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Open Mind

GERMAN WORD LIST UPPER INTERMEDIATE

Unit 2  Global views

WORDS AND PHRASES
Word / Phrase Translation Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Definition Sample Sentence
appreciate etwas schätzen/ verb /əˈpriʃiˌeɪt/ to recognise what is It’s important to
würdigen good or special about appreciate all the
a situation good things in
your life.
benefit profitieren/zugute verb /ˈbenɪfɪt/ to give help or It is hoped that the
kommen an advantage to campaign to ‘go
something local’ will benefit
small businesses.
boost fördern/ankurbeln verb /buːst/ to help something to Tourism in the area has
increase or become helped to boost the
more successful local economy.
campaign kämpfen/sich verb /kæmˈpeɪn/ to try to achieve They are campaigning
einsetzen something, for for stronger anti-
example political or pollution laws.
social change, by
persuading people to
do something
communication Kommunikation noun /kəˌmjunɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ the process of Communication
[uncountable] exchanging is getting faster
information or news and faster in our
globalised world.
community Gemeinde noun /kəˈmjunəti/ the people who live in People who live in
an area the same community
should try to help one
another.
compete konkurrieren verb /kəmˈpiːt/ to try to be successful It’s hard for small
in business businesses to compete
in today’s globalised
world.
consumer Verbraucher noun /kənˈsjuːmə(r)/ someone who buys They provide services
and uses goods to a broad range of
and services. The consumers.
expression ‘the
consumer’ is often
used for referring to
consumers as a group
consumer item Konsumartikel/ noun /kənˈsjuːmə(r) something that you Large supermarkets
Konsumgut ˌaɪtəm/ buy for personal or have a greater choice
home use, such as of consumer items.
food or clothing
create schaffen/kreieren verb /kriˈeɪt/ to cause something The campaign has
new or original created an interest in
to exist shopping locally.
destroy zerstören verb /dɪˈstrɔɪ/ to damage something Large companies
so severely that it can have destroyed local
no longer exist businesses.

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Word / Phrase Translation Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Definition Sample Sentence
determine bestimmen/ verb /dɪˈtɜː(r)mɪn/ to decide when Who determines when
festlegen something should you can take your
happen or what coffee breaks?
should be done
dominate dominieren verb /ˈdɒmɪneɪt/ to control a situation, British and American
often in a negative songs and movies
way, because you seem to dominate
have too much power popular culture.
or influence
economic Wirtschafts­ noun /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk ˈɡrəʊθ/; an increase in the Countries such as
growth wachstum [uncountable] /ˌekənɒmɪk ˈɡrəʊθ/ amount of trade India and Brazil have
and business experienced huge
economic growth in
recent years.
effective effektiv adjective /ɪˈfektɪv/ producing a good The medication
result is effective in the
treatment of malaria.
evaluate bewerten verb /ɪˈvæljuˌeɪt/ to make a judgment Sometimes you have
about the value, to evaluate how useful
quality or importance information on the
of something internet is.
facilitate ermöglichen/ verb /fəˈsɪləˌteɪt/ to make it easier for Communication and
begünstigen something to exist information sharing
or happen has been facilitated by
the internet.
generate generieren verb /ˈdʒenəˌreɪt/ to make something The campaign has
happen, or to cause a generated an interest
new situation to exist in shopping locally.
globalisation Globalisierung noun /ˌɡləʊbəlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ the idea that the Some people
[uncountable] world is developing believe that
a single economy globalisation creates
and culture as a a lot of opportunities
result of improved for people.
technology and
communications and
the influence of very
large multinational
corporations
harm schaden/ verb /hɑː(r)m/ to have a bad effect Smoking harms
beschädigen on something people’s health.
improve verbessern verb /ɪmˈpruv/ to have a good Do you think, overall,
effect on something that the internet has
by making it better improved our lives?
or stronger
inequality Ungleichheit noun /ˌɪnɪˈkwɒləti/ a situation in which There are many
people are not problems with racial,
equal because economic and social
some groups have inequality around
more opportunities, the world.
power, money, etc
than others
initiative Initiative noun /ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/ an important action The ‘Shop Small’
that is intended to campaign is an
solve a problem initiative that helps
local businesses.

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Word / Phrase Translation Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Definition Sample Sentence
multinational multinational adjective /ˌmʌltiˈnæʃən(ə)l/ a multinational She works for a
company or business large multinational
has offices, stores corporation.
or factories in
several countries
participate teilnehmen verb /pɑː(r)ˈtɪsɪpeɪt/ to take part in All students are
something expected to
participate in this
activity.
producer Produzent/ noun /prəˈdjuːsə(r)/ a person or company A lot of our producers
Erzeuger that grows food or come from the
makes goods to local community.
be sold
profits Gewinne/Erträge noun /ˈprɒfɪts/ money that a business Local businesses have
makes by selling seen a decrease in
its products profits in recent years.
promote fördern verb /prəˈməʊt/ to encourage The campaign aims
something to develop to promote local
businesses.
regional regional adjective /ˈriːdʒ(ə)nəl/ belonging to a It’s sad to see regional
particular place or cultures disappearing.
area, rather than to a
whole country
shelf life Haltbarkeitsdauer noun /ˈʃelf ˌlaɪf/ the amount of time Fruit and vegetables
that food products have a relatively short
can be kept in a shop shelf life.
before they become
too old to sell
small business Kleinbetrieb noun /smɔːl ˈbɪznəs/ a business or shop Small businesses
that operates on its are struggling in an
own and does not increasingly globalised
have other branches world.
supplier Lieferant noun /səˈplaɪə(r)/ a company, Which supplier do
organisation or you buy the products
country that supplies from?
or sells a product
support unterstützen verb /səˈpɔː(r)t/ to help something It’s important to
to develop or to support your local
continue to exist community.
sustain aufrechterhalten verb /səˈsteɪn/ to make sure that People are anxious to
something continues sustain their regional
to exist cultures.
value Wert verb /ˈvæljuː/ to show that you Thank you – I really
think someone value your support.
or something
is important

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