When I first started blogging about raising bilingual children (well, then just child), I found that I had a lot to learn … about baby vocabulary in German! So I started keeping a list of the new words I was learning. Maybe you’ll find some new ones here, too! (Sorry they aren’t in any kind of order!)

Tamara over at Non-native Bilingualism also has a great list of words and phrases on her Non-Native Crib Sheet.

Have a question about a word? Need a translation? Leave me a comment, and I’ll see what I can do!

die Schiene, -n = train track
das Bäuerchen = burp (of a baby)
stolzieren = to swagger, strut
das Stoppschild, -er = stop sign
das Treppengitter, – = baby gate
sich anschnallen = to buckle up
der Sicherheitsgurt, -e = seatbelt
der Bauchnabel, – = belly button
das Schlappohr, -en = floppy ear(s)
die Weide, -n = pasture
der Steg, – = dock
der Bagger, – = backhoe/excavator
das Aua = boo-boo
die Qualle, -n = jellyfish
wippen = to see-saw
das Klettergerüst, -e = jungle gym
der Tannenzapfen, – = pine cone
der Hubschrauber, – = helicopter
der Spielplatz, ¨e = playground
die Schaukel, -n = swing(s)
die Rutsche, -n = slide
die Gebärdensprache, -n = sign language
die Scheune, -n = barn
die Sommersprosse, -n = freckle
pennen = to nap
wackeln = to wiggle
die Schnabeltasse, -n = sippy cup
das Quadrat, -e = square
der Wal, – = whale
vorwitzig = meddlesome, cheeky
der Zeh, -en = toe
die Schneeschaufel, -n = snow shovel
die Rassel, -n = rattle
das Lätzchen, – = bib
das Puzzle, -s = puzzle
der Bauklotz, ¨e = building block
schmatzen = to smack one’s lips
Kuckuck! = Peekaboo!
die Pusteblume, -n = dandelion
stapeln = to stack (as in blocks)
die Schublade, -n = drawer
der Abschleppwagen, – = tow truck
das Glühwürmchen, – = firefly
die Badewanne, -n = bathtub
die Windel, -n = diaper