German Christmas Vocabulary

Hey there! 

As you probably know, I'm German so I want to write down some Christmas vocabulary for you! If you like reading about German culture, lenguage and things please let me know and I can to some other posts about Germany.

I'll write down the German word first and then you can have a guess what it means in English.

Advent 

• Advent - Yes, that's the same, pretty easy, isn't it? 
• Erster, Zweiter, Dritter Advent - 1st, 2nd, 3rd advent, the four sundays before Christmas
• Adventskranz - A wreath with four candles you light every sunday, advent wreath
• Adventskalender - 24 doors to open till Christmas, advent calendar
• Krippe - A small rebuilt of Jesus birth, crib or nativity set
• Lebkuchen - A delicious kind of christmassy sweets, gingerbread  
• Nikolaus - That's our kind of Santa Clause, he brings sweets at the 6th of december
• Knecht Ruprecht - He comes instead of Santa Clause in case you were naughty
• Stiefel - boots, instead of stockings above the fireplace we use boots outside the door  
• Wunschzettel - That's our whishlist
• Rentier - The animal that pulls Santas sleigh, reindeer
• Schlitten -  The thing Santa uses to fly, sleigh
• Plätzchen - I love to bake them for Christmas, cookies
• Weihnachtsmarkt - A market where you drink Glühwein 🍺, Christmas Market
• Glühwein -  Delicious hot kind of wine, be careful, don't drink too much!

Christmas

• Weihnachten - That's the word we use for Christmas
• Weihnachtsbaum - 🎄 Christmas Tree
• Geschenke - What you get from Santa, gifts or presents
• Lichterkette - The lights we put on our Christmas Tree or use as decoration
• Heiligabend - The day we can unwrap our gifts (24th), Christmas Eve
• Weiße Weihnachten - Snow everywhere, white Christmas
• Weihnachtsmann -  That's our Father Christmas
• Christkind - In some households not Father Christmas brings the gifts but the Christ Child
• Engel - That means angel
• Fröhliche Weihnachten! - Our way to say Merry Christmas!
• Überraschung - Someting under the tree we didn't expect, surprise
• Christbaumkugel - the small things you put on the Christmas tree, baubles  
• Krippenspiel - It's a small play in the church, nativity play
• Weihnachtsessen - Best meal of the year, Christmas Dinner  

Okay, that's my christmassy vocabulary list, if you miss something let me know! Unfortunately it all looks a but messy, I tried to creade a chart but it didn't work.


See you tomorrow!
xx