Germany - Health Vocabulary
List of useful medical and non-medical terms.
Health is a main concern for expatriates who might need to become familiar with a whole new vocabulary in an emergency! Each country has its own health system, which takes some getting used to.. Find here the vocablulary relevant toGermany. Useful Vocabulary
| Adult | Erwachsene |
| Animal | Tier |
| Birth | Geburt |
| Blood | Blut |
| Boy | Junge |
| Child | Kind |
| Crutches | Krücke |
| Dangerous | gefährlich |
| Dentist | Zahnarzt |
| Digestion | Verdauung |
| Disabled | behindert |
| Divorce | Scheidung |
| Doctor | Doktor |
| Drink | Getränk |
| Ear, nose, throat | Ohr, Nase, Hals |
| to eat | essen |
| Family counseling | Familienhilfe |
| Family | Familie |
| Father | Vater |
| Fire | Feuer/Brandfall |
| Food | Essen |
| Girl | Mädchen |
| Health clinic | Klinik |
| Health Insurance | Krankenversicherung |
| Healthy | gesund |
| to hear | hören |
| Hearing | Gehör |
| Heart | Herz |
| Hospital | Krankenhaus |
| Ill, sick | krank |
| Man | Mann |
| Marriage | Ehe |
| Midwife | Hebamme |
| Mother | Mutter |
| Nurse | Krankenschwester |
| Nursing home | Altenheim |
| Old | alt |
| Pharmacy/Chemist | Apotheke |
| Poison Control | Giftnotruf |
| Poison | Gift |
| Poisonous | giftig |
| Police | Polizei |
| Pollution | Verschmutzung |
| Pregnant | schwanger |
| Psychiatrist | Psychiater/Psychiaterin |
| Psychologist | Psychologe/Psychologin |
| Radiation | Strahlung |
| Safe | sicher |
| to see, look | sehen |
| Skin | Haut |
| to smoke | Rauchen |
| Social security office | Sozialhilfeamt/Sozialdienst |
| Vision | Sehkraft |
| Water | Wasser |
| Well | gut, wohl |
| Wheel chair | Rollstuhl |
| Woman | Frau |
| Young | jung |
