Talking about walking as a hobby | Learn German in English

German lesson set in a contemporary Berlin everyday setting: In a free-time conversation, two adults talk about walking in a park and going there together..

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Dialogue

A

Ist Spazierengehen dein Hobby?

ist shtah-TSEE-ren-gay-en dine HAW-bee? Is walking your hobby?
B

Ich gehe in meiner Freizeit gern spazieren.

ikh GAY-uh in MY-nuh FRY-tsite gairn shtah-TSEE-ren. I like going for walks in my free time.
A

Wo gehst du normalerweise hin?

voh GAYST doo nor-ma-LEE-zuh-vy-zuh hin? Where do you usually go?
B

Ich gehe im Park spazieren.

ikh GAY-uh im park shtah-TSEE-ren. I walk in the park.
A

Ist die Strecke lang?

ist dee SHTREK-uh lahng? Is the route long?
B

Das ist ein kurzer, leichter Spaziergang.

dahs ist ine KOORTS-uh, LIEKH-tuh SHTAH-tsee-uh-gahng. It is a short, easy walk.
A

Das klingt entspannend.

dahs klingt ent-SHPAN-uhnt. That sounds relaxing.
B

Wir können zusammen dorthin gehen.

veer KURN-en tsoo-ZAH-men dort-HIN GAY-en. We can go there together.

Word by Word

Ist In Ist Spazierengehen dein Hobby?, Ist asks whether walking is the other person’s hobby. Ist is a form of sein; the lowercase form ist also appears in Das ist ein kurzer, leichter Spaziergang. This form is useful at the beginning of a yes-or-no question.
Spazierengehen Spazierengehen means walking or going for walks as an activity in Ist Spazierengehen dein Hobby? It names the hobby being discussed. The same activity is expressed with spazieren in Ich gehe in meiner Freizeit gern spazieren.
dein dein means your in dein Hobby and shows that the hobby belongs to the person being addressed. It comes directly before the noun Hobby in this question. This possessive pattern identifies whose thing or activity is being discussed.
Hobby Hobby means hobby in Ist Spazierengehen dein Hobby? It is the activity that Spazierengehen is being compared with or identified as. The word is used after dein in the expression dein Hobby.
Ich Ich means I and identifies the speaker in Ich gehe in meiner Freizeit gern spazieren and Ich gehe im Park spazieren. It comes before the verb gehe in both statements. Use Ich to state what you do or like doing.
gehe gehe means go in the speaker’s statements Ich gehe in meiner Freizeit gern spazieren and Ich gehe im Park spazieren. It is a form of gehen used with Ich. With spazieren, the complete expression describes going for a walk.
in in connects the activity with a time or place in in meiner Freizeit and im Park. In in meiner Freizeit means during my free time, while in im Park refers to being in the park. Its meaning depends on the phrase that follows it.
meiner meiner means my in meiner Freizeit. It identifies Freizeit as belonging to the speaker. The exact phrase meiner Freizeit is used for talking about what happens during one’s free time.
Freizeit Freizeit means free time in Ich gehe in meiner Freizeit gern spazieren. It names the period when the speaker likes to go for walks. It commonly appears after in when describing an activity done during free time.
gern gern shows that the speaker likes doing the activity in Ich gehe in meiner Freizeit gern spazieren. It contributes the idea of liking or doing something willingly, while the full sentence expresses liking to go for walks. It is placed with the verb phrase describing the liked activity.
spazieren spazieren means go for a walk in Ich gehe in meiner Freizeit gern spazieren and Ich gehe im Park spazieren. Together with gehe, it describes the walking activity; the meaning comes from the complete expression, not from spazieren alone. This expression is useful for talking about walking as a leisure activity.
Wo Wo means where in Wo gehst du normalerweise hin? It asks about the destination or place of the other person’s usual activity. It stands at the beginning of this question.
gehst gehst means go in Wo gehst du normalerweise hin? It is a form of gehen used with du. It appears between Wo and du in this question, with hin at the end pointing toward the destination.
du du means you and identifies the person being asked in Wo gehst du normalerweise hin? It is the person whose usual destination is requested. In this question, it appears after the verb gehst.
normalerweise normalerweise means usually in Wo gehst du normalerweise hin? It asks about the person’s regular or customary destination rather than a one-time choice. It is placed before hin in this question.
hin hin points toward the place the person goes in Wo gehst du normalerweise hin? It works with gehst to ask where someone goes. It appears at the end of this question and refers to the destination being asked about.
im im means in the in im Park. It is the contracted form of in dem and introduces the place where the walking happens. The phrase im Park means in the park.
Park Park means park in Ich gehe im Park spazieren. It is the place where the speaker goes for a walk. It follows im in the phrase im Park.
die die means the in die Strecke. It introduces the specific route being discussed. In Ist die Strecke lang?, it comes directly before Strecke.
Strecke Strecke means route or distance in Ist die Strecke lang? It names the route whose length is being asked about. It is the subject of the question and is described by lang.
lang lang means long in Ist die Strecke lang? It asks whether the route has a great length. It comes after Strecke in this question and describes the route.
Das Das means that or it in Das ist ein kurzer, leichter Spaziergang. It refers to the walk or route just being discussed and starts the statement describing it. This form is also useful for pointing back to something already mentioned.
ein ein means a in ein kurzer, leichter Spaziergang. It introduces Spaziergang as one walk being described. It appears directly before the descriptive words kurzer and leichter.
kurzer kurzer means short in ein kurzer, leichter Spaziergang. It describes the walk as having a short length. It appears before Spaziergang as part of the noun phrase.
leichter leichter means easy in ein kurzer, leichter Spaziergang. It describes the walk as not difficult or demanding. It appears before Spaziergang alongside kurzer.
Spaziergang Spaziergang means walk in Das ist ein kurzer, leichter Spaziergang. It names the walk that is described as short and easy. The word is used after the adjectives kurzer and leichter.
klingt klingt means sounds in Das klingt entspannend. It expresses an impression formed from what has just been described. It is a form of klingen used with Das, and it is followed here by entspannend.
entspannend entspannend means relaxing in Das klingt entspannend. It describes the walk or the idea of it as producing a relaxed impression. It is used after klingt in the expression Das klingt entspannend.
Wir Wir means we in Wir können zusammen dorthin gehen. It identifies the speaker and the other person as the people who can go. It comes before können in this statement.
können können means can in Wir können zusammen dorthin gehen. It expresses that the two people have the possibility or ability to go there. With können, the other verb gehen appears at the end of the sentence.
zusammen zusammen means together in Wir können zusammen dorthin gehen. It shows that the two people will go as a group rather than separately. It comes before the destination dorthin in this sentence.
dorthin dorthin means there or to that place in Wir können zusammen dorthin gehen. It points to the destination that has already been discussed, namely the place connected with the walk. It comes before gehen in this sentence.
gehen gehen means go in Wir können zusammen dorthin gehen. It is the infinitive used after können and appears at the end of the sentence. This pattern is useful for expressing that someone can go to a destination.

Grammar Points

Adjektivendung: -er

kurzer Spaziergang

KOORTS-uh SHTAH-tsee-uh-gahng

a short walk

In a masculine nominative noun phrase, the adjective takes -er: kurzer Spaziergang.

Richtungsadverb + gehen

dorthin gehen

dort-HIN GAY-en

to go there

dorthin expresses movement toward a place and can be used with gehen.

German Vocabulary

Freizeit noun
FRY-tsite free time

in meiner Freizeit

gehen verb
GAY-en to go; to walk

Wir können zusammen dorthin gehen.

Hobby noun
HAW-bee hobby

dein Hobby

kurzer adj
KOORTS-uh short

ein kurzer Spaziergang

lang adj
lahng long

Ist die Strecke lang?

normalerweise adv
nor-ma-LEE-zuh-vy-zuh usually

gehst du normalerweise hin

Park noun
park park

im Park

spazieren verb
shtah-TSEE-ren to take a walk

gern spazieren

Spazierengehen noun
shtah-TSEE-ren-gay-en walking

Ist Spazierengehen dein Hobby?

Spaziergang noun
shtah-TSEE-uh-gahng walk

ein kurzer, leichter Spaziergang

Strecke noun
SHTREK-uh route; distance

Ist die Strecke lang?

wo adv
voh where

Wo gehst du normalerweise hin?

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

Is walking your hobby?

Show AnswerIst Spazierengehen dein Hobby?

Where do you usually go?

Show AnswerWo gehst du normalerweise hin?

I walk in the park.

Show AnswerIch gehe im Park spazieren.

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

route; distance

Show AnswerStrecke

free time

Show AnswerFreizeit

to go; to walk

Show Answergehen

hobby

Show AnswerHobby