds a rank below that of a queen or king, duke and marquess.
ethnic ■ ethnisch, Volks…
Many people of different ethnic origins live in our country.
gender ■ Geschlecht
Which gender is the baby, please?
human ■ Mensch
According to research all modern humans descended from the same small group of...
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