Beim Tierarzt
A short follow-up to Lesson 79's pets vocabulary - if you have a pet in Germany, you'll eventually need a Tierarzt (vet). This reuses the doctor-visit structure from Lesson 14, just for an animal instead of yourself.
| der Tierarzt / die Tierärztin | vet (m/f) | die Impfung | vaccination |
| der Chip | microchip | die Tierklinik | animal clinic |
Mein Hund ist krank. (reusing krank, Lesson 91)
Er frisst nicht. (He's not eating - "fressen," the animal-specific verb for "to eat," distinct from "essen" for people.)
Ich brauche einen Termin für eine Impfung. (reusing Termin, Lesson 9)
fressen vs. essen is a small but real distinction: essen is for people, fressen is for animals - using the wrong one is a common, harmless-but-noticeable learner mistake.
1. Which verb is used for animals eating, not "essen"?
2. What's the German word for "vaccination"?
3. "He's not eating." (animal) - Er ______ nicht.
4. What's the article for "Tierklinik"?
5. What's the German word for "microchip" (for pet identification)?
Vocabulary cross-checked against the official Goethe-Zertifikat A1 Wortliste.
Have a real pet health concern you need to describe? Ask your teaching agent.