Last Updated on May 3, 2024
We continue to describe appearance of a person in German. In the first part, it was about the head, but the appearance is most often not exhausted by it. We turn to the length and width and other characteristics of the body and clothing.
Part 1 Describing people’s appearance in German (Personenbeschreibung)
Part 3 Description of a person’s appearance in German. 3. How to avoid repetition in essay
Giving direction essay in German. Wegbeschreibung
About myself in German – sich vorstellen
Separable verbs in German
Negation in German
SS or ß in German
Difference between beginnen and anfagen and starten
German idioms about talking
Describe appearance of a person – body
Height and figure in general (die Körpergröße, die Gestalt, der Körperbau)
Tall
![Personenbeschreibung Describe appearance of a person in German](https://expat-in-germany.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/rost1.webp)
Normal height, average (normal) figure, well built
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Short, also broad-shouldered, also stocky, strong build
![](https://expat-in-germany.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/rost3.webp)
Skinny and stooped
![](https://expat-in-germany.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/rost5.webp)
Thick, strong, round, well-fed
![](https://expat-in-germany.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/personenbeschreibung.webp)
Athletic, trained, strong and muscular
![Describe appearance of a person in German](https://expat-in-germany.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/personenbeschreibung2.webp)
Graceful, beautiful, slim, elegant
![Describe appearance of a person in German](https://expat-in-germany.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/personenbeschreibung3.webp)
Legs (das Bein, der Fuß)
Long and short, thin and thick
![Personenbeschreibung Describe appearance of a person in German](https://expat-in-germany.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/people_appearance01.webp)
Crooked and hairy
![Personenbeschreibung Describe appearance of a person in German](https://expat-in-germany.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/people_appearance02.webp)
Arms (die Hand, der Arm)
Strong – weak, thin
![Personenbeschreibung Describe appearance of a person in German](https://expat-in-germany.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/people_appearance3.webp)
Narrow, small, bony
![Personenbeschreibung Describe appearance of a person in German](https://expat-in-germany.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/people_appearance04.webp)
Describe clothing in German (die Kleidung)
Clothing can be too diverse, so only a basic list.
General characteristics: fashionable, elegant, clean, expensive, comfortable – cheap, used, poor, shabby, unwashed, unkempt, wrinkled, dirty, sloppy, washed out.
By length, warmth, width.
By appointment: sports, casual, working.
![Personenbeschreibung Describe appearance of a person in German](https://expat-in-germany.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/personenbeschreibung4.webp)
Color: in addition to standard colors and their combinations, also:
Lieblingsfarbe
bunt
einfarbig,hell,
dunkel
Pattern
![](https://expat-in-germany.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/personenbeschreibung5.webp)
For the formation of such “pseudoparticiples”, see German. False participles.
Material (usually combined with clothing: Lederhose, Jeansjacke…)
Leder (leather)
Jeans
strick (knit)
Leinen (linen)
Seide (silk)
Outer (warm) clothing
der Anzug,
das Kleid
die Jacke
der Parka
der Mantel
die Weste
![Personenbeschreibung Describe appearance of a person in German](https://expat-in-germany.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/beschreibung_kleidung.webp)
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Blouses and shirts
die Bluse,
das (Ober)hemd,
der Pullover,
das (Sweat)shirt
![](https://expat-in-germany.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/beschreibung_kleidung2.webp)
Pants, skirts
der Rock,
die kurze/lange Hose,
pl. Jeans
pl. Shorts
![](https://expat-in-germany.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/beschreibung_kleidung3.webp)
Details, accessories
die Krawatte (tie)
der Gürtel (belt)die Handschuhe
der Schmuck (der Ring, die Kette, die Ohrringe)
Socks and underwear
der Strumpf (stocking)
die Socken,
die Strumpfhose,
Söckchen,
das Unterhemd,
die Unterhose
Scarves and hats
das Schultertuch,
das Kopftuch,
das Halstuch,der Schal (scarf)
die Mütze,
der Hut,
die Kapuze (hood)
die Kappe (cap)
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Shoes
der Gummistiefel,
der Stiefel (boots)die Sandale
Holzschuhe /Klumpen,
Schnürschuhe,
der Mokassin,
HalbschuheTurnschuhe
Schlappen (flops)Wanderschuhe
Hausschuhе
Schuhe mit hohen Absätzen (high heels)
der Pumps
Stöckelschuhe (high heels)
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