Vocabulary - General: Times and Dates

Days of the Week

Montag: Monday
Dienstag: Tuesday
Mittwoch: Wednesday
Donnerstag: Thursday
Freitag: Friday
Samstag: Saturday
Sonntag: Sunday

Months of the Year

Januar: January
Februar: February
März: March
April: April
Mai: May
Juni: June
Juli: July
August: August
September: September
Oktober: October
November: November
Dezember: December

Seasons

Frühling: Spring
Sommer: Summer
Herbst: Autumn
Winter: Winter

The Time

Uhr: O’clock
Die Sekunde: Second
Die Minute: Minute
Die Stunde: Hour
Viertel vor/nach: Quarter to/after
Halb: Half (e.g., halb acht refers to half an hour before 8, so it means 7:30)
Morgens: In the morning
Nachmittags: In the afternoon
Abends: In the evening
Mitternacht: Midnight

Dates

Der erste/die erste: 1st (for dates, Germans always use ordinal numbers)
Der zweite/die zweite: 2nd
Der dritte/die dritte: 3rd
Der/die Vierte, Fünfte, etc.: 4th, 5th, etc.

Incorporate these terms into your regular speech and writing to achieve maximum fluency in discussing time and dates. Always remember that, unlike in English, the day comes before the month when writing the date in German.* (*e.g., the 2nd of May would be written as der 2. Mai)