My Dear!
It's me again, Alexander, your online German teacher.
The last lesson dealt with the body parts,
like the arm, the breast, the belly - beer belly.
And today I want to give you some vocab referring to
Health and sickness.
Hopefully you are all healthy.
But in case a disease shall catch us -
a cold for instance - then it is important
that you are capable to verbalize it.
Since then you have no trouble seeing a doctor,
and then you will get healthy again pretty soon.
Health - most likely the highest good
we have on this planet.
Everything we do in life should be done with the objective to stay healthy.
And it is said that if you eat an apple a day,
you will stay alive one more day at the end.
I do not believe that, because if I were to start eating an apple a day today,
and each apple gives me an additional day of life,
then I were immortal.
But they say that apples are very healthy.
Die Krankheit die Krankheiten (disease)
Krankheit is the antonym of Gesundheit. (disease and health)
That means: if you are not healthy, then you are sick.
And vice versa: if you are not sick, then you are healthy.
German can be so easy!
Die Krankheit, die Krankheiten
Later on I will tell you some diseases in German,
and show you how to spell them.
You will hear them, you will see them.
Die Schmerzen (pain/ache)
If something hurts you, you can say that you have "Schmerzen".
Schmerzen pain ache
Rckenschmerzen, Magenschmerzen, Kopfschmerzen,
Zahnschmerzen, (back, stomach, head, tooth)
Schmerzen, Schmerzen, Schmerzen, Schmerzen
It is a simple construction:
You have the body part and the word
Schmerzen.
Magenschmerzen you get somewhere here, at the stomach.
Rckenschmerzen you have somewhere here,
if you spent to much time in front of the screen like a chimpanzee...
Kopfschmerzen here.
And Zahnschmerzen here!
The cold - the cold most likely is the standard sickness on this planet.
The nose is running, you are coughing, you got a headache,
maybe a little fever...
Then you have a cold.
These two got a cold.
Der Husten das ist (cough)
This is "Husten".
Das Fieber Fever means that your body has an elevated temperature.
Das Fieber
Der Schnupfen Schnupfen means that your nose is stuck,
or if the nose is running a lot.
That is Schnupfen. (coryza)
Das bergewicht (overweight)
Many people do not realize that obesity actually is a disease as well.
And even not defined as a disease,
it will lead to diseases over time.
High blood pressure for instance.
"Hoher Blutdruck" means that the pressure in your blood vessels is too high
in order to be considered healthy.
You are considered obese, as far as I know, as soon as your BMI surpasses 26.
That means you are 1,85m and weigh more than 86, 87 kg.
It is also possible to have low blood pressure.
Low blood pressure simply means that if you are seated and you suddenly stand up,
then you see nothing but black with your eyes.
That is a sign of low blood pressure.
Die Allergie, die Allergien. (allergy)
Unfortunately this has become a more and more relevant aspect in Europe and
other so-called "developed" countries.
People develop more and more allergies.
It is an auto-immune disease.
Der Diabetes.
That is the Latin wird - or: Diabetes
Mellitus.
Or: die Zuckerkrankheit. (sugar disease)
Krankheit you already know.
"Zucker" you also know.
It is the disease related to sugar.
Diabetes Mellitus.
And this madam here measures her blood glucose level with a special device.
Die Grippe. (flu)
Erkltung (cold) means that you have certain symptoms like coughing,
coryza, hoarseness, sneezing, the nose is running, and you have a slight temperature.
The flu is much more severe.
The flu can actually cause death.
It is a virus-induced disease which appear anew each year.
Many people die from the flu.
It is a very strong cold that is induced by a virus.
I truely hope you have never caught the flu.
Das Krankenhaus. (hospital)
If a flu gets very acute,
very urgent, the temperature surpasses 40 degree centigrade,
Then one has to go to hospital.
Das Krankenhaus.
The childhood diseases like Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR).
These childhood diseases are called this way because
they appear very often while
the human body is still in its childhood.
But it does not mean that an adult cannot catch the Measles,
Mumps, or Rubella.
There is a vaccine for or against these childhood diseases.
Impfung vaccine.
Oh yes, here we have it!
This is a vaccine. And they say that, if an organism is vaccined,
then the immune system, the antibodies against a certain virus
will be developed.
And then you cannot catch this disease anymore.
You are considered immune.
Die Hepatitis.
And here, this organ is the liver.
And when the liver is sick, it might be an inflammation.
Thus a Hepatitis.
There are several kinds of hepatitis:
Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatits C and two, three more,
which are not that common.
Die Bronchitis.
"-itis" means inflammation in Latin.
So hepatitis is a liver inflammation.
Thus bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchia.
Then you usually have a temperature and you have to cough very strongly.
Usually over a long period of time.
And here a couple of organs:
"Die Leber" we already had - hepatitis for instance.
Die Lunge you breathe with your lungs.
And plural: die Lungen
Die Mandeln (tonsils)
I have no clue where your graphic artist has found this ugly picture.
But here, deep in your throat, are your tonsils.
These tonsils, especially in children, are often inflamed
And many doctors decide to take them out via surgery.
Die Mandeln
Die Luftrhre the airway what lies between mouth and lungs.
You have got a tube running from the mouth to the lungs.
That is the airway.
"Der Pankreas" or "die Bauchspeicheldrse."
Pancreas is the medical term.
In German you can also say: die Bauchspeicheldrse.
Die Bauchspeicheldrse produces, among others, the insulin.
This means that if you have a problem with your pancreas,
then it can happen that you get diabetes.
Bronchia we already got that in the context of
Bronchitis.
These are the tiny airways inside the lungs.
These many tiny branches in all directions.
These are the bronchia.
Der Magen very important! (stomach)
Eating is a lot of fun.
That is why we have to stay healthy, in order to be able to eat.
And most importantly the stomach has to stay healthy.
And the intestine.
After having spent some time in the stomach, the food goes through the duodenum
right into the small intestine.
The small intestine is long and thin.
And beyond the small intestine comes the colon.
And the colon goes once around here.
And at the end comes the after, excreting the stool.
Stomach, small intestine, colon.
That is the order.
And now some important expressions you can use
at the doctor's.
I have pain.
Or: something hurts.
My head is hurting.
My back is hurting.
Or: I have a headache / backpain.
You have two ways of expressing that.
I have a cold.
The nose is running, the eyes are red, you have a temperature.
So you got a cold.
I am coughing, I got the flu, a temperature.
"Ich habe" and then you can say everything:
Ich habe Diabetes, ich habe Hepatitis, ich
habe Liebeskummer (a broken heart).
That is a very simple way to express something.
Or: I do not feel so well.
same meaning
I do not feel so well.
This is often used when you are dizzy,
or when your stomach causes problems.
And finally a small quiz.
In order to give some tasks to your thinking organ as well.
Today - since it is very boring if it is only me talking...
You also have to get involved in some activity once in a while, right?!
Which organ is sick with hepatitis?
Which organ is sick with diabetes?
Which organ is sick with bronchitis?
Bronchitis.
If you have an elevated body temperature, then you have...?
You are coughing, nose is running, have a temperature. What do you have?
I will change the slide now.
If this was too fast,
simply pause the video.
Well, hepatitis means an inflamed liver.
The liver is here on the right side of the body, somewhere here.
Where the rip bones end.
Here is the liver.
Which organ is sick with diabetes?
Usually the pancreas.
Not always.
When having type two diabetes, the pancreas is ok.
But having type one diabetes, there is no more insulin produced.
Die Bauchspeicheldrse or (literally means: gland producing stomach saliva)
Do you still know the Greek denomination?
Der Pankreas.
When having a bronchitis, the bronchia or the lungs are affected.
Since the bronchia are located in the lungs.
Elevated temperature: the fever.
When you have an elevated body temperature, then you have fever.
You are coughing, nose is running, have a temperature. What do you have?
You have a cold.
Husten, Schnupfen, Fieber. (cough, coryza, fever)
These are the signs of a cold.
And if this cold gets very very strong, it might be
that you have caught a flu.
And at the end, you know what comes, there is a dictation waiting for you.
This dictation is very short, five short sentences.
We will be through in three minutes.
First sentence:
Well then, this was it!
Since we had the quiz, we are having a shorter dictation today.
I will change the slide now.
If this has been too fast, stop, go back,
listen to the dictation again.
Now we will proceed to the solution.
I do not feel so well.
I have a headache.
Headache.
I do not weel so well.
My head hurts.
Do you have fever?
Yes, I have a body temperature of 39 degree centigrade.
Body temperature of 39 degree.
Then you have to drink a lot a sleep a lot.
This is not possible.
I have to work a lot.
This is not possible.
I have to work a lot.
My Dear!
I truely hope that, if you should get sick once,
you do not have to work so much.
Then you can respect your body.
Namely until you are healthy again.
Because, as mentioned at the beginning of this lesson, health is the most important thing
in the world.
I wish you all the best.
Continue to have fun learning German!
And most of all: stay healthy!
Bye-bye!