| Abitur | Final exams taken at the end of secondary education; a prerequisite for entrance to university in Germany | |
| Arschloch | Arsehole | |
| Bauernbrot | Literally ‘farmer’s bread’; a typical German rye bread | |
| Bienenstich | Literally ‘bee sting cake’, which consists of a sweet bread filled with vanilla custard and topped with honeyed almonds | |
| Currywurst | Fast-food snack of German sausage with curry sauce | |
| Das Goldene Blatt | ‘The Golden Leaf’ is a weekly tabloid magazine | |
| Dinner for One | Originally a 1920s comedy sketch by British author Lauri Wylie for the theatre, the 1963 English-language TV recording of this is very popular in Germany | |
| Florentiner | Florentines are baked sweet biscuits made with almonds, orange peel and honey; they’re traditional Christmas sweets in south Germany | |
| Freizeit Revue | ‘Freetime Review’ is a weekly entertainment magazine | |
| Graubrot | Literally ‘grey bread’; a bread made with sourdough, rye and wholegrain wheat, making it lighter than typical rye bread | |
| Guten Morgen | Good morning | |
| Guten Tag | Good day (standard greeting, like ‘hello’) | |
| Gymnasium | Equivalent to a grammar school in the UK | |
| Hauptschule | Least academic type of German secondary school; graduates would still need to attend further education to gain the Abitur in order to attend university | |
| Karneval | Festive season which takes place just before Lent; usually involves a parade or public celebration | |
| Knackwurst | Typically a short, plump sausage; knack (German for ‘to crack’) refers to the sound made when the skin of the sausage is pierced after cooking | |
| Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger | Popular daily newspaper published in Cologne | |
| Konditorei | Little cafe with a bakery/patisserie | |
| Kosakenbrot | Literally ‘Cossack bread’; a rye bread made with sourdough, typically with a cross-hatch pattern on the upper crust | |
| Kriminalpolizei | Criminal investigation agency of the German police force | |
| Kyllburger | Relating to the town of Kyllburg, which is situated on the river Kyll in the Eifel region of Germany | |
| Mohnbrot | Poppy-seed bread | |
| Notarzt | Emergency doctor | |
| Nussecke | Literally ‘nut corner’; wedge-shaped nut-filled pastry, which is often coated or edged with chocolate | |
| Nuss-striezel | Plaited nut-filled Danish pastry | |
| Plunderteilchen | Danish pastries | |
| Rathaus | Townhall | |
| Realschule | Type of secondary school in Germany, ranked between Hauptschule and Gymnasium | |
| Sahnetorte | Cream cake | |
| Sauerteig | Sourdough | |
| Scheisse | Shit | |
| Sekt | Good-quality sparkling wine | |
| Sonnenkorn | Sunflower-seed bread made with wholemeal oats and also linseed | |
| Speckstange | Rye bread made with bacon | |
| Tschüss | Bye (informal) | |
| Vorsicht!: | Careful! | |
| Wurst | German sausage |