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Vocabulary and Adjective
List to Describe Movies
in German
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Das Kino “The Movies”
Genres
Describing Good Movies
Describing Bad Movies
Gehen wir ins Kino?
Das Kino “The Movies”
What’s your favorite type of movie? Why do
you like that genre? What kinds of movie don’t
you like? This article provides some
vocabulary for you to discuss your
preferences in German and perhaps even to
make arrangements for going to the cinema to
see a German movie.
Genres
The following list of genres is, of course, not
complete but includes most of the main
categories you would be likely to talk about in
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general conversation. They are arranged
alphabetically by the English description. Note
that, for many genres, the borrowed English
word is in common use.
action movie = der Actionfilm
comedy = die Komödie
crime film = der Verbrechenfilm / das Krimi
documentary = der Dokumentarfilm
drama = das Drama
family movie = der Familienfilm
feelgood movie = der Feelgood-film
foreign movie = der Auslandsfilm
horror movie = der Horrorfilm
romance = der romantischer Film
romantic comedy (romcom) = die
romantische Komödie
Sci Fi movie = der Sci-Fi-Film / der
Sciencefictionsfilm
sports movie = der Sportfilm
suspense movie / thriller = das Krimi
teen movie =derTeenager-film
war movie = der Kriegsfilm
This list of genres is also available as a
download.
Describing Good Movies
Now that you know how to tell someone the
type of movie you like to watch, how would
you describe it and why you like it? The
following are some adjectives that will help.
Wir war der Film? Der war…
different = anders
educational = ausbildend
exciting = erregend
funny = komisch (can also mean “strange”)
happy = fröhlich / ermunternd
interesting = interessant
sad = jämmerlich / betrübend
scary = schreckhaft
suspenseful = anspannend
sweet =süβ
Describing Bad Movies
Perhaps your cinematic experience wasn’t
quite up to scratch. Explain your
disappointments and dislikes with help from
this list of adjectives:
Der Film war…
boring = langweilig
confusing = verwirrend
kitschy = kitschig
nasty = scheußlich
offensive = beleidigend
preachy = salbadernd
ridiculous = lächerlich
silly = (ganz) dumm
slow = langsam
too… = (viel) zu…
Gehen wir ins Kino?
So, are we ready to go to the cinema? Which
movie are you going to see next? Try to have
a conversation about what you want to see
and why. Can you talk a bit about it
afterwards?
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