Media & News
मीडिया और समाचार
Media and news vocabulary prepares you to discuss current events, a common B1 speaking-exam topic, and introduces a couple of media-specific verbs that behave a bit differently from their English equivalents.
Grammar Comparison
व्याकरण तुलना
berichten über + accusative: to report on
Die Zeitung berichtet über den Skandal.
अख़बार घोटाले के बारे में रिपोर्ट करता है।
berichten combines with über + accusative to mean 'to report on' — another fixed prepositional verb from the earlier lesson. Hindi's "के बारे में रिपोर्ट करना" also lines up clearly here, so this pairing is relatively easy to remember.
sich informieren über: to find out about / stay informed
Ich informiere mich über die Nachrichten.
मैं ख़बरों के बारे में जानकारी लेता हूँ।
German often uses a reflexive verb where Hindi has a plain sentence — sich informieren über literally means 'to inform oneself about', where Hindi would simply say "जानकारी लेना" or "ख़बर देखना", with no reflexive pronoun at all. This reflexive pattern recurs across many German verbs of learning and understanding, seen earlier too.
Vocabulary
शब्दावली
| German | Pronunciation | Hindi | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| die Nachrichten | dee NAHKH-rikh-ten | ख़बरेंkhabreñ | the news |
| die Zeitung | dee TSY-toong | अख़बारakhbār | the newspaper |
| der Bericht | dair beh-RIKHT | रिपोर्टriporṭ | the report |
| berichten über | beh-RIKH-ten UE-ber | के बारे में रिपोर्ट करनाke bāre meñ riporṭ karnā | to report on |
| die Schlagzeile | dee SHLAHK-tsy-leh | सुर्ख़ीsurkhī | the headline |
| die Quelle | dee KVEL-eh | स्रोतsrot | the source |
| glaubwürdig | GLOWP-vuer-dikh | विश्वसनीयviśvasanīya | credible / trustworthy |
| soziale Medien | zoh-TSYAH-leh MAY-dee-en | सोशल मीडियाsośal mīḍiyā | social media |
| die Meinungsfreiheit | dee MY-noongs-fry-hyte | विचार/अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रताvicār kī svatantratā | freedom of opinion/speech |
| sich informieren über | zikh in-for-MEE-ren UE-ber | के बारे में जानकारी लेनाke bāre meñ jānkārī lenā | to inform oneself about |
| die Fake News | dee fayk nooz | फ़र्ज़ी ख़बरेंfarzī khabreñ | fake news |
| der Journalist / die Journalistin | dair zhoor-nah-LIST / dee zhoor-nah-LIS-tin | पत्रकारpatrakār | journalist |