German dating vocabulary: 357 words
Compliments, romance and going out — words and phrases for dating (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese). This page lists 40 of them with their German translations, then lets you practise the full set in either direction with spaced repetition.
English to German: the first 40 words
| English | German | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| love | Liebe | |
| date | Date | A romantic meeting with someone, not a calendar day. |
| boyfriend | Freund | |
| girlfriend | Freundin | |
| kiss | Kuss | |
| hug | Umarmung | |
| beautiful | schön | |
| handsome | gutaussehend | Typically describes men or masculine things; a type of beautiful. |
| cute | süß | Appealingly small or pretty, not necessarily romantic; can apply to objects or animals. |
| attractive | attraktiv | |
| smile | Lächeln | |
| eyes | Augen | |
| heart | Herz | The symbol of emotion and love, not the physical organ. |
| feelings | Gefühle | |
| relationship | Beziehung | |
| couple | Paar | |
| flirt | flirten | To show playful romantic interest, not necessarily serious commitment. |
| charming | charmant | |
| romantic | romantisch | |
| shy | schüchtern | |
| single | Single | Not in a relationship; unmarried status. |
| married | verheiratet | |
| wedding | Hochzeit | |
| engaged | verlobt | Promised to marry someone; the status before marriage. |
| jealous | eifersüchtig | |
| crush | Schwarm | A sudden, intense romantic attraction; usually brief or one-sided. |
| sweetheart | Schatz | A term of endearment for a romantic partner; affectionate nickname. |
| compliment | Kompliment | |
| gift | Geschenk | |
| flowers | Blumen | |
| dinner date | romantisches Abendessen | |
| to fall in love | sich verlieben | To begin loving someone; emphasizes the sudden or involuntary start. |
| to miss someone | jemanden vermissen | To feel the absence of someone you care about; nostalgia or longing. |
| You are beautiful | du bist schön | |
| I like you | ich mag dich | Mild affection; less serious than 'I love you.' |
| I love you | ich liebe dich | |
| Would you like to dance? | Möchtest du tanzen? | |
| Can I buy you a drink? | Darf ich dir einen Drink ausgeben? | |
| What's your name? | Wie heißt du? | |
| Can I have your number? | Kann ich deine Nummer haben? |
317 more words in the full “Dating & Flirting” library, each aligned across seven languages and scheduled for you by spaced repetition. Add it to your account and start drilling English to German in one click.
What to watch out for in German
- Accents count. Answers are graded accent-sensitively, so you need
äöüßÄÖÜ— LinguaSwap shows a one-tap keypad for them while you type. - Capitalisation counts. German nouns are capitalised, and answers in German are graded that way —
hausis notHaus. - 106 words carry a usage note in the full library, for the cases where a direct translation would mislead you.
Practise German dating vocabulary
Words come back just before you would forget them, and every language direction is tracked separately.