Learn German Vocabulary | Subjects in German | Was studierst du? | Studienfächer | A1-A2

Summary

The video teaches German names for academic subjects and fields of study, grouped broadly into the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. It also explains how to ask what someone studies and where they study, using both informal and formal German.

Subjects and fields of study

The subtitles appear to contain some speech-recognition errors. The following are the likely intended German terms:

• Humanities — Geisteswissenschaften

  • die Kunst — art
  • das Theater — theater
  • die Geschichte — history
  • die Literaturwissenschaft(en) — literary studies
  • die Sprachwissenschaft(en) — linguistics
  • die Musikwissenschaft — musicology
  • die Philosophie — philosophy

• Natural sciences — Naturwissenschaften

  • die Astronomie — astronomy
  • die Biologie — biology
  • die Informatik — computer science
  • die Mathematik — mathematics
  • die Ingenieurwissenschaft(en) — engineering
  • die Geologie — geology
  • die Medizin — medicine
  • die Physik — physics
  • die Wissenschaft — science; a broad term rather than usually a specific subject

• Social sciences and related fields — Sozialwissenschaften

  • die Medienwissenschaft(en) — media studies
  • die Theologie — theology
  • die Archäologie — archaeology
  • die Wirtschaftswissenschaft(en) — economics or business studies
  • die Soziologie — sociology
  • die Psychologie — psychology

• Other subjects or related terms mentioned

  • das Rechnungswesen — accounting
  • die Architektur — architecture
  • die Betriebswirtschaftslehre — business administration
  • die Geografie/Geographie — geography
  • Jura — law
  • der Krankenpfleger — male nurse. This names a profession; Krankenpflege or Pflegewissenschaft would refer more directly to a field of study.

Asking and answering about studies

• Informal: Was studierst du? — “What are you studying?”
• Formal: Was studieren Sie?

• To answer, say Ich studiere … — “I’m studying …” For example: Ich studiere Architektur.

• To ask what someone plans or wants to study:

  • Informal: Was willst du studieren?
  • Formal: Was wollen Sie studieren?
• A possible answer is Ich will … studieren or Ich möchte … studieren.

Saying where you study

The video gives examples using an der (“at”):

• Ich studiere an der Universität Berlin. — “I study at the University of Berlin.”
• Ich studiere an der Technischen Universität Berlin. — “I study at the Technical University of Berlin.”

It also mentions a Hochschule or Fachhochschule, meaning a university of applied sciences. The examples can be combined: Ich studiere moderne Sprachen an der Universität Berlin.

The video closes by recommending a free worksheet for practice.

Speakers and sources

• Speaker: One unnamed narrator or presenter introduces and explains the vocabulary.
• Source: The Learn German video/channel.