Going to the Doctor in Germany? Learn These German Phrases First!

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How can you say that you'
re sick How can you say that
you're sick in German There are many different ways
Also first of all you can say that I am sick You can
also say that I feel sick
Or that I don't feel so good
How would you say that you're
sick to your stomach
Like nauseous
I feel sick "Sick" is a word
like And the noun for it is nausea
Nausea
And how do you say to vomit
So the formal way is kind of I need to vomit
Vomiting is like to overgive
So you're overgiving something
But there's another way informal language
We usually just say vomit
For example I need to vomit
He threw up
But in a doctor's office you would normally say
I vomited
I had to vomit
How do you say that you feel a bit dizzy you know
You would say I feel dizzy
Oh doctor I feel so dizzy
Yes wow
Then if you have pain how would you say that
For example I have a headache
I have a headache
But you can also say my head hurts
I have
a headache How would you say you have a stomachache
My stomach is hurting
I have stomach pains
Or you can also say again when you use
wehtun how would you
say it My stomach hurts
Oh Mama my stomach hurts
So now if you have any pain you can usually use "schmerzen "
So for example you can also say I have a sore throat
I have a headache
I have stomach pains
But now when one part of the body hurts we usually
say "It hurts a bit " Yes
for example "My hand hurts "
My shoulder hurts
Yes my eyes hurt
Everything hurts and I'm dying
Ah and something else very important
If you have back pain how do you say this in German
I have back pain
Ah back pain
So and now some words
If you feel something on your skin how do you say this
For example itching
It itches
Yes for example my skin itches
I must scratch
To scratch means kratzen
Often the doctor then says don't scratch
Don't scratch don't scratch
How would you say when it's just a little
feeling like We say
krippeln Oh it's krippeling
And when it's burning how would you say that
It's burning
Burning is the literal translation of burning
For example my skin is burning
It is burning
And some typical symptoms of a cold
So first of all when we say cold we often also say a runny nose
A cold or the flu
Then what's wrong with you
You sometimes have a fever
Oh I have a fever
I have a cough
I have a cold
Oh I have a cold
So and what's also very important here
which many people have diarrhea
How do you
say that That's the throughfall
I think actually in German it's really funny this word
Because it's like a true fall
It just falls through
The Diarrhea
What is the opposite
of diarrhea In
German we say constipation
Something is constipated
That means it's full and it's not going through
Clogged And if you're constipated then you can't poop
Oh and what is that
That is blood
Yes that is not real blood
And for example you can say oh I have a wound
I hurt myself
And now I have a wound
And then they also say it's bleeding
Oh no it's bleeding
And if you have a wound you put a bandage on it
Put a bandage on it
That's for the wound
Then something else that
also often happens
What happens quite a lot I fell down
I broke my leg I broke
my leg or
I broke my arm
Now I have to go to the hospital and maybe I have to have surgery
To operate is to have surgery
The doctor or the physician will operate on me
This is a difficult operation
It's a difficult surgery
for example I hope all this
stuff never happens to you
But we have learned a lot of new words now
I think we learned a lot of new words
So first of all how do you say something is itching
It itches
How do you say
I broke my leg
I broke my leg
How do you say back pain
I have back pain
What else could you say
You could also say my back hurts
Oh my back hurts
And how do you say this one again
What you put on a wound
That is done on a wound
That is a bandage
The bandage
I hope you learned a lot
So when you go to the doctor you know some of these words and you can have a
conversation with the doctor Or if he asks you something you know how to answer
Also check out our other video about the dialogue at the doctor's
office That's also very useful And
there you learn even more vocabulary
All set Thank you and goodbye
