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Week 44 · Road Trip

Mit dem Auto unterwegs

Play each sentence at normal and slow speed, pause, and repeat it out loud. The audio uses an AI-generated voice (standard German).

Monday · day 302

Wir fahren morgen früh an die Ostsee.

We're driving to the Baltic coast tomorrow morning.

Tuesday · day 303

Wer fährt das erste Stück?

Who's driving the first stretch?

Wednesday · day 304

Lass uns an der nächsten Raststätte halten.

Let's stop at the next service area.

Thursday · day 305

Hast du die Brötchen für unterwegs eingepackt?

Did you pack the bread rolls for the journey?

Friday · day 306

Auf der Autobahn ist heute viel Stau.

There's a lot of traffic on the motorway today.

Saturday · day 307

Wollen wir die Landstraße nehmen? Die ist schöner.

Shall we take the country road? It's prettier.

Sunday · day 308

Noch eine Stunde, dann sind wir da.

Just one more hour and we'll be there.

Step-by-step solutions

Try the pyramid in the book first. The solutions are hidden: open them one at a time.

Monday (day 302): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “early” and there are 4 bricks. The word is FRÜH; you met it in week 44, Monday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “laptop” and there are 6 bricks. The word is LAPTOP; you met it in week 34, Thursday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “prettier” and there are 7 bricks. The word is SCHÖNER; you met it in week 44, Saturday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “motorway” and there are 8 bricks. The word is AUTOBAHN; you met it in week 44, Friday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: H, O, C, H → HOCH, which means “high”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Tuesday (day 303): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “traffic jam” and there are 4 bricks. The word is STAU; you met it in week 44, Friday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “hour” and there are 6 bricks. The word is STUNDE; you met it in week 44, Sunday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “second (with -en)” and there are 7 bricks. The word is ZWEITEN; you met it in week 42, Monday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “come (past participle)” and there are 8 bricks. The word is GEKOMMEN; you met it in week 30, Sunday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: A, U, T, O → AUTO, which means “car”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Wednesday (day 304): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “throat, neck” and there are 4 bricks. The word is HALS; you met it in week 17, Thursday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “wheelie bin” and there are 5 bricks. The word is TONNE; you met it in week 42, Tuesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “to stop (vehicle)” and there are 6 bricks. The word is HALTEN; you met it in week 44, Wednesday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “opinion” and there are 7 bricks. The word is MEINUNG; you met it in week 40, Wednesday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: S, T, A, U → STAU, which means “traffic jam”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Thursday (day 305): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “o'clock” and there are 3 bricks. The word is UHR; you met it in week 42, Thursday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “plan (noun)” and there are 4 bricks. The word is PLAN; you met it in week 40, Tuesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “yellow (with -e)” and there are 5 bricks. The word is GELBE; you met it in week 42, Wednesday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “bag (noun)” and there are 6 bricks. The word is TASCHE; you met it in week 41, Wednesday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: H, A, B, E → HABE, which means “I have”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Friday (day 306): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “July” and there are 4 bricks. The word is JULI; you met it in week 3, Friday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “mood (noun)” and there are 5 bricks. The word is LAUNE; you met it in week 40, Monday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “heating” and there are 7 bricks. The word is HEIZUNG; you met it in week 12, Wednesday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “fees, charges” and there are 8 bricks. The word is GEBÜHREN; you met it in week 19, Friday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: J, A, H, R → JAHR, which means “year”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Saturday (day 307): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “juice, syrup” and there are 4 bricks. The word is SAFT; you met it in week 18, Thursday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “expensive” and there are 5 bricks. The word is TEUER; you met it in week 40, Wednesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “to fill (infinitive)” and there are 6 bricks. The word is FÜLLEN; you met it in week 38, Monday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “simply, just” and there are 7 bricks. The word is EINFACH; you met it in week 29, Sunday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: F, R, Ü, H → FRÜH, which means “early”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Sunday (day 308): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “new (basic form)” and there are 3 bricks. The word is NEU; you met it in week 1, Friday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “March” and there are 4 bricks. The word is MÄRZ; you met it in week 3, Thursday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “help (noun)” and there are 5 bricks. The word is HILFE; you met it in week 39, Sunday.
  4. Row 4: the clue is “to take” and there are 6 bricks. The word is NEHMEN; you met it in week 18, Friday.
  5. Grey bricks from top to bottom: N, Ä, H, E → NÄHE, which means “nearness, vicinity”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.

Printable review cards

Print, cut along the lines and fold each card in half: English on the front, German on the back.

W44 · 1We're driving to the Baltic coast tomorrow morning.
Wir fahren morgen früh an die Ostsee.
W44 · 2Who's driving the first stretch?
Wer fährt das erste Stück?
W44 · 3Let's stop at the next service area.
Lass uns an der nächsten Raststätte halten.
W44 · 4Did you pack the bread rolls for the journey?
Hast du die Brötchen für unterwegs eingepackt?
W44 · 5There's a lot of traffic on the motorway today.
Auf der Autobahn ist heute viel Stau.
W44 · 6Shall we take the country road? It's prettier.
Wollen wir die Landstraße nehmen? Die ist schöner.
W44 · 7Just one more hour and we'll be there.
Noch eine Stunde, dann sind wir da.