German words around your home

 Types of accommodations

• Studentenwohnheim - student accomodation
• Wohnung - apartments
• Bauernhaus - farmhouse
• Alt-Bau - old building
• familienhaus - family house, these are usually USA style houses with garden, garage etc.

• Rent related
• Warme - warm. In Indian terms it is like cost with maintenance.
• Kalt - cold. This means the basic price of the house

• Other popular words in context
• Billig - cheap or less expensive
• Teuer - expensive
• Klein - small
• Gross - big
• Dunkel - dark or not bright
• Hell - well lighted and bright
• Lang - long, as in long foyer would be lang flur
• Hoch - high, like high ceilings would be hoch decke
• Fussboard - usually used for under floor heating

In the apartment

• Zimmer
• Wohnzimmer - living room
• Schalfsofa - sofa-bed
• Sessel - armchair
• Tisch - table
• Essetisch - dining table
• Stuhl - chair
• Esstsuhl - dining chair
• Teppich - carpet
• Regal - rack or shelf
• Licht - light
• Badzimmer / Toilette - bathroom / toilet
• Speigel - mirror
• Fenster - window
• Tur - door
• Dusche - shower
• Schlafzimmer - bedroom, schlaf means to sleep.
• Bett - bed
• Matratze - mattress
• Decke - blanket
• Schrank - closet
• Kleiderschrank - wardrobe
• Nachttishe - night stand
• Kommode - chest of drawers
• Kuche - kitchen, pronounced as koo-she
• Kuhlschrank - literal translation would be cool almirah i.e. Fridge
• Herd - Stove, you might come across its variants like elektroherd meaning electrical stove.
• Waschmachine - washing machine for clothes
• Trockner - cloth dryer
• Geschirrspülmaschine - Dishwasher
• Lebensmittel regal - food shelf
• Arbeitzimmer - study or home office
• Burostuhl - office chair
• Schreibentisch - writing table
• Bucher regal - book shelf
• leseecke - reading corner, lese is reading and ecke means corner
• ecketisch - corner table
• Kinderzimmer - children's room

• Other things
• Balkon - balcony
• Teresse - terrace
• Garten - garden