Daily wordsWörter vom 19. Aug. 2026
Words that lost a syllable over time
You're out to dinner with friends, the plates are half empty, and nobody has asked for the check yet.
Zehn Wörter Englisch für jeden Tag: restaurant, evening, vegetable, chocolate, temperature, favorite, comfortable, different, separate, probably. Jedes mit Aussprache und einem Satz zum Laut-Sagen.
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Die zehn Wörter10 Wörter, 10 Sätze
- 1restaurant/ˈrestərˌɑːnt/Auch ˈreˌstrɑːnt gesprochen.nounA place you go to buy and eat a meal.Three beats in speech: res-ter-ahnt.
- 2evening/ˈiːvnɪŋ/nounThe end of the day, from late afternoon until dark.Two beats, not three: eev-ning.
- 3vegetable/ˈvedʒtəbəl/nounA plant part eaten as food, like a carrot or a bean.Three syllables, VEJ-tuh-bul. Nothing sounds between the j and the t.
- 4chocolate/ˈtʃɔːklət/nounA sweet brown food made from cocoa beans.Two syllables in normal speech, CHOK-lut. The middle 'o' is gone.
- 5temperature/ˈtemprətʃər/Auch ˈtempərətʃər gesprochen.nounHow hot or cold something is.No per in the middle: tem-pruh-cher.
- 6favorite/ˈfeɪvərɪt/Auch ˈfeɪvrət gesprochen.adjectiveLiked more than all the others.
- 7comfortable/ˈkʌmfərtəbəl/adjectiveEasy on the body, with nothing sore or pinching.Stress on the first syllable and everything after it goes flat. The 'fort' part sounds like 'fert'.
- 8different/ˈdɪfərənt/Auch ˈdɪfrənt gesprochen.adjectiveNot the same as something else.
- 9separate/ˈsepərˌeɪt/Auch ˈsepərɪt oder ˈseprət gesprochen.verbTo split something into parts.As a verb the ending is a full ate sound, unlike the flat adjective.
- 10probably/ˈprɑːbəˌbliː/Auch ˈprɑːbli gesprochen.adverbVery likely, though not for certain.
Die Sätze
- 1
This restaurant is still my favorite one downtown.
- 2
Thanks for such a lovely evening, everyone.
- 3
Did anyone else try the vegetable side dish?
- 4
Should we share the chocolate cake for dessert?
- 5
My soup arrived at a really odd temperature.
- 6
What's your favorite thing on this menu?
- 7
These chairs are more comfortable than I expected.
- 8
Yours tastes completely different from mine.
- 9
Could you separate the check for us, please?
- 10
I'll probably regret ordering that second plate.