German environment vocabulary B1 · Intermediate
Words about climate, recycling and nature. Useful for writing essays and taking part in discussions at intermediate and upper levels.
This set has 20 words. Study them as a list or as flashcards in the app, and mark each word once you know it.
How to use these words
Use um … zu for purpose in environmental and political writing. Umwelt is feminine in singular: die Umwelt.
Example sentences
- Wir müssen weniger Müll produzieren. – We must produce less rubbish.
- Die Luft in der Stadt ist schlecht. – The air in the city is poor.
- Viele Menschen fahren mit dem Rad, um die Umwelt zu schützen. – Many people cycle to protect the environment.
Word list
- die Umwelt – environment
- der Klimawandel – climate change
- die Verschmutzung – pollution
- der Müll – rubbish
- recyceln – to recycle
- die Energie – energy
- die Sonnenenergie – solar energy
- das Kraftwerk – power plant
- sparen – to save
- verbrauchen – to consume
- die Ressource – resource
- schützen – to protect
- der Umweltschutz – environmental protection
- nachhaltig – sustainable
- das Abgas – exhaust gas
- die Überschwemmung – flood
- die Dürre – drought
- das Naturschutzgebiet – nature reserve
- erneuerbar – renewable
- das Artensterben – species extinction